Assistant Vice President

Rebecca Seliga

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OBJECTIVE

Rebecca Seliga

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To attain a position at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research specifically in their malaria division where

I can continue to gain laboratory experience in the techniques used in a malaria laboratory.

DUCATIO

EDUCATION

August 2008 Present

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

B.S. in Immunology and Infectious Disease

Expected graduation: May 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 2011 Present

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, Undergraduate Laboratory

Assistant, Dr. Andrew Read University Park, PA

Assist in running RNA extraction and Real time PCR on resistant and sensitive strains of Plasmodium

chabaudi

May 2011 Present

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, Undergraduate Laboratory

Assistant, Dr. Matthew Thomas University Park, PA

Running various biological experiments studying various mosquito life history traits

Assist in maintaining Anopheles stephensi colony

May 2010

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Externship, Capt. Jacob Johnson

Silver Spring, MD

Used Geimsa staining to look at the red blood cell smears for quantitating in vitro

parasitemia and the malaria SYBR Green I fluorescence based assay for examining

growth proliferation in the presence of various known antimalarials and test compounds

ACTIVITIES

August 2008 Present

Biomedical Science Club

August 2011 Present

Conference Chair

Plan and coordinate a conference for undergraduates interested in the biomedical sciences for Spring

2012. Keynote: Dr. Terri Laufer

August 2010 May 2011

Vice President

Rebecca Seliga

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Coordinated guest speaker events. This included asking faculty and out of town speakers to come and

discuss relevant research and prospective careers for undergraduate students

August 2008 May 2011

Conference Committee member

Assisted in planning and coordinating a conference for undergraduates interested in the biomedical

sciences for Spring 2010 and Spring 2011. Keynotes: Dr. Peter Hudson and Dr. Donald Henderson

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