Service Assistant

Mayu Sugikawa

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITYOF ILLINOIS

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

B.S. MOLECULARAND

CELLULARBIOLOGY

GRADUATED DEC. 2016

Cum. GPA: 3.01/4.00

COURSEWORK

Molecular Genetics

Cells, Tissues andDevelopment

Cancer Cell Biology

Biochemical and Physical Basis of Life

Experimental Techniques inMolecular and

Cellular Biology

Experimental Microbiology

General Chemistry Labs I and II

Elemental Organic Chemistry Lab

LANGUAGES

Native speaker in English and Japanese

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient withMicrosoftWord, Excel and

Powerpoint

EXTRACURRICULARS

VOLUNTEERING

Completed 160+ hours of service in the

community through involvement in

student organizations, 70+ hours in the

One Day Surgery Department at Carle

FoundationHospital, and 200+ hours at

the Champaign County Humane Society.

ALPHA PHI OMEGA NATIONAL

SERVICE FRATERNITY

FALL 2013 - SPRING 2015

As a member of the Leadership,

Philanthropy, andDiversity

Committees, I organizedmentoring

programs for students in need of

professional development, helped

create and fund events that promoted

service, public outreach and diversity

within the campus and community.

ILLINI DANCEMARATHON

FALL 2014 - SPRING 2016

Helped organize, fund and

participated in an annual 12-hour

dancemarathon to raise funds for the

Children’sMiracle Network.

EXPERIENCE

DEPARTMENTOFMOLECULARANDCELLULARBIOLOGY UIUC

LABORATORY PREPARATORY STAFF FALL 2015 - FALL 2016

• Responsible for the production of MCB core curriculum courses.

• Specific responsibilities included setting up labs, making reagents and buffers, preparing protein samples and bacterial cell cultures, calibrating lab equipment, and completing administrative tasks. CARL R. WOESE INSTITUTE FORGENOMICBIOLOGY UIUC

RESEARCH ASSISTANT SUMMER 2014 - FALL 2015

• Worked under Professor Aleel K. Grennan to analyze the impact of plastid size on plant growth and development by growing sorghum under various nitrogen levels and examining the effects on overall size, growth rate, and chloroplast number and size.

• Analysis of tissue samples using light sheet fluorescence and confocal microscopy showed a slight increase in growth and chloroplast size and number for plants grown under higher nitrogen levels.

• Also studied the role of pheophorbide a oxygenase (PaO), a key enzyme for chlorophyll degradation during senescence. Gene knockout of PaO showed that its inhibition does not result in a ”stay-green” phenotype. CHAMPAIGNCOUNTYHUMANE SOCIETY

MEDICAL LAB PROGRAM SUMMER 2016 - PRESENT

• Assisted veterinarians andmedical staff inmaintaining the health of companion animals by performingmedical exams, collecting and examining blood samples, and administering proper treatments.

• Examined various skin conditions under themicroscope, and screened for viral and autoimmune diseases by ELISA.

POSITIONSOF RESPONSBILITY

AMERICANSOCIETY FORBIOCHEMISTRYANDMOLECULAR

BIOLOGY UIUC

VICE PRESIDENT FALL 2015 - SPRING 2016

• Provided networking, career development opportunities, and access to research and science outreach for undergraduate students.

• Worked as a liason between professors and students to organize events and informational talks to increase interest in research. COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE CHAIR SPRING 2016 - FALL 2016

• Funded and created programs to increase interest in research and science throughout the campus and the community.

• Attended elementary andmiddle schools to promote young students’ interest and involvement in the field of science.

PROJECTS

IDENTIFICATIONOF BOVINE SERUMALBUMIN Spring 2015 UIUC

• Given an unknown protein sample, constructed own experimental procedure to determine the identity of the protein.

• Usingmethods such as SDS-Page, Coomasie Blue Staining, Western Blot and fluorescent microscopy, we determined the identity of the protein as Bovine SerumAlbumin.

• Presented procedure and findings to a panel of students and university faculty.

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