Description
Research Biologist with more than 10 years of experience. Three years of extensive postdoctoral training in physiology and biochemistry of liver metabolism. Experienced in laboratory animal studies, drug stability and pharmacodynamics studies. Able to troubleshoot and learn new analytical techniques. Accomplished in developing and applying new protocols and technologies for qualitative and quantitative identification of small molecules. Proficient in enzymology and HPLC, LC - MS, GC - MS, stable isotopes technologies for metabolite identification. Experienced in molecular biology - gene expression, ELISA and Western blot. Excellent organizational, analytical and laboratory management skills. Experimental design: in vivo, in vitro (cell culture, isolated mitochondria) and ex vivo experiments * Specific animal skills include: intraperitoneal injections, portal vein cannulation, tail vein injection, animal sacrifice and organ harvesting * Specialty in enzyme activity * Samples preparation for HPLC, LC - MS, GC - MS * Enzymatic methods of metabolites identification * Molecular biology: gene expression, ELISA, Western blot * Stable isotopes use for metabolic fluxes study * Technical writing and laboratory records keeping * New biochemical laboratory protocols and techniques development * Strong ability to understand critical aspects of scientific project, including experimental design and conduct, data interpretation and analysis, troubleshooting * Significant experience in researching information, conducting appropriate literature search, and extracting relevant approaches and assays
Work Experience
COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
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(Confidential) | Senior Research Associate | / - Present |