Technician Project
Resume:
(Jean) PeiChin Tsai
**** ****** *****, ********, ** 30071 *********@*******.*** 940-***-****
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Fluent in English and Chinese (listening, speaking, writing, reading)
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Strong computer skills (Data entry, Microsoft Office, STATA)
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Self-motivated and thrives in team-based environment
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Experience with standard biochemical characterization methods, including, electrophoresis and western blot
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Lab experience in aseptic techniques, bacteriological media preparation and micro scale fermentation
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Lab experience in DNA & protein Electrophoresis (Agarose Gel, SDS-PAGE), Protein purification, colony
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transformation & purification and identification of plasmid DNA
Fermentation Technology Experience: Experiment design by JAP, Gas Chromatography system, New
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Brunswick BioFlo Fermentors, Spectrophotometer, HPLC
Standard operating procedure development for analytical/protein purification laboratory
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Experience with fermentors of 1 to 5 L working volume or chromatography columns of between 1 L to 10 L
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EDUCATION
T he University of Georgia A thens, GA
M aster of s cience in B iomanufacturi ng and Bioprocessing D ec 2014
Major GPA: 3.44/4.00
• MBA classes: Organization Behavior, Financial Accounting, and Operations Management
• Microbiology research project: Ethanol from cellulosic biomass using yeast
• Advanced training in fermentation techniques and protein purification
Certificate: Regulatory Affairs: cGMP, biostatistics, ethics, Food and Drug Law Aug 2014
U niversity of North Texas D enton, TX
B achelor of Science, Biochemistry G PA: 3.42/4.00 M ay 2013
I ntensive English Language Institute S ummer 2009
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Lab Technician, Bioexpression Fermentation Facility, Athens, GA June 2014 – Dec 2014
• Bacteriological media preparation, Isolation of nutritional bacterial mutants. Bacteria culture & sterile
techniques of Microbiology
• Preparation of buffers and reagents
• Colony transformation, DNA purification, DNA & protein electrophoresis (agarose Gel, SDS-PAGE) and
western blot
• Project: Transformation of Pichia, selection and screening of clones. Purification and reconstitution the clones
into liposomes. Performing western blot.
L ab Technician, M icroconsult, Inc.,Carrollton, TX M ay 2012 - July 2013
Read plates, plate samples, streak enrichments following cGMP
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Excellent performance in teamwork with colleagues
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Identification of organisms by growth characteristics and differential staining techniques
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Report results to customers
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Lab Assistant, University of North Texas Biology Lab, Denton, TX Jan 2011- Aug 2011
• Dissection of zebra fish and preparation of tissue samples
• Run PCR and analyze samples by gel electrophoresis
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Volunteer tutor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX Jan 2012 – Dec 2012
• Math (algebra) and Chemistry (general chemistry I and II)
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