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Corey Williams-Wietzikoski

Renton,WA

Summary

MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST with over 12 years of experience in both the academic and industry setting with a wide range of laboratory skills. Including: sample processing, database management, data analysis and presentation, manuscript composition, CLIA standard proficiency, protocol design and assay development, immunohistochemistry (IHC), cell culture, real-time qPCR/PCR, Sanger and Next-gen sequencing, HPLC, wester blot, antibody production and purification, ELISA.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Associate

NanoString Technologies
03.2020 - 10.2022
  • Support the development and launch of spatial biology profiling platforms: GeoMx Digital Spacial Profiler (DSP) and CosMX Single Molecular Imager (SMI).
  • Design and execute verification and validation experiments for systems launch, cost reduction and academic collaboration experiments.
  • Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) core lead; responsible for performing maintenance, inventory and sequencing in support of the DSP-NGS readout.

Agricultural Consultant

Evenstar Farms LLC
10.2019 - 03.2020
  • Chemical composition testing
  • Protocol design, database generation and management, sample bar coding

Research Technician

Seattle Children’s Research Institute
10.2010 - 04.2019
  • Studying the mechanisms of HIV evolution, transmission, viral rebound and persistence through sequencing and sequence analysis
  • HIV integration site high-throughput sequencing assay development
  • HIV drug resistance detection via PCR and ELISA
  • HLA typing via quantitative real-time PCR

Education

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

Washington State University
Pullman, WA
05.2010

Skills

  • Protocol design and improvement
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Data-driven strategic planning
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Report writing and presenting
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Proactive and self-motivated
  • Exceptional organizational skills

Publications

High-plex imaging of RNA and proteins at subcellular resolution in fixed tissue by spatial molecular imaging. Nat Biotechnol. 2022 Oct 6

Comparisons of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope variants in blood and genital fluids near the time of male-to-female transmission. J. Virol 2019 Apr 17

Genetic analyses of HIV env associated with uveitis in antiretroviral-naive individuals. AIDS. 2017 Aug 24

Timeline

Research Associate

NanoString Technologies
03.2020 - 10.2022

Agricultural Consultant

Evenstar Farms LLC
10.2019 - 03.2020

Research Technician

Seattle Children’s Research Institute
10.2010 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

Washington State University
Corey Williams-Wietzikoski