
Neuroscience Lab Manager & Research Assistant
January 2006 - December 2011
Responsibilities & Achievements
Worked with the Primary Investigator and Professor and collaborated with primary investigators and student researchers at Bowdoin, Maine for laboratory and field-based research projects.
Experience in Computer-assisted microscopy (Mac and Windows based), stereology (cryostat, vibratome), histology (gelatin embedding, Nissl staining), immunohistochemistry (peroxidase-based, fluorescent single-labeling, double-labeling), compound (DIP, EPI) and confocal microscopy.
Software Experience in: Neurolucida from MicroBright Field, MS Word, MS Excel, VueIamge, ImageJ, Kaleidagraph, SPSS, R, and Matlab.
Experience with animal husbandry, surgery, and perfusion techniques (laboratory and field based).
Collaborated with primary investigators and student researchers at Bowdoin in Maine for both laboratory and field-based research projects.
Managed lab operations including equipment inventory, maintenance, purchasing, and network administration.
Managed and tracked budgets and resources to assure efforts were in compliance with project/study guidelines.
Assisted with preparation and submission of grants.
Assisted with coordination of all protocol and procedure training sessions.
Coordinated the evaluation of procedures implemented during pilot studies to determine necessary design and logistical changes for main study.
Ensured statistical and data management reports were generated and distributed in a timely fashion.
Scheduled, coordinated, and conduct training sessions about project/study.
Oversaw updates of manual of operations, data collection forms, and websites associated with project/study.
Performed data collection and data entry for studies.
Assisted in writing scientific papers for publication.
Trained, supervised, assigned work and evaluated support staff.
Collected and archived data from experiments; interpreted complex data; performed and supervised analysis of data and presented to a variety of audiences.
Tracked experiment development and trouble-shot problems encountered in the experiments.
Developed, wrote, and implemented procedures for research projects and experiments.
Created financial and statistical reports for Principal Investigators and division/department executives; analyzed information and recommend spending activity.
Represented department research interests at institutional workshops and meetings; communicated funding opportunities to departmental faculty.