PAU LA E.STRASSER

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Fallbrook, CA 92028

760-***-****

acbn7b@r.postjobfree.com

Summa ry of Qualifications

• Possess high work standards and ethics

• Experience in time management, and the ability to determine priori ties

• Training in laboratory procedures, cell culture, laboratory equipment, lab

notebook, wri ting reports, work instructions, SOPs within a GLP research

and development biotech lab

Work Experience

• California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Bridges to Stem Cells

I n tern, Cytori Therapeutics, San Diego, CA (A competitive in ternship, with a

total of 120 interns throughout the state.) 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2013

o Processing human, equine and porcine adipose tissue to isolate and

concentrate Adipose-derived Regenerative Cells (ADRCs)

o Cell culture, including maintenance, passaging, differentiation, media

p reparation and aliquoting of media and ingredients.

o Colony-forming Unit (CFU-F) Fibroblast culture and counting

o Equine Cell differentiation from ADRC primary cells to adipocytes,

osteoblasts and chondrocytes

o Human cell differentiation from ADRC primary cells to adipocytes and

ostseoblasts

o Lab maintenance, including equipment maintenance, stocking bench

a reas, ordering, receiving and storage of supplies

o RNA extraction and quantification (Exiqon miRCURY ki t, Nanodrop

Spectrophotometer)

• Office Manager, Rice Canyon Tropicals, Fallbrook, CA. 6 October 1996-31

A ugust 2013

o In charge of all office-related functions, including sales, AR/AP,

banking, record keeping, invoicing, payroll and HR

o Maintainence of feeder mouse colony, including feeding, cleaning,

records, packaging for sale

Farm Manager, Emerald Forest Bird Gardens, Fallbrook, CA.

o Animal care, including neonatal Rhamphastids (toucans) and

Psitticines (macaws, cockatoos and parrots )

o Record keeping

o Veterinary t reatments

o Employee supervision

• Assistant Director, Pittsburgh Aviary, Pittsburgh, PA.

o Employee supervision

o Maintenance and curator of 400-species public bird collection

o Veterinary care

o Grant wri ting

E ducation

• Biotechnology courses, Mi raCosta College, Oceanside, CA Jan 2012-Dec 2013

o Includes courses in DNA Amplification and Recombinant DNA

• Stem Cell Training Course, Loring Laboratory, Scripps Research Institute,

San Diego, CA July 2012

• Pharmacy Technician course, Palomar College, Escondido, CA, 2010

• B.S. Natural Resources (Wildlife Ecology), University of Wisconsin, Madison

WI

• B.S. Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Lab equipment

• Centrifuge, including micro-centrifuge

• M icroscope, brightfield, contrast

• Beckman-Coulter blood counter

• BSCIIA biosafetey cabinet and sterile technique

• Fume hood

• Cell Incubator

• pH Meter

• Nanodrop spectrophotometer

• Plate readers, including f luroescent

• NucleoCounter cell counter

• Pipettor, including multi-pipettor

• Autoclave

Classwork

• PCR (rt)

• DNA Restriction Digests

• Recombination of Antibiotic Resistant Genes

• Transformation of E.Coli

• Purification and Identification of Recombinant DNA

• Agarose gel electrophoresis

References available upon request

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