Western Illinois University Work Values

Daily Duties at Western Illinois University:

• Performing research under Dr. Richard Musser • Tomato CDNA Microarray investigation of exogenous Salicylic acid induced changes in gene expressions • Performed lab work on Antibiotic susceptibility testing of gram-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis. • Performed lab on different growth levels in soil bacteria using Batch Fermenter

What they like about Western Illinois University:

Working for a company with an emphasis on social values and helping society is a clear and important priority for you - a critical factor in who you choose to work for. In contrast to other factors, you place an organization's reputation for fairness and concern for the community above most other aspects of the company. As you search for a new job opportunity, it is usually possible to find out if the company is involved in the community and/or if it is addressing problems and issues in society. Pay special attention to non-profit organizations and those specifically involved in social action. Moreover, speaking with current and former employees should enlighten you to perceptions of the fairness of the company's leaders and the treatment of employees.

Tags

PCR, WesternBlot, ELISA, Immunoprecipitation, Protein/DNA, Mammalian cell culture, Cancer Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immuno floresecence, Immuno cyto chemistry, Immuno histo chemistry, Florescence Micro scopy, Microsoft word, Microsoft xcel, Graph pad

Skills

• Protein expression and purification: Bacterial system, eukaryotic system, western blot, native gel electrophoresis and chromatography, • Protein-protein interaction study: Immunoprecipitation, pull down assay with different tags), Co-immunoprecipitation, • Molecular biology: Cloning, Site-directed mutagenesis, EMSA (Gel-shift), Chromatin immunoprecipitation, qPCR, PCR, Methylation specific PCR (MSP & USP), Plasmid isolation, transfection and transformation, Nucleic acid purification, RNA isolation from , • Immunological assays: Antibody Purification, ELISA, Immunohistochemistry, tissue fixation, Immunocytochemistry, tissue microarray and histopathology., • Microscopy: Fluorescence and light microscope (Zeiss, Olympus) and laser capture microdissection., • Cell culture and cell biology: Maintaining both murine and human cell lines such as prostate epithelial and prostate cancer cell lines, Senescence, scratch wound assay, migration assay, Apoptotic assay, Kinase assays, • Mastered in using SAS • Successfully statistical t-test was performed for thesis data.

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Western Illinois University: