Experience

Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate III

  • Jul 2023 - Present



Fred Hutch

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

• Senior Research Technician

  • Apr 2020 - Jun 2023

  Manage lab’s multiple IACUC protocols, regulatory documentation (drug logs, and internal documents for EH&S). Interview, train, and supervise multiple lab members, maintain lab equipment, order supplies. Work on various projects that involve mouse transplants (GVHD, myeloma and leukemia, Astatine211, mCMV models), dissections, flow cytometry (up to 20 color panels), DNA purification, qPCR, cell culture, isolation of mouse T cells & bone marrow, bone marrow aspirates & weekly retroorbital blood draws on study mice. Show less



Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Technician

  • Jun 2017 - Apr 2020

  Manage group’s mouse colonies and records, generate and present a monthly breeding report and a bi-annual report on animal usage. Interview, train, and supervise multiple volunteers, maintain lab equipment, order supplies for general lab necessities, maintain and report bi-annual chemical inventory. Assist fellows on various experiments such as dissections, immunostaining, DNA purification, cell culture maintenance, primary isolation of pancreatic islets, RNA extraction, weekly or monthly saphenous blood draws on study mice. I planned and executed a yearlong in vivo study on the effects of three compounds on type II diabetes, generated a study database to input all data to analyze results. Show less



Oregon Health & Science University

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant 2

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2017

  Managed all of the Mandel lab’s mouse colonies, trained and supervised rotation student, maintained lab equipment, ordered supplies for general lab necessities. Assisted post-docs on various experiments such as dissections, perfusions, cryo-sectioning, immunostaining, cloning, cell culture transfection, primary tissue culture dissections and plating, protein and RNA extraction, western blotting, viral injections and weekly behavioral scoring. I worked with Dr. Mandel to make affinity purification columns to extract REST antibody from serum then test it via western blotting and immunostaining. I also worked on a project to look at initial levels of REST in human brain tissue at various ages using immunostaining, western blotting, and qPCR. Show less



Renn Lab

• Reed College

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2013 - May 2015

  Worked in Renn Lab the entire time either as a research assistant or in an independent study course Worked in Renn Lab the entire time either as a research assistant or in an independent study course



Reed College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Circulation Desk Worker

  • Feb 2013 - May 2015

• Summit Processing Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - May 2014

• Reed Science Outreach Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Apr 2013