Experience

IBBL (Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg)

• Luxembourg
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Biorefinery Assistant Scientist

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Part of the Production Quality & Proficiency Team. Sample processing: - Genomic and cell-free DNA extraction (blood, saliva or stool using Chemagen technology. From frozen or Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) tissue using QIAGEN QIAcube. And cfDNA extraction from serum or plasma) - mRNA / miRNA extraction (from blood, cells or tissue and from frozen or Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) tissue using QIAGEN QIAcube) - Protein extraction (from cells and tissues) - Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell (PBMC) extraction (manually by traditional Ficoll layering or with cell separation tubes or Automated extraction using Cell Preparation Tubes (CPT) and a TECAN liquid handling robot) - Frozen Biospecimen Aliquoting (Coring of frozen tissue and fluid biospecimens using CryoXtract CXT350) Quality Control Services: - Quality control of Nucleic Acids (DNA/RNA quantification by spectrophotometry/spectrofluorometry, DNA fingerprintin, DNA quantification qPCR, cfDNA size measurement, WGA index, Long Range PCR, RNA integrity number (RIN) and DV200 measurement, DNA integrity number (DIN) measurement) - Quality control and characterization of fluid biospecimen (sCD40L and IL-8 in serum, IL-8 and IL-16 in plasma, Haemoglobin measurement in serum and plasma, CRP measurement in blood) Show less



Luxembourg Institute of Health

• Luxembourg
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Mar 2018 - Feb 2020

  Member of the Human Biomonitoring Research Unit at the Department of Population Health. Working with biological matrices to identify human exposure to different occupational and environmental pollutants such as pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and persistent organic pollutants. Main tasks: - Decontamination and pulverization of hair samples - Sample preparation e.g., liquid-liquid extraction and solid-phase extraction - Analysis with GC-MS-MS and LC-MS-MS - Data treatment (MassHunter, MassLynx) Show less



Karolinska Institutet

• Sweden
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Researcher

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Academic Research Project at the Institute of Environmental Medicine Title: “Washout kinetics of ethanol from the airways following local exposure” Analytical techniques: regular and headspace gas chromatography with flame ionization detection Supervisors: Lena Ernstgård, Gunnar Johanson Academic Research Project at the Institute of Environmental Medicine Title: “Washout kinetics of ethanol from the airways following local exposure” Analytical techniques: regular and headspace gas chromatography with flame ionization detection Supervisors: Lena Ernstgård, Gunnar Johanson



212 Military Hospital

• Xanthi, Greece

• Biochemist and Microbiologist Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  o Fulfilled my military service o Applied my knowledge and improved my experience o Assisted with lab work, including: Registering the patients into the system, collecting blood samples, performing a wide range of molecular- immunological- and biochemical tests as well as cultures, followed by identification of microorganisms & antibiograms o Fulfilled my military service o Applied my knowledge and improved my experience o Assisted with lab work, including: Registering the patients into the system, collecting blood samples, performing a wide range of molecular- immunological- and biochemical tests as well as cultures, followed by identification of microorganisms & antibiograms



Private Microbiological Centre

• Kavala, Greece

• Student Intern

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

  A two-month internship about a wide range of molecular- immunological- and biochemical tests Project: Urine culture, identification of microorganisms & antibiograms Supervisor: Dr. Kopanoudi - Toumpourou Paraskevi A two-month internship about a wide range of molecular- immunological- and biochemical tests Project: Urine culture, identification of microorganisms & antibiograms Supervisor: Dr. Kopanoudi - Toumpourou Paraskevi