Quality Control Technician

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain an entry-level position relevant to life sciences product development, sales, project management and/or marketing

that utilizes research and development knowledge and business decision-making skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Abbott Diagnostic Division, Abbott World HQ, Abbott Park, IL Summer break 2011, 2012, and 2013 Winter break 2011

Full-time paid research lab technician in a diagnostic assay and antigen discovery research lab. Responsible for experiment

quality verification for five team members and independent proprietary research.

Planned and executed experiments on protein secretion in E. coli using site-directed mutagenesis for downstream

application of protein secretion and purification systems

Performed daily lab experiments on live E. coli colonies such as Western analysis, Polymerase Chain Reaction, DNA

extraction and purification, and protein and plasmid quantification

Transformed E. coli plasmids in multiple strains to create transgenic E. coli colonies

Designed and presented weekly power point presentations on the week’s experimental results and future steps to be

taken on all ongoing experiments to lab groups of twenty scientists

Maintained an electronic lab notebook with step by step analysis of daily lab work and all experimental results

Abbott Molecular (div. of Abbott Laboratories), Des Plaines, IL Summer break 2010

Full-time paid research lab technician in an HIV diagnostic assay and quality control lab.

Evaluated HIV assays for reproducibility and stability analysis; determined the percentage of false positives/negatives

in HIV testing using Abbott’s m2000 Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction Diagnostic System

Researched, cataloged, and developed primers and probes used to detect the BCR-ABL translocation; a defect in

patients with leukemia

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL September 2008-September 2009

Year long, full-time salaried lab technician in a pancreatic cancer research lab during “gap” year.

Culled, eviscerated and preserved two thousand mice and studied tumor-ridden pancreas using nuclear staining,

polymerase chain reaction, real time-polymerase chain reaction and Western analysis

Executed a solo experiment to study the effects of South African tea extract on four cancerous human cell lines

Managed mouse colonies for twenty strains of mice that housed a population of over 200 mice

Louisiana Himalayan Association, McLeod Ganj, Dharmsala, India Spring Break 2010

Volunteered with 3 Tibetan business owners to create business websites through HTML coding in Adobe Dreamweaver and

document creation in Adobe Photoshop. Bypassed language barrier through non-verbal communication and use of translator.

EDUCATION

Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY Graduated May 2013

B.S. in Biochemistry with a minor in Economics

3-year member of 8th ranked (nationally) Club Lacrosse and 45th ranked (nationally) Club Squash

National Outdoor Leadership School, Australia Summer Semester 2008

Developed wilderness leadership and first aid skills while earning college credit and exploring the Australian outback for 80

days.

Spent 30 days backpacking, 22 days sea kayaking, 10 days in an Aboriginal community and 14 days operating a 72 ft

gaff-rigged schooner

Planned and executed solo and small group trips using nautical/topographical maps in each section

Glenbard West High School, Glen Ellyn, IL Graduated May 2008

Member of National Honor Society, event chair for impromptu speaking and extemporaneous speaking on speech team

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Building computers, travel, backpacking, sports, and great food. Avid Chicago Blackhawks and Cubs fan.

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