Gorka Duralde

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Qualifications Overview

Research Assistant with over 3 years of experience in HIV studies at the National

Institutes of Health. Exceptional work ethics and committed to organizational objectives.

Managed laboratory functions including organization, ordering, and scheduling of

equipment use. Excellent record of equipment maintenance.

Collected, organized and analyzed large amounts of immunoassay data used for

validation of nuclear medicine images.

Consistently restored functionality of the camera during non-reschedulable imaging

sessions contributing to the continuous success of the ongoing projects.

Organized meetings and gathered expert opinions to create reports based on which

crucial equipment purchasing decisions were made.

BS in Biological Science. Major: Biochemistry.

Technical Skills

Peripheral Mononuclear Cell

Mammalian Cell Culture

isolation & cryopreservation

Radio-HPLC

Antiretroviral drug reconstitution

ELISA

Radioactive material handling

Receptor Cell Binding Assays

Microsoft Word, Excel and Power

Nuclear medicine/CT imaging

Point, C and C++ languages.

Laboratory Research Experience

National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases,

10/2010 – 01/2014.

Division of Clinical Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Research fellow

Laboratory involved in imaging studies in the settings of HIV pathogenesis.

Processed and displayed experimental data in power point files for circulation among

research collaborators

Obtained immunoassay data through Radio-HPLC and other methods designed for testing

of immunogenicity to different radiotracers

Trained research fellows as well as scientist collaborators.

Acquired nuclear medicine imaging data for studies aimed at monitoring total CD4+ pool in

rhesus macaques.

Worked with radioactive materials and trained to deal with its disposal.

Familiarity with cell culture, cultivating, monitoring, thawing and expanding mammalian cell

cultures using standard aseptic techniques

01/2009 – 07/2009

College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa FL

Bioinformatics Internship

Presented title: “ Detection of Collagen V in mouse tendon tissue by Tandem Mass

Spectrometry ( MS/MS )”

Used sequence alignment, peptide mass prediction and proteome software to facilitate

interpretation of mass spectrometry data.

Education and Training

National Institutes of Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD.

Recipient of Technical Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Oct 2010

Trained to work with radioisotopes in Biosafety 2 laboratory.

College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Master of Science in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. May 2010

. Overall GPA: 3.81/4.0

Elected Member of Pi Mu Epsilon National Honorary Mathematics Society

College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics. Dec 2007

University of the Basque Country, Bilbao Spain ( EU )

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Major: Biochemistry.

Relevant coursework

Biomedical Biochemistry Enzymology

Advanced Biochemistry Biopolymers

Genomics and Genetics Combinatorics & Graph Theory

Proteomics & Structural Biol. Cytology & Cell Biology

Presentations

Robert E.Donaheu, S. Srinivasula, I. Kim, Gorka Duralde et al. Discordance Between

Peripheral Blood and Tissue CD4+ Lymphocyte Reconstitution in Rhesus Monkeys

Following Autologous Hematopoietic CD34+ Cell Transplantation: An in vivo imaging

Study. Abstract presented at 55th American Association of Hematology ( New Orleans 2013)

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