Skills:
CORE COMPETENCIES [Biology]: plant, mammalian and insect cell culture, transfection, reporter assays, cell lysate screening, DNA and RNA extraction, RT- PCR, western blots [Chemistry]: glass surface, solid-phase, combinatorial chemistry, inorganic, chemical safety, waste management [Spectrophotometry]: uHPLC-MS (Q-Exactive - Orbitrap), SPR (Biacore), UV-VIS, IR, florescence polarization, Absorbency, Luminescence, HTS assays [Management]: Investor relations, project management, employee recruitment, hiring and training, equipment evaluation, procurement and scheduling, SOP writing, acquisition and renewal of permits [IT]: GNU Linux and Windows Administration, equipment procurement, Java Programming, HTML, OpenOffice, MS Office, Networking, Phone systems (SIP), hardware setup & repair- OTHER SKILLS: [Operation and theory of]: HPLC, UV, MS, NMR, ELSD, centrifugal evaporators, heater/shakers-- [Chromatography]: HPLC, GC, TLC, paper, affinity, gel, IX, HIC. [Spectroscopy]: UV-VIS, IR, NMR, MS operation & theory. [Computer genetics]: database quarrying (Pubmed, Entrez, Protein), computer cloning software, homology searching and other sequence comparisons; journal research. [Protein purification]: Northern, southern, and western blots. Gel electrophoresis: 2-D, SDS-PAGE, capillary and agarose. [Molecular Bio-Synthesis]: plasmid and protein prep, enzyme digestions, use of plasmid insertion vectors, inert and atmospheric organic/inorganic chemical synthesis and purification. [Cell Culture]: animal tissue culture (suspension and adherent cell lines), phase contrast microscopy, pH buffer preparation/theory, basic fermentation techniques.