Research Assistant

Sophie(Jingya) ZHANG

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Bellevue, WA, 98004

Email: lq0qy9@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 352-***-****

Education Background

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Dec 2010

GPA: 3.96/4.0

China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China

B.S. in Pharmacy, Jun 2009

GPA: 3.70/4.0

Bachelor Thesis: The construction of excretive and expressive vector pPICZαA-F9I of human coagulation factor

Academic Awards

08/2009: Achievement Award for New Engineering Graduate Student, University of Florida

06/2009: Excellent Graduate, China Pharmaceutical University

10/2007, 03/2008: Second-Class Scholarship, China Pharmaceutical University

10/2006, 10/2007: Triple A Student, China Pharmaceutical University

03/2006, 10/2006: First-Class Scholarship, China Pharmaceutical University

Laboratory Experience

08/2010-12/2010: Soft Tissue Mechanics and Drug Delivery Laboratory, University of Florida

Non-thesis Master final project: Histological validation for computational tumor transport models based on dynamic contrast enhanced-MRI. Investigated tumor boundary and necrosis by using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Cooperated with operation of MRI experiments. Mastered the operation of microtome, and hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining.

08/2010-12/2010: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Shands Hospital, University of Florida

Clinical preceptorship, shadowed Dr. Thomas M. Beaver in operating room. Shadowed surgeries including coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), aortic valve replacement surgery, mini maze surgery for treatment of atrial fibrillation, thoracoscopic ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation.

02/2009 - 06/2009: Cellular and molecular biology laboratory, Wuhan Science and Technology University

Full time internship. Participated in the research on the synergistic regulatory mechanism of myocardin and estrogen receptor on smooth muscle cell differentiation. Exercised basic skills in molecular biology, such as SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, PCR, RT-PCR, TA-Clone, plasmid construction, bacteria transformation, DNA isolation methods, gel (agarose) electrophoresis, protein purification methods and activity assays, cell passaging, media preparation, aseptic technique, centrifuges, micropipetting, pH meter, etc. Also mastered some techniques in microbiology, including media preparation, plate pouring, and maintenance of cultures, colonial selection, transformations, isolation and purification, bacteria identification.

02/2008 - 07/2008: Laboratory of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University

Exercised basic administration, anesthesia, blood sampling procedures on laboratory animals, including intraveneous, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, and esophagus administration, eyepit and eyeball blood sampling. Mastered safety test methods and methods to test potency and pharmadynamic parameters such as half-time of different kinds of medicine, including morphine, barbitone, sulfanilamide, acetylcholine enzyme, furosemide, and so on.

09/2007 - 01/2008: Laboratory of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University

Participated in the research on the effect of Gastrodin on preventing vascular dementia and its mechanism. Exercised basic skills including animal handling, animal modeling, and animal husbandry. Mastered professional skills in animal experiments and modeling mice with improved vascular dementia.

02/2008-07/2008: Pharmaceutical Analysis and Pharmacy Chromatography Analysis lab, CPU

Mastered analytical methods for quality control, quality assurance, and the procedures of different kinds of chromatography including HPLC, GC, Liquid, and Thin layer. Got familiar with operations of spectrophotometers, including UV, IR, visible, and fluorescence.

09/2007-01/2008: Medicinal Chemistry lab China Pharmaceutical University, CPU

Mastered synthetic methods of some medicine, including Aspirin, phenytoin, sulfanilamide, etc.

09/2007-01/2008: Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University

Mastered basic procedures for producing several frequently-used pharmaceutical dosage forms, including tablet, suppository, emulsion, granule, paste, injection, etc.

Related Courses

Graduate:

Computational Methods for Biomedical Engineering

Molecular Biomedical Engineering

Neural Engineering

Biomedical Instrumentation

Genetic and Protein Engineering

Physiology

Sterilization

Cell and Tissue Engineering

Cardiovascular Engineering

Clinical Preceptorship

Undergraduate:

Inorganic Chemistry and lab Analytical Chemistry and lab

Organic Chemistry and lab Physical Chemistry and lab

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and lab Microbiology and lab

Medicinal Chemistry and lab Pharmaceutics and lab

Pharmaceutical Analysis and lab Clinical Pharmacology

Pharmacy Metabolism Kinetics and lab Survey of Modern Medicine

Pharmaceutical Chromatography Analysis and lab Pharmacology and lab

Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry and lab

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