Summary of Practical Laboratory Skills Chemistry• Designing buffer systems and various chemical mixtures• Use of spectroscopic and fluorometric instrumentation• Organic synthesis and purification• Biomaterial research• Primer and probe design • Well trained in chemical safetyBiology• Nucleic acid/protein extraction and isolation from cell stocks• Transformation and cloning procedures • Cell culture experience • Microscopy• Culturing and identifying organisms from clinical samples• Kirby-Bauer antibiotic disk diffusion assays and MIC• Trained in flow cytometry, ELISA, and immunoassays• Aqueous extraction of nutrients from plant materials for the purpose of creating a malt broth for a Saccharomyces cerevisiae culture (i.e. I make home-brewed beer. Yes, it is delicious.)• Well trained in biological safetyEngineering• Heat sealing and pressure integrity testing• Use of semi-automated power tools to physically manipulate consumable parts• Well trained in machine shop safetySummary of Business Process Skills Communication• I present technical achievements on a weekly basis to a research oriented crowd composed of representatives from various departments and executive team members.• I organize reports and associated data within a specified location for instant access. • My team and I coordinate with off-site collaborators to perform tandem experiments and supply materials/equipment. Refining Project Guidelines• I am responsible for producing novel applications of our current test platform within the guidelines of cost, marketability, and GMP manufacturability.• Design requirements are updated in response to marketing and manufacturing input, and it is my responsibility to pivot to a new course of action for the test development (or at least the portion I am responsible for).
Listed skills include Pcr, Assay Development, Protein Chemistry, Microbiology, and 19 others.