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EXPERIENCE
Lab Assistant, Center for Biomedical
Inventions, Dallas (Summers of '97, '98, and '99)
Learned random phage library panning
Ran high-throughput PCRs, gel electrophoreses, and enzyme digests
Aided in use of the gene gun and collected blood from mice for immunoassays
Ran Qiagen ™ preps and measured optical density of DNA preps
Made and transformed competent cells through electroporation
Programmed a VBasic app to help synthesize genes using assembly PCR
Hand-picked some 20,000 colonies for Expression Library Immunization vaccines
General lab maintenance-made media, poured bioassay plates, ran the autoclave
Helped mentor first year interns
Intern, Yang Ming National University, Taipei,
Taiwan (Summers of '95 and '96)
Ran polymerase chain reactions, gel electrophoreses, and enzyme digests
Purified DNA from blood samples
EDUCATON
University of California at Davis
Bachelor of Science in Genetics, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Regents Scholar in the Integrated Studies honors program
Graduation in 2002 (expected)
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the
University of North Texas
Took college level courses during high school
Barry M. Goldwater Undergraduate Research Scholarship Nominee
OTHER SKILLS
Comfortable with both Microsoft Windows and Linux environment
Experience with AutoCAD 2000, HTML, Visual Basic, C/C++, Perl
Able to learn quickly, hard working, enthusiastic, and enjoy working as a team
Excellent technical writing skills, also fluent in spoken Chinese
RECOMMENDATIONS
Provided upon request
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