St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department Of Virology And Molecular Biology Work Values

Daily Duties at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department Of Virology And Molecular Biology:

I used various virology/molecular biology methods and techniques, including reverse genetics, in studies to further the organization's understanding of how pandemic influenza strains are derived and cause pathobiology. In addition, since the influenza A virus HA has a major role in the virulence, I studied its receptor specificity and host range restriction changes using mutagenesis of HA to show which changes were essential for transmission and which were not. Performed Bioinforamtics to study nucleotide sequence changes in influenza viruses. Routinely communicated research findings in departmental workshops. (> 15 attendees)

What they like about St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department Of Virology And Molecular Biology:

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Tags

Microbiologist, Drug discovery, Assay development, Virologist, Assay validation, Sequencing, Molecular biology, Scientist, Cell-based assays, Immunohistochemistry, Molecular biologist, Reverse Genetics, Influenza A virus, Vaccines, Research Specialist, PCR, CTL assay

Skills

Leadership , Proactively sought out new information in the literature and incorporated it into projects, Acted as an advocate to integrate the new knowledge into the company's research efforts, Generated new research strategies to effectively address projects, Collaborated with experts to facilitate scientific achievements, Demonstrated the ability to resolve a significant project hurdle by effectively utilizing available information and technical expertise, Presented technical information at deparmental meeting and externally, Compiled and maintained detailed laboratory research note book as required by GLP, Liaise with outside vendor to facilitate research projects, Published project-related research in peer-reviewed journals, in patent application and in R

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