Manuela Arbelaez

Laboratory assistant at Nordic Laboratories
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Denmark, DK
Languages
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Danish Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • R Programming
    Coursera
    Jun, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
    Coursera
    May, 2020
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Nordic Laboratories
    • Denmark
    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Laboratory assistant
      • Apr 2021 - Present

      I am hired to be a laboratory assistant in Nordic Laboratories which provides services for Nordic Group, a group of companies that offers functional medicine and personalised healthcare. Key Responsibilities– The receipt, identification and preparation of all samples and request forms that come in from all over the world– Perform quality control of the samples, labels specimens and aliquots according to established protocols and according to testing ordered– Repacking of samples and preparation for shipment to different laboratories, primarily in Europe and the United States following human specimens shipping protocols

  • Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia
    • Colombia
    • Higher Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

      I was hired to be a research assistant on a project which wanted to create knowledge about how stress levels affect gut microbiota and brain networks. My primary responsibility was to analyze blood and saliva samples, which I had myself coordinated the collection of samples from healthy young men around Medellín.Key responsibilities:- Full responsibility for sample collection and coordination of participants.- Analysis of all samples, using GC Chromatography for blood samples, and UV for saliva samples.- Based on the results of the analysis, I created a database that became the central source for the project and used by 10 scientists during the project. The findings are not yet published.

  • Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA)
    • Colombia
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Analytical Chemist
      • Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

      I was hired to be an Analytical Chemist, in the Technological Service Lab, which provides services for the National Learning Service in the form of chemical analysis to support projects with scientific evidence. We also supported corporate clients and private customers who were collaborating with the public sector on their projects and needed scientific evidence to support their work through chemical analysis.Key responsibilities:- In charge of the chemical area, with responsibility for chromatography and spectrometry analysis.- Using techniques such as liquid chromatography, LC coupled MS and UV, ICP-OES and GC-MS.- Running up to 3 big research projects at the time. Full end-to-end responsibility.- It was my responsibility to present data visualizations to managers and stakeholders of the projects.

    • Temporary Lab Manager
      • Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

      During my time with SENA, our lab manager at the Technological Service Lab went on maternity leave for 6 months, and during this time I assumed her responsibilities as Lab Manager. With this, I was the full-time manager, on top of my responsibilities as Analytical Chemist, with the direct management of 8 employees.Key responsibilities:- Daily management of 8 employees, with roles as chemists, microbiologists and lab technicians.- Responsibility to delegate the laboratory tasks from all current projects to the 8 lab employees.- Delivery responsibility on all scientific projects, sample analysis and key results.

  • Universidad EAFIT
    • Colombia
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Dec 2015 - Apr 2016

      I was hired by the university to support the company, Argos S.A.S, who wanted to know more about how microalgal cultures catch greenhouse gasses. This was with the intend of using our research to launch a microalgal pilot plant, which would serve as the business-case to scale production within this area.Key responsibilities:- I was responsible for running the analytical methods, to quantify polysaccharides and fatty acids from the microalgae, in order to see how the microalgal composition changed after exposure to greenhouses gasses.- I ran all activities within data visualization, creating graphs and slides from the data, using R (ANOVA, data visualization with ggplot2, and multivariate methods).

Education

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    Master's degree, Biotechnology
    2018 - 2020
  • Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture
    Research stay
    2019 - 2019
  • Universidad de Antioquía
    Bachelor's degree, Chemistry
    2009 - 2015

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