JADA GILDERSLEEVE

Problem-solving professional working successfully in fast-paced environments. Offering sharp writing and interpersonal skills. Looking for a Scientist position within the Biotechnology sector where quality experience will be regarded with great esteem.

• Graduate Biotechnology Assistant, Birmingham, AL, University of Alabama at Birmingham Biotechnology, 08/2020, 08/2021, Dr. Tino Unlap, Testing the hypothesis that siRNA molecular beacons developed against the SARS CoV-2 genome can reduce SARS CoV-2 infection by reducing SARS CoV-2 RNA and proteins. Testing the efficacy of using siRNA molecular beacons to control the replication of the SARS CoV2 virus in Human Embryonic Kidney Cells (HEK-293T) Demonstrating mastery of the concepts by taking a lentivirus expressing the Spike or Membrane protein gene of SARS CoV-2 virus and growing and transducing mammalian cells, isolating total proteins from the cells, determining the protein concentration using Bradford Assay, and setting up protein detection using Western blot and ELISA
• Graduate Biotechnology Internship, Birmingham, AL, University of Alabama at Birmingham Biotechnology, 01/2021, 05/2021, Dr. Tino Unlap, Testing the hypothesis that Melphalan attenuate cell proliferation and induce programmed cell death in squamous cell carcinoma. This hypothesis will be tested using Breast Cancer cells
• Undergraduate Research, Mobile, AL, University of South Alabama Biology Department, 01/2020, 03/2020, Dr. Jeremiah Henning, Exploring microbial communities living inside pitcher plants, with the hopes to develop pitcher plant communities to test basic questions about meta-communities and dispersal of microbial communities across pitchers