Professional Duties & Responsibilities Biomedical and biotechnology engineer with background in design of biomaterials, biosensors, drug delivery devices, microfrabrication, and tissue engineering Working knowledge of direct cell writing and rapid prototyping Experience fabricating nanocomposite hydrogel scaffolds Proficient in material analysis, mechanical, biochemical, and morphological testing of synthetic and biological materials Extensive experience in bio-imaging processes and procedures Specialized in mammalian, microbial, and viral cell culture Working knowledge
of lab techniques and instruments including electrophoresis, chromatography, microscopy, spectroscopy, PCR, Flow cytometery, protein assay, DNA isolation techniques, polymer synthesis and characterization, and synthetic fiber production Developed strong knowledge of FDA, GLP, GMP, GCP, and GDP regulatory requirements Created biocompatible photocurable hydrogels for cell immobilization Formulated cell friendly prepolymer formulation Performed surface modification of nano - particle fillers to enhance their biocompatibility Evaluated cell and biomaterial interaction, cell growth, and proliferation Designed bench - top experiments and protocols to simulate in vivo situations Designed hydrogel based microfluidic prototypes for cell entrapment and cell culture utilizing computer - aided robotic dispenser Determined various mechanical, morphological, and transport properties of photocured hydrogels using Instron, FTIR, EDX, X-ray diffraction, DSC, TGA, and DMA Assessed biocompatibility of hydrogels and physiology of entrapped cells Evaluated intracellular and extracellular reactions of entrapped cells on spatial and temporal scales using optical, confocal, fluorescence, atomic force, and scanning electron microscopies Designed various biochemical assays Developed thermosensitive PET membranes for transdermal drug delivery application using Gamma radiation induced graft co-polymerization of N - isopropyl acylamide and Acrylic acid Characterized grafted co-polymer using various polymer characterization techniques Manipulated lower critical solution temperature of grafted thermosensitive co-polymer Loaded antibiotic on grafted co-polymer and determined drug release profile with temperature Determined biomechanical and biochemical properties of biological gels isolated from marine organisms Analyzed morphological and mechanical properties of metal coated yarns using SEM and Instron Performed analytical work on pharmaceutical formulations using gas and high performance liquid chromatography Performed market research and analysis for medical textile company Developed and implement comprehensive marketing and sales campaign
Experienced applying wide range
of lab techniques that include PCR, Northern, Southern, Western blots, DNA large and mini prep, mass spec, and cloning.
Wang Lab / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor • MI 2009 — 2010 Undergraduate Research Student Applied wide range
of lab techniques developed during school and lab that included PCR, Northern, Southern, Western blots, DNA large and mini prep, mass spec, and cloning.
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• Applied wide range
of lab techniques developed during school and lab that included PCR, Northern, Southern, Western blots, DNA large and mini prep, mass spec, and cloning.
Using a suite
of lab techniques, the researchers examined medieval gilded silver threads, and silver and gold strips produced during and after the Middle Ages.
Not exact matches
In their dorm parking lot, they created a makeshift research
lab, testing composting
techniques on 24 garbage cans full
of spoiled food.
So Stearns worked with Planet
Labs» engineering team to come up with a
technique that etched the artwork from Stearn's illustrated canvases onto the bodies
of the satellites with lasers.»
The group's guidance follows calls for various bans on use
of the technology known as CRISPR - Cas9, which has quickly become the preferred method
of gene editing in research
labs because
of its ease
of use compared with older
techniques.
Dr. Melillo currently works with a group
of international research
labs and teaches his theories and
techniques to health professionals around the world as a post graduate professor.
The bacteria were created by researchers in the
lab of Frances Arnold, Caltech's Linus Pauling Professor
of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, using directed evolution, a
technique Arnold developed in the 1990s.
Kaczmarek, who came to the
lab in 2004, was awarded a Scopus - Perspektywy Young Researcher Award last year for her work using PCR
techniques to distinguish the two types
of stem canker, which differ in virulence and in their ability to infiltrate and kill the plant.
Holt and Rakoff noted that many other recommendations for improving forensic
techniques that the National Academy
of Sciences outlined have been adopted by state and local crime
labs and led to the implementation
of codes
of professional conduct governing forensic laboratories and other practices.
In subsequent decades, GE and other
labs around the world developed additional
techniques for creating synthetic diamonds, most
of which have industrial applications such as drilling or grinding, for which the material is extremely well - suited.
An international team led by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley
Lab) has developed a new
technique for identifying gene enhancers — sequences
of DNA that act to amplify the expression
of a specific gene — in the genomes
of humans and other mammals.
Automatic gear shifting for safer and more efficient wheelchairs; a
technique for harnessing terahertz spectroscopy; «humanized»
lab mice; and cheaper, more accurate malaria testing — meet this year's crop
of Lemelson - M.I.T. collegiate student prize winners
Bits
of kidney, liver, brain and intestine have previously been grown in a
lab dish using this
technique.
Zhihui Li, a postdoctoral fellow in Wang's
lab, performed experiments in which he used a
technique called RNA interference to suppress (but not completely eliminate) the production
of the SLC13A5 protein.
Insider that, according to Swedish law's relatively narrow definition
of research misconduct, his primary task was to compare the data presented in six papers describing the
technique with
lab and patient records at the institute and its hospital.
Gerdin told ScienceInsider that, according to Swedish law's relatively narrow definition
of research misconduct, his primary task was to compare the data presented in six papers describing the
technique with
lab and patient records at the institute and its hospital.
