Experience

University of Ottawa

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Maintenance Worker

  • Sep 2012 - Present

  I get to wash dishes in a dishwasher, clean counters and autoclave microcentrifuge tubes, pipette tips and bacterial wastes. I can also participate in more advanced tasks like preparing solutions such as buffers and culture media, and aliquoting. I get to wash dishes in a dishwasher, clean counters and autoclave microcentrifuge tubes, pipette tips and bacterial wastes. I can also participate in more advanced tasks like preparing solutions such as buffers and culture media, and aliquoting.



Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

• Research Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Research Technician

  • Aug 2009 - Nov 2009

  • Development of JX-594, an oncolytic vaccinia type virus that is to be used for Phase I/II clinical trials. o Assisted in the production of purified virus suspensions. o Performed tissue culture and used the cultures for carrying out plaque assays for Vaccinia, Vesicular Stomatitis and EMC viruses. o Carried out general laboratory maintenance and filled out orders for laboratory needs and supplies.

• Quality Control Coordinator

  • Oct 2007 - Aug 2009

  • General setup of the OHRI Clinical Product Manufacturing Facility (OCPMF) for the manufacturing of oncolytic viruses for Phase I/II clinical trials. o Established Standard Operating Procedures for the OCPMF's Environmental Monitoring (EM) Program and gathered preliminary EM data using a particle counter and solid agar media. o Monitored OCPMF equipment and assisted in the OCPMF's Sanitation Program.



Health Canada | Santé Canada

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Dec 2006 - May 2007

  • Feeding study for cancer promotion in rat tissues using immunohistochemical techniques to detect the proliferating cell nuclear antigen and apoptosis. o Prepared various buffer and stock solutions. o Handled laboratory waste disposal protocols and filled out orders for laboratory supplies. • Feeding study for cancer promotion in rat tissues using immunohistochemical techniques to detect the proliferating cell nuclear antigen and apoptosis. o Prepared various buffer and stock solutions. o Handled laboratory waste disposal protocols and filled out orders for laboratory supplies.



Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • May 2002 - Aug 2003

  • Stack sampling project on a pilot scale research boiler for mercury analysis. o Analysed mercury in coal and ash samples using a mercury spectrometer. o Analysed halide ions in coal and ash samples using pyrohydrolysis and ion exchange chromatography. • Stack sampling project on a pilot scale research boiler for mercury analysis. o Analysed mercury in coal and ash samples using a mercury spectrometer. o Analysed halide ions in coal and ash samples using pyrohydrolysis and ion exchange chromatography.