(Jean) PeiChin Tsai

**** ****** *****, ********, ** 30071 acot6e@r.postjobfree.com 940-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Fluent in English and Chinese (listening, speaking, writing, reading)

•

Strong computer skills (Data entry, Microsoft Office, STATA)

•

Self-motivated and thrives in team-based environment

•

Experience with standard biochemical characterization methods, including, electrophoresis and western blot

•

Lab experience in aseptic techniques, bacteriological media preparation and micro scale fermentation

•

Lab experience in DNA & protein Electrophoresis (Agarose Gel, SDS-PAGE), Protein purification, colony

•

transformation & purification and identification of plasmid DNA

Fermentation Technology Experience: Experiment design by JAP, Gas Chromatography system, New

•

Brunswick BioFlo Fermentors, Spectrophotometer, HPLC

Standard operating procedure development for analytical/protein purification laboratory

•

Experience with fermentors of 1 to 5 L working volume or chromatography columns of between 1 L to 10 L

•

of resin

EDUCATION

T he University of Georgia A thens, GA

M aster of s cience in B iomanufacturi ng and Bioprocessing D ec 2014

Major GPA: 3.44/4.00

• MBA classes: Organization Behavior, Financial Accounting, and Operations Management

• Microbiology research project: Ethanol from cellulosic biomass using yeast

• Advanced training in fermentation techniques and protein purification

Certificate: Regulatory Affairs: cGMP, biostatistics, ethics, Food and Drug Law Aug 2014

U niversity of North Texas D enton, TX

B achelor of Science, Biochemistry G PA: 3.42/4.00 M ay 2013

I ntensive English Language Institute S ummer 2009

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Lab Technician, Bioexpression Fermentation Facility, Athens, GA June 2014 – Dec 2014

• Bacteriological media preparation, Isolation of nutritional bacterial mutants. Bacteria culture & sterile

techniques of Microbiology

• Preparation of buffers and reagents

• Colony transformation, DNA purification, DNA & protein electrophoresis (agarose Gel, SDS-PAGE) and

western blot

• Project: Transformation of Pichia, selection and screening of clones. Purification and reconstitution the clones

into liposomes. Performing western blot.

L ab Technician, M icroconsult, Inc.,Carrollton, TX M ay 2012 - July 2013

Read plates, plate samples, streak enrichments following cGMP

•

Excellent performance in teamwork with colleagues

•

Identification of organisms by growth characteristics and differential staining techniques

•

Report results to customers

•

Lab Assistant, University of North Texas Biology Lab, Denton, TX Jan 2011- Aug 2011

• Dissection of zebra fish and preparation of tissue samples

• Run PCR and analyze samples by gel electrophoresis

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Volunteer tutor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX Jan 2012 – Dec 2012

• Math (algebra) and Chemistry (general chemistry I and II)

Contact this candidate