Katherine Cintron
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cell: 609-***-****
|Objective |To aquire a Research Scientist position/ Program Manager |
| |Position. Coupled with my industry experience (Biotech, |
| |Biopharm, and Cosmetics) as well as my professionalism |
| |and attention to detail I would be an asset to any |
| |research company. |
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|Experience |11/11-current AVON Products |
| |Suffern, NY |
| |Research Scientist |
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| |Performs experiments for all breakthrough projects in |
| |Anti-aging |
| |Experimental set up for qPCR using Taqman 7500 for |
| |selected targets |
| |Maintains cell culture- primary cell lines Keratinocytes |
| |& Fibroblasts |
| |Western blot analysis and troubleshooting |
| |Immunohistochemistry staining |
| |Prepares and presents slides for project updates at group|
| |meetings |
| |Maintains detailed laboratory notebook |
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| |11/07-10/11 PTC Therapeutics |
| |South Plainfield, NJ |
| |Associate Scientist I (2/10-11/11) |
| |Research Associate II (11/07-2/10) |
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| |Performs Elisa optimizations to establish SAR |
| |Responsible for screening compounds submitted by |
| |Chemistry group in Elisa, Luciferase, and Cytotoxic |
| |assays |
| |FACS analysis /cell sorting (FACS Calibur) for cell |
| |cycle analysis |
| |Maintains organized inventory of compounds |
| |Prepares compounds for Microsome testing |
| |Performs western blots and scans using Odessey |
| |Performs and optimizes Tumor homogenization process for |
| |Xenograft studies |
| |Preps large scale cell volumes for High Throughput |
| |Screens(HTS) |
| |Presents project slides at group meetings as necessary |
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| |10/06-11/07 The Musculoskeletal Transplant |
| |Foundation Edison, NJ |
| |Research Technician |
| |Performed experiments for Allograft Materials Research |
| |ELISAs for detecting specific protein levels in human |
| |tissue |
| |Protein Assays |
| |Tissue culture maintenance |
| |Assisted with training new employees |
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| |10/04-10/06 Dade Behring, Inc. |
| |Glasgow, DE |
| |Assistant Chemist |
| |Tissue Culture maintenance of mammalian cell lines |
| |Cell fusions-using mice spleen, clonings-limiting |
| |dilutions; cell freezes |
| |Production of seed and working lots of selected cell |
| |lines |
| |ELISAs- direct, inhibitions for characterizing antibodies|
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| |Antibody Purifications (protein columns) |
| |Responsible for keeping project data in notebooks |
| |up-to-date |
| |Building Evacuation Leader- responsible for planning |
| |drills |
| |8/03-10/04 Strategic Diagnostics |
| |Newark, DE |
| |Tissue Culture Scientist |
| |Hybridoma development; antibody production for various |
| |customers |
| |Tissue Culture maintenance |
| |Cell fusions; clonings-limiting dilutions; freezing of |
| |selected cell lines |
| |ELISAs |
| |Communicated customers project status through |
| |e-mails/conference calls |
| |Shipment of cells |
| |2000-2003 Pfeiffer University Learning |
| |Center Misenheimer, NC |
| |University Peer Tutor |
| |Tutored university students in biology classes/labs |
| |Recorded students progress and tracked coursework covered|
| |during sessions |
| |2001-2003 East Rowan High School Misenheimer, NC |
| |Pfeiffer University Teaching Scholar |
| |Tutored high school students in biology and chemistry |
| |after school |
| |Attended class lectures/labs to help assist teacher |
| |Assisted with Saturday science programs held at |
| |University labs for students |
|Education |2007-2009 Seton Hall University |
| |South Orange, NJ |
| |MS Biology with minor in Business Administration |
| |1999-2003 Pfeiffer University Misenheiemer, NC |
| |B.S. Biology with Chemistry minor. |
| |Graduated Magna cum laude-G.P.A 3.7 |
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|Publications | |
| |Cao L, Bombard J, Cintron K., Sheedy, J., Weetall M.L., |
| |Davis, T.W. "BMI1 as a novel target for drug discovery |
| |in cancer." J. Cell Biochem 2011, (in press) "BMI1 |
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