Skills:
MICROBIAL SKILLS: PREPARED MEDIA: Inoculation and growth in both liquid and plated media BIOCHEMICAL TESTING: Catylase, CAMP, Indol, motility, etc. STAINING: Fluorescent, and gram staining MEDIA PREPARATION: Skilled in preparing media from scratch. Also skilled in formulating Antimicrobial solutions, identification substrates, buffers, and stock solutions. VALIDATION, VERIFICATION, STABILITY TESTING: All performed in cGMP environment with knowledge of FDA regulations. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Assisted R&D team on MRSAII development and launch MOLECULAR SKILLS: PCR: Gene amplification, Electrophoresis, Conventional PCR DNA SEQUENCING: Isolation, extraction and standardization of DNA, Automated DNA sequencing, building a SeqScape database using 16S and SPA typing and various bioinformatics tools. AUTOMATED ROBOT: Experience programming, troubleshooting, and utilizing liquid handling robot WET CHEMISTRY SKILLS: LAB SKILLS: utilizing various lab equipment for viscosity, density, pH, total solids, cloud point, COD, HPLC, titrations Testing raw materials, raw batches, and finished products of liquid laundry detergent QUALITY AUDITOR SKILLS: Perform various quality audits including periodic manufacturing line audits Trained in Internal Auditing and currently working towards ASQ certification COMPUTER SKILLS: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, SAP, QDMS, Sequence analysis, SeqScape, MegAlign, Internet navigation, Lotus Notes