Adam Ikeda
Phone: 315-***-**** Email: ****.*.*****@*****.***
Education:
Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Science in Molecular Bioscience and Biotechnology. 2016
Course highlights: Cellular, Molecular and Microbiology. Organic and Biochemistry. Genetics, Bioinformatics Analysis of Macromolecule, Genomics, Virology, Tissue Culture, and Cancer Biology.
Additional Education:
Syracuse University, School of Art and Science Syracuse, NY
Monroe Community College. Rochester, NY
Onondaga Community College. Syracuse, NY
Skills:
Laboratory:
●Culturing mammalian cell lines & human cancer cell lines
●Fluorescence Microscopy
●Gene Annotation
●Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry
●Basic Laboratory Techniques: ie. Micropipetting, PCR, running gels, DNA extraction, etc.
Database:
●NCBI: BLAST, Genbank. Genemark. Glimmer
●SoftBerry: Fgenesh, ProtComp, CYS_REC, FProm, CpG
●Mics: pSORT, Genscan, Signal P, TM Predict, Pfam. 2zip. dgidb. etc.
Programs: Consed, Artemis, MEGA3 and matlab.
Research Experience & Related Employment:
Advanced Biology Research at RIT Summer 2014 - Spring 2015
Project: Noting the differences in growth of human cell line A549 and LNCaP on different 3D structures
Primary responsibilities:
●Grown, Froze and Thawed of a549 and LNCaP cell line.
●Kept incubators and other surfaces sterile.
●Prepared 3D lattices, Such as Matrigel, Collagen, and Geltrex.
●Selected dyes for Confocal Microscopy imaging of a549 on 3D lattices.
Tissue Culture Teaching Assistant at RIT Fall 2015
Primary responsibilities:
●Graded and Assisted in preparation of student laboratory.
●Cultured and maintained both P388 cells and L1210 cells.
Additional Information:
Leadership: Event Coordinator for Asian Culture Society at RIT 2013-2015
Other Clubs: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering Society, Asian Deaf Club, RIT Gymnastics and Latin Rhythm Dance Club
Community: Volunteer at the Samaritan Center (Soup Kitchen)