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====EDUCATION==== | |||
<b>Bard College</b>, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2004-2008, Biology GPA-3.6/4 | |||
:Senior Thesis: “Paradoxical planar cell polarity of mixed stitches in the Danio rerio late lateral line” | |||
<b>Boston Latin High School</b>, Boston, MA, 2000-2004 | |||
<b>graduate courses</b> Boston University, Boston, MA, 2008-2009 | |||
:Epidemiology, Toxicology, and Zulu. | |||
====RESEARCH EXPERIENCE==== | ====RESEARCH EXPERIENCE==== | ||
;Research Technician: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, June 2008-present | ;Research Technician: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, June 2008-present | ||
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:#Role of isocitrate dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenicity | :#Role of isocitrate dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenicity | ||
====RELEVANT SKILLS==== | ====RELEVANT SKILLS==== | ||
;Techniques from genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry | |||
*Nucleic acid and protein purification and electrophoresis | *Nucleic acid and protein purification and electrophoresis | ||
*immunoprecipitation | *immunoprecipitation | ||
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*PCR primer design and program optimization | *PCR primer design and program optimization | ||
*in situ hybridization | *in situ hybridization | ||
Cell Culture maintenance and manipulation, including viral infection and transfection | ;Cell Culture maintenance and manipulation, including viral infection and transfection | ||
*Management of mouse and zebrafish colonies | *Management of mouse and zebrafish colonies | ||
*microinjection and creation of stable transgenic zebrafish lines | *microinjection and creation of stable transgenic zebrafish lines | ||
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*Ability to work independently and as a member of a team. | *Ability to work independently and as a member of a team. | ||
NON-RESEARCH WORK & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE | ====NON-RESEARCH WORK & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE==== | ||
• Field Intern, Grassroot Soccer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | • Field Intern, Grassroot Soccer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 16 June 2009
Noah D. McKenna
12 Parley Vale, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 noahmckenna@yahoo.com (857) 498-2732
EDUCATION
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2004-2008, Biology GPA-3.6/4
- Senior Thesis: “Paradoxical planar cell polarity of mixed stitches in the Danio rerio late lateral line”
Boston Latin High School, Boston, MA, 2000-2004 graduate courses Boston University, Boston, MA, 2008-2009
- Epidemiology, Toxicology, and Zulu.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Research Technician
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, June 2008-present
- In vivo/ex vivo studies of the ability of Lysyl Oxidase Propeptide to reverse transformed phenotype and potentiate chemotherapy-induced apoptosis in Pancreatic and Breast Adenocarcinoma cell lines.
- Interaction of adapter protien p130Cas with PyMT and Src during breast cancer development in athymic mice.
- Visiting student/intern
- Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, Primary Investigator A. J. Hudspeth, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, January-June 2007
- Role of bone morphogenic protein signaling pathway members in stem cell renewal and differentiation into mechanosensory hair cells in the zebrafish lateral line.
- Research assistant
- Immediate Science Research Opportunity Program (ISROP), Bard College, NY, January-June 2005
- Developmental expression profile of NR1 subunit of NMDA receptor in embryonic zebrafish
- Role of isocitrate dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenicity
RELEVANT SKILLS
- Techniques from genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry
- Nucleic acid and protein purification and electrophoresis
- immunoprecipitation
- cloning
- PCR primer design and program optimization
- in situ hybridization
- Cell Culture maintenance and manipulation, including viral infection and transfection
- Management of mouse and zebrafish colonies
- microinjection and creation of stable transgenic zebrafish lines
- Fluorescence and confocal microscopy
- Locating, distilling, and presenting information from primary literature
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, JMP, Adobe Photoshop
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
NON-RESEARCH WORK & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
• Field Intern, Grassroot Soccer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
June-September 2007
Responsibilities:
1) Facilitating the delivery of the HIV-awareness curriculum to at-risk children in Ibhayi, South Africa through partnerships with local schools, elected officials, corporations, and N.G.O.'s.
2) Aiding the development of young role-models into community leaders through training as HIV/AIDS educators and structured exercise of leadership potential.
• Tutor of Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics, Bard College Office of Academic Resources
May 2006-2008
• Carpenter's Apprentice, Wild River Co., Owner/Head Carpenter: Gerard Fountain, Boston, MA
June-August 2006
REFERENCES:
• John Ferguson, Academic Adviser, Professor, Bard College
email: ferguson@bard.edu
phone: (845) 752-2333
• Gail Sonenshein, Prof. of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine
email: gsonenesh@bu.edu
phone: 617-638-4252
• Kirk Friedrich, Co-founder and Managing Director, Grassroot Soccer
email: k.friedrich@grassrootsoccer.org
• Aaron Steiner, Senior project adviser, Rockefeller University
email: asteiner@rockefeller.edu
phone: (212) 327-7353
