Experience

LifeBrite Laboratories
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Medical Laboratory Technician

  • Apr 2021 - Present


Advanced Lab Course - Dr. Ellen Neidle, Dr. Timothy Hoover

• Experimental Microbiology Laboratory

  • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Conducted original research to characterize predicted LysR-type transcriptional regulators (LTTRs) in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. • Experimental approaches included bioinformatics, DNA/RNA extraction, isolation of mutations in regulatory sequences, construction of strains utilizing reporter genes, various PCR techniques (e.g. RT-PCR), and DNA sequence analysis. • Conducted original research to characterize predicted LysR-type transcriptional regulators (LTTRs) in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. • Experimental approaches included bioinformatics, DNA/RNA extraction, isolation of mutations in regulatory sequences, construction of strains utilizing reporter genes, various PCR techniques (e.g. RT-PCR), and DNA sequence analysis.



Laboratory of Dr. Vincent Starai

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Further characterized Wolbachia effector proteins that were found to disrupt conserved eukaryotic processes when expressed in a yeast model; investigated their potential role in its obligately symbiotic relationship with the pathogenic nematode, Brugia malayi. • Most recent project involved investigating the biochemical interactions underlying the fusogenic activity and checkpoint regulation of two myoblast-specific proteins, myomixer and myomaker, as well as their localization in yeast models. Show less



Advanced Lab Course – Dr. Andrea Sweigart, Dr. Jonathan Eggenschwiler

• Evolutionary Biology Laboratory

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  • An intensive, inquiry-based laboratory course in modern evolutionary genetics using experimental, comparative, and computational approaches. • Independent Research: analyzed mutations conferring rifampicin resistance in Escherichia coli using ultraviolet irradiation to showcase fitness deficits. • An intensive, inquiry-based laboratory course in modern evolutionary genetics using experimental, comparative, and computational approaches. • Independent Research: analyzed mutations conferring rifampicin resistance in Escherichia coli using ultraviolet irradiation to showcase fitness deficits.



Advanced Lab Course – Dr. Jacek Gaertig, Dr. Edward Kipreos, Dr. Haini Cai, Dr. Cordula Schulz

• Laboratory in Cellular and Developmental Biology

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  • An intensive laboratory course introducing research techniques in cell differentiation, adhesion, motility, molecular transport, and metabolism (e.g. cell fractionation, fluorescence and electron microscopy, immunocytochemistry, DNA isolation, and DNA sequencing). • Independent Research: explored the effects of glyphosate-containing herbicides (e.g. RoundUp) on ciliary motility in eukaryotes. • An intensive laboratory course introducing research techniques in cell differentiation, adhesion, motility, molecular transport, and metabolism (e.g. cell fractionation, fluorescence and electron microscopy, immunocytochemistry, DNA isolation, and DNA sequencing). • Independent Research: explored the effects of glyphosate-containing herbicides (e.g. RoundUp) on ciliary motility in eukaryotes.