Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Grants
Relevant Coursework
Courses in progress
References
Timeline
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Paula Sanchez

1000 Rim Drive FLC 6317 Durango,CO

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Fort Lewis College Dr. Li
03.2023 - Current
  • Transformed E.coli with pGreen plasmid, made media for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, conducted ddPCR experiments with pGreen E.coli, made droplets from transformed E.coli and incubated for the appropriate time.
  • Cultured bacteriophages
  • Involved in meetings to update on new data from our lab.
  • Conducted accurate serial dilutions, plating, and enumeration for various testing purposes, contributing to reliable data.
  • Used correct formulas and procedures to prepare solutions and reagents for testing needs.
  • Collaborated with engineers to use our bacterial droplets for their ddPCR system.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Cellular And Molecular Biology

Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
02-2023

Associate of Science - Biology

Mountain View College
Dallas, TX
07.2022

Skills

  • PCR testing
  • Preparing media with antibiotics
  • culturing bacteriophages
  • Plasmid transformation
  • Serial Dilution and enumeration fro bacteria cultures
  • Aseptic techniques
  • Isolating bacterial cultures
  • Light microscopy
  • Expressing data through Microsoft software
  • Gram and simple stains on bacteria samples
  • Data analysis
  • Data Collection
  • ddPCR test

Grants

  • STROBE Grant Summer internship: $6,000 2023
  • U-RISE Scholarship 2023

Relevant Coursework

BIO 113: Intro to Cellular and Molecular Biology 

BIO 106: Evol. and the Diversity of Life
BIO 208: Molecular Microbiology
BIO 260: Genetics

BIO 270: Foundation ande Techniques in Molecular Biology

BIO 456: Parasitology

CHEM 150: Fundamentals of Chem I Atoms/Molecules
CHEM 151: Fundamentals of Chem II Chem Reaction
CHEM 250: Org Chem I: Organic Compounds 

CHEM 251: Org Chem II: Biological Chem

CHEM 308: Biochemistry


Courses in progress

BIO 381: Molecular Cell Biology

BIO 325: Advanced Human Physiology 

BIO 475: Toxicology 


References

Yiyan, Li Ph. D

Department of Engineering

Fort Lewis College

Email: yli@fortlewis.edu

Phone: 970-247-6574



Timeline

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Fort Lewis College Dr. Li
03.2023 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Cellular And Molecular Biology

Fort Lewis College

Associate of Science - Biology

Mountain View College
Paula Sanchez