Marceline Julia Wallace

Experience

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  Bergen County Academies

  Feb 2016 - Jun 2018

  Researcher

  Conceived and conducted research project “Alpha Synuclein and Cellular Death in Lewy Body Dementia”. Worked in lab during school year as well as sophomore and junior year summers (high school). Published in 2018 CJSJ.Received 2018 Regeneron Scholar award and 2018 JSHS National finalist award, among others.

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  Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Animal Surgery Program Student

  Performed live surgeries on Sprague Dawley rats to contribute to ongoing research. Performed postoperative ileus induction, splenectomy, and carotid artery cannulation procedures.

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  Columbia University Medical Center

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  Research Intern

  Involved in NF-kB research at Ghosh Immunology Lab

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  Bergen County Medical Examiner

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  Intern

  Aided in the conduction of autopsies.Learned to read histology slides and gained professional knowledge of forensic pathology from firsthand experience.

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  Columbia University in the City of New York

  Jul 2018 - Nov 2019

  Undergraduate Researcher @ Cornish Lab

  Independently designed project premise/workflow and completed 100k DARPA grant deliverable creating hydrobeads that immobilize peptide diffusion Completed greater project promoting yeast growth in foreign and non sterile environments fundamental and integral to continuation of multimillion dollar DARPA grant Designed new premise for DARPA grant deliverable promoting foreign mycelium growth through induced commensal yeast behavior, this premise is currently being employedStood in as DARPA grant lead during boss absence, ran conference calls between collaborator labs and ran subgroup meetings during this timeCompiled written documents and literature reviews for PISuccessfully wrote letter evaluating tenure case of new professor appointment for PI (during freshman year, with the new professor’s field being organic chemistry)Compiled conference slide shows for PICompiled a vast amount of information on fungal disease targets and commercial competitors for PI’s developing companyEdited and improved recruitment slide shows for PI’s developing company Show less

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  Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2020

  The CUSJ is a professional level peer reviewed scientific journal that is published through Columbia University

  • Editor In Chief

    May 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Editor

    Sept 2018 - May 2019
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  Columbia Splash

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  Teacher

  Taught class "Hybridization and Molecular Orbital Theory" to high school students.

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  Columbia University in the City of New York

  Jan 2020 - now

  Investigating alternative splice isoforms of polyadenylation factors Developed gelatin-based 3D cell culture methods for cancer metastasis studies

  • Research Staff Assistant

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Molecular Biology TA

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Undergraduate Researcher @ Manley Lab

    Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Biochemistry TA

    Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Undergraduate Researcher @ Kaufman Lab

    Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
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  Learning Unlimited

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  Teacher

  Taught class "DNA and Genomes" to high school students.

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  Wave Learning Festival

  Aug 2020 - now

  Teaching "DNA and Genomes", a 2 week crash course in molecular biology for high school students

  • Teacher

    Aug 2020 - now

  • Special Events Team

    Aug 2020 - Jun 2021
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  MJW Tutoring and Consulting

  Mar 2022 - now

  Founder

  Professional and tailored tutoring services in organic chemistry, general chemistry, biology and calculus. Insider ivy league admissions consulting, as well as elite research competition and fellowship consulting.