Lauren Hill

Experience

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  Rohnert Park Gymnastics

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2008

  Gymnastics Coach

  Designed and implemented cohesive lesson plans to teach gymnastics in a fun and safe environment. Supervised 40-50 students per term aged 3-16. Evaluated student progress and communicated with parents.

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  City Of Davis Gymnastics and Dance Center

  Dec 2006 - Jun 2010

  Gymnastics Coach

  Taught Gymnastics to children aged 2-15 in groups of 2-10. Summer camp counselor. Special events coach. Birthday party coach.Managed groups of children of varying ages and skill levels. Set goals for each class and designed class plan to meet goals. Communicated goals to children and parents.Maintained a fun and safe environment.

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  Sonoma Animal Hospital

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

  Veterinary Assistant

  Performed veterinary assistant tasks for animal hospital seeing 30 patients per day in addition to 20-30 drop-in vaccine clinic patients per day.Communicated important medical instructions and concerns to clients.Maintained networked computer systems and automated laboratory equipment.Closed out end of day totals and prepared bank deposits worth $1000 per day.

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  AL&L Crop Solutions

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Plant Diagnostics Internship

  Learned operation of a plant pathology laboratory processing 300 samples per week. Received and processed laboratory samples for ELISA, DNA and RNA extraction, and bacterial and fungal plating. Prepared samples for qPCR and analyzed PCR results. Designed customer report system potentially saving 200 hours per year.

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  Genentech

  Apr 2015 - Jan 2018

  Contingent Bioprocess Technician

  Executed Manufacturing operations of large scale biologics drug substance.Identified and implemented continuous improvement opportunities in Facility Fitness and GMP documentation.Created supplemental trainings providing department specific information.Performed routine and non-routine sampling using validated systems.

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  Expression Systems

  Jan 2018 - now

  Concentration and Diafiltration of custom protein products by Tangential Flow Filtration in preparation of purification.Technology transfer of cell culture media performance testing to Quality Control laboratory, including training quality control staff, validating equipment and procedures.Development of streamlined Standard Operating Procedures and work instructions to improve adherence to protocol, efficiency, clarity, and ease of quality review.Meticulous record-keeping of all actions including quality control procedures, R&D experiments, and customer projects.Development of employee training program, ensuring staff is trained and all procedures are adequately staffed.Development of Project Management system to ensure projects are scheduled appropriately to be completed on-time and on-budget. Show less Developed rhabdovirus-free Sf9 cell line and alphanodavirus-free Tni cell line using single cell printing process.Performed rhabdovirus testing by PCR to determine rhabdovirus-free status of Sf9 cell line.Oversaw completion of customer projects, delegating project tasks to appropriate laboratory personnelCreated inventory management system, ensuring appropriate supplies available for all processes when needed while reducing wasteCollaborated with finance to develop a cohesive project costing strategy for custom projectsCollaborated with Quality Assurance to ensure products meet release specifications and are released in a timely mannerDeveloped master and working cell banks.Trained incoming scientists on all laboratory procedures, including cell culture, virus amplification and expression, virus purification by end point dilution, western blot, ELISA, and other assays. Show less Produced purified, linearized Baculovirus DNA stocks for recombinant virusgeneration.Analyzed cell culture samples for mycoplasma contamination using PCR based assay.Generated recombinant baculoviruses using insect cell linesPurified recombinant baculoviruses by end point dilutionPurified protein products by affinity purification Performed Baculovirus titer assay to determine active viral load of custom virus amplificationsPerformed expression studies to improve protein expression Analyzed recombinant protein expression by western blot, protein specific ELISA, or SDS PAGETransfection of cell culture with constructed Bacmids and cotransfection of cell culture with constructed plasmids using BestBac linearized DNA bacboneRoutine quality control testing of in-process and finished goodsMaintained and updated SOPs to reflect current cGMP and cGLP principles Show less

  • Scientist III

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Scientist and Laboratory Manager

    Jun 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Cell Culture Bioprocess Technician

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2023