Xia "Elaine" Zhang

Address: ** ********** *****, *** *, Newark, DE 19713

Cell: 908-***-****

Email: acdye7@r.postjobfree.com

U.S. Permanent Resident

Summaries

Master of Medical Biology;

**-**** clinical related research experience, mainly in immunology, oncology and virology;

Independent data collection, analysis and result presentation;

Good team worker and good communication;

Proficient computer and software applications.

Education

Bachelor: Medical Science. Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. 1996

Master: Medical Biology. Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. 1998

Working Experiences

2013 - 02/2014: Medical Assistant. Forevercare Ob/Gyn LLC., Duluth, GA.

2005 - 2011: Research Teaching Specialist. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University

of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ.

• Study on retroviral-assisted targeting of umbilical stem cells and tumor cells;

• Helping with establishment of stem cell core facility in UMDNJ;

• Gene cloning and viral targeting tumor cells in vivo in mouse models;

• Lab maintenance and equipment operation;

• Independent experiment designing and performing, data collection, and manuscript

preparation;

• Training and guidance to medical students, undergraduates and high-school students.

2004 - 2005: Research Fellow. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.

• Elucidated bone marrow-derived stem cell engineering in treating tumors in vivo;

• Mouse tumor model establishment and animal care;

• Studies on immunology largely involved with the use of flow cytometry;

• Manuscript preparation.

2001 - 2003: Visiting Scholar. Duisburg-Essen University, Germany.

• Research in oncology collaborated with clinicians;

• Purification of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma,

p53 mutation analysis and immunology assay.

Lab Skills:

Immunology: MLR assay, MTT assay, ELISA, flow cytometry, CTL assay.

Molecular Biology: DNA and RNA extraction from cultures or tissues; PCR, nested PCR, RT-PCR,

and qPCR; primer designing; gene cloning and restriction mapping; DNA sequencing and result

analysis; western blot; cell culture, transfection and transformation; viral production.

Cell culture: tumor cells, dendritic cells, hemotopoietic and embryonic stem cells.

Virology: vector construction, retroviral production, viral transfection and transduction.

Animal study: animal model establishment and animal care, tail vein injection, cell suspension from

selected organ, tissue frozen and slicing for histopathological analysis.

Programming and statistical analysis: SAS software, Sigma plot, Word and Excel, Powerpoint.

Publications (selected)

1. Zhang X, Sarangi A, Wu DT, Kanduri J, and Roth MJ. Gene delivery in a mouse xenograft of a

retargeted retrovirus to a solid 143B osteosarcoma. Virology Journal. 2013, 10: 194-197.

2. Zhang X, and Roth MJ. Antibody-directed lentiviral gene transduction on a heterogeneous cell

population. J. Gene. Med. 2010; 12 (12): 945-955.

3. Zhang X, Zhao P, Kennedy C, Chen K, Wiegand J, Washington G, and Cui Y. Treatment of pulmonary

metastatic tumors in mice using lentiviral vector-engineered stem cells. Cancer Gene Therapy.

2008; 15 (2): 73-84.

Strengths

- Comprehensive knowledge in clinical medicine, lab protocol;

- Fully cooperative and responsible team player;

- Independent and confident in problem solving and good at organization in work;

- Good communication and writing skills;

- Zeal to learn new technologies and quickly adjusted to new working environment;

- Ability to work with less supervision in the fast-paced and high-loaded environment;

- Can work in multicultural environment.

References:

Monica Roth, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Pharmacology

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Piscataway, NJ 08854

Phone: 732-***-****

Email: acdye7@r.postjobfree.com

Chi-Wei Lu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Child Health

Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Phone: 732-***-****

Email: acdye7@r.postjobfree.com

Xuan Shirley Cao, M.D., Ph.D.

Forever Care Ob/Gyn LLC.

3635 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suite 550, Duluth, GA, 30096

Phone: 770-***-****

Email: acdye7@r.postjobfree.com

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