miranda buckley

undergraduate research assistant

About

I currently have just one semester of classes left before student teaching in Spring 2017. I will then graduate with both a degree in Secondary Education (Biology 9-ADULT) and in Biology (Genetics and Biotechnology). Upon graduating I hope to be admitted into a graduate program in the field of biology - possibly biomedical sciences.

Country

united states

City

saint albans

Industry

research

Skill

microsoft word, microsoft office, powerpoint, photoshop, research, data entry, microsoft excel, customer service, rt pcr, gel electrophoresis, mitochondrial isolation, dissection, aquaculture, aquaponics, protocol buffers

Experience

counter person and shirt presser

south hills cleaners

2011-6 - 2012-1 · 8 mos

Full time job. Half of my time was spent working in the back of the dry cleaners pressing shirts on the hot press machines. The other half was spent up front handling the incoming clothing and customers while sorting them into the computer system and running the cash register.

server

applebee's

2011-2 - 2011-5 · 4 mos

Full time job. Waited on customers, handled payments, opened and closed the restaurant.

server

shoney's

2010-7 - 2011-2 · 8 mos

Full time job. Waited on customers, closed the store.

cashier

iga

2008-5 - 2009-8 · 1 yr 4 mos

Part time job during high school. Worked the cash register. Restocked inventory. Balanced the drawers at the end of the day. Opened and closed the store.

mentor and tutor

siue trio upward bound

2015-1 - 2015-5 · 5 mos

I acted as a mentor and tutor for high school students participating in the Upward Bound program for one semester. Twice a week after school, I went to South Charleston High School to tutor students in physical science, math, chemistry, and Spanish. I also helped with organization and study skills and gave the students a positive role model to look up to. I filled out status updates at the end of each tutoring session, and kept track of student progress.

undergraduate research assistant

west virginia state university

2014-2 - Present · 12 yrs 8 mos

I began taking care of wet lab duties such as monitoring, feeding, and caring for rainbow trout in recirculating, temperature controlled systems. I also participated in monthly sampling of the fish which included handling the fish and weighing, measuring, and dissecting for tissue collections. I learned techniques on making buffers and following existing protocol for mitochondrial isolation and RNA extraction (from liver, muscle, and intestine). I began making my own cDNA and running RT- PCR. I also started an independent research project isolating the mitochondria from kidney, heart, and brain tissue to quantify total mitochondria protein concentrations and enzyme activity.

Education

kanawha valley community and technical college

general education

2012-1 - 2013-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

marshall university

2009-1 - 2010-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

west virginia state university

biotechnology

2013-1 - 2017-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

I am currently pursuing two bachelor's degrees. The first is a degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Biology Ed. (9-ADULT). In addition to becoming a certified teacher in West Virginia, I will also be graduating with a full degree in Biology with an emphasis in Genetics and Biotechnology as well. Activities and Societies: Member of the WVSU Honor Society - currently helping to organize a relay for life event on campus Participant in Undergraduate Student Research - aquaculture research including feed and growth studies with an enzyme activity analysis and gene expression component