Here, though, the
lab still uses a variant
of the old acid - bath
technique, which is both expensive — this reactor is made
of zirconium — and fussy.
«The researchers have taken a
technique that most in the field thought would be impossible for complex organs such as the kidney, and have painstakingly developed a method to make it work,» says Jamie Davies at the University
of Edinburgh, UK, who was part
of a team that last year made some headway in their attempts to grow kidneys from scratch in the
lab.
My goal was that it would be accurate enough to detect poor
technique, helping me cross-check my results against a laboratory analysis
of a subgroup
of 20 players (given that it was impossible to film all 200
of them in the
lab!).
Companies that use these interview tools take the philosophy that you are not the contents
of your CV or resume; they believe that lists
of lab skills and
techniques don't truly reflect the real you.
We focused on learning the biological and chemical theory behind the
techniques, and in the
lab we spliced genes in and out
of bacteria.
For most postdocs, «a lot
of the skills and
techniques and expertise that you need for that project to succeed are already established [in the
lab], whereas if you start off as an independent postdoc, it may be that you want to do something that you don't have very much experience with, so you then need to either seek outside help or get these things set up on your own,» Stolt - Bergner says.
Then, Lorin Milescu's students used live - imaging
techniques and software developed in their
lab to demonstrate that the Gr28bD protein can, through temperature differences, modulate the brain activity
of fruit flies.
The 100 Island Challenge team, composed
of postdoctoral researchers, staff, and graduate students from the
labs of Sandin and Scripps ecologist Jennifer Smith, is partnering with scientists and communities around the world to visit 100 different islands and use these novel 3 - D imaging
techniques to create photo mosaics capturing every detail
of the coral reef structure and ecology.
Other researchers have used optogenetics to transmit artificial skin sensations into the brains
of mice, but Ko plans to investigate other technologies to find a
technique that's best suited for his
lab's e-skin.
Moreno's first job in the
lab — helping a postdoc develop a mutagenesis
technique to identify new genes involved in organ development and positioning — earned him a second - author paper in Science just a couple
of years into his Ph.D..
NSF provides state -
of - the - art imaging tools to academic
labs; supports efforts to develop new microscopy
techniques; and funds training for young scientists and engineers in the field.
There were still some bumps along the way,
of course, but I found the day - to - day challenges in the
lab less daunting because I was excited by the concepts and
techniques I was working with.
Zeng said the prototype
lab - on - a-chip is made
of a widely used silicone rubber called polydimethylsiloxane and uses a
technique called «on - chip immunoisolation.»
Called eBDIMS, this novel simulation
technique was developed by Orellana during her doctoral thesis under Modesto Orozco, head
of the Molecular Modelling and Bioinformatics
Lab at IRB Barcelona, and pioneer in coarse - grained simulations in Spain.
Shim and his research team combined X-ray
techniques in the synchrotron radiation facility at the U.S. Department
of Energy's National
Labs and atomic resolution electron microscopy at ASU to determine what causes unusual flow patterns in rocks that lie 600 miles and more deep within the Earth.
As part
of his studies, Mackey has found himself struggling with a question facing the fMRI field as a whole: when is the
technique ready for use outside the
lab?
She enjoys working closely with the grad students in the
lab, helping them with experimental
techniques, editing their manuscripts, and advising them about the big - picture implications
of their data and ways to move forward.
When Conklin joined his
lab, he had no experience in his PI's core area
of cancer research, but he brought valuable expertise in cell imaging
techniques.
As equipment makers and service providers try to make single - cell sequencing accessible to more
labs, scientists at the forefront
of the field are pushing the
technique into entirely new territory.
«Showing someone visually how to do a
technique in the
lab is a 1000 - year - old
technique in pedagogy,» says Alan Marnett, the founder and CEO
of BenchFly.
In the
lab, the team mixed each strain
of K. veneficum with a species
of algae on which it preys, and recorded the three - dimensional motions
of thousands
of cells using a high - speed holographic microscopy
technique they described in 20071.
An X-ray microscopy
technique recently developed at the Department
of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley
Lab) has given scientists the ability to image nanoscale changes inside lithium - ion battery particles as they charge and discharge.
Nanorod structures aren't new, but the
technique used by Lin's
lab produces nanorods
of uniform sizes — such as barium titanate and iron oxide, which have not yet been demonstrated via wet - chemistry approaches in the literature — and highly - uniform core - shell nanorods made by combining two dissimilar materials.
I listed every
lab technique I had ever performed, regardless
of whether I had performed it more than once.
One
of my first consultancy contracts was to run a training course in computer
techniques for postgraduate students in this new
lab.
The reality is that the
techniques and expertise needed to create a deadly insect or virus are far beyond the capabilities
of the typical DIY biologist or community
lab.
This visual approach has driven decades
of crucial discoveries and decorated countless
labs with stunning wall art, but it's also revealed the limits
of traditional
techniques.
The team developed a new
technique that allowed them to culture large numbers
of hair follicle germs — a precursor
of follicles — in the
lab.
Medical Imaging
Techniques from Lawrence Berkeley
Labs Radiology: An Inside Look from the American College
of Radiology
«Since all traditional options were not feasible our multi-specialty team felt the new
technique could be the answer for this patient,» says Adam Greenbaum, M.D., director
of the Cardiac Catheterization
Lab at Henry Ford Hospital and leader
of the team.