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Scientific Experience

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Research Experience

USDA Food Safety and Microbiology
 

Currently aiding in research on preventing spoilage bacteria in commercial pickle jars.

  • Bacterial Cell Culture

  • Titration and Standardization

  • Biological Safety Level 2 (BSL2) Training

Graduate Coursework

Biology of Plant Pathogens

Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology

  • PCR

  • Force Cloning Methods

  • Gibson Assembly

  • Primer Design

  • Gel Electrophoresis

  • SDS-PAGE

  • Western Blot

  • Affinity Chromatography

  • Mammalian and Bacterial Cell Transfection

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Undergraduate Research Experience

USDA/NCSU Doubled-Haploid Wheat Breeding Program

Helped part-time to establish the structure of this production lab and run it. This lab experience led to a finished basic doubled-haploid protocol that would be used and improved upon going forward into my post-graduation full-time position.

  • Plant tissue culture

  • Aseptic technique

  • Media & basic solution preparation

  • Small grains harvest and analysis

  • Wheat and corn culturing

  • Stripe Rust inoculation

  • Wheat and oat cross pollination

  • Wheat breeding program selections

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Undergraduate Coursework

Chemistry: A Molecular Science -> Organic Chemistry 1

Intro Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology

Plant Biology -> Plant Physiology -> Plant Breeding

Soil Science

Principles of Genetics -> Molecular Genetics

Insects and People -> General Entomology

Intro Environmental Science -> Climate Change and Sustainability -> Energy and Environment

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