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Pasadena, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Implement a wide set of molecular biology techniques, including flow cytometry, generation and validation of a novel protein design, and creation of viral particles in a BSL2+ environment in human cell lines for the.
• Execute and design experiments, including troubleshooting, with minimal supervision. Analyze and present subsequent results to colleagues and senior researchers. Incorporated research and protocols into manuscripts.
• Investigate large data sets through a variety of methods using Python programming language. Gained familiarity with PCA, data manipulation and plotting, and logistic regression among other methods to understand and.
• Manage day-to-day requirements of laboratory operations. Order and keep inventory of supplies, maintain required consumables, schedule repairs, and onboard new members.
• Train and supervise incoming researchers possessing a range of experience levels. Work with them to develop proper technical skills, project understanding, and independence.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Operated front service desk, assisting 10 to 30 patrons per hour during shifts with locating and information on books and journals, often involving searching multiple databases. - Gathered and organized books from shelves for the Google books project. Several students worked on the project and proper communication as well as record keeping were a vital.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Co-designed over 10 modified proteins with enzyme cut sites using structural modeling, of which 5 proved to be functional, forming a multi-subunit protein cage structure.
• Successfully and repeatedly cloned all 10 designed plasmids into E. Coli, followed by confirmation of gene transformation and protein expression by gel electrophoresis.
• Purified 5 product copies consisting of 2 unique, designed proteins by poly-His affinity chromatography and filtration and confirmed purity by SDS-PAGE.
• Devised and perfected novel cleavage protocol over the course of 2 weeks to successfully “open” the designed protein cage with inserted cut sites.

Greater San Diego Area

• Examined statistical correlation between 2 desired products, over 5 conditions, and dozens of yeast strain types with data coming from several years.
• Discovered general trends involving product levels, oxygen and sugar input, and strain type that indicated which strains performed best, helping to narrow down running conditions from 16 to 8.
• Influenced management, through work including results above, to bring in a full-time team member to perform in-depth bioinformatics analysis of production running conditions.