Manager Maintenance
Resume:
PAU LA E.STRASSER
Fallbrook, CA 92028
**********@***.***
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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