Bethany Lafontaine

Experience

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  Self-employed

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Childcare Provider

  -Supervised two children for about 20 hours a week-Read to them, taught them and assessed their knowledge of colors, shapes, etc., and chaperoned their play.

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  UConn Center for Career Development

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Participant, Career Leadership Experience Program

  -Participated in a case competition with a team of students and won in our division-Underwent a series of modules to develop career-building skills, such as resume writing, interviewing, and networking

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  University of Connecticut

  Nov 2020 - May 2023

  Student Research Assistant

  -Apart of a team working to develop a treatment for cytokine storm relevant to SARS-CoV-2 infection and sepsis-Performed transfection experiments, RNA extractions and quantifications, and qRT-PCR-Assessed change in gene expression by analyzing qRT-PCR data-Kept current on laboratory safety modules required by UConn's Environmental Health and Safety-Maintained a cell culture -Presented current scientific literature to my lab team for discussion-Managed supply inventory