Jake Saunders

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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About me
Research Specialist in Biochemistry 🏳️‍🌈
Education
- The Australian National University
  2018 - 2019
  Bachelor of science (honours) Biochemistry 1st Class Honours
  A 1-year honours program, encompassing both laboratory protein experimentation and computational analysis. The objective centred around the validation and optimisation of an assaying tool for detecting the presence of an enzyme in solution. Then leveraging this tool to engineer an enhanced variant with improved expression.
- The Australian National University
  2019 -
  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Biochemistry Ph.D. specialising in the engineering of four separate enzymes aimed at assisting industry with a greener and environmentally friendly alternative. Using bioinformatics tools such as reconstructing ancestral sequences to uncover evolutionary history stored within homologous proteins and engineer more stable variants.
- Griffith University
  2015 - 2018
  Bachelor of Science Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry 7/7
  Undergraduate program with a double major in biochemistry and molecular biology, and organic chemistry.
Experience
- The Australian National University
  Jul 2019 - Apr 2024
  Biochemistry Ph.D. specialising in the engineering of four separate enzymes aimed at assisting industry with a greener and environmentally friendly alternative. Using bioinformatics tools such as reconstructing ancestral sequences to uncover evolutionary history stored within homologous proteins and engineer more stable variants. Provide support to the research team by conducting qualitative and quantitative studies, analysing data, assisting in literature reviews, managing databases, and assisting with ethics approval. Additionally, monitor computational results, prepare data for publication, perform statistical analysis, and disseminate analysis reports. Experience demonstrating in dry and wet labs to second and third-year undergraduate biochemistry students. I have tutored third-year undergraduates in class/workshop settings. In 2022, I was a senior demonstrator of a chemical biology course. I was responsible for organising rosters, planning meetings, providing feedback to students, taking charge of marking processes and being the primary point of contact for lab-related issues. Under general direction to provide research, technical and administrative support to the Bio Lab, Biological Chemistry. Support such as ordering chemicals and laboratory consumables, maintaining safe storage of chemicals, safety officer in bio labs, disposal of chemical and biological waste, making media (liquid and solid) for bacterial growth, maintaining the cleanliness of lab areas, maintaining freezers, and maintaining laboratory chemical, plasmid, protocols and equipment database
  - Researcher Ph.D. Candidate
    Sept 2019 - Apr 2024
  - Research Assistant
    Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
  - ANU Casual Academic, Chemistry Teaching
    Feb 2021 - Sept 2022
  - Research Assistant (Bio Lab)
    Jul 2019 - Sept 2019
- The University of Queensland
  Jul 2023 - now
  - Research Specialist
    Jul 2024 - now
  - Senior Research Assistant/Technician in Recombinant Protein Production
    Jul 2023 - Jul 2024
Licenses & Certifications
- ANU Summer Research Scholarship
  The Australian National University
  Jan 2018
- Working With Vulnerable People
  ACT Government
  Jan 2021
- Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Prize
  Griffith University
  Jan 2018
- Eskitis Vacation Scholarship
  Griffith University
  Nov 2016
- SOLES Summer Research Scholarship
  University of Sydney
  Jan 2017
- Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award
  The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
  Jan 2015
Volunteer Experience
- Volunteer
  Issued by St John Ambulance on Jan 2013
  Associated with Jake Saunders