sarita upadhyay

Email: abqg9n@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** *** **** *****

City: Charleston

State: IL

Zip: 61920

Country: USA

Phone: 217-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $40,000

Willing to Relocate

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Sarita Upadhyay

285 Concord Drive

Glendale Heights, IL 60139

(From Feb.1, Chicago zip 60660)

Phone: 217-***-****

Email: abqg9n@r.postjobfree.com

Education and Training:

B. Sc. Biology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

75 additional semester hours of college courses in the US

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board Certified for Histology Technician: 2009, 2012.

ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) Maintenance Program, valid until April 2015.

Histology Technician training from All India Institute of Medical Sciences: one year full time, 1982. (World Health Organization scholarship)

Experience Summary:

Faculty Research Assistant (part time) at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL: January 2005 - May 2012

Lab assistant at SBL Health Center (Hospital), Mattoon, IL: November 1999 - May 2007

CNA, Heart of the Valley Alzheimer Nursing Home, Corvallis, OR: Jan. 1998 - May 1999

Histology Technician, Institute of Medicine Campus, Tribhuvan Univ,, Nepal, 1982 - 1986

Lab Assistant, Institute of Medicine Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1977 - 1981

Knowledge of hospital lab and environment as well as university lab.

Eastern Illinois University Experience:

Worked with mouse brain, epithelium and olfactory bulb (Main focus of research: Alzheimer`s disease)

Helped students in perfusion, ovarectomy, nasal irrigation, Brdu injecting, cutting tissues in a Cryostat

Taught a range of staining from simple CV staining to antibody staining as required.

As a lab manager, handled purchase orders of chemicals and other required materials for the Lab. Managed the use of all antibodies.

Trained students in performing Western Blot

Did PCR and all the process to extract DNA from mouse tail to find out homozygous, heterozygous ER alpha, ER beta and wild types.

Made all different solutions required for the lab. Cut large amounts of OB and OE sections in the Cryostat for students. Occasionally did FISH (florescence in situ hybridization) to find out Eralpha in mouse epithelium.

Helped students to use fluorescent microscope to take pictures.

Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital Experience

Worked with human tissues; did all routine work in a pathology lab such as: tissue processing, embedding, cutting paraffin blocks and staining. I had the responsibilities of processing tissue in a VIP (vacuum infiltrate pressure) machine and also handling changing solution in that machine.

Embedding biopsies, lesions and big tissues, cutting 60-70 blocks daily and over 100 blocks occasionally, H and E staining, H- pylori and bone marrow was daily duty for me.

All computer works to enter surgical as well as outpatient`s specimen is the first step to start the processing. Handled all blocks/ slides filling in proper order. Kept all the Q-C record for inspection. Making different solution was also a routine work at the hospital.

Performed large amounts of pap stain for body fluids

Handled all administrative work when supervisor was on leave or vacation

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