Rui-Hua( Carrie) Peng ( Curriculum
Vitae)
Address:
UF& Shands Medical Laboratories at Rocky Point
Hematopathology, Flowcytometry Laboratory
Gainesville, Florida 32608
Phone:352-***-****(home)
352-***-****(cell)
Email: abkrqf@r.postjobfree.com
Personal data
NAME Ruihua Peng SEX Female
MARITAL STATUS Married DOB
JOB TITLE Medical Health Excellent
Technologist
II: Education and training
TIME PERIOD EDUCATION INSTITUTE DIPLOMA AWARDED
Medical bachelor degree
Sep.,1983 Weifang Medical College
to July 1988
October 31, BD Biosciences Certificate for Flow
2002 Cytometry training and
workshop.
Sep, American Medical Technologist MT certification
2007-present
Sep, Florida State Health Department Florida State MT License in
2007-present the specialties of
Hematology, Chemistry,
Serology, Microbiology and
Immunology.
Clinical & Research or Professional Experience:
June, 2008 to present: Medical Technologist Shands hospital at University
of Florida, Hematopathology Flow Cytometry Lab
Performing daily instrument QC
o Performing Routine instrument setup and shutdown.
o Performing daily CST performance check on
FACSCantoII and FACS Aria.
o Optimization FACScantoII and FACSAria compensation
using BD FACSComp Beads and using patient's PB cells
to check this compensation setting.
o Using CaliBRITE Beads to check the PMT voltage, Time
delay and compensation on FACSCalibur and FACSscan
o Runing CVCK Align Flow beads for CV check.
Performing Quality control of specimen and
unlysed RBC: Viability check using PI( propidium iodide) and
Cytospin preparation.
Performing cell positive cellular controls :
. CD-Chex Plus for CD4+ cells (two levels)
. CD-Chex for CD34+ cells ( two levels)
Flow Cytometry analysis:
o Performing immune phenotyping tests on peripheral
blood
o Preparing cell suspension from Bone marrow,
Peripheral blood, Tissue, Body fluid, and Fine needle
aspirates in leukemia/lymphoma, multiple myeloma and
PNH patients for flow cytometry.
o Grossing Bone marrow biopsies, clots and solid
tissue.
o Performing cell surface antigen staining and
intracytoplasmic staining (Kappa and Lamda light
chains, BCL2, ZAP70, MPO staining and nuclear TdT
staining).
o Performing RBC, platelet and leukocyte staining on
PNH patient samples.
o Performing T cell receptor (TCR) V-beta analysis by
flow cytometry.
o Per forming DNA content analysis (cycleTEST or Drag5
staining).
o Acquiring samples on 4Color FACsCaliber, 3Color
FACscan, 6Color FACsAria and FACsCanto II cytometers.
Flow Cytometry data analysis: Performing Flow data analysis
using Cell Quest, FCS express, FACsDiva Software and
ModFit LT software for DNA analysis.
Reporting Flow data for Immune Phenotyping
tests in our Mysis database.
Performing reagent QC: Antibody QC and Titration,
Tray products QC, Blood bank products QC and PBS Buffer, CPM
medium QC etc.
Performing CAP offered proficiency tests and
parallel study (leukemia/lymphoma panel, immunephenotyping
tests, CD34, DNA, PNH )
Tracking performance over time: CVs, PMT voltage
required to hit target values, compensation, laser status,
threshold and Levey-Jennings plots.
Performing manual staining: Wright-Giemsa staining and MPO
(myeloperoxidase), NSE (non-specific esterase), IRON staining
and Immunochemistry staining.
Managing clinical sample receipt, documentation and specimen
accessioning in the our Powerpath database.
Performing problem-solving and trouble-shootting.
Communicating with clinical sites on sample scheduling,
labeling, acceptance/rejection, transportation, storage and the
data reporting.
October, 2003 to June, 2008: Biological Scientist, clinical trial
coordinator and lab manager: Department of Pathology, Immunology
and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida.
Participating clinical trials: I was participating in
several clinical trial studies. The techniques used in those trials
are as follows:
a. Processing human blood samples to obtain PBMCs.
b. ELISA for cytokines detection in serum samples and whole blood
culture supernatant
c. Performinf Flow cytometry analyais on FACs ca to characterize
immunophenotypes of B cells, T cells, Monocytes, Dendritic cells
and NK T cells.
d. Performing T cell sorts on cytometry analyzer.
e. MLR(mix leukocyte reaction) for T cell proliferation assay.
f. Luminex for multiple cytokine detection and chemokine assay.
g. ELISpot technique for rare cytokine-producing cell assay.
h. T cell and Dendritic cell purification using MACSorting or
FACSorting or StemCell Sep (negative selection for CD4 T cells)
techniques.
i. DNA and RNA extraction and Real-time PCR.
j. HLA typing for Screening HLA-DR4+ type 1 diabetes patients.
k. QC/QC data report
Flow cytometry analysis:
a. Performing instruments daily QC and machine set-up
b. Preparing flow samples including surface staining and
intracellular staining.
c. Running FACS samples on FACSCaliber, FACsScan, LSRII.
d. Analyzing flow cytometry data using FCS express, FACsDiva and
Cell Quest software.
e. Handling problem-solving and trouble-shooting.
Coordinator duties:
Coordinating or Communicating with our clinical sites or DRL (
diagnostic reference lab) and outside diabetes center on sample
scheduling, labeling, shipping/ receiving acceptance/rejection,
transportation, storage and the QC/QA data reporting.
Lab manager other duties:
Organizing the labs including all required
documents for research and lab safety, lab equipment maintenance,
calibration, quality control and quality assurance. Supervising
the rotating graduate students and volunteering undergraduate
students. Performing lab supply orders and tracking inventory of
reagents and chemicals in the lab.
