Shannon Collinson, Ph.D., Ms Email & Phone Number

Orient Point New York

Orient Point New York

Storrs, Connecticut

Waltham, Massachusetts

♣ Maintain cell cultures of various ovarian and leukemic cancer cell lines♣ Analyze variants of clinical trial agent for optimization via binding, bystander, and cytotoxicity assays♣ Explore new antigen targets through experimentation♣ Evaluate experimental data using GraphPad Prism6 for submission to Electronic Notebook ♣ Observe laboratory and company meetings to assess newest project data

Stem Cell Reprogramming Laboratory, Department Of Animal Science

♣ Perform qPCR to analyze gene expression levels of various fusion proteins constructed in the laboratory as well as to validate RNA seq data♣ Maintain cell cultures: cell recovering, cell passaging, and cell freezing to assist Ph.D. students with cell culture projects♣ Use BLAST to establish promoter regions of pluripotent genes and compare to laboratory promoters♣ Teach molecular biology and cell culture techniques to new lab members♣ Attend and participate in weekly laboratory meetings to evaluate experimental data ♣ Present at laboratory journal clubs to gain a better understanding of stem cell reprogramming studies♣ Update laboratory organization records including chemical inventory, primer/construct inventory, and SDS sheets to ensure effective and safe work flow

Master Of Science (M.S.), Applied Genomics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Dietetics And Clinical Nutrition Services

Activities and Societies: Nutrition coach/ Volunteer