Experience

Helpful Human

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developer

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  All around software developer jumping around between backend development in Go and Node, DevOps primarily on AWS, System Architecture and JS (React) front-end code.

• Software Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  All around software developer jumping around between backend development in Go and Node, DevOps primarily on AWS, System Architecture and JS (React) front-end code.



Fred Hutch

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician III

  • Nov 2012 - Jul 2016

  I currently work in the Roth Lab at Fred Hutch studying organisms ability to decrease their metabolism in the absence of oxygen and then recover from the anoxia. My position includes RNAseq and analysis to determine genes involved in suspended animation, Northern Blot assays to determine RNA levels in and out of oxygen and qPCR to validate the RNAseq expression results.

• Research Technician I

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2012

  Studied global gene regulation via DNA promoter CpG-island hypermethylation of pediatric brain and skeletal muscle tumors.Studied methods for knockdown of endogenous Dux4 levels in relation to Facial Scapular Humeral Muscular Dystrophy.Participated in bi-weekly lab talks to provide progress report.



Syracuse University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Tutor

  • Aug 2009 - May 2011

  Tutored undergraduates in biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, genetics, and cell-biology. Tutored undergraduates in biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, genetics, and cell-biology.



Seattle Children’s Hospital

• Assistant Lab Technician

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Studied effects of hypoxia on cell coupling and oscillation in inferior olivary nucleus in mice. Performed daily dissection and slicing of mouse brain stem using a micro-vibratome and patch clamp recordings of inferior olivary neurons. Set up and used advanced electrophysiological microscope and recording station. Studied effects of hypoxia on cell coupling and oscillation in inferior olivary nucleus in mice. Performed daily dissection and slicing of mouse brain stem using a micro-vibratome and patch clamp recordings of inferior olivary neurons. Set up and used advanced electrophysiological microscope and recording station.



Swedish

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Lab Technician

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Studied hypermethylation in the NDRG-4 tumor suppressor gene CpG islands in both tumor and normal cells. Performed PCR, DNA isolation and purification, plasmid prep and isolation, E. coli growth and transfection and DNA sequencing on a daily basis. Studied hypermethylation in the NDRG-4 tumor suppressor gene CpG islands in both tumor and normal cells. Performed PCR, DNA isolation and purification, plasmid prep and isolation, E. coli growth and transfection and DNA sequencing on a daily basis.