Minde

Irene

Willardsen,

Ph.D.

**** *.

**th

Street

ab9m1d@r.postjobfree.com

Milwaukee,

WI

53214

(801)

541

9544

SUMMARY

OF

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD

trained

scientist

with

over

10

years

of

experience

in

designing,

implementing

and

interpreting

molecular

and

cellular

biology

research

studies.

Adept

public

speaker

and

scientific

writer.

Experienced

managing

projects

and

collaborating

with

both

internal

and

external

teams.

Familiar

with

biotechnology

commercialization,

including

valuation,

marketing,

intellectual

property

laws,

competitive

intelligence,

FDA

regulations,

and

corporate

finance.

• Exceptional

oral

and

written

communication

skills

• Highly

skilled

negotiator

and

resolution

mediator

• Experienced

in

Project

Management

• Excellent

time

management

skills

• Experienced

in

working

as

part

of

a

team

and

in

training

other

scientists.

• Proficient

in

MS

Word,

Photoshop,

MS

PowerPoint,

MS

Excel

EDUCATION

Ph.D.,

University

of

Utah,

Neurobiology,

Cum

Laude

2001

2008

B.S.,

University

of

Utah,

Biology

with

minor

in

Chemistry

1998

2001

A.S.,

Snow

College,

Summa

Cum

Laude

1996

1998

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Consultant

Postdoc

Industry

Consultants

8/2012

Present

Office

of

Technology

Development,

Medical

College

of

Wisconsin

• Identified

and

analyzed

platforms

used

for

competitive

intelligence.

• Identified

market

targets

and

hurdles

for

a

patented

pre

clinical

drug

licensing

opportunity.

• Presented

findings

to

regional

economic

development

organizations.

• Attended

commercialization

workshops

on

valuation,

intellectual

property

and

finance.

• Attended

courses

on

Biomedical

Technology

Standards

and

Regulations

covering

topics

including

FDA

regulations

of

medical

devices

and

pharmaceuticals.

Postdoctoral

Research

Scientist

Medical

College

of

Wisconsin

4/2010

Present

• Developed,

implemented

and

interpreted

scientific

research

on

cell

biological

influences

on

neurogenesis.

• Presented

nationally

and

internationally

at

various

scientific

meetings.

• Mastered

laboratory

techniques

including:

generation

of

transgenic

Danio

rerio,

genetic

manipulation

of

Danio

rerio,

confocal

microscopy,

and

gateway

cloning.

• Mentored

students

and

new

post

doctoral

scientists

in

their

research

and

professional

endeavors.

• Published

original

research

and

review

articles

in

peer

reviewed

scientific

journals.

Acted

as

a

reviewer

for

scientific

journals

including:

Developmental

Biology,

Trends

in

Neuroscience,

•

Developmental

Dynamics,

and

the

UK

Welcome

Trust.

Postdoctoral

Research

Scientist

University

of

Utah

8/2008

3/2010

• Developed,

implemented

and

interpreted

scientific

research

on

the

role

of

FGF

signaling

and

ER81

in

retinal

development.

• Presented

nationally

at

scientific

meetings.

• Acted

as

research

project

leader

managing

undergraduate

students

and

technicians.

Graduate

Research

Assistant

University

of

Utah

9/2002

8/2008

• Designed

and

led

a

research

project

on

the

initiation

of

neurogenesis

in

the

developing

retina

• Graduate

lecturer

for

the

Molecular

Biology

Lab

course.

• Mentored

and

trained

students

at

the

undergraduate

and

graduate

levels

in

laboratory

procedures

and

the

scientific

process.

• Collaborated

with

research

groups

from

other

institutions

on

research

projects

and

publications.

• Mastered

laboratory

techniques

including:

PCR,

DNA

isolation,

bioinformatics,

generation

of

transgenic

Xenopu

laevis,

fluorescent

microscopy,

and

sectioning

(cryo,

paraffin,

and

plastic).

Undergraduate

Research

Assistant

University

of

Utah

9/2000

9/2002

• Designed

and

performed

experiments

to

investigate

the

cellular

localization

of

Fragile

X

Mental

Retardation

Protein.

• Mastered

molecular

biology

techniques

and

use

of

Drosophila

melanogaster

as

a

model

system.

• Mentored

technicians

and

new

undergraduate

researchers.

ACHIEVEMENTS

AND

SCHOLASTIC

HONORS

•

2012,

Postdoctoral

Professional

Development

Travel

Award,

Medical

College

of

Wisconsin

•

2006

2007,

Graduate

Research

Fellowship,

University

of

Utah

•

2007,

Society

for

Developmental

Biology

Graduate

Travel

Award

•

2000,

University

of

Utah

Undergraduate

Research

Opportunities

Program

Grant,

University

of

Utah

•

1998

1999,

University

of

Utah

Bioscience

Program

Undergraduate

Grant,

University

of

Utah

•

1998

1999,

Academic

Scholarship,

University

of

Utah

•

1996

1998,

Academic

Scholarship,

Snow

College

•

1996

1997,

Music

Scholarship,

Snow

College

COMMUNITY

SERVICE

Served

as

a

scientist

mentor

for

the

Milwaukee

chapter

of

Students

Modeling

a

Research

Topic,

teaching

•

high

school

students

the

importance

of

models

in

science

and

science

communication.

Educated

students

at

2

Salt

Lake

City

area

elementary

schools

regarding

the

role/importance

of

scientists.

•

Created

and

spoke

at

a

display

for

the

Utah

Natural

History

Museum

frog

week

on

the

uses

of

Xenopus

•

laevis

in

laboratories.

Volunteer

at

the

Wisconsin

Humane

Society

advising

clients

on

adoption

and

completing/facilitating

•

adoptions.

SELECTED

PUBLICATIONS

Willardsen

MI

and

Link

BA.

(2011)

Cell

biological

regulation

of

division

fate

in

vertebrate

neuroepithelial

cells.

Developmental

Dynamics

240,

1865

1879.

Agathocleus

M,

Iordanova

I,

Willardsen

MI,

Xue

Y,

Vetter

ML,

Harris

WA,

Moore

KB.

(2009)

A

directional

Wnt/β

catenin

Sox2

Proneural

pathway

regulates

the

transition

from

proliferation

to

differentiation

in

the

Xenopus

retina.

Development.

136,

3289

3299.

Willardsen

MI,

Suli

A,

Pan

Y,

Marsh

Armstrong

N,

Chien

CB,

El

Hodiri

H,

Brown

NL,

Moore

KB,

Vetter

ML.

(2009)

Temporal

regulation

of

Ath5

gene

expression

during

eye

development.

Dev.

Biol.

326,

471

481.

Riesenberg

AN,

Le

TT,

Willardsen

MI,

Blackburn

DC,

Spencer

ML,

Vetter

ML,

Brown

NL.

(2009)

Initiation

of

mouse

retinal

neurogenesis

via

Pax6

regulation

of

Math5.

Genesis

47,

175

187.

Hutcheson

DA,

Hanson

MI,

Moore

KB,

Le

TT,

Brown

NL,

Vetter

ML

(2005)

bHLH

dependent

and

independent

modes

of

Ath5

gene

regulation

during

retinal

development.

Development

132,

829

839.

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