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Julie Lozier

Lexington,VA

Summary

Multitasking research technician promoting a several-year career gathering and analyzing data. Focused individual proudly demonstrating a vast understanding of lab procedures and statistical techniques. Seeking an exciting new position with an established organization conducting research and experiments.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Technician

Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA
06.2024 - Current
  • Primary responsibilities include mentoring cadets in the Biology undergraduate research program, research support for the faculty, purchasing equipment and supplies for the department.

Molecular Biology Research Assistant I

The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, ME
01.2007 - 04.2010
  • Recruited to revitalize the Molecular Biology Service, worked independently from 5/2007 to 9/2007.
  • Responsibilities included maintenance of daily lab records, itemized billing for services, purchasing supplies, radiation safety, customer relations, and daily communication with the Cell Biology Department.

Research Assistant II

Gridley Lab, The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, ME
05.2000 - 01.2007
  • Consecutive posts with increasing responsibilities and levels of independence in the laboratory of Thomas H. Gridley, Ph.D.
  • Our laboratory studied genes important for embryonic development in mice, and the relation between mutations in these genes and both congenital and acquired human disease. Our analyses focused on the Notch pathway, an evolutionarily conserved cell communication and signaling system.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences

University of Maine
Orono, ME
05-2000

Skills

  • Molecular cloning
  • Mouse colony management and husbandry
  • PCR genotyping
  • Immunohistochemistry; slide and whole-mount
  • Southern, Northern, and Western blotting
  • Microsurgery on rodents
  • RNA extraction and purification
  • Protein preparation and purification
  • Plasmid and BAC DNA preparation
  • Microtome and cryostat sectioning

Accomplishments

  • 2012 FDA Honor Award to the Multipotent Stem Cell (MSC) Research Consortium for outstanding progress in a research project to identify product biomarkers that would improve evaluation of mesenchymal stem cell product safety and effectiveness.
  • Award "Excellence in Laboratory Science." The MSC Consortium research project includes a systematic, collaborative effort to improve the predictive power of cell characterization through correlation of molecular, biological, and physical measurements with outcomes from in vitro and in vivo bioassays. Submitted November 27, 2012.

Publications

  • Lozier J, McCright B, Gridley T. (2008) Notch signaling regulates bile duct morphogenesis in mice. PLoS ONE, 3(3):e1851.
  • Varadkar P, Kramen M, Despres D, Ma G, Lozier J, McCright B. (2008) Notch2 is required for the proliferation of cardiac neural crest-derived smooth muscle cells. Developmental Dynamics, 237(4):1144-52.
  • McCright B, Lozier J, Gridley T. (2006) Generation of new Notch2 mutant alles. Genesis, 44(1):29-33.
  • McCright B, Lozier J, Gridley T. (2002) A mouse model of Alagille syndrome: Notch2 as a genetic modifier of Jag1 haploinsufficiency. Development, 129(4):1075-82.
  • McCright B, Gao X, Shen L, Lozier J, Lan Y, Maguire M, Herzlinger D, Weinmaster G, Jiang R, Gridley T. (2001) Defects in development of the kidney, heart, and eye vasculature in mice homozygous for a hypomorphic Notch2 mutation. Development, 128(4):491-502.
  • Varadkar P, Despres D, Kraman M, Lozier J, Phadke A, Nagaraju K, Mccright B. (2014) The protein phosphatase 2A B56y regulatory subunit is required for heart development. Developmental Dynamics, 243(6):778-90.
  • Sykes B, Van Steyn P, Vignali J, Winalski J, Lozier J, Bell W, Turner J. (2016)The relationship between estrogen and nitric oxide in the prevention of cardiac and vascular anomalies in the developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). Brain Sciences, 6(4):51.
  • Murcia V, Johnson L, Baldasare M, Pouliot B, McKelvey J, Barbery B, Lozier J, Bell W, Turner J. (2016) Effects of estrogen, nitric oxide, and dopamine on behavioral locomotor activities in the embryonic zebrafish: A pharmacological study. Toxics, 4(4):24.

Timeline

Research Technician

Virginia Military Institute
06.2024 - Current

Molecular Biology Research Assistant I

The Jackson Laboratory
01.2007 - 04.2010

Research Assistant II

Gridley Lab, The Jackson Laboratory
05.2000 - 01.2007

Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences

University of Maine
Julie Lozier