Plant Manager
Resume:
Kasie Warrington
Wilmington DE 19802
*****.**********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a position in the field of Life Sciences specializing in
Biology/Biotechnology that will allow me to further develop my
research skills.
EDUCATION:
University of Delaware - Sept. 2005 to February 4th, 2011
B.A. Biological Sciences
Cape Henlopen High School, June 2005
RELEVANT COURSEWORK:
Genetics laboratory experience from University of Delaware:
Performed visual stimulation experiments on Drosophila
Maintained mutant Drosophila populations
Conducted behavioral studies
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Milford Mosquito Control, Milford, DE
Biological Aide, June 2008- August 2008
Chicken blood sample collection for disease testing
Animal phlebotomy
Chicken handling in an open environment
DuPont, Wilmington, DE April 2011 to present
Laboratory Assistant
Assisting in crop genetics research testing genes that regulate
pathways of nitrogen uptake and transportation
throughout the plant. Genes expressed using RFP or YFP tags through aerial
tissue or the apical root of the plant.
Plant care
Tissue sampling, DNA extraction and purification, PCR and data
analysis
Gateway cloning and ligation reactions
Transfecting genes into plant DNA via the vector agrobacterium
tumefaciens
Maintaining a laboratory notebook and record keeping
LABORATORY SKILLS:
Skilled in use of a variety of Pipettes
Aseptic technique
Bacterial cell culture and care
Nucleic Acid extraction of both DNA and RNA
Setting up and carrying out PCR
Nucleic acid analysis by agarose gel
Maintaining a laboratory notebook and attention to close details
Transforming bacterial cells to be incorporated into plant genes
Desire to learn new techniques
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE:
Highly versatile in use of both PCs and Macs
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
High level of familiarity with NCBI tools (Pubmed, BLAST, Spidey,
etc.)
Able to perform a variety of Bioinformatics tasks such as sequence
alignments, motif searches of novel sequences, phylogenetic analysis,
and other related tasks
REFRENCES:
1.) Dr. William Cain
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Phone: 302-***-****
E-mail: ****@****.***
2.) Dr. John McDonald
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Phone: 302-***-****
E-mail: ********@****.***
3.) Dr. Milo Aukerman
Research Scientist, Arabidopsis research
Phone: 302-***-****
E-mail: ****.********@***.******.***
4.) Dennis Norwood
Manager for Atlantic Liquors
Phone: 302-***-****
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