Heather Currey

Experience

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  Sears, Roebuck and Co.

  Dec 2008 - May 2009

  Jewelry Sales Associate

  While I held this position I was responsible for a very large sum of assets while also facilitating sales one on one with customers. Duties included: cashier clerk tasks, monitoring the show room, inspecting and maintaining jewelry, watches and other objects, providing professional cleaning and battery replacement, promoting the company and products, operating large safes and security systems while maintaining a professional appearance.

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  UA Office Of Information Technology

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2011

  Program Management Office

  As an research assistant to the Program Management Office Heather was responsible for building and maintaining of the department website and Sharepoint fileshare, facilitating meetings with key stakeholders for system wide IT projects, preparing and distributing meeting minutes, developing forms, charts, graphs and promotional materials, as well as general office duties.

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  UAF Department of Biology and Wildlife

  Oct 2012 - May 2013

  Undergraduate Reseacher

  Undergraduate research in biology. Worked under Dr. Vayndorf to develop the skills necessary to do research using the model organism C. elegans. Received permission to work on an independent project in conjunction with the UAF Honors Program and the Dept. of Biology and Wildlife. Received funding through a student URSA grant. Presented a poster at the 2013 UAF Research Day. Also attended the International C. elegans Conference hosted by the Genetics Association of America.

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  Institute of Arctic Biology

  May 2013 - Jun 2014

  Laboratory Technician

  Laboratory technician in the Taylor neuronal aging nematode lab. Primary responsibilities were experimental work using RNAi by feeding, lifespan, fluorescent microscopy/imaging, statistical analysis, and other C. elegans specific techniques. Worked collaboratively with graduate and undergraduate students under post-doctorate fellow General lab duties, maintaining solution, worm, and bacterial stocks, plate pouring, C. elegans and bacterial general maintenance, cold storage and organization, as well as training of new technicians (generally undergraduates) in lab protocols Show less

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  Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

  Mar 2016 - Aug 2017

  Research Technician

  I perform benchtop and computer-based research in the Liachko/Kraemer Lab at the VA Medical Center Puget Sound. We study neurodegenerative diseases and aging with a focus on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FLD).

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  VA Puget Sound Health Care System

  Aug 2017 - now

  Lab Manager

  Heather works in the Liachko Laboratory which is affiliated with the Division of Gerontology in the University of Washington Department of Medicine and located at the VA Medical Center in Seattle.We study the underlying genetic and molecular causes of neuronal dysfunction and neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD-TDP). These devastating neurodegenerative diseases are typically rapidly progressing and invariably fatal. Both diseases are characterized by pathological aggregates of the protein TDP-43. We use a variety of model systems including (the awesome power of) C. elegans, mammalian cultured cells, and primary neurons to identify pathways that promote or protect against disease.Our long-term focus is to identify new therapeutic targets and strategies. Show less