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Norma Cervantes

San Jose,CA

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with 10+ years of experience in clinical lab operations at multiple levels. I want to work in a lab environment where I can use my experience and learn new skills.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Lab Assistant II

Roche Molecular Systems
San Jose, CA
11.2020 - Current
  • Assist in specimen testing, storing, retrieving, and responsible for weekly and monthly maintenance of lab instruments
  • Manually perform DNA extractions from FFPE, PBMC, and plasma samples and load NGS libraries into Ilumina NextSeq 500/550 instruments.
  • Work alongside CLS personnel to manually prepare QC DNA controls and generate periodically QC performance reports for Illumina 550 NGS instruments.
  • Member of the reagents team in charge of the QC of new lots of reagents
  • Part of the team running feasibility studies to validate the use of Illumina NovaSeq 6000 instrument.

Full-time caregiver

09.2019 - 10.2020
  • For my mom due to cancer treatments

Clinical Operations Support Specialist

Personalis, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
01.2019 - 08.2019
  • Responsible for shipping/receiving, accessioning, storing, and inventorying of samples received and sent for reference laboratory testing.
  • Provided backup support to the Project Management Team contacting customers for missing sample information, sent out final reports to customers, and provided support updating SOPs.
  • Worked with the leads of the Pre and Post analytical Client Services Teams to provide consistent support to the entire department.

Specimen Handler

Spectra Laboratories Inc.
Milpitas, CA
03.2010 - 12.2018
  • Received and accessioned patient’s samples into the LIMS program, as well as prepared and shipped samples to reference labs for testing
  • Stored and discarded samples on a daily basis and prepared blood, urine, and dialysate samples for in house testing
  • Aided in lab instrument maintenance and built blood-drawing kits for clinics that offered hemodialysis services to patients
  • Trained new employees in the Specimen Entry department and worked on projects to improve workflow processes as well as updated SOPs
  • In the absence of the Department Lead, responsible for overseeing that all tasks were completed promptly in the Specimen Entry department.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
01.2010

Skills

  • 10 years of experience working in CLIA and CAP-certified labs
  • Experience working with ThemoFisher Gene Titan multi-channel automated microarray and V2 Tecan Freedom EVO 200 automated liquid handlers
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and familiarity working with LIMS programs
  • Good problem-solving and organization skills
  • Team player and able to work independently too
  • Quality Control Procedures and Clinical Documentation

Activities

I enjoy being outdoors during spring, especially going to the local parks and hiking trails. I also like watching motivational movies/videos and listening to music from different genres.

Languages

Spanish
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Clinical Lab Assistant II

Roche Molecular Systems
11.2020 - Current

Full-time caregiver

09.2019 - 10.2020

Clinical Operations Support Specialist

Personalis, Inc.
01.2019 - 08.2019

Specimen Handler

Spectra Laboratories Inc.
03.2010 - 12.2018

Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry

San Francisco State University

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