Research Assistant
PI – Dawn Lowe, PhD
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
2010-Present

•  Conduct independent research and assist with collaboration projects
• Manuscript composition
• Mentor incoming graduate, professional, and undergraduate students
• Perform specialized laboratory techniques:
  • Survival surgical procedures
  • Track estrus cycles through cytology
  • Monitor activity of mice: activity chambers and wheel running
  • Muscle, bone, and tissue dissection
  • In vivo skeletal muscle physiological testing
  • Ex vivo 3 point bending bone physiological testing
  • Protein and biochemical assays
  • Gel electrophoresis

 

PI – Matthew Kaeberlein, PhD and Daniel Promislow, PhD
Marine Biology Laboratory – Woods Hole, MA
Summer 2014

• Intensive training in the use of c. elegans for aging research
• Conduct independent research on c. elegan lifespan and healthspan