Career Summary * Lab Manager with over 25 years of optimizing efficiencies. * Able to coordinate initiatives (both scientific and administrative) within research laboratories strives to propel professionalism while minimizing the efforts produced within the workplace. * Adept at supporting and collaborating with other team members to implement the most appropriate policies, procedures, and protocols for assignments. AREAS OF EXPERTISE * Laboratory Management and Finance Skills * Mouse Colony Management/ Small Rodent Dissection * Preparation and Analysis of RNA and DNA * Chloride/ Calcium Flux/ FlexStation Analysis * Antibody Genesis and Screening * Transient/ Stable Transfection * Immunohistochemistry * Fluorescence/ Confocal Microscopy * Clinical Study Set-up / Data Entry/ Progeny/ IRB Human Studies Protocol Maintenance * GLP and GMP Principles and Compliance * Data Analysis / Interpretation / Presentation * SDS-Page, Western/ Southern/ Northern Blot Analysis * Li - COR/ ELISA/ Cell Based-Assays/Immunoprecipitation * Radioimmunoassay, Radioligand Binding * Lab Equipment/ Computer Maintenance/ Lab Website Maintenance * High-throughput Compound Screening * Animal Behavioral Tests: Balance Beam/ Rotarod/ Morris Water Maze/ Wheel Running/ Gait/ Zero and Plus Maze/ Tail Suspension/Open Field/ Sucrose Preference/ ANY-maze * Established and Primary Cell Culture * Animal Tissue and Fluid Collection/ Analysis * Controlled Substances, Safe Shipping and Bio-Safety trained, BSL2 trained, EAP Lab Safety Manager NOTABLE ACCOLADES Summa Cum Laude Biology and Chemistry High Honors Biology Citation Award Ethel Vollertson Professional Journal Award (Research Award) Alumni Scholarship for Leadership and Grades Avon Dollars for Scholars Trained in all UCSF EH&S Lab Safety requirements CalOSHA/ AAALAC guidelines

Highlights:

• Administrative Assistant
• Critical Care - Neurology
• Neurology
• Research
• Radiation
• Complaints
• Water Supply
• Adobe
• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Illustrator