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KevinFlowers1129HaralPlace,CherryHill,NJ08034 | 856-816-7428 | [email protected]
Objective
· TofindacareeropportunitythatwillchallengemetoutilizetheskillsIhavedevelopedthroughthecourseofmycareerandgrowwithinacompanythatisdedicatedtoitsfuture.
EducationBACHELORS OF ARTS |MAY 2008 | RUTGERS CAMDEN
· Major:Biology
ExperienceRESEARCH ASSOCIATE – MOLECULAR ANALYSIS | DUPONT PIONEER | NOVEMBER 2011 - PRESENT
· IsolateDNAusingHotShotandPhenol/Chloroformmethods
· IdentifysinglecopyandhomologousrecombinationeventsusingqPCR.
· AnalyzeandrecordcustomerresultsusingABIsoftwareandPCR-GT.
· ManageandmaintainVectorDNALibraryusingExcelandPrepsInventorysoftware.
· UserestrictionenzymedigestandelectrophoresistoobtainandpurifydesiredfragmentDNA.
· GrowandmaintainAgroDNAcellculturesanddoDNApurificationtosubmitforVectorQualityControl(VQC)
· SubmittedandAnalyzedsamplesforNextGensequencing
· Trainedandhelpedteammembersonnewapplicationsandmachinesinthelab.
· Workedwithteammemberstomanageourtimetomeetlabdeadlines.
· WorkedinanISO9001lab.
· KnowledgeofPCR,aseptictechniques,gelpurification,Prism,PCR-GT,VectorNTIsoftware.
· KnowledgeofViia7,ABI7900,ABI7500qPCRmachinesandsoftware,EppendorfepMotionliquidhandler.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT – GENETIC DISCOVERY | DUPONT PIONEER – CONTRACTOR, YOH INC | APRIL 2010 – NOVEMBER 2011
· Maintained,managed,andrecordedplantassaysbeingruninthelabandgrowthchambers.
· Performedweeklylaboratorydutiesincludingdisposalofbiohazardwasteandsafetyshowerandeyewashchecks
· Inoculatedbacterialculturesfortransformationandplasmidpreparation.
· PerformedDNAextraction,purification,cloningandtransformation.
· UtilizedPCRtechniquesandgelelectrophoresis.
· UseMoleculartechniquestoobtainDNAtosendtosequencingandreviewedresults
· Operatedlargeparticleflowcytometer.
PLANT PATHOLOGY INTERN | RUTGERS UNIVERSITY | MAY 2008 – DECEMBER 2009
· PrepareandanalyzedrootssampleslookingforMycorrhizae.
· UsedcellculturetechniquestoIsolateFungitypes.
· TestedandrecordedeffectsofMycorrhizaeoncranberryplants.
· IsolatedDNAandRNAfromvarioussamples.
· Madevarioustypesofcellculturemedia.
· UtilizedPCR,gelelectrophoresisandtissuegrinder.
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