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<b>Field Intern:</b> Grassroot Soccer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa June-September 2007. Responsibilities included: | <b>Field Intern:</b> Grassroot Soccer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa June-September 2007. Responsibilities included: | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 16 June 2009
Noah D. McKenna
12 Parley Vale, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 noahmckenna@yahoo.com (857) 498-2732
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Science in Biology: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2004-2008, 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 Epidemiology, Toxicology, and Zulu, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2008-2009
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 included:
- 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.
- 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
Apprentice Carpenter Wild River Co., Builder/Supervisor: Gerard Fountain, Boston, MA June-August 2006
REFERENCES
- John Ferguson, Academic Adviser, Professor, Bard College, ferguson@bard.edu (845) 752-2333
- Gail Sonenshein, Prof. of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, gsonenesh@bu.edu, 617-638-4252
- Kirk Friedrich, Co-founder and Managing Director, Grassroot Soccer k.friedrich@grassrootsoccer.org
- Aaron Steiner, Senior project adviser, Rockefeller University asteiner@rockefeller.edu (212) 327-7353
