Assistant Researcher

Roxanne Jane Wheeler

Address: New York, *****

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Email: *******.******@*****.***

SUMMARY

Roxanne Wheeler completed her Master’s degree and dissertation in 2014, specializing in Molecular Biology. Her master’s degree was a two year research dissertation with the title “The effects of a cigarette carcinogen on Glucocorticoid Receptor methylation”. As a result, she has the experience of working in a laboratory and also the background of writing in a scientific manner that can only be gained when writing a dissertation and working in a laboratory.

Roxanne was a Demonstrator at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where her duties included teaching and grading student practical based coursework. She has always enjoyed science and solving problems and is looking forward to contributing to the scientific community.

SKILLS/HIGHLIGHTS

Laboratory Techniques familiar with:

DNA, RNA and Protein extractions

Conventional PCR and QPCR

Agarose gel electrophoresis

PAGE and Western Blotting

Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)

Microscopy(Light Microscopy)

Mammalian tissue culture techniques

Computer Skills:

MS Office

IBM SPSS Statistics 21

Bio-Rad CFX Manager/Image Lab 2.0.1

Primer Design (Primer 3 Plus and NCBI)

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

National Research Foundation (NRF) Scarce Skills Masters Scholarship

College of Science and Agriculture Masters Scholarship Award (UKZN)

Honors cum laude Award Scholarship (UKZN)

NRF Honors Scholarship

EXPERIENCE

Company: University of KwaZulu-Natal - South Africa

Time period: January 2011 – June 2014

Title: Demonstrator / practical teacher assistant (1st, 2nd and 3rd year students)

Facilitated group discussions and experiments

Marking/grading practical coursework

Company: Penzance Primary School - Durban, South Africa

Time period: January 2008 – December 2013

Title: Homework Club Teacher

Assisted school children (Ages: 6 - 12 years old) with their homework after school and supervised play time during aftercare after school teaching hours

Company: Brambles - South Africa

Time period: January 2008 – February 2008

Title: Data Entry Assistant

Assisted with data entry and filing paperwork

EDUCATION

University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa

Master of Science: Biology (2014)

Dissertation focus: Molecular research in Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) and glucocorticoid receptor methylation.

Bachelor of Science: Biological Sciences (Honors) cum laude (2012)

Bachelor of Science: Biological Sciences (2011)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Recent Leadership/Volunteer: Part of the organizing committee for the School of Life Sciences Research Day 2014 (mini conference) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Participated Mycobacterial Genetic Course, K-RITH (2010) at the Nelson Mandela Medical School.

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