Richard McLaughlin

Experience

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  University of Pennsylvania

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Worked in an animal colony doing neurology research. Worked with live animals. Studied epilepsy in dogs via bioengineered implants, and studied genetic diseases (particularly Niemann Pick Type C) in cats.

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  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Science Undergraduate Lab Intern

  Did independent research in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division concerning the impact of mold and moisture and it's impact on human health and residential buildings. Responsibilities Included:-Performing a literature review exploring residential mold outbreak as it correlates with temperature and humidity-Using R to preform large scale data analysis on simulated home conditions-Completed a report and a poster presentation

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  Penn State University

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2014

  Worked on microenterprise venture aiming to produce and market inkjet printed diagnostic test strips for Diabetes monitoring and screening in Nyeri, Kenya. Responsibilities included: -developing the technology, business model -performing market research in Nyeri -Developed glucose sensing ink prototype-awarded first prize in the Penn State College of IST's startup competition.-Paper submitted and accepted for HumTech conference 2015 -Worked on project to determine microsatellite stability of tetranucleotide repeats in mammalian cells, -Isolating replication intermediates, running 2D agarose gels, southern blots. -Obtained radiation safety training.-Awarded Discovery and REU grants. Worked in an X-ray Crystallography Lab to crystalize a yeast histone modifying enzyme. Became adept at basic biochemical techniques such as cloning, PCR, mutagenesis, running gels, protein expression & purification.

  • Penn State Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE)

    Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  • Research Assistant

    Aug 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Work Study

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
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  Genentech

  Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

  Bioprocess Technician

  • Supported the Manufacturing department by working effectively to meet department goals. • Sampled bioreactors regularly for quality control, utilizing flow cytometry, packed cell volume, osmolarity and blood gas analyses.• Familiarity with software such as SAP and LIMS• Worked in cGMP environment and maintained good documentation practices.

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  Circularis Biotechnologies

  Feb 2017 - Dec 2017

  Lab Technician

  • Aid in applying patented company technology in a variety of cellular expression platforms using molecular biology techniques while researching and troubleshooting as necessary• Design Plasmid vector using literature research and DNA tools (BLAST) and test with next generation sequencing• Perform molecular cloning experiments including mutagenic library preparation• Isolate RNA for RT-PCR and troublsehooted when necessary• Aid in applying company technology in protein expression• Write, modify and optimize company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Show less

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  Johnson & Johnson

  Jun 2018 - Nov 2018

  Scientist

  -Responsible for molecular biology tasks such as PCR-based cloning, construct design, RNA purification, RT-PCR, expression vector engineering etc., -High Throughput V gene recovery from Hybridomas or single B cell(SBC) platform -Computational DNA sequence analysis and in silico cloning

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  Revature

  Apr 2019 - now

  Software Developer

  Java fullstack developer and certified Pega System Architect