Heloise Chandre Blignaut

Laboratory Supervisor at BARC Global Central Laboratory
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(386) 825-5501
Location
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, ZA
Languages
  • Afrikaans Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
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Credentials

  • VTN certified PBMC processor
    HVTN
    Feb, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • Good Laboratory Pipetting and Centrifugation skills
    AEC Amersham/ Thermo Scientific
    Feb, 2017
    - Oct, 2024
  • Basic First aid and CPR
    HWSETA and SAQA
    Jan, 2017
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Cerba Research
    • Belgium
    • Pharmaceuticals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Laboratory Supervisor
      • Jan 2021 - Present

      Managing all technical aspects of the laboratory as well as staff

    • Staff Scientist
      • Nov 2017 - Jan 2021

    • Staff Scientist
      • Nov 2017 - Nov 2017

      *Team leader*VTN certified PBMC processor*SHE representative and fire marshal*Adept at working with LDMS (logging samples, specimen management, storage, shipping and importing) as well as Meditech*Training new employees on lab aspects and Health and safety*Resolving queries and problems *Trained in dry ice and liquid nitrogen handling

  • University of the Witwatersrand
    • South Africa
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research And Teaching Assistant
      • Feb 2017 - Dec 2017

      ● Responsible for ±15 students in Introductory life sciences and complementary life sciences respectively (1st year students) ● In charge of teaching them certain laboratory skills and practices like pipetting, spectrophotometry, plating various microbial organisms like bacteria, fungi and viruses etc. ● Mark tests, assignments as well as essays ● Answering their questions and mentoring them ● Responsible for ±15 students in Introductory life sciences and complementary life sciences respectively (1st year students) ● In charge of teaching them certain laboratory skills and practices like pipetting, spectrophotometry, plating various microbial organisms like bacteria, fungi and viruses etc. ● Mark tests, assignments as well as essays ● Answering their questions and mentoring them

  • General Conference Of Sda
    • United States
    • Individual and Family Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Accounting Assistant
      • Nov 2016 - Dec 2016

      ● Assisted with a forensic audit ● Reconciled real bank statements with falsified ones ● Compared bank statements with journals and ledgers ● Looked for discrepancies and illegal transactions ● Assisted with a forensic audit ● Reconciled real bank statements with falsified ones ● Compared bank statements with journals and ledgers ● Looked for discrepancies and illegal transactions

  • University of the Witwatersrand
    • South Africa
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Laboratory Intern
      • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

      ● Assisted with Western blot assay to detect phosphorylated ERK ● Performed an E.coli plating, DNA extraction and PCR ● Passaging embryonic kidney cells and making of nutrient medium. ● Worked with a Nanodrop spectrophotometer and an autoclave ● Assisted with Western blot assay to detect phosphorylated ERK ● Performed an E.coli plating, DNA extraction and PCR ● Passaging embryonic kidney cells and making of nutrient medium. ● Worked with a Nanodrop spectrophotometer and an autoclave

Education

  • University of the Witwatersrand
    Honors in science, Genetics and developmental biology
    2017 - 2017
  • University of the Witwatersrand
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Genetics and Developmental biology
    2014 - 2016

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