Bianca Gomez, Ph.D.

443-***-**** (C)

717-***-**** (H)

acdr7p@r.postjobfree.com

Home Address Work

Address

**** ******** ****** **** **** Orleans

Street, Cancer Research Building II

Stewartstown, PA 17363 Baltimore,

MD 21231

Expertise

> Experience in DNA and RNA isolation, PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR, siRNA and

shRNA assays, Southern blotting,

> Experience applying various protein analysis assays and purification

techniques such as in western blotting, co- IP, promoter-reporter

assays, immunohistochemistry

> Experience utilizing aseptic techniques in cell culture application,

FACS (cell cycle analysis) and cell staining for cell cycle and

apoptosis assays.

> Experience handling, restraining, injecting, providing anesthesia to

small animals

> Experience using the following equipment: fluorescence

spectrophotometers, luminometer, nanodrop, microtiter plate readers,

gene-gun and electroporation machine.

> Pre-clinical validation of vaccines in mouse for safety,

immunogenicity, and efficacy evaluation of Merkel Cell Carcinoma and

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine candidates.

> Experience writing, reviewing and executing research protocols

> Co-ordinated lab safety meetings to promote a safe and healthy work

environment.

> Have worked independently and managed and trained undergraduates.

> Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Sigma Plot, Scion

Imaging software Adobe and reference management software such as

endnote

Professional Experience

2010 - Present Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

2008 - 2010 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Cell Biology Genetics

National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

2006 - 2008 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental

Therapeutics

University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

2007 Selected to teach Cancer Biology on line, Krieger School of

Arts and Sciences Advanced Academic Program

Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, Baltimore, MD

1995-1997 High School Mathematics Teacher

Bishops High School, Scarborough, Tobago, W.I.

Education

2006 Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics and Human Genetics

Howard University and the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer

Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

1999 Master of Science in Biology,

Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland

1994 Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

University of the West Indies, Trinidad, W. I.

Research Support

Department of Defense, US Army Medical Research and 07/

2002- 06/2005

Materiel Command Breast Cancer Research

$66,000.00

Awards/Honors

2004 Minorities Scholar Award in

Cancer Research,

Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Program of the

National Cancer Institute- American Association

of Cancer Research (AACR)-competitive.

1999-2000 Graduate Assistantship, Howard

University,

Washington, DC.

1998 -1999 NIH Bridges Award, Dept. of Biology,

Morgan State

Baltimore, MD University.

1997-1998 Deans List, Graduate School, Morgan

State University,

Baltimore, MD.

1997-1998 Frank A. DeCosta Award for academic

excellence,

Dept. of Biology, Morgan State University, Baltimore,

Competitive

Professional Societies

2003-Present American Society for Cancer Research

(AACR)

2008 Minority in Cancer Research

(MICR)

Selected Presentations

2013 Annual American Association for Cancer Research,

Washington, D.C. USA.

2012 Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Fellow Research

Day,

Johns Hopkins University, USA

2012 14th Annual Department of Pathology Young Investigators'

Day, Johns

Hopkins University, USA

2008 Annual American Association for Cancer Research, San

Diego, USA

2006 Invited Speaker, Annual American Association for Cancer

Research,

Washington, D.C. USA.

Selected peer-reviewed publications (Selected from 7

peer-reviewed publications)

1. Bianca Gomez, Liangmei He, Ya Chea Tsai, T.-C. Wu, Raphael P.

Viscidi and Chien-Fu Hung. Creation of a Merkel cell

polyomavirus small T antigen-expressing murine tumor model and a

DNA vaccine targeting small T antigen. Cell & Bioscience, 2013

July; 3: (1) 29: 1-8.

2. Bianca P. Gomez, Connie Wang, Raphael P. Viscidi, Shiwen

Peng, Liangemei He, T.-C.Wu and Chien-Fu Hung. Strategy for

eliciting antigen-specific CD 8+ T cell mediated immune response

against a cryptic CTL epitope Merkel cell polyomavirus large T

antigen. Cell & Bioscience, 2012 October; 2: (1) 36: 1-10.

3. Zeng Q.*, Gomez B.P*., Viscidi R. P., Peng S., He L, Ma B.,

Wu T.-C., Hung C.F. Development of a DNA vaccine targeting

Merkel cell polyomavirus. Vaccine, 2012 February; 8: (30) 7:

1322-1329. (* Equal Contributors).

4. Mitsutaka Kadota, Howard H. Yang, Bianca Gomez, Misako Sato,

Robert J. Clifford, Barbara K Dunn, Lalage M. Wakefield, Maxwell

P. Lee. Delineating genetic alterations for tumor progression in

the MCF10A series of breast cancer cell lines. PloS One. 2010

February; 5(2): e9201.

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