2005 to 2000 Research AssistantProteins and Nucleic Acid Purification
Mar 2010 to May 2010 Laboratory InstructorGeneral Chemistry Syracuse, NY 2007 to 2009 Laboratory InstructorBiomolecular Modeling
2007 to 2007 Laboratory InstructorQueens College
2001 to 2001 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Education:
Syracuse University, School of Arts and Sciences Syracuse, NY 2005 to 2013 Ph.D. in Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and BiophysicsOswego State University Oswego, NY 2002 to 2003 B.A. in Biological Sciences
Skills:
Recombinant protein expression and protein purification Protein solubility solutions Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) size exclusion chromatography (SEC), gel filtration (GF) and affinity chromatography (IMAC) AKTA and Unicorn (FPLC) Protein characterization Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) nucleic acid and proteins Biolayer interferometry (BLI) Label and label-free techniques Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Site directed mutagenesis (SDM) Primer design Nucleic acid synthesis Molecular cloning including Gateway cloning Biomolecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulation MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry of purified proteins Native (PAGE) and denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) Western blot protein analysis Protein quantification Nanodrop, BCA, Bradford Isotopic labeling of protein for NMR Isothermal calorimetry Large scale cell culture Plasmid engineering HIV protein expression Tat, Ncp7 Bacteriorhodopsin expression Tm melting assays Proficient in many software packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Blackboard, Clustal, Insight, Serial Cloner, etc.)