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Savanna Liffring

West Sacramento,CA

Summary

Reliable and passionate candidate that is eager to put years of academic and lab training to use.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Microbiology Lab Research at Sac State

Susanne Lindgren, Ph.D
08.2022 - 05.2023
  • The goal was to develop a system to efficiently induce and isolate phage from Shiga-toxin producing E.coli in cow feces and examine it’s transduction ability.
  • Applied for and received the Albert Deslise grant to help cover some equipment costs.
  • Trained and well versed in aseptic lab techniques.
  • Preformed and wrote standard operating procedures for media making and petri plate pouring.
  • Confirmed the minimum inhibitory concentration of antibiotics through a 96 well plate dilution.
  • Calculated and preformed serial dilutions.
  • Ran PCR and gel electrophoresis.
  • Operated the autoclave.
  • Experienced in inoculating many forms of media, like petri plates, liquid broths, and tube slants.
  • Preformed simple and complex staining.
  • Certified in Sacramento State's Laboratory Safety Fundamentals and Hazardous Waste Management

Teacher's Assistant for General Microbiology Lab

Sacramento State University
08.2022 - 05.2023
  • Helped monitor the lab room to ensure students were always in the correct personal protective equipment.
  • Helped monitor students in lab room to ensure all proper Biosafety Level 2 practices and techniques were being followed.
  • Handed out lab materials needed for the days experiment, like petri plates, inoculation tubes, staining equipment, overnight growth cultures from the pervious lab, ect.
  • Provided general assistance to all students, like demonstrating or suggesting ways to improve lab skills, and helping students interpret results from diagnostic assays.
  • Provided personalized assistance and thorough supervision to students who seemed to be struggling, at the professors discretion.
  • Assisted with and helped students improve microscopy skills.
  • Tasked with cleaning up spills and properly disposing of the waste.

Education

Biology

Sacramento State University
Sacramento
05.2023

Skills

  • Aseptic Procedures
  • Pipetting
  • Cell Culture Harvesting
  • Simple and Complex Staining
  • Light, dissecting, and fluorescent microscopy
  • Lab Assistant Training
  • Prepare Solutions
  • Media Preparation
  • Biohazard Disposal

Timeline

Microbiology Lab Research at Sac State

Susanne Lindgren, Ph.D
08.2022 - 05.2023

Teacher's Assistant for General Microbiology Lab

Sacramento State University
08.2022 - 05.2023

Biology

Sacramento State University

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