Animal experimental skills: Tail vein injection,
intraperitoneal injection, foot pad injection. Retro-orbital
bleeding, T cell preparation from mouse spleen, lymph nodes, as
well as pancreas and bone marrow cell preparation.
Other techniques: Western blotting,
immunoprecipitation, preparing samples for DNA microarray.
Immunohistochemistry, and fluorescent microscopy imaging.
Computer skills: word, excel, powerpoint, access,
prism, Cellquest and FCS express for flow cytometry data
analysis. ELISpot bioreader software, Luminex cytokine assay
(beadview software).
July, 2001-September, 2003: Postdoctoral research associate. Dept of
Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of
Florida.
Research project: Characterization of
peripheral blood dendritic cell subsets in type 1 diabetes and
healthy control subjects.
Major techniques used: Flow cytometry
for evaluating dendritic cell subset frequency, absolute number
as well as immunophenotypes in type I diabetes patients.
Dendritric cell isolation from PBMCs using magnetic cell sorting
technique. ELISA, Luminex, cell culture, DNA array, Real-time
PCR, Gene array using gene chips, western blotting.
Other duties: Preparation of research data
for academic conference, manuscripts, grants application.
Computer skills: word, excel, powerpoint,
access, prizm. FCS express for flow cytometry data analysis.
ELISpot bioreader program, Luminex cytokine assay program.
October, 2000- June, 2001: Research Assistant. Dept of
Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of
Florida.
Projects: Analysis of PGS2 Expression in human
monocytes and mouse bone marrow myeloid cells.
Techniques: Flow cytometry, cell culture,
cell isolation from spleen and bone marrow, handling animal
model, Real time PCR, Gene assay, Western blot,
immunohistochemistry.
Computer techniques: word, excel, access,
powerpoint, gel image, FCS express for analysis of flow
cytometry data.
June, 2000-September, 2000 Laboratory technician. Cancer Center,
College of Medicine, University of Florida. Techniques: DNA
extraction from bacteria and cells, plasmid transduction,
western bloting, and RT-PCR.
August, 1988-July, 1999,June
Clinician in a clinical lab. Weifang
hospital. China.
Publication
1. Xia CQ, Qiu Y, Peng RH and Lo-Dauer J, Clare-Salzler, MJ. Infusion of
UVB-treated splenic stromal cells induces suppression of beta cell
antigen-specific T cell responses in NOD mice. J Autoimmun. 2008
Jun;30(4):283-92.
2. Xia CQ, Qiu Y, Peng R, Lo-Dauer J, Clare-Salzler MJ. Apoptotic non-
beta cells suppress beta cell antigen-reactive T cells and induce beta
cell antigen-specific regulatory T cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008
Dec;1150:167-70.
3. Xia CQ, Peng Rui-hua. Qiu, Yushi, Annamalai M, Gordon D, and Clare-
Salzler. Transfusion of apoptotic beta cells induces immune tolerance
to beta cell antigens and prevents type 1 diabetes in NOD mice.
Diabetes. 2007, 56:2116-2123.
4. Xia CQ, Peng Rui-Hua, Annamalai M, Clare-Salzler MJ. Dendritic cells
post-maturation are reprogrammed with heightened IFN-gamma and IL-10.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Jan 26;352(4):960-5
5. Peng Rui-Hua, Paek E, Xia CQ, Tennyson N, Clare-Salzler MJ. Heightened
interferon-alpha/beta response causes myeloid cell dysfunction and
promotes T1D pathogenesis in NOD mice. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006
Oct;1079:99-102.
6. Lo J, Peng Rui-Hua, Barker T, Xia CQ, Clare-Salzler MJ. Peptide-pulsed
immature dendritic cells reduce response to beta cell target antigens
and protect NOD recipients from type I diabetes. Ann N Y Acad Sci.
2006 Oct;1079:153-6.
7. Xia CQ, Peng Rui-Hua, Beato F, Clare-Salzler M. Dexamethasone induces
IL-10-producing monocyte-derived dendritic cells with durable
immaturity. Scand J Immunol. 2005 Jul;62(1):45-54.
8. Womer KL, Peng Rui-Hua, Patton PR, Kaleem A, Bucci M, Murawski MR,
Srinivas T.R., Meier-Kriesche HU, Kaplan B, Clare-Salzler MJ, The
Effects of Renal Transplantation on peripheral blood dentritic cell.
Transplant Proc. 2005 Jan-Feb;37(1):3-6.
9. Womer KL, Peng Rui-Hua, Patton PR, Kaleem A, Bucci M, Murawski MR,
Srinivas T.R., Meier-Kriesche HU, Kaplan B, Clare-Salzler MJ,Precursor dentical cell subset ratio in peripheral blood of rental
transplant recipient correlates with level of immunosuppresion. Clin
Transplation 2005 DOI: 10.1111/J.1399-0012.2005.00405.x
10. Peng Rui-Hua, K. BATHJAT, Y.LI, AND M.J.CLARE-SALZLER. Defective
Maturation of myeloid Dendritic Cell in NOD Nice Is Controled by
IDD10/17/18. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Nov;1005:184-6
11. Peng Rui-Hua, Y.LI, K. BREZNER, SALLY LITHERLAND and M.J.CLARE-
SALZLEER. Abnormal peripheral blood dendritic cell populations in
type 1diabetes. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Nov;1005:222-5.
12. Litherland, SA, J-X She, D Scbatz, K Fuller, AD Hutson, Rui-Hua Peng,
et al. Aberrant Monocyte Prostaglandin Synthase2(PGS2) Expression in
Type 1 Diabetes Before & After Disease. Pediaric Diabetes, 2003, 4: 10-
18.