Rebecca J Davis, Phd Email & Phone Number

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Manages a portfolio of studies for top tier clients, providing top-notch support for standard operational and developmental studies while ensuring Q2's impeccable standard of service is exceeded and client satisfaction is paramount. Highly experienced in prospective testing and CDX studies. Supports clients end to end through life of study: study planning.

Morrisville, NC

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Engineered and characterized strains of Lucilia sericata to secrete human growth factors for application in larval debridement therapy and wound healing. Devised larval secretion collection protocol.
• Lead project management activities for $300,000 DARPA-funded wound healing project by (1) analyzing monthly expenditures itemized by task, work-hours, services, supplies, etc; (2) analyzing, reporting, and presenting.
• Spearheaded the exhibition of fluorescent insect specimens at the U.S. Department of Defense DARPA Family Day outreach event, representing NCSU to her funding agency and educating 800 diverse attendees about.
• Coordinated hazardous waste compliance for laboratory. Received high scores upon inspection several years in a row.
• Pioneered the NCSU Women In Leadership and Science (WILS) Middle School Mini-Lecture Outreach Program to share science with students and inspire girls to pursue careers in STEM.
• Served as NCSU postdoctoral association secretary and co-chair of Postdoc Appreciation Week.

Raleigh, NC

• Investigated X chromosome dosage compensation of endogenous and transgenes in Lucilia cuprina.
• Optimized extraction protocol yielding 2X higher quality genomic DNA for New World Screwworm genome project; Applications for genetic pest management of $20 mill/ year pest to US livestock industry.
• Developed and optimized RNA extraction protocol for problematic tissues; Applicable to 3 species.
• Mentored 4 graduate students. Taught techniques and guided RNA extraction and sex determination analysis of 60 tissue samples for RNAseq study during student rotation.

Tampa, FL

• Discovered importance of mutant BRCA1 downstream gene regulation in ovarian cancer pathology.
• Achieved high efficiency transfection of exogenous genes into ovarian epithelial cell lines. Cultivated difficult to maintain cell lines with need for special care and media additives.
• Awarded for exceptional oral and written communication skills.ivated difficult to maintain cell lines with need for special care and media additives.
• Mentored graduate student.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Elucidated interaction of membrane-localized estrogen receptor with growth factor signaling pathways; Achieved simultaneous knockdown of wildtype receptor and expression of mutant receptor
• Established fluorescent immunocytochemistry protocol for imaging estrogen receptor in fixed human cells and confirmed localization of mutant receptor developed in the lab
• Attended clinical roundtables to understand translational aspects of research project.

Ms, Molecular Physiology And Biological Physics

Activities and Societies: Graduate Biosciences, GBS Relay for Life Team

Phd, Pathology And Cell Biology

Activities and Societies: Association of Medical Science Graduate Students, MSGS Relay for Life Team

Bs, Biology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega, Sigma Theta Epsilon, Beta Beta Beta, Omicron Delta Kappa, dance company, theater, concert Band