DJANIRA M. MURCHISON

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●Self-motivated, efficient, reliable, detail-oriented, and dedicated with excellent communication and customer service skills; experience in working in government, university, non-profit, and private laboratory environments.

●Experience in cell biology, cancer genetics, immunology, and molecular biology,

●Certified and experienced medical interpreter for Spanish and Portuguese.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Qualified Medical Interpreter, Feb 2022- now. Liberty Language Services

●Provide free-lance on-site, face-to-face, telephonic, and video remote Spanish and Portuguese interpretation services to hospital systems; medical offices and clinics; public schools; federal, state and local government agencies; and universities in Washington D.C, Maryland, and Virginia.

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Research Technician, June 2017 - Feb. 2018. Medical Science and Computing, Department of Perioperative Medicine, National Institute of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD. Sickle Cell project.

●Managed mouse colonies: Bred and maintained strains of transgenic mice, including models for sickle cell anemia, maintained mouse database; anesthetized, collected ear notch tissue and genotyped mice, designed most effective breeding strategy to meet research needs.

●Prepared solutions, ordered supplies, and maintained laboratory equipment.

Biological Science Laboratory Technician, 2006-2009. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Surgery and ObGyn Departments, Bethesda, MD. Projects on Epigenetic Therapies in Hemorrhagic Shock & Hormonal Regulation and Functions of Semaphorin-3B and -3F in Ovarian Cancer.

●Experience with DNA extraction, western blot, RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry

●Prepared solutions, ordered supplies, maintained laboratory equipment, disposed hazardous materials following safety regulations, kept data and batch records and databases; designed laboratory protocols, analyzed data using software, and present results at weekly lab meetings.

Research Assistant, 1994-1998, National Genetic and Biotechnological Research Center, Department of Biological Control, Brasilia, Brazil. Brazilian Center for Protein Sequencing & Genetics Laboratory, University of Brasilia, Brazil.

●Performed molecular marker analysis using RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) and RFLP (Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism) to identify genetic polymorphism from Brazilian fungus Cercospora caricis and grasshopper Rhammatocerus schistocercoides populations.

●Purified and characterized α-amylase inhibitor protein and its structure by FPLC, HPLC, SDS-PAGE, circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopies.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The Professional Medical Interpreter Course, Feb 2022 by Liberty Language Services.

M.S. in Biology, 2005-2006, George Mason University, VA; 1998, University of San Paulo, Brazil.

B.S. in Biology, 1996, University of Brasília, Brazil.

LANGUAGES: Fluent in English. Native Spanish and Portuguese speaker

PUBLICATIONS

●Pugliese A, Brown D, Murchison D, Zeller M, Redondo M, Diez J, Eisenbarth GS, Patel DD, Ricordi C. Self-antigen-presenting cells expressing diabetes-associated autoantigens exist in both thymus and peripheral lymphoid organs. J. Clin. Invest. Mar 2001; 107(5): 555-64.

●Inglis PW, Teixeira EA, Ribeiro DM, Valadares- Inglis MC, Tigano MS, Mello SC. Molecular Markers for the Characterization of Brazilian Cercospora caricis Isolates. Curr. Microbiol. Mar 2001; 42(3): 194-198.

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