The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida Work Values

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Laboratory Manager for Dr. Roy G. Smith, Chairman of department. I was responsible for procurement of laboratory supplies and equipment, the maintenance of equipment, and the management of mouse colonies. I was the lab representative to the animal use committee. I served as laboratory safety coordinator, assuring compliance of lab personnel and the laboratory with health and safety rules and regulations as well as writing protocols for the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) for research involving hazardous biological materials and recombinant DNA. I assisted in preparing scientific journal articles and research grant proposals, and preparation of figures. I also assisted in training personnel, the development of experimental protocols, the development and implementation of animal use protocols, and conducted research. I worked on a study involving caloric restriction of ghrelin- and Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor (GHSR) knockout mice. I was also involved in studying heterodimerization between GSHR and dopamine receptors. My most recent research centered on the investigation of two new soluble insulin receptor isoforms.

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laboratory research associate, biotech, molecular biology, biomedical, laboratory manager, life sciences, biologist, Maryland

Skills

cell culture, recombinant DNA techniques, bacterial culture and preparation of competent cells, construction of recombinant plasmids, plasmid preparation and analysis, transfection of mammalian cells, ELISA, immunohistochemistry, Southern and Northern blotting, SDS PAGE and Western blotting, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, analysis of DNA sequences, isolation of RNA from cells and tissues, reverse transcription, qRT-PCR, Experimental Animal Management (order, breed, genotype, etc), Preparation of animal use and IBC Protocols, preparation of figures using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Lasergene (DNAStar), Prism, Facility (animal colony management database program)

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