Researcher in Genetic Association studies focused on hyperuricemiaData and Statistical analyst

GWAS: SNP association (susceptibility) with oral complications (dental caries and periodontal disease) post-radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients.

During my academic career at the University at Albany, NY, I carried out a research in the Department of Chemistry where I used Mass Spectrometry to investigate post-transcriptional modification in untreated and treated cancerous cells. In addition, I became proficient in ArrayPro1 software for data analysis, which I used for searching and generating a list of RNA modifications. During the last year of research I became very familiar in performing cell cultures RNA extraction

Summer Internship. It has allowed me to gain knowledge of the entire process of RT-PCR, DNA sequencing, and to become familiar with the use of the machines TermoCycles, Rotor-Gene, PyroMark and Sequenom.