Quality Control Research

Lindsey O'Heron

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Professional Summary

I am a well-qualified Research Associate experienced in the research and development of antimicrobial susceptibility testing. I have a passion for research and I know that I can translate that passion to the right position. Whether it is clinical or industry, my goal in life is to make a significant change in peoples’ lives through research and the thought of doing so inspires me.

Skills

MALDI-TOF

SDS-Page

Cell Culture and purification/ Aseptic Technique

ELISA

PCR and qPCR

Western and Northern Blot

Mouse Model

QAD and Technical Documents

Work History

Research Associate, 05/2017 to 06/2018

Research and Development - Accelerate Diagnostics Tucson, AZ

Emerging company developing novel products for microbial identification and susceptibility testing in septic patients.

Led project developing integrative quality control practices.

Developed susceptibility testing quality control assays for Enteric and Pseudomonas isolates.

Identified and acquired necessary isolates from ATCC. Used automated sample management.

Expanded coverage of panel to include three new antibiotics.

Improved performance of Beta-Lactam susceptibility testing.

Coordinated screen targeted at Beta-Lactamase producing bacteria.

Optimized, verified, and validated improved Beta-Lactam panel. Including study reports.

Ensured adherence to EUCAST and CLSI standards.

Developed assays (including troubleshooting), performed broth micro dilutions, and disk diffusions.

Organized clinical trial.

Undergraduate Researcher, 01/2014 to 09/2015

University of Arizona Molecular Biology Research Laboratory – Tucson, AZ

Bred original strains of C.elegans to study lysosomal formation and function.

Analyzed GFP tagged lysosomes with ConFocal.

Presented and participated in weekly cooperative laboratory meetings.

Presented and participated in monthly journal club.

Learned to work with and became proficient in maintaining healthy cell lines.

Undergraduate Researcher, 08/2013 to 08/2014

Michigan State Physiology Research Laboratory – East Lansing, MI

Executed PCR, qPCR, Western, Northern and Southern blot. Bred, sacrificed, and performed autopsies on mice.

Maintained an organized and detailed laboratory notebook.

Conducted annotated literature searches.

ELISA, and protein purification assays.

Education

B.S: Microbiology, Dec 2016

University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ

Publication

Antonino Di Caro*1, Dulini Gamage1, Niels Oppermann1, Andrew Ghusson1, Aaron Sikorski1, Jesse Posey1, Lindsey O'Heron1, Justin Towne1 (2018) Performance of the Accelerate Pheno (TM) system with five new antimicrobials for Enterobacteriaceae tested directly from positive blood cultures

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