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Education
Masters of Science in Computer Science, (Bioinformatics), 2004, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA
Bachelor of Medical Science (Genetics, Microbiology), 1995, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Employment
Research Assistant / Ph.D Student, July 2005 – present
Dept. of Biology, University College London, London, UK
Software Tester, March – July 2005
IDBS, Guildford, UK
Genome Finishing Team Leader and Process Specialist, Oct. 2000 – Aug. 2004
The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Genome Finishing Research Associate, March 1998 – Oct. 2000
TIGR, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Laboratory Manager, March 1997 – March 1998
Sydney University and Prince Alfred Macromolecular Analysis Center (SUPAMAC), Sydney, Australia
Research Associate, March 1996 – March 1997
SUPAMAC, Sydney, Australia
Selected Presentations:
Developer and presenter for TIGR/Marine Biological Labs course “Advances in Genome Technology & Bioinformatics ” (2002, 2003).
Poster: “The Closure Phase of the Myxococcus xanthus Genome Sequencing Project”
30th International Conference on the Biology of Myxobacteria, Long Beach, California (2003).
Poster: “Evaluation of Transposon-mediated Libraries in the Closure Process”
Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference, Miami, Florida (2001).
Poster: “Closure of Ribosomal RNA Repeats in Whole Genomes”
Microbial Genomes Conference, Chantilly, Virginia (1999).
Key Skills Summary
Leadership and Project Management skills
Supervisory experience, including team organization, motivation, conflict resolution and recruitment.
Effective instructor, with extensive training experience in software usage, laboratory procedures and genetic instrumentation.
Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate with all levels of staff and external parties.
Technical writing skills for creating software engineering project documents, SOPs, project proposals and implementation plans.
Computer skills
SQL, Perl, relational databases, UNIX and LINUX operating systems, Sequence Assembling and Editing software, LIMS, ABI sequencing instrument software, Microsoft Office.
Laboratory Technical skills
PCR, dye-terminator and dye-primer chemistry sequencing, DNA extractions, DNA cloning, Southern hybridization, human SNP analysis and characterization.
Interests
Education: Provide home-tutoring service for primary and secondary school children in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.
Last modified
18 July, 2006
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