Uzma Tahseen

*** – **** Birchmount Road, Markham, Ontario, L6G 0E3

416-***-****

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SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Laboratory & Technical Skills

Excellent at maintaining efficiency in a lab environment and following associated safety protocols as a result of performing lab activities in various microbiology and chemical laboratories.

Effective at collecting experimental data and creating concise documentation with results showing attention to detail and accuracy, a capacity attained performing diverse experiments.

Technical familiarity with clinical microbiology gained as a result of performing microbial assays such as lysozyme assay and antimicrobial susceptibility tests using Kirby-Bauer method.

Expertise with microbial identification, simple & differential staining, and aseptic inoculation to produce desired microbial cultures.

Proficiency with bacterial isolation techniques such as spread plate and streak plate, as well as producing desired cultural growth using selective media.

Excellent at microbial quantification using serial dilution, direct and viable counts; technical familiarity with biochemical assay such as Bradford assay to quantify proteins.

Technical proficiency with preparation lab procedures, including preparations of normal & molar solutions, acidic, neutral & alkaline buffers, and routine microbial media.

Well versed in qualitative & quantitative analysis of various bio-chemical compounds such as amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, DNA, and RNA.

Proficiency with techniques in biotechnology such as PCR, RT-PCR, restriction mapping, Northern and Western blot, In–situ hybridization, from performing experiments that required molecular cloning and protein purification.

Proficient with various chromatographic techniques such as Ion exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography and gel filtration chromatography; achieved as a result of carrying various separation experiments including protein purification from Rabbit serum.

Practical experience in chemistry related to absorption maxima; familiarity with laws of light absorption, biochemical applications of spectrophotometer and colorimeter.

Tested the efficiency of centrifugation to isolate cell organelles using cell specific markers, gained familiarity with applications of different centrifuge related techniques.

Excellent at statistical reasoning and analysis of numerical data represented in tables and various types of graphs; analysing data correlations, performing t-test.

Proficient with practical programming in Python using object oriented principles, as well as programming formulas within Excel spreadsheets for effective data analysis.

Experienced with creating SQL queries to efficiently access & manipulate databases using Python.

Efficient at utilizing bioinformatics tools such TAIR, Clustal Omega, BLAST, FASTA and Signal Salk to analyze mutants, protein profiles and to generate specific primers.

Interpersonal Skills

Proven record for working well in a team and independently, demonstrated from lab activities requiring group reports and participation in group interactive communication sessions (UTSC English Dept.).

Excellent organizational skills and resourcefulness developed as a result of various post-secondary academic experiences such as creating and presenting seminars.

Excellent written and detail oriented skills developed through report writing to produce well documented lab & research reports.

Great communication and active listening skills developed and demonstrated as a research interviewer; obtained accurate and verbatim feedback from business clients about their customer experiences.

Very effective at managing time and multi-tasking as demonstrated by completing numerous biochemistry and biotechnology laboratory tasks within allotted times.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Greenwich Associates – Toronto, Ontario Oct. 2013 – Sep. 2015

Customer Experience Representative

Interviewed business clients from financial institutions, contacting them to obtain their feedback on their consumer attitudes and behaviours.

Enthusiastically and successfully persuaded initially uninterested clients to complete program studies, by reassuring them of the value of their feedback to improve quality of service.

Obtained consumer responses which were quickly and accurately recorded into survey data recording software, fulfilling and sometimes exceeding established completion quotas.

Maintained quality of work in a fast paced environment, while fulfilling and exceeding daily production quotas, reducing weekly workloads.

Listened to pre-recorded survey interviews and gathered survey responses for quality assurance.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

ELDC Communication Café Facilitator – Toronto, Canada Sep. 2014 – Apr. 2015

Co-Hosted a communication session for the English Language Development Centre (ELDC) titled “Creative Thinking and the Art of Persuasion” to help student attendees with creative thinking and to help deliver an understanding of the art of persuasion.

Presented scope and importance of activities, as well as strategies towards effective illustration and creative thinking.

Co-Interviewed potential candidates to select facilitators for future communication sessions.

Facilitated communication sessions by effectively delivering session details to participants and answering any relevant questions.

Designed a new communication session and related activities in collaboration with a few other facilitators; helping participants to develop time management and team work skills.

Worked with peer facilitators in various team building exercises, helped in enhancing listening and communication skills.

Monitored participation amongst group members, balanced participation level of individual members.

Osmania University – Hyderabad, India Nov. 2010 – Apr. 2011

Science Exhibitions: Model and Poster Developer & Presenter

Creatively developed poster illustration for chemical processes affecting foods in agriculture, resulting in an effective poster with visual impact.

Developed a model illustrating the general process of creating genetically modified foods, also demonstrating apparent differences in genetically modified food crops.

Developed resourcefulness and organizational skills creating concise and effective presentations and models friendly to faculty & student audiences.

Effectively answered inquiries and questions from various interdepartmental faculty and staff members.

Earned an achievement award ranking in the top three among fifteen other competitive candidates.

Osmania University – Hyderabad, India Aug. 2010 – Jan. 2011

English Faculty Group Debate Team Member

Volunteered and participated in group debates sponsored by the English department.

Acquired valuable team player skills while researching and prioritizing arguments to be presented to opposing team.

Effectively communicated defensive arguments and adaptively addressed any counter arguments.

Actively presented counter arguments in a timely fashion, effectively developing an aptitude for critical thinking and working under pressure.

EDUCATION

University of Toronto Toronto, Canada (Sep. 2013 – Apr 2016)

Honours Bachelor of Science (Hon. B.Sc.)

Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Centre for Teaching and Learning - Facilitation Training Certificate Program (Gold) (2015)

Centre for Teaching and Learning - Facilitation Training Certificate Program (Silver) (2015)

Recognition Award and Commendation for Model & Poster Presentations (2010)

Achievement Merit Award for Academic Distinction in Biochemistry (2009)

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