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Seattle, Washington, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

PI: Julia Maxson, PhD I worked independently as a postbaccaleaurate scholar, focusing on how RUNX1 mutations affect the disease systemic mastocytosis (SM), which is the abnormal growth of mast cells. I used a Lenti-X CRISPR/Cas9 system in the HMC-1.2 cell line (human mastocytosis cell line), where I modeled commonly occurring truncating RUNX1 mutations.

Ellensburg, Washington, United States

Supervisor: Elaina Martinez, BSI efficiently performed lab technician duties with minimal supervision, including preparing bacterial reagents, media preparation, testing pool samples, general laboratory maintenance, restocking laboratory supplies, and sterilizing lab equipment using an autoclave for lab-based biology courses. I also took responsibility for.

Ellensburg, Washington, United States

PI: Lucinda Carnell, PhD & April Binder, PhDMy research focused on whether the non-phthalate plasticizer ATBC can affect the growth and development of mouse reproductive cells. During this project, I wrote the methods sections of our grant that funded this project. I also took the initiative to teach two other lab members how to culture mammalian cells.

Ellensburg, Washington, United States

PI: Lucinda Carnell, PhDI worked independently to research the transgenerational effects of chronic elevation of serotonin in C. elegans. I conducted each step of the project, from creating primary growth media for C. elegans to performing statistical analyses in R. Notably, I discovered that future generations had an altered response to serotonin despite.

Seattle, Washington, United States

PI: Anthony Rongvaux, PhDI researched the role of Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) in melanoma. Our central question was whether the loss of MITF would inhibit tumor formation in mice. To answer this, I used electroporation-based CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing on Me275, a human melanoma cell line, to generate MITF-deficient cells. I.

United States

Course Director: Anthony Diaz, PhDI was responsible for ensuring the laboratory safety of 15-20 students for one section of an introductorychemistry course (Chemistry 182). I successfully implemented proper waste disposal, cleaning protocols, and proper use of laboratory equipment. I also prepared experiments and effectively troubleshooted problems that.

Yakima, Washington, United States

PI: Claire Carpenter, MSI worked to understand how Zophobas morio digested polystyrene and obtained nitrogen despite a nitrogen-deficient diet. I successfully created standard and non-standard bacterial media for biochemical testing of bacteria. I successfully isolated two gram-negative bacteria that could digest polystyrene, and one of the two was able to.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, 3.66