Kathy Garner

Experience

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  The University of Texas at Dallas

  Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Undergraduate Researcher

  At the Healthy Development Project: administered surveys, logged and checked data in SPSS, recruited study participants, assisted in initial development of survey questions

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  The University of Texas at Dallas

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2017

  Represented the University by providing expert service to assist peers with development of writing skills, with a primary focus on structure and clarity of writing. Tutoring sessions (90% of position) occurred one-on-one (90%) and in groups of up to five students (10%). Other as needed duties included leading workshops, creating handouts, mentoring newer tutors, and scheduling appointments (10% of position) For Pain Neurobiology Research Group:Strong adaption in a fast-paced scientific enviromnent, with specific duties ranging between assisting in management of transgenic animal colony (including PCR genotyping), primary cell culture, immunofluorescence, training other undergraduate students in research techniques, image analysis in ImageJ, culminating in authorship on two research abstracts

  • Undergraduate Writing Tutor

    Aug 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
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  The University of Texas at Dallas

  Aug 2017 - Jul 2022

  Motivated and proficient scientist with specialization in neuroscience, ultimately resulting in authorship of primary research articles (2 first author), conference abstracts (1 first author),and scientific review articles*Planned and performed experiments, analyzed data in both GraphPad and Excel*Trained research interns (undergraduate and master's students), including leading regular meetings to discuss progress of ongoing projects (Biweekly over three months in Summer)*Presented a "chalk talk" to discuss ongoing research projects approximately annually (approximately five talks given over program, excluding program milestone talks)*Specific skills utilized in experiments: behavioral pharmacology, management of a transgenic animal colony including PCR genotyping, primary cell culture, immunofluorescence, Seahorse metabolic assays, light and fluorescent microscopy (including confocal imaging) Show less

  • PHD Candidate

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2022

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2022
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  Kent Scientific Corporation

  Jul 2022 - now

  Technical Resource Scientist II

  *Assisted customers with optimizing Kent Scientific products for their research protocols, including providing technical information re protocol compliance and best practices*Gave presentations on concepts related to Kent Scientific products*Performed remote training and troubleshooting sessions