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Durham, Nc

Key responsibilities include: conduct and support regulated and investigative analytical experiments using HPLC-MS/MS; responsible for validating and testing drug levels in various biological matrices (plasma, urine, DBS); responsible for validating and testing chemotherapy drug panel on swabs, specimen management, regular use of laboratory equipment (pipettes, analytical balance, centrifuge, mixers), data analysis and review using Agilent MassHunter software, adherence to CLIA, HIPAA, FDA, EPA, and OSHA requirements. Career achievements: promoted from Technician to Associate Scientist, and consistently met or exceeded objectives.

Research Triangle Park, Nc

Key responsibilities include: worked with in-vivo scientist to ensure timely completion of in-vivo studies, daily animal husbandry of the HIV DPU Immunocompromised NOG mice, BSL2 work performed in bio safety cabinet, proper PPE maintained, careful health observations, animal receipt, sexing of young mice, weaning, irradiation, compound dosing (oral gavage, IM, SQ), tail vein dosing, perform tail snip bleeds, rodent dosing, muscle collection, animal husbandry for MM DPU, rodent dosing, animal husbandry for HIV DPU, MM DPU, EE DPU, DMPK DPU samples on weekends, autoclaving of biological waste. Career achievements: consistently met or exceed objectives.

Research Triangle Park, Nc

Key responsibilities include: daily animal husbandry (rats and mice), dosing (rats and mice), weighing and dose conversions, weekend coverage for marmosets, dogs, and transgenic mouse facility, animal census, receipt and logging, daily communication with customers to ensure study needs were met, rodent dose training for coworkers; included rat and mouse SQ, IP, and oral gavage. Career achievements: contributed to process improvements (e.g., coding of cages for more efficient location of animals, animal room door card information), and consistently met or exceed objectives.

Research Triangle Park, Nc

Key responsibilities included: managing inbred colony, transgenic rat production, transgenic/null maintenance lines, and co-managed sentinel program, setting-up matings, tail clip/ear punch for DNA analysis and genotype designations, horomone and sperm media preparation, maintained pedigree data, replacing/ordering breeders, superovulation techniques, psuedopregnant mating techniques, operation of anesthesia equipment, IP,SQ injections, necropsy fixed and frozen tissue collections, cardiac puncture bleeds, training of permanent and temporary employees. Career achievements included: obtained LAT certification and special training on oral gavage dosing, sperm freezing techniques, whole body perfusions, and consistently met or exceeded objectives.

Key responsibilities included: maintaining accurate records for animal census and identification, daily animal husbandry, observation of animals; required to recognize and report signs of illness on animal health form, also monitored and treated ill animals, handling and restraint of transgenic, knockout, knockin, inbred mice on daily basis, breeding and production; included checking and recording daily births, maintaining cage cards, and sexing and weaning. Career achievements: consistently met or exceeded objectives.

Raleigh, Nc

Key responsibilities included: testing porcine blood serum samples for Swine Influenza by means of ELISA for computer entry of test data and reporting of results to the swine industry. Career achievements: consistently met or exceeded objectives.

Rose Hill, Nc

Key responsibilities included: plating tissue samples onto culturing plates for further identification of bacteria, observing and identifying microscopic bacteria, and gram stain samples, reported findings to Laboratory Veterinarian. Career achievements: consistently met or exceeded objectives.

Rose Hill, Nc

Key responsibilities included: (necropsy duties) preparing animals for Veterinary observation, including euthanasia, opening animals, removing and identifying tissues necessary to submit to bacteriology for culturing, performing microscopic parasite analysis, collection of blood samples for testing when requested or required, performed mycoplasma testing in serology lab by means of ELISA. In serology lab, also prepared and completed Avain Influenza testing by means of Agar Gel Plates, Pullorum Tube Testing (salmonella), Arizona Tube Testing (salmonella), and Typhimerium Tube Testing (salmonella). Career achievements: consistently met or exceeded objectives.

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