Manager Sales Representative

PERSONAL info:

Name: Tatjana Zogovic-Kapsalis

Contact info: *********@*****.***

Degree: BSc

Titles: Assistant Specialist, Lab Manager, Lab Tech, Lab Technician, Cell

Culture Specialist,

Research Associate II, Research Assistant, Sales Specialist

EMPLOYMENT:

Serbia

2002 - 2003. Sales Representative for Oriflame cosmetics

2005 - 2006. Tourist Receptionist at the International Student Hostel

"Lola" in Belgrade

United States

July 2006- April 2009 Research Specialist in Molecular & Cellular Biology

University of California San

Francisco (UCSF)

and University of California

Berkeley

Department: OB/GYN, Center for Reproductive Studies

Lab: Leitman's lab

513 Parnassus Ave. S1258

94143 San Francisco California

PI: Leitman Dale, MD, PhD

Position: Research Specialist & Laboratory Procurement Manager

Previous area of interest: Molecular Biology of Estrogen Receptor Signaling

Previous project: Differentiation of H9 and H7 hESC to neurons

Cell culture: Maintain all cell lines we use in our mouse and human

research, differentiations of different types of stem cells (human and

mice, mesenchymal and embryonic) to neurons, osteoblasts, other tissues

Molecular biology: Manage experiments with differentiated cells; prepare

samples for PCR and all other analyses

Microbiology: Work with plazmids: transfections, transformations, Mini and

Maxi preps

Other skills: solid administrative and computer work and excellent manage

and organize the lab

Teaching: Teach students and new employees to the lab techniques and work

with stem with stem cells

Research Skills: Human embryonic Stem Cell Culture and Differentiation;

Molecular Biology of RNA & DNA with emphasis in Gene Profiling with

Microarrays

EDUCATION:

1996-1999. High school Mladenovac

1999-2005. Student at University of Belgrade (Biology)

(2002-2004. Cytology, Histology and Embryology)

Volunteer work at the University of Belgrade, for a few months: The

Influence of Triiodothyronine on Rat Adipose Tissue - processing the

tissue for (electron) microscopy; experience in cutting and coloring the

tissue - histology background

PUBLICATIONS:

Cvoro A, Tatomer D, Tee MK, Zogovic T, Harris HA, Leitman DC. Selective

estrogen receptor-beta agonists repress transcription of proinflammatory

genes. J Immunol. 2008 Jan 1;180(1):630-6.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18097065

Mersereau JE, Levy N, Staub RE, Baggett S, Zogovic T, Chow S, Ricke WA,

Tagliaferri M, Cohen I, Bjeldanes LF, Leitman DC. Liquiritigenin is a

plant-derived highly selective estrogen receptor beta agonist. Mol Cell

Endocrinol. 2008 Feb 13;283(1-2):49-57.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18177995

Lili Zhang1, Brigitte E. Blackman1, Marcus D. Schonemann1, Tatjana Zogovic-

Kapsalis1, Xiaoyu Pan2, Mary Tagliaferri3, Heather A. Harris4, Isaac

Cohen3, Renee A. Reijo Pera5, Synthia H. Mellon1, Richard I. Weiner1 and

Dale C. Leitman1,6 Estrogen receptor ? selective agonists stimulate

calcium oscillations in

human and mouse embryonic stem cell-derived neurons

Research Article, published 27 Jul 2010 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011791

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011791

REFERENCES:

Dr. Dale Leitman M.D., Ph.D. Professor at UC Berkeley

****@**********.*** 925-***-****

Dr. Lili Zhang Ph.D

****.*****@****.*** 415-***-****

Dr. Marcus Schonemann Ph.D. Dept of OB/GYN

***********@*****.****.*** 415-***-****

Dr. Synthia Mellon Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of OB/GYN

******@***.****.*** 415-***-****

Naomi Marcus Employment Specialist/Vocational Assessment at UCSF

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