Tara Quinton Email & Phone Number

Bedford, Ns, Ca

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

• Development of IVD Medical Device Products according to corporate design control procedures.• Conduct coagulation testing for validation studies required for regulatory clearance of IVD medical devices• Collaborate on the preparation of regulatory documentation for FDA and Health Canada submissions.• Actively participate in the design, execution, analysis and evaluation of company research projects.• Prepare investigational experiment protocols, project summaries, technical reports and quality documents. • Engage in design transfer activities of new products.• Maintain reagent and equipment inventories and laboratory equipment.• Conduct external laboratory training and presentations.

Execute phase I/II clinical trial sample immune monitoring through coordination of sample shipments, performance of immune monitoring assays on PBMC, plasma and tumor tissues, preparation of laboratory manuals, documents and reports under a quality assurance system. Train and communicate with clinical sites.Evaluation of vaccine and combination therapy efficacy in preclinical animal studies through completion of immunoassays such as ELISpot, ELISA, TNA, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy.As shipping coordinator, prepare outgoing shipments for all R&D departments and coordinate incoming shipments from suppliers, collaborators and clinical sites.Apply for permits and laboratory containment certification as biosafety officer. Creation and maintenance of biological Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).Author experimental protocols, data summaries and reports. Assist with preparation and review of manuscripts.Extensive experience in purchasing of laboratory equipment, supplies and reagents.Bookkeeping duties including bank reconciliations, accounts payable entry and payments.

Inpatient and outpatient blood collection.

Summer student position followed by three year master's degree conducting research on fibroblastic reticular cells in the lymph node.Conducted primary cell culture, murine injection and tissue isolation, anesthetic delivery and evaluation of cell localization through immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy.

Summer student position leading into 1 year honours research project at the transplantation and immunology lab researching the role of antibody in late graft rejection.Conducted cell isolations, murine injections and intracardiac blood collections, serum isolation and evaluation of antibody activity through cytotoxicity assays and flow cytometry.

Master Of Science (Msc), Microbiology And Immunology

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Honours In Microbiology & Immunology And Psychology