Irina Shulkin

Experience

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  University of Southern California (Health Research Association)

  Apr 1996 - Feb 1998

  Research Associate

  Projects: short and long term clinical studies related to reproductive hormone replacement therapies; Production and metabolism of DHT and Androsterone Glucuronide in men and women; Study on benign prostate hypertrophy in relation to androgen metabolites; effect of progestins on coronary reactivity; hirsutism related hormone deficiency; breast cancer HRT study. Techniques: RIA, IRMA, TLC, PCR, Iodinated and Tritiated Ag and Ab labelling, solid & liquid, phase separation, partition chromatography and radio-immuno assay development and optimization Show less

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  Baxter International Inc.

  Mar 1998 - Jun 2000

  Technical Services Associate (Lab support contract)

  Projects: virus reduction for plasma-derived anti haemophilic Factor VIII, scaled-down Factor VIII purification & yield improvement study, improvement of CHO protein detection in rAHF production & purification, pilot plant scale-down method of CHOp contamination reduction method, autoplex activation feasibility study, pilot plant process of FVIII yield, improvement scale-down study and full scale manufacturing transfer.Techniques and responsibilities: used ECL assay, HPLC, ELISA, revised and followed SOP, QCP, QA, assured interdepartmental communication during technology transfer process. Created small to full scale transfer protocol and work flow. Wrote validation protocols, performed statistical analysis, trained personal. Show less

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  Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)

  May 2002 - Aug 2006

  Research Specialist II

  Immunosuppressive novel drug development for tolerance induction through preventing antibody mediated xenografts rejection in xenotransplantation. Identifying the immunoglobulin variable region heavy (IgVH) chain genes encoding xenoantibodies to porcine heart and fetal porcine islet xenografts in non-immunosuppressed rhesus monkeys. Performed statistical analysis, trained personal.Techniques: transduction, bone marrow transplantation, and irradiation, humoral immune response induction in mice, ELISA, DNA sequencing, immunostaining, gel chromatography, flow cytometry, PCR, tissue culture, murine lymph nodes extraction, statistical analysis, reports, molecular virtual modelling Show less

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  Endorphinzzz

  Sept 2006 - now

  LIfe/Health/Business coaching: allergy, psychosomatics, weight loss

  Provide consulting services to a small and medium companies in weight loss, smoking sessation, nutrition & healthy behavior modification and pain management. My clients include: "Our Parenting Place", "Behavior Analysis Services and Education", "Encino Adult day care", and "Urban Retreat".Projects: designed 500+ gluten, dairy, cholesterol, soy, refined flour free recipes; taught wholesome cooking classes to adults and children ages 4 to 84; developed and run workshops on healthy habits and disease prevention; created and lead workshops on Weight loss, Fibromyalgia & Diabetes symptoms reduction; improved manual therapy, and hypnosis techniques for psychosomatic, habitual and ergonomic disorders. Techniques: hypnosis, plant based recipes, raw & vegan cooking, massage, workshops Show less