Michelle Sag

Experience

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  Canadian Food Inspection Agency

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Microbiology Co-Op Student

  Explored what genes within the type III secretion systems in Vibrio parahaemolyticus could be used as potential virulence markers, as the current gene markers used do not truly indicate whether the strain is virulent.

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  BC Centre for Disease Control

  May 2019 - May 2020

  Used MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Rstudios to develop a mechanism to subtype C. auris strains. Worked with the Influenza Team, sequencing and analyzing clinical samples. Designed and validated a multiplex RT-qPCR assay to discriminate Yamagata/Victoria lineages for Influenza B.

  • Undergraduate Honours Thesis

    Sept 2019 - May 2020

  • Lab Clinical Studies Co-op Student

    May 2019 - Aug 2019
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  The University of British Columbia

  Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  Undergraduate Research Assistant, Duong Lab

  Optimized conditions needed for investigation of binding of biotinylated membrane protein to Streptavidin. Future works entails capturing and visualizing protein interaction. Skills involved bacterial membrane and soluble protein purification and library pull-downs and reconstitutions.

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  BC Cancer

  Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

  Student Researcher
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  McGill University

  Sept 2021 - now

  Graduate Student, Sagan Lab