JOJO A. MEROLLA
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Experience in organic chemistry, working with chemical compounds and their structures. Educated in biological anthropology. Experience in microbiology labs, specimen (pseudomonas aeruginosa, for example, and other non motile and motile microorganisms). Experience in human and primate genetics. Experience in researching human and ape developmental processes. Scientific writing. Experience in microbiology, SIV virus research, genomics, general and organic chemistry as well as the anatomical sciences (human). Experience with organisms: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, anaerobic and aerobic bacteria. Winogradsky columns, experiments in organic chemicals (medically identifying compounds and drawing their structures). Experience with NCBI, and with laboratory procedures. Goal towards Medical School, goals with the health sciences, started pre-medical studies. Experience/Goal to understand the connection between human genotypes and associated phenotypes. Experience with bone biology in human osteology. Goal towards pathology and physician science, surgery science, bioengineering science. Goal mostly towards pathology.
Overview
2022
2022
years of professional experience
Work History
Student
Hunter College
- Company Overview: Experience with human biology, laboratory settings, human evolutionary anatomy, ontogenetic changes in the body systems, processes that are affected by hereditary traits
- Experience with human biology, laboratory settings, human evolutionary anatomy, ontogenetic changes in the body systems, processes that are affected by hereditary traits
Laboratory Technician
- Handling microbes in a laboratory conducting sterilization, and measuring defined, differential, complex and minimal media for microbes (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, alga, protist microorganisms, genetic engineering of bacteria, inoculation of microorganisms, and making scientific investigations of all in research)
- Experience with methods of DNA analyses and comparing sequences to understand which microbes would be best to use for experiments (ie: bacteria for antibiotics)
- Experience handling equipment designed for medical laboratory experiments, handling equipment, and identifying exact measurements
- Clinical trials in experiments, exploring health hazards using animals
- Experience with inoculation of microbes (viruses, bacteria, protists and eukaryotes)
- Experience with gene regulation, transcription, genetic recombination, and the cycle of methylation of DNA
- Performing gel electrophoresis: (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 of DNA in resin tubes
- Making gel electrophoresis from heated agarose
- Cutting circular DNA makes linear DNA
- Adding reagents: enzymes to the DNA and taking it to a vacuum to allow for drying; taking it to mini centrifuge to bring the solvent to the bottom of the resin tube, spin (turning knob counter-clockwise)
- Experience with timing of genetic engineering experiments, accuracy with water measurements
- Experience in mendelian genetics, learning human genetics and regularly obtaining skills (muscle memory) to create Punnett squares
- Determining autosomal dominance and autosomal recessive
- A lot of experience using a spectrometer to determine absorbance with concentrations in medical science laboratory
- Finding absorbance and making connections to Beer's Law
- Experience with organization in laboratory, readiness for new equipment and using Microsoft software to record information necessary for lab reports
Participant
Columbia University
07.2021 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: Engagement in pre-medical, medical, and epidemiological studies
- Program deals with biological explanations/microbiology of human illnesses, cancer and causes of cancer
- Engagement in pre-medical, medical, and epidemiological studies
- Program deals with biological explanations/microbiology of human illnesses, cancer and causes of cancer. Presentations were the core of this program.
Education
A.S. - Biology Allied in Health Sciences
Kingsborough Community College
Biomedical Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine
B.A. - Biological Sciences & Medical Laboratory Science
Hunter College
10.2024
B.Sc. - Biological Anthropology
CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies
06.2021
B.Sc. - Biological Anthropology
George Washington University
12.2018
Not declared
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY05.2016
A.A. - Liberal arts and sciences major
Kingsborough Community College
06.2015
Skills
- Fast Learner
- Positive Attitude
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Versatile
- Ability to atone to requests/tasks
- Cooperative with lab/lab workers
- Handling of bio-instruments
- Handling of commonly worked with chemicals in chemistry, biology, and even medical laboratories
- Handling of toxic chemicals
- Handling of scientific writing, and assignments requested
- Handling of experimental protocols
Deliveryaddress
3607 Quentin Road, Brooklyn, NY, 11234
Timeline
Participant
Columbia University
07.2021 - 08.2021
Biomedical Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine
B.A. - Biological Sciences & Medical Laboratory Science
Hunter College
B.Sc. - Biological Anthropology
CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies
B.Sc. - Biological Anthropology
George Washington University
Not declared
Farmingdale State College
A.A. - Liberal arts and sciences major
Kingsborough Community College
Student
Hunter College
Laboratory Technician
A.S. - Biology Allied in Health Sciences
Kingsborough Community College
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