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Portland, Maine, United States

Grew, processed and purified bacterial based proteins for use in vaccine production using cGMP's .Produced necessary buffers following SOP's, tracked performance metrics and assisted in identifying root cause of deviations.

Westbrook, Maine, United States

Assembled manually and with automation BinaxxNOW Covid19 testsSpecifically responsible for ensuring all kitting team have enough supplies on hand.Spot-check materials (lot number and part ) before they are kitted following SOP's and GMP.Provide short term fill in support when members need to leave their station

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Operated a medical massage focused practice in the Portland,Maine area for eight years.

Kennebunk, Maine, United States

Served as a point of contact for the lab team and consulted with equipment and software technical representatives, as well as handled related maintenance procedures and troubleshootingUtilized Corning Quest software to accurately evaluate and report Z primes; used Excel reports and created macros for use by the entire team allowing automation of repetitive tasks and increased automated test throughput by minimizing cycle time. Conducted custom cell based assays using Corning Epic platform(Cell based screening system) Cell lines worked with include CHO-M1,HEK292 and A431 plus multiple specific company supplied lines.Performed maintenance and limited repairs on lab equipment and robots

Westbrook, Maine, United States

Compared performance of patient samples in-house to customer experience. Documented results and reported findings using both SNAP and radioimmunoassays.Successfully optimized and quantified performance of ELISA based devices after multiple procedure regent and matrix changes. Tracked performance of multiple long term device stability studies.Created comprehensive work instructions and designed software testing protocols. Maintained compliance with the ISO 2001 directives through electronic and paper notebooks; prepared reports on findings using MS Office Suite.Identified additive for extending temperature stability of product while maintaining historical function.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

Trained mice and harvested neuronal tissue after cardiac perfusion.Transformed competent E Coli bacteria with various plasmids, containing desired DNA sequences; sustained bacterial lines, as well as grew/harvested resulting plasmids, which were submitted for in-house sequencingVerified proper DNA sequences using Invitrogens 'VECTOR NTI' software and BLAST searchesUtilized DNA sequences to identify appropriate restriction enzymes; linearized plasmids and performed run-off transcription using both biotin and digoxin labeled RNAHybridized synthetic labeled RNA to mouse tissue mRNAConducted immuno-histochemical labeling using DAB, alkaline-phosphatase, and TSA- fluorescent labeling systems .