Work:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Deprtment of Developmental Biology
Research Assistant III
Baylor College of Medicine i5k project
Volunteer Research
Oakland University, Department of Biological Sciences - Rochester, MI
Graduate Research
International Glossina Genome Initiative
Volunteer Research
Oakland University, Department of Biological Sciences
Teaching assistant / Instructor
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
Post Baccalaureate Research
Education:
Oakland University - Rochester, MI
MS in Biology
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
BS in Biology
Skills:
Research Areas: Molecular biology, chromatin remodeling, transcription regulation, photoreceptor specification, phylogenetic analysis, comparative genomics, gene annotation. Laboratory techniques: PCR, western blot, gel electrophoresis, SDS PAGE, genetic transformation, ChIP (chromatin immunoprecipitation), CoIP (coimmunoprecipitation), DNA purification, protein extraction, cloning (restriction digestion and recombination), small scale dissections (Drosophila retina), immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy (Nikon A1Rsi). Computational: MrBayes, Mesquite, MEGA, BLAST (command line), ClustalW, MUSCLE, R (statistics), Nikon Elements, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint.