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Brock Young
Summary of
qualifications
Sales-oriented Professional with ability to
maintain multi-state territory and recurring
accounts and sales.
Proven record of developing strategies to target
new accounts and establish new customer
relationships.
Skilled in providing technical information to
customers and creating tools to target customers
specific needs.
Education
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
M.S., Major: Biological Sciences August 2007
Emphasis: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and
Virology
Thesis: Role of Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Gene
Products in Vector Transmission and Suppression of
RNA Silencing
Advisor: T. Jack Morris, Ph.D., and Roy French
Ph.D.
Committee: T. Jack Morris, Ph.D., Roy French Ph.D.,
and Feng Qu Ph.D.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
B.S. Major: Biological Sciences (3.7 GPA)
May 2005
Emphasis: Microbiology
Lincoln High School, Lincoln, NE
June 2001
General Studies
Professional
experience Fermentas Life Sciences
Territory Sales Representative 2008-2010
Supervisor(s): Amanda Atkins
Increased sales annually by 30%+
Earned increase in territory size through success.
USDA-ARS
Research Technician/Lab Manager
2003-2008
Supervisor(s): Drake C. Stenger, Ph.D., Roy French,
Ph.D.
Designed experiments to better understand the
disease cycle of Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus
Produced 3 publications in 2 years to high level
scientific journals.
Maintained daily lab functions and supervised
student aides.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Graduate Research Assistant, School of Biological
Sciences 2005-2007
Advisor(s): T. Jack Morris, Ph.D. and Roy French,
Ph.D.
Title of research:
Role of Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Gene Products in
Vector Transmission and Suppression of RNA
Silencing
Cracker Barrel Restaurant, Lincoln
Lead Trainer/Server/Host/BOH Cook
Supervisor(s): Jeff Hanselmann
1998-2004
Trained back of the house restaurant employees for
over 3 years.
Accredited for maintaining low food cost and high
quality product by management.
Patents and
publications Young B.A., Stenger D.C., Qu, F., Morris, T.J. and
Roy French. 2009. The P1 protein, not HC-Pro, of
Wheat Streak Mosiac Virus is a suppressor of RNA
silencing. (in preparation).
Young, B.A., Hein, G.L., French, R., and Drake C.
Stenger. 2007. Substitution of conserved cysteine
residues in Wheat streak mosaic virus HC-Pro
abolishes virus transmission by the wheat curl
mite. Archives of Virology 152(11): 2107-11.
Stenger, D.C., Young, B.A., Qu, F., Morris T.J.,
and Roy French. 2007. Wheat streak mosaic virus
lacking HC-pro is competent to produce disease
synergism in double infections with Maize chlorotic
mottle virus. Phytopathology 97: 1213-1221.
Stenger D.C., Young B.A., and Roy French. 2006.
Random mutagenesis of wheat streak mosaic virus
HC-Pro: non-infectious interfering mutations in a
gene dispensable for systemic infection of plants.
J Gen Virol. Sep. 87(9):2741-7.
26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for
Virology
Corvallis, OR. 2007
Title: The P1 protein, not HC-Pro, of Wheat Streak
Mosaic Virus is a suppressor of RNA silencing.
Professional American Society of Virology
memberships 2007-Present
References
Roy French
Plant Pathologist
Wheat, Sorghum and Bioenergy Research Unit
USDA-ARS
314 Biochemistry Hall E.Campus
Lincoln, NE 68583
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Ryan Earley
Sales Representative
Stryker
547 N. 57th St
Lincoln, NE 68505
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Jack Morris
Distinguished Professor
Beadle Center Rm E230
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
School of Biological Sciences
Lincoln, NE 68588
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