pam smith

research fellow

About

I am an experienced postdoctoral fellow with >5 years of biochemistry and molecular biology research focusing in the field of mitochondrial and/or metals biology. As such, I am familiar with many spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques including ICP, ITC, HPLC, MS and NMR. I demonstrate strong analytical, communication, and time management skills as well as maintain organized documentation and clean laboratory environment(s). I believe all of these qualities make me a strong candidate for a biochemist position within an industrial research team.

Country

united states

City

chicago

Industry

research

Skill

biochemistry, molecular biology, protein expression, protein purification, mass spectrometry, western blotting, fluorescence microscopy, protein protein interactions, spectroscopy, protein chemistry, icp, atomic absorption, itc, fplc, hplc, uplc, cell culture, icp oes, rt pcr, cell biology, laboratory, enzyme assays, uv vis, enzyme kinetics, gas chromatography, multinuclear protein nmr, x ray crystallography, fluorescence spectroscopy, site directed mutagenesis, molecular cloning, polymerase chain reaction, life sciences, genetics, research, glove box, assay development, protein assays, protein crystallization, protein characterization, real time polymerase chain reaction, tissue culture, nuclear magnetic resonance, microscopy, science, elisa, microsoft office

Experience

doctoral graduate student

university of utah hospitals and clinics

2005-1 - 2011-1 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Mitochondrial metal homeostasis and assembly of respiratory chain complex III

lab manager

rosalind franklin university

2003-1 - 2005-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

In addition to lab management duties, I also designed and implemented experiments concerning biochemical questions in a graduate-level academic setting. Performed requisite molecular biology in order to obtain pure protein samples for crystallographic and mechanistic (ITC and DSC) biochemical studies.

research fellow

national institutes of health

2012-1 - Present · 14 yrs 9 mos

Cellular iron homeostasis and delivery to target ferroenzymes by cytosolic iron chaperones

Education

viterbo university

biology

1999-1 - 2003-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

university of utah

biochemistry

2005-1 - 2011-1 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Dissertation titled “Chaperone-Mediated insertionof the Rieske Iron-Sulfur Protein into Respiratory Complex III”, 2012. Published in several peer-reviewed biochemical journals. Received Graduate Student Training Grant 2010.