horuscope@yahoo.com
http://www.oocities.org/horuscope


EDUCATION


08/01-present Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Doctoral Candidate: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Working in Richard Lenski's experimental evolution lab on evolution of freezing tolerance in E. coli
08/94-05/95 & University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
01/96-12/99 Bachelor Of Science: Molecular and Cellular Biology (December 1999)
Minors: Chemistry and General Business
08/95-12/95 West Valley Junior College (Saratoga, CA)
General Education


WORK EXPERIENCE


01/00-08/01 Nuvelo, Inc (formerly Hyseq, Inc.) (Sunnyvale, CA)
Research Associate: HyChip Department (F3 Lab)
(Utilizing "Sequencing By Hybridization" Technology)
08/98-12/99 Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolution (Tucson, AZ)
Research Assistant
(Tracking Rufous hummingbird migration patterns using mitochondrial DNA)
08/99-12/99 Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques (SALT) Center (Tucson, AZ)
Tutor (for Genetics, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, and Algebra)
08/97-12/98 Burd Lab (Tucson, AZ)
Animal Caretaker (for frogs and tadpoles)
06/97-07/97 & 06/99 Hewlett Packard (Cupertino/Palo Alto, CA)
Administrative Assistant/Computer Data Entry Operator


VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE


08/99 Goldman Lab (University of Cambridge, England)
Studied mathematical models that help predict evolution and secondary protein structure
07/98 Kidwell Lab (Tucson, AZ)
Helped graduate students with experimental procedures (such as isolating DNA) and learned about transposable elements in different fruitfly species
01/97-12/99 KAMP Student Radio (Tucson, AZ)
Disc Jockey: Eclectic Magnetic Noise show


SKILLS


PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), Gel electrophoresis, DNA sequence analysis, RFLP (Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism) and further analysis, Experimental evolution and fitness competitions, Growth curve analysis, Survival via direct plate counts, Gene gorging (making isogenic constructs), Cloning, Transformation, Restriction Enzyme Digest, and others.


REFERENCES


Available upon request



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