Kathleen R. Bowie
acvon7@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION:
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN May 2015
Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.21/4.00 Bachelor of Arts Degree in German
HONORS:
Presented at National Cancer Institute (3/2015)
Deans List, University of Notre Dame (5/2014)
Awarded the Jim Grogan Fellowship (2/2014)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
University of Chicago: Department of Medicine August 2015 – Present Research Technician
• Investigating nuclear-receptor oriented study of breast cancer and alternative chemotherapies
• Acquired experience in designing my own experiments and thinking analytically to solve problems
• Adept at presenting data at weekly laboratory meetings and manages the laboratory operations University of Washington Bioengineering Department June 2014 August 2014 Research Assistant in Dr. Xiaohu Gao’s Laboratory
• Synthesized silica nanoparticles to be used in ultrasound-based imaging
• Gained hands-on laboratory experience in the field of biomedical nanotechnology
• Skilled in operating instruments, such as fluorescent microscope and spectrometer, ultraviolet- visible spectrometer, and learned cell culture techniques University of Notre Dame Computational Molecular Science June 2013 April 2015 and Engineering Laboratory
Research Assistant
• Acquired aptitude in Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package modeling software
• Mastery of Visualization for Electronic and Structural Analysis software program
• Participated in weekly research meetings and collaborated with other universities PUBLICATION:
Diana C West, Deng Pan, Eva Y. Tonsing-Carter, Kyle M. Hernandez, Charles F. Pierce, Sarah C. Styke, Kathleen R. Bowie, Tzintzuni I. Garcia, Masha Kocherginsky, Suzanne D Conzen Mol Cancer Res May 2016. “GR and ER co-activation alters the expression of differentiation genes and associates with improved ER+ breast cancer outcome” SPECIAL SKILLS:
• Language: German
• Computer: Python, MatLab, Aspen Plus, Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package, Visual Molecular Dynamics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Aftereffects
• Technical: Scanning Electron Microscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Cell culture of mammalian cell lines, qPCR, cDNA synthesis, experience with murine models