Kathleen Price Teter Email & Phone Number

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

-Set up wet lab for NGS, calculated cost structure for fee-for-service-Set up LIMS for sample accessioning and sample tracking through analysis-Extracted gut microbiome and other samples for 16S and mWGS sequencing

Farmington, CT

• Inventoried incoming samples and oversaw their processing while keeping the project timeline on track
• Kept chemical inventory for the lab
• Assessed bacterial load on human and mouse stool samples using qPCR
• Extracted DNA and RNA from human and mouse stool, bacterial cells, and tissues and prepared samples for Next Gen amplicon (16S) and WGS sequencing
• Prepared stool samples and bacterial cells for use on Shimadzu and Bruker MALDI-TOF instrument and evaluated spectra
• Kept track of inventory on LabGuru and ordered supplies. Prepared lab and personnel for state health inspections. Organized freezer space and kept up-to-date freezer maps

Canaan, CT

Microbiology lab technician

Stafford, VA

Branford, CT

• Helped complete several kit projects, met all project deadlines, tested new lots of materials
• Prepared shotgun libraries, 3kb, 8kb, and 20kb paired end libraries, performed emulsion PCR, and sequenced samples on 454’s GS FLX Titanium and GS Junior instruments
• Researched Whole Genome Amplification kits, determined any bias in the kits and interpreted sequencing data
• Kept a lab notebook, followed all SOPs and GMPs, ran agarose gels, accurately quantitated DNA using Picogreen, attended all company, department, and group meetings

West Haven, CT

• Used Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy to find concentrations of metals and mineral in various food samples
• Kept a laboratory notebook, followed SOPs and GMPs, tested incoming raw materials for impurities, conducted general sample testing for pH, moisture, and sieve
• Wrote Certificate of Analysis for products

Bs, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi

Mba, Business Admin

Ms, Genetics

Hs Diploma

7-12 Teacher Certification, Chemistry, Biology, 7-12