Highly Qualified Laboratory Technician

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Skills keywords: good organization skills, life science, time management

Short Bio:

Master of Science with a degree in biotechnology, experienced in research environment. Mastered lab techniques: mammalian cell culture, bacterial culture, the preparation of culture media and plates, Western blotting, ELISA, DNA and RNA extraction, cloning, PCR, qPCR, transfection, cDNA synthesis, PCR-RFLP, Animal experiments: mouse handling, tumor injection, tumor ablation. Imagining, staining: confocal microscopy, immunostaining, H&E staining, whole mount & paraffin section.

Current location:  United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: Polish

Preferred Sector of Employment:  Pharmaceutical and Science, Travel and Tourism

Spoken languages: english, polish

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

EDUCATION

• Dates (from – to) 02.2012 –12.2013

• Name and type of organization providing education and training West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (Poland)

Thesis: Association between polymorphism in the FTO gene and intramuscular fat content in porcine.

• Principal subjects Biotechnology

• Title of qualification awarded Magister (M.S.)

• Dates (from – to)

10.2008 – 02.2012

• Name and type of organization providing education and training West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (Poland)

Thesis: Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Latest achievements, description and comparison of potential future treatment methods.

• Principal subjects Biotechnology

• Title of qualification awarded Inżynier (B.S.)

• Dates (from – to) 09.2010 – 02.2011

• Name and type of organization providing education and training Mendel University in Brno

• Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered Biotechnology

6 months abroad studies with Erasmus Program as part of degree course

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Dates (from – to)

15.06.2013 – 15.09.2012 (Erasmus Program Training)

• Job position Laboratory assistant

•Company name Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology(MTC), Prof. Yihai Cao’s research group

• Main duties performed:

Duties included DNA isolation, Electrophoresis, Cloning of gene, Cell culture (including stem cell), extraction and cDNA synthesis, PCR, qPCR, ELISA, Mouse handling including ip. injection, tumor dissection, Immunohistochemistry and H&E staining, E. coli transformation, media preparation, growth of bacterial cultures, Western blotting, stem cell extraction from bone marrow

• Dates (from – to) 06.2010 – 07.2010

• Job position Laboratory assistant

• Company name Dendrology Garden in Przelewice (Poland)

• Main duties performed

Duties included in vitro propagation of plants, media preparation, supervision of in vitro plants and taking care of the cleanliness of the laboratory.

• Main duties performed 07.2008 – 08.2008

Veterinary assistant

Veterinary clinic for domestic animals “W palacyku”, Szczecin, Poland

Basic animal care; assisting vet during routine visits and surgeries; blood collection for diagnostic purposes; administration of previously prescribed medications: vaccinations, opthalmic, otic, oral, topical; handling of bio hazardous waste and materials; cleaning the clinic, sterilization of medical equipment, and selling animal feed;

SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Cell culture & cell-based assays: mammalian cell culture, bacterial culture, proliferation assay

Molecular biology and biochemistry: Western blotting, ELISA, DNA and RNA extraction, cloning, PCR, qPCR, transfection, cDNA synthesis, PCR-RFLP,

Animal experiments: mouse handling, tumor injection, tumor ablation

Imagining, staining: Confocal Microscopy, Immunostaining, H&E staining, DAB staining, whole mount & paraffin section.