Research in Dr Axel Schonthals Lab- Mammalian Cancer Cell Culture with multiple cell lines, freezing and thawing of cells - RT-qPCR- In vivo mice work: injecting tumors into mice and cutting out tumors to analyze, dissection of mouse brains for analysis, perfusion of mice, treating mice with drug for survival studies, retro orbital bleeding- FACS analysis - Confocal Microscopy for brain sections- Gel electrophoresis for DNA and proteins - Western blot analyses for specific proteins - Cell Formation Assay studies to determine IC50- MTT assay to asses cell survival rates- Creating Blood Brain Barrier in vitro model to study effects of drugs on BBB- Train new incoming master students

Privately tutor students in Biology, Physics, Chemistry and all levels of Math; prepare students for upcoming exams; help students understand and complete homework

- Taught classes in Biology, Physics and Algebra- Created lesson plans and exams for classes- Grade tests and workbooks- Intervention Specialist for all levels of math up to Calc 2, Biology, Physics and Earth Science- Acting substitute for other teachers- Prep for summer school by enrolling students- Organize student files- Train New Employees

- Created MSDS for all chemicals in lab- Molecular analysis of sporadic early onset colorectal carcinomas. - Culturing of human cancer cells - Isolation of nucleic acids and mRNA expression analysis using real-time PCR. - ELISA and Western Blot- Use microarray technology to analyze the gene expression profiles of various patient samples.

- Culturing of human cancer cells- Freezing and preserving cancer cells as well as defrosting and growing them - Run polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as well as staining and examining the gels. - Observe how bacteria were used to grow plasmid DNA and then the DNA was purified from the bacteria.