Animal technician

Elodie

Blanchard

** *****

Avenue,

San

Rafael,

CA

94901

(415)

295-

**** ******.*********@eureka-

corp.com

Allowed

to

work

in

USA

(VISA

E2)

Animal

Technician

Thanks

to

my

MS

in

Safety

Pharmacology

–

Preclinical

Drug

Expertise

and

my

previous

work

experiences,

I

have

acquired

strong

competences

in

In

vivo

studies,

particularly

with

rodents.

Skilled

and

trained

on

colony

management

and

animal

husbandry:

I

have

2

years

of

work

experience

as

Animal

Technician.

Good

knowledge

on

cerebral

ischemia:

I

studied

a

global

model

(hypoxic-

ischemia

with

permanent

occlusion

Carotid

Cerebral

Artery)

and

a

focal

model

(stroke

with

transient

occlusion

Middle

Cerebral

Artery).

Ability

to

adapt

quickly,

patient.

EDUCATION

Master’s

2

Degree

in

Health

Engineering

and

Science

Drugs

specialty

Safety

Pharmacology

-

Preclinical

Drug

Expertise

-

Lorraine

University,

France

(Bachelor

+

2

years)

-

2013

This

Master’s

Degree

allows

me

to

apply

my

knowledge

to

the

preclinical

experimentation.

My

studies

were

centered

on

animal

experimentation

(European

regulations,

analgesia,

anesthesia,

euthanasia,

contention,

inoculation,

surgical

procedures),

transgenic

animal

(micro-

injection,

Knock-

out,

Cre-

LoxP

system,

gene

trapping)

and

pharmacology

(pharmacokinetic,

pharmacodynamics,

safety

pharmacology

(Core

Battery,

Regulatory

Affairs,

telemetry),

drug

interactions,

drug

development,

preclinical

experimental

design)

University

Diploma

in

Animal

Experimentation:

Level

1

(Laboratory

Animal

Technologist)

-

Ministry

of

Agriculture

and

Fisheries,

France

-

2013

Surgery,

legislation

and

ethics

in

animal

experimentation,

animal

housing

facilities,

personal

occupational

health

and

safety,

genetic

models

(development,

maintenance,

legislation)

Master’s

1

Degree

in

Biology-

Health

-

Paris

Est

Créteil

University,

France

(Bachelor

+

1

year)

-

2012

I

deepened

my

knowledge

gained

from

my

Bachelor’s

Degree,

and

this

Master’s

allows

me

to

apply

my

knowledge

to

the

medical

world.

Bachelor

of

Sciences

in

Cellular

and

Physiology

Biology

-

Bordeaux

University,

France

-

2009

For

this

degree,

I

studied

neurosciences,

genetic,

molecular

and

cellular

biology,

immunology,

toxicology

and

statistics.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Junior

specialist

in

neurosciences

-

University

of

California,

San

Francisco,

United

States

-

July

2013

-

March

2014

Subject:

Evaluation

of

brain

repair

after

neonatal

experimental

focal

arterial

stroke

on

mice

-

Responsible

for

colony

management

and

animal

welfare

-

Responsible

for

euthanasia,

perfusion

and

organ

removal

-

Responsible

for

histology,

immunofluorescence

-

Responsible

for

data

management

using

Volocity

software

-

Other

activities:

PCR,

Western-

Blot,

flow

cytometry,

cell

culture,

surgeries,

injections,

monitoring

Animal

technician

-

INSERM

(National

Institute

of

Health

and

Medical

Search)

Robert

Debré

Hospital,

Paris,

France

-

July

2012

-

Aug

2012

and

Feb

2011

-

Sept

2011

My

work

was

enriched

with

responsibilities

especially

in

lineages

and

material

management

for

animal

facility.

-

Responsible

for

colony

management

(mice

and

rats):

weaning,

banding,

controlled

couplings,

genotyping

-

Responsible

for

material

management

-

Responsible

for

euthanasia,

receiving

and

housing

animals,

cage

counts,

health

and

mortality

reports

-

Responsible

for

tattoo

training

on

mice

(adults

and

pups)

and

euthanasia

training

Research

assistant

-

INSERM

(National

Institute

of

Health

and

Medical

Search)

Robert

Debré

Hospital,

Paris,

France

-

Jan

2012

-

March

2012

Subject:

Modeling

of

a

hypoxic-

ischemic

P7

rat

model

-

Responsible

for

analyze

animal

behavior

-

Responsible

for

surgeries,

euthanasia

and

organ

removal

-

Responsible

for

histology,

immunohistology

and

Western-

Blot

Animal

technician

-

University

of

Bordeaux,

France

-

April

2009

-

March

2010

I

learned

the

basics

of

this

profession,

and

I

was

particularly

keen

on

animal

welfare.

-

Responsible

for

providing

food

and

water,

cage

changes,

sanitizing

cages

and

equipment

-

Responsible

for

checking

animals

and

cage

conditions

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

Driver

license

(French

and

American),

embroidery

Computer

skills:

Proficient

with

both

Mac

and

PC

(MS

Office),

software

Image

J,

R,

Volocity

and

PyRAT

Languages

known:

French

and

English

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