Experience

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  Cedars-sinai medical center

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Research assistant 1

  • Maintained a well-stocked laboratory by performing routine inventory surveys• Created an organized fridge and freezer inventory system

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  University of utah

  Aug 2008 - Sept 2010

  Lab tech 1

  • Led research project that focused on the effect of Rotenone and Paraquat and the effects on the Pink and Park genes in Huntington’s Disease cell lines• Optimized cell culture techniques for primary mouse hematopoietic cell lines and mesenchymal cell lines • Maintained a well-stocked laboratory by performing routine inventory surveys

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  Cedars-sinai

  Nov 2010 - now

  • Manager, Cedars-Sinai Biomanufacturing Center (CBC)

    Dec 2017 - now

  • Research Associate IV

    Nov 2010 - Dec 2017
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  Cedars-sinai medical center

  Nov 2010 - Jan 2016

  Research associate iii

  • Generated over 100 iPSC lines from various source tissues, including fibroblast, lymphoblastoid cell lines, and freshly isolated whole blood• Led the generation, characterization, banking and distribution of over 20 non-integrating iPSC lines generated for the NIH/CIRM Huntington’s Disease Consortium• Created an organized ordering system for cell lines and supplies that has been implemented within the Cedars-Sinai website• Assisted in the development of a large, high-throughput supply and cell culture inventory system and adjoining iPad application (ebi Lab Manager, BackTrack)• Developed and conducted a two week iPSC culture techniques training course that is available to the entire research community Show less

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  Mount saint mary's university

  Jan 2016 - now

  Adjunct professor

  • Design a unique lab course that focuses primarily on cell culture techniques• Design a semester long experiment for students to carry out using a neural progenitor cell line