Sareen Fiaz
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Life Sciences Technician I
Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University
Pacific Grove, CA
04.2024 - Current
- Laboratory management, including: ordering and restocking supplies, maintaining lab databases, health and safety training, scheduling lab meetings and journal club, and onboarding new lab members
- Animal care, including: rearing sea star and sea urchin populations, and maintaining algae cultures
- Conducting independent research and contributing to the research of other lab members
- Techniques: embryo, juvenile, and adult animal care, cloning, mRNA synthesis, microinjection, microscopy, dual pipette aspiration assays
Lab Manager/SRA III
University Of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
03.2021 - 04.2024
- Assisted in development of new research projects/protocols and conducted independent research in immunology/cancer biology
- Conducted independent data analysis including ImageJ, GraphPad Prism, FlowJo, and Excel
- Managed ordering, budgeting, restocking, organization, training, and troubleshooting
- Directly trained and mentored 3 undergraduate research assistants
- Manuscript preparation for publication, including writing and creating figures
- Presented research findings at conferences and lab meetings
- Techniques: mammalian tissue culture, microscopy, flow cytometry, phagocytosis assays, CRISPR-Cas9, mice handling
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara06-2021
Skills
- Laboratory techniques
- Data analysis
- Mentorship
- Project management
- Purchasing and Inventory
- Laboratory setup and organization
Publications
Bond A, Fiaz S, Rollins KR, et al. "Prior Fc Receptor activation primes macrophages for increased sensitivity to IgG via long term and short term mechanisms." doi:10.1101/2023.11.14.567059 [In Review]
Certification
Coral Restoration Training / Plant a Million Corals Foundation - Summerland Key, FL
UC Climate Steward / Community Environmental Council - Santa Barbara, CA
Conferences
Poster Presentation / American Society for Cell Biology - Boston, MA
Volunteering
Ecological Restoration Intern / Storke Ranch - Goleta, CA
- Developed skills in identifying, propagating, and planting native plants, and removing invasive species of vegetation
- Gained experience in creating detailed reports on environmental conditions- including phenology data, documenting endemic vernal pool species, and water quality assessment
Exhibit Interpreter / Santa Barbara Sea Center - Santa Barbara, CA
- Provided information about wildlife varieties and habitats of the Santa Barbara Channel
- Demonstrated use of stereo microscope, Eckman grab, Van Dorn bottle, Sechhi disk, and crab net to visitors
Timeline
Life Sciences Technician I
Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University
04.2024 - Current
Lab Manager/SRA III
University Of California, Santa Barbara
03.2021 - 04.2024
Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara
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