Nancy Kim Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

Clinical Support and Validation Lead (Jan 2021 – Present)• Manage a team of scientists supporting clinical trials for TruSight Oncology Comprehensive• Primary Liaison between the Product Development/R&D, Clinical Affairs, Field Support, and Commercial Training teams to ensure clinical trial success in support of U.S. and Global regulatory registration• Coordinate activities for Service team training (FSE/FAS), clinical site equipment installations, site operator training and proficiency• Lead cross-functional technical complaint handling meetings during clinical trial execution, drive short and long term resolutions to issues observed during trials• Ensure user guides and field service documentation incorporate feedback from clinical testing• Lead the design, execution and documentation of end to end system validation testingProduct Development (Jan 2013 – January 2021)• Contribute to the development of a whole genome sequencing solution for rare and undiagnosed diseases; primary role was library prep optimization/characterization and workflow integration with the NovaSeq6000 Dx.• Lead integration of wet lab, bioinformatics and software for a multiplex PCR transplant monitoring assay.• Collaborate with external sites to gain voice of customer, identify key technical risks early in the development process, and ensure must have features are incorporated before product release.• Subject matter expert for TruSight HLA – significant contributions include creation of the validation sample panel and sample sheet template. • Conduct hands on wet lab training for customers and Illumina field representatives.• Generate internal and external facing documents (product guides, templates, work instructions, engineering reports, specification sheets).• Lab management (Pre-PCR, Post-PCR, BSL2).

La Jolla, Ca

• QC capture probes for RNA and quantified RNA using nanodrop, BioRad's Experion.

• Genotype and dissect transgenic mice to study the role of tropomodulin isoforms in muscle, brain, lens, and erythrocytes.• Produce high quality immunoblot and confocal microscopy data for multiple publications.• Characterize and purify polyclonal rabbit antibodies using column chromatography.Publications:Gokhin DS, Nowak RB, Kim NE, Arnett EE, Chen AC, Sah RL, Clark JI, Fowler VM. Tmod1 and CP49 synergize to control the fiber cell geometry, transparency, and mechanical stiffness of the mouse lens. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48734.Gokhin DS; Kim NE; Lewis SE; Hoenecke HR; D'Lima DD; Fowler VM, "Thin Filament Length Correlates with Fiber Type in Human Skeletal Muscle.” Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2012;302(3):C555-C565.Nowak RB; Zhenhua S; Bacconi A; Kim NE; Fowler VM, "Tropomodulin3-null mice are embryonic lethal with an anemia and impaired definitive erythropoiesis in the fetal liver." (proposal accepted for GRC 2011; paper in progress).Gokhin DS; Lewis RA; McKeown CR; Nowak RB; Kim NE; Littlefield RS; Lieber RL; Fowler VM, "Tropomodulin isoforms regulate thin filament pointed-end capping and skeletal muscle physiology." J Cell Biol 2010;189(1):95-109Moyer JD; Nowak RB; Kim NE; Larkin SK; Peters LL; Hartwig J; Kuypers FA; Fowler VM. “Tropomodulin1-null mice have a mild spherocytic elliptocytosis with appearance of Tropomodulin 3 in red blood cells and disruption of the membrane skeleton.” Blood. 2010;116(14):2590–2599.

• Act as a liaison between Volunteer San Diego and the owners of the equine therapy facility.• Coordinate and supervise volunteer events, and encourage comradery between participants.

• Investigated the viability of measuring DNA methylation to detect colorectal cancer in canines.

• Assisted in animal enrichment and food preparation, shadowed veterinary staff.• Helped maintain a clean, organized, and comfortable environment at the zoo nursery.• Taught primary school children about animals in the Children's Zoo.• Worked with young lions, tigers, a white handed gibbon, Chinese water deer, ibex, cougars, ferrets, rabbits, sulfur crested cockatoos, cockatiels, guinea pigs and chickens.

• Made common buffers, solutions, agarose gels, and bacterial growth media. • Extracted DNA from transgenic mouse samples for genotyping.

B.S., Biology

Activities and Societies: Education Abroad Program: University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia (Feb 2009 – Nov 2008); Yonsei University.

Exchange Program

Activities and Societies: Student Volunteer, Brigalow Research Station QLD, Australia, Nov 2008

Exchange Program