Quality Control Technician

OBJECTIVE:

To capitalize upon my extensive laboratory experience, education. and

personal attributes to further my career in biotechnology or the

pharmaceutical industry.

EDUCATION:

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey - Bachelor's Degree; BS in

Biological Sciences - 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

6/12 to 8/13 - Senior Lab Scientist - New York Genome Center

New York, NY

. Installed and organized a high throughput pilot lab

. Validated, operated, and maintained Illumina Sequencing/Array

platforms

. Managed the sequencing of pilot projects

. Maintained an internal database

. Operated, maintained, and refined high throughput robotics

. Provided feedback and drafted compliance documentation for GxP (Good

Manufacturing Practice, Good Documentation Practice, Good Clinical

Practice, Good Lab Practice)

. Authored, enacted, and oversaw the implementation of Lab SOP's

(standard operation procedures)

. Verified clarity, completeness, and accuracy of technical

documentation

. Troubleshot with bioinformatitions on pipeline data delivery

. Trained junior techs on sequencing platforms and assays

. Facilitated the scaling up of the pilot lab to fully functioning

Genomics Lab

. Evaluated new technologies and served as point of contact for

specialized lab instrument vendors

6/2009 to 6/2012 - Senior Lab Technician - Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

. Maintained, validated and operated Illumina Sequencing Platforms.

. Planned and executed special projects

. Collaborated directly with principal investigators (PI's) and internal

post doctoral students

. Instructed internal and external post doctoral students in sequencing

protocols

. Assisted in the implementation of the university's inaugural work in

algal single cell sequencing

. Consulted with PI's on project logistics, feasibility, and methodology

. Conducted extensive research on DNA/RNA sequencing, which included

testing cutting edge techniques

. Completed lab work that culminated in the receipt of NIH grant funding

. Edited and formatted research for publication

. Published multiple articles in top tier journals within the field

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Expertise with model organisms: Caenorhabditis elegans, chlamydomonas

reinhardtii,

Porphyridium cruentum - functional genomics, pathology, neurobiology,

cell death, ROS production, DNA and nuclear fragmentation

Technical expertise: Next Generation Sequencing (Illumina); complete

understanding and operation of the HiSeq2500,MiSeq,HiScan, cBOT and

PEM (Paired End Module) including software SCS and SAV; Extraction of

DNA and RNA for preparation of various generations of Next Generation

Libraries including Multiplexed Transcriptomic, Exome, Genomic, Mate

pair, PCRfree, Small RNA, and Degradome Libraries; Validation,

quantification and quality control of Illumina Libraries via

Bioanalyzer, Fragment Analyzer and qPCR

Electrophoresis: Agarose gel electrophoresis

Spectroscopy: UV - visible, plate reader

Microscopy: Confocal microscope, fluorescent microscope, phase-contrast

microscope, epifluorescence microscope, stereo microscope

Microbiology: growing microbes under aseptic conditions, media

preparation and autoclaving, serial dilutions, plating/streaking

Cell biology: Cell biological studies in C. elegans by using phase

contrast, fluorescence and confocal microscopes

Computer skills: Excel, Power Point, Adobe Photoshop, Endnote,

Integrative Bioinformatics Databases like NCBI and LIMS

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Divino V. Rajah

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