JULIE MEDINA
Ladera Ranch,CA
Summary
Hardworking Clinical Laboratory Scientist bringing 20 years of expertise in molecular testing needs. Skilled multitasker with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Dedicated to providing rapid turnaround times without sacrificing personnel safety or diagnostic accuracy. Proven history of maintaining equipment and lab areas in alignment with regulatory guidelines. Keen adopter of emerging lab techniques and advanced diagnostic technologies.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Laboratory Scientist, R&D
Everest Detection
12.2023 - 05.2024
- Separation of plasma from blood
- Manual and automated plasma isolation on various kits for cf-DNA/cf-RNA/miRNA
- Daily maintenance of instruments/equipment
Clinical Laboratory Scientist III, Lead
Razor Genomics
02.2023 - 09.2023
- Perform RiskReveal Assay (microtomy, extraction, PCR)
- Reporting Test Results
- Custom Reagent Preparation
- In charge of reagent preparation and qualification
- In charge of personnel training/competency
- Perform semi-annual instrument comparisons
- Staff scheduling
- Assist with monthly inventory/purchasing
- Review of monthly equipment/temperature PM logs
- Schedule vendor calibrations/repairs
Clinical Laboratory Scientist III, Lead
Oncocyte
11.2019 - 02.2023
- Specimen Processing
- DetermaRx and DetermaIO assays
- Reporting Test Results
- Product Development Support
- Assay Validation
- Reagent Preparation
- Training new staff
- SOP review/updates
Clinical Laboratory Scientist II
Agendia, Inc.
08.2013 - 08.2019
- Personnel and work-flow scheduling
- New employee assay training
- Competent in all aspects of testing from extraction to result reporting
- Assist in root cause identification and problem resolution
- Enforcement of lab safety policies/regulations with active role in safety committee
- Contribute to process improvements
- Preventative maintenance and documentation of equipment
- Participate in internal audits in preparation for CAP/CLIA inspections
- Participate in leadership training
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Lead, Clinical and BioPharm Depts.
Clarient, Inc.
12.2007 - 08.2013
- Reagents/supplies inventory and purchasing
- Managed documentation of all instruments/equipment
- QC of work instructions and documents to ensure GDP and completeness
- Safety officer for Clinical and BioPharm departments
- Participate in assay testing and data collection for BioPharm
Clinical Laboratory Scientist I
US Labs
03.2007 - 12.2007
- Extraction, amplification and detection of DNA and RNA assays
- Reagent preparation
- Perform daily instrument startup, maintenance and calibration
- Troubleshoot assay failures
Clinical Laboratory Scientist I
Quest Diagnostics
03.2005 - 03.2007
- Perform high volume, high complexity assays accurately
- Perform and analyze a variety of genetic and prenatal testing
- Involved in preventative maintenance and calibration of instruments/equipment
Education
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Program - CGMBS
Quest Diagnostics
San Juan Capistrano, CA12.2006
Bachelor of Science - Molecular Cell Biology
California State University San Marcos
San Marcos, CA12.2004
Certification
- Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist, CGMBS (MTP193)
- American Society for Clinical Pathology, MB(ASCP)
Laboratory Skills
- DNA/RNA isolation (blood, plasma, fresh tissue, paraffin embedded tissue)
- Microtomy
- Prenatal tissue/amniotic fluid processing
- PCR/RT-PCR
- Microarray
- Gel Electrophoresis
- Sequencing
- Nucleic Acid quantification (NanoDrop, Qubit, TapeStation)
- Reagent Preparation
- Equipment (QuantStudio 6, QIAgility, QIAcube, Maxwell RSC, Agilent Microarray Scanner, Luminex, ABI 3100, 3700, 3730, 3500 and 7900 Sequencer, Thermocycler (Eppendorf, Bio-Rad, MJ, ABI 9700 and Veriti), Roche Cobas, Qiagen Rotor-Gene, Beckman Coulter Biomek, Gentra Autopure)
- Result/report analysis
- Reagent Prep
- Safety Committee
- Internal Audits
- Staff training
- Purchasing
- SOP review/updates
Timeline
Clinical Laboratory Scientist, R&D
Everest Detection
12.2023 - 05.2024
Clinical Laboratory Scientist III, Lead
Razor Genomics
02.2023 - 09.2023
Clinical Laboratory Scientist III, Lead
Oncocyte
11.2019 - 02.2023
Clinical Laboratory Scientist II
Agendia, Inc.
08.2013 - 08.2019
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Lead, Clinical and BioPharm Depts.
Clarient, Inc.
12.2007 - 08.2013
Clinical Laboratory Scientist I
US Labs
03.2007 - 12.2007
Clinical Laboratory Scientist I
Quest Diagnostics
03.2005 - 03.2007
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Program - CGMBS
Quest Diagnostics
Bachelor of Science - Molecular Cell Biology
California State University San Marcos