Biochemist with a passion to innovate

Bryan J. Jones

**** ****** ** ** ******** Heights, MN 55421 612-***-**** ac19b8@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

Biochemist with over 8 years research experience in the biotechnology industry and academic labs.

Expertise with techniques including experiment design and development, protein engineering, X-ray crystallography, as well as culturing bacteria, yeast, and mammalian tissue.

Experience organizing successful research projects and supervising student researchers.

Organized results for numerous publications.

Education

University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN

Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, June 2017

Trinity Western University Langley, BC, Canada

Bachelors of Science, Biology, May 2005

Research Experience

Graduate/Postdoctoral Research Assistant (current)

University of Minnesota BMBB St. Paul, MN Aug 2011 - Present

Romas Kazlauskas, Ph.D. research group

Engineered enzymes to do new reactions, alter enantioselectivity, and increase stability.

Solved structure of multiple enzymes.

Senior Laboratory Technician/Lab Manager

University of Minnesota Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences St. Paul, MN Dec 2009 - Aug 2011

Quantified the molecular effects of drugs of abuse on immune response in epithelial tissue using RT-PCR.

Laboratory Technician I - Biology

Receptors, LLC Chaska, MN Jan 2008 - Jul 2009

Conducted research simultaneously on multiple disparate projects under different project leaders.

Assay Development: Western Blotting & HPLC QC assays for key library of proprietary materials

Developed novel products and applications for proprietary technology

Graduate Research Assistant

Nara Institute of Science and Technology Nara, Japan Oct-Nov 2014

Made recombinant bacteria strains expressing specific genes of interest

Research Intern

Cargill Inc. Biotechnology Development Center Excelsior, MN Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

Development of genetic tools for proprietary yeast strain.

Research and Cultivation Specialist

Mushrooms for the Masses Minneapolis, MN Nov 2009 - Aug 2010

Characterized new strain isolates, developed cloning and cultivation methods for various mushroom strains.

Laboratory Skills:

Directed evolution

Protein library design & screening

X-ray crystallography

Protein modeling

Homology modeling

Assay development

Protein purification

ELISA

Protein assays (Bradford, BCA, etc)

Protein design

Protein stability (Tm) calculation

Data analysis

Microtiter plate assays

Bacterial, fungal, & mammalian cell culture

Python Programming

Protein engineering

Molecular cloning

1 & 2 dimensional gel electrophoresis & staining

Immunoblotting / Western blotting

Chromatography (HPLC, TLC)

RT-qPCR

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