Thomas P. Fuller

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P OST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

Whittier College

B.A. Biology

Cell Physiology

Minors: French and Chemistry

Undergraduate Dissertation: The effects of Resveratrol

Upon Primary T-Cell Survival and Activation

University of Maryland, Baltimore

M.S. in Molecular Medicine

Area of Concentration: Cancer Biology and Cell

Physiology

AWARDS

John Greenleaf Whittier Award –

L ABORATORY EXPERIENCE

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant – Civin Lab 2010-2013

Performed Graduate level research on the role of miRs

128 and 625 in human leukemia – Additional work

performed on optimization of a biotin pulldown for

miRs and on the SBIR microfluidics grant with

Princeton and GPB

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant – Lindberg Lab 2013

Performed graduate level research on the function and

regulation of FGF23 in bone cells with emphasis on the

role of PC enzymes

Whittier College

Undergraduate Research Assistant –

Performed basic research on the effects of

phytochemicals upon primary human T-cells

ADDITIONAL SCIENCE RELATED EXPERIENCE

Whittier

Advanced Biology Tutor, Center for Academic Success –

Tutor for 300-400 Level Biology Classes

Whittier

Chemistry Tutor, Center for Academic Success –

Tutor for 100-200 Level Chemistry Classes

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Cell culture – Adherent and Suspension cells; primary

cells and cell lines from both blood and bone

FACS – up to 3 colors on Accuri and on FACS SORT;

Analysis using Flow Jo software; Fixation and long term

studies

qPCR – Both Sybr and Taqman assays; familiarity with

ABI software and specifically the 7900 HT machine

Western Blotting

Victor X3 Plate reader – Luciferase and AlamarBlue

metabolic assays

DNA, RNA and Protein Isolation

Chemical and Electrical transfection methods

Molecular/PCR based Cloning

Creation, production and use of lentiviral vectors for

long term stable expression

Some familiarity with pulldown techniques, biotin

labeling, ELISA, microfluidics, RIA, radiolabeling

Limited experience with mice as animal models of

leukemia

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

Hector F. Valenzuela, Thomas Fuller, Jim Edwards, Danielle Finger and Brenda

Molgora; Cycloastragenol extends T cell proliferation by increasing telomerase

activity; J Immunol April 2009 182

LANGUAGES

French – Basic Competence

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