2009 to 2000 Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of California San Diego, CA 2002 to 2009 Graduate Student Researcher, Division of BiologyUniversity of Washington Seattle, WA 2001 to Present Summer undergraduate research intern
Education:
University of California San Diego, CA 2002 to 2009 Doctor of Philosophy in Biological SciencesCalifornia State University 1999 to 2002 Bachelor of Science in General BiologyUCSD Extension Online Course 2006 Additional Coursework in Medical Writing: Protocols, Reports, Summaries, and Submissions
Skills:
Mammalian cell culture (HeLa, HEK293, MCF10A, U2-OS, NIH3T3, CHO, etc.) siRNA Transient expression of exogenous genes in mammalian cells and yeast Immunofluorescence microscopy of fixed mammalian cells Fluorescence microscopy of live mammalian cells and yeast Immunoprecipitation of endogenous and epitope-tagged proteins from yeast and mammalian cell lysates Expression of recombinant proteins in bacteria Affinity purification of recombinant proteins Western blot ELISA Molecular biology techniques including cloning of genes from yeast genomic DNA and mammalian cDNA, primer design, PCR, restriction digest, DNA purification, site-directed mutagenesis, sequence alignment Yeast genetics, including chromosomal deletions and epitope tagging and dissection and analysis of yeast tetrads Protein characterization techniques including subcellular fractionation of organelles by differential centrifugation, determination of size and nature of protein complexes by ultracentrifugation on glycerol velocity and sucrose density gradients, and size exclusion chromatography