Otilia Cheregi, PhD
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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German Limited working proficiency
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Swedish Elementary proficiency
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Romanian Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bio
Andrei Herdean
It’s rare that you come across someone as passionate and driven as Otilia. We worked together and collaborated on multiple projects. Otilia is very skilled with nucleic acid, protein and biotechnology techniques, but more importantly she is very creative and an excellent problem solver. She demonstrates excellent soft skills, it is a pleasure to be part of her team, and she is an outstanding supervisor and mentor. I would recommend Otilia for any Senior Scientist position in industry or academia. I believe she is well qualified for leadership positions and will certainly be an extremely valuable asset to any team.
Niklas Strömberg
Otilia is one of the best postdocs I have ever come across. Focused and dedicated to perform complex tasks as well as simple ones. Skilful in the lab environment, well organized and does an excellent job on writing papers and reports.
Andrei Herdean
It’s rare that you come across someone as passionate and driven as Otilia. We worked together and collaborated on multiple projects. Otilia is very skilled with nucleic acid, protein and biotechnology techniques, but more importantly she is very creative and an excellent problem solver. She demonstrates excellent soft skills, it is a pleasure to be part of her team, and she is an outstanding supervisor and mentor. I would recommend Otilia for any Senior Scientist position in industry or academia. I believe she is well qualified for leadership positions and will certainly be an extremely valuable asset to any team.
Niklas Strömberg
Otilia is one of the best postdocs I have ever come across. Focused and dedicated to perform complex tasks as well as simple ones. Skilful in the lab environment, well organized and does an excellent job on writing papers and reports.
Andrei Herdean
It’s rare that you come across someone as passionate and driven as Otilia. We worked together and collaborated on multiple projects. Otilia is very skilled with nucleic acid, protein and biotechnology techniques, but more importantly she is very creative and an excellent problem solver. She demonstrates excellent soft skills, it is a pleasure to be part of her team, and she is an outstanding supervisor and mentor. I would recommend Otilia for any Senior Scientist position in industry or academia. I believe she is well qualified for leadership positions and will certainly be an extremely valuable asset to any team.
Niklas Strömberg
Otilia is one of the best postdocs I have ever come across. Focused and dedicated to perform complex tasks as well as simple ones. Skilful in the lab environment, well organized and does an excellent job on writing papers and reports.
Andrei Herdean
It’s rare that you come across someone as passionate and driven as Otilia. We worked together and collaborated on multiple projects. Otilia is very skilled with nucleic acid, protein and biotechnology techniques, but more importantly she is very creative and an excellent problem solver. She demonstrates excellent soft skills, it is a pleasure to be part of her team, and she is an outstanding supervisor and mentor. I would recommend Otilia for any Senior Scientist position in industry or academia. I believe she is well qualified for leadership positions and will certainly be an extremely valuable asset to any team.
Niklas Strömberg
Otilia is one of the best postdocs I have ever come across. Focused and dedicated to perform complex tasks as well as simple ones. Skilful in the lab environment, well organized and does an excellent job on writing papers and reports.
Experience
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TATAA Biocenter
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Sweden
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Biotechnology
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Project Leader
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Mar 2021 - Present
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University of Gothenburg
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Sweden
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Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Researcher
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Feb 2017 - Aug 2020
• Performed and managed a biotechnology project on microalgae for biomass and biofuel production. The main accomplishment is screening of a large collection of marine microalgae (aprox 160 strains) to identify best 2 species that can be used for biomass production in an outdoor and year-round cultivation system on the Swedish west coast.• Contributed to the elucidation of the role of chloroplast transporters and channels in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This knowledge will allow control of ions in the chloroplast, with the aim of improving photosynthesis.• Improved methods for microalgae cultivation, growth and biomass determination, fatty acids isolation.
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Umea University
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Sweden
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Postdoc
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May 2010 - Jul 2016
• Basic research on photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and algae.• Identified new roles for the Deg proteases in cyanobacteria.• Established a method for isolation and quantification of secreted exopolysaccharides from cyanobacteria.• Characterized and introduced to the research community a new model species for cryptophyte algae.• Contributed and validated new bioinformatics tools (Synergy, http://synergy.plantgenie.org/) for exploring gene regulation in cyanobateria. • Basic research on photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and algae.• Identified new roles for the Deg proteases in cyanobacteria.• Established a method for isolation and quantification of secreted exopolysaccharides from cyanobacteria.• Characterized and introduced to the research community a new model species for cryptophyte algae.• Contributed and validated new bioinformatics tools (Synergy, http://synergy.plantgenie.org/) for exploring gene regulation in cyanobateria.
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UC Berkeley
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Visiting Researcher
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Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Visiting the lab of Prof. Cheryl Kerfeld to learn the basics of structural modeling. Visiting the lab of Prof. Cheryl Kerfeld to learn the basics of structural modeling.
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Visiting Researcher
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Nov 2012 - Dec 2012
Visiting the lab of Dr. Radek Kana and Dr. Ondrej Prasil to work on the basic aspects of photosynthesis in the cryptophyte alga Guillardia theta. Visiting the lab of Dr. Radek Kana and Dr. Ondrej Prasil to work on the basic aspects of photosynthesis in the cryptophyte alga Guillardia theta.
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Arizona State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jul 2008 - May 2010
Won a 2 -years research grant from Wenner-Gren Foundation to work on genome re-annotation for the purpose of identifying new very, small proteins in a model cyanobacterium. Won a 2 -years research grant from Wenner-Gren Foundation to work on genome re-annotation for the purpose of identifying new very, small proteins in a model cyanobacterium.
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University of Szeged
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Hungary
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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PhD
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Sep 2004 - Jul 2008
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Mount Allison University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Visiting Researcher
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Sep 2005 - Oct 2005
Learn RT-Q-PCR in the lab of Prof. Douglas Campbell. Perform stress experiments and biophysical measurements on Gloebacter violaceus PCC7421. Learn RT-Q-PCR in the lab of Prof. Douglas Campbell. Perform stress experiments and biophysical measurements on Gloebacter violaceus PCC7421.
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Biological Research Center
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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Oct 2001 - Sep 2003
Working with plant cell cultures. Biotransformation of digitoxin using root cell culture of Digitalis lanata.Cryo-preservation of potato shoot tips. Working with plant cell cultures. Biotransformation of digitoxin using root cell culture of Digitalis lanata.Cryo-preservation of potato shoot tips.
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Education
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2020 - 2020
Svensk Medicin AB
Medical Marketing -
2001 - 2003
Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca
Master of Science (MSc), Plant Genetic Engineering -
1997 - 2001
Faculty of Biology and Geology
Bachelor's degree, Biology and Chemistry
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