Research Assistant Resume
Gladis Thomas
South th Street, Newark NJ
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive research experience involving invertebrate and vertebrate animal models. Strong analytical and planning skills, combined with the ability to coordinate the efforts of many to meet organizational goals. Productive and efficient work habits without supervision. Self-motivator with high energy.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY & TECHNICAL SKILLS
Research Assistant June, -
Yale University
Intra- and extra-cellular electrophysiological recordings using single- and two-electrode voltage clamp methods.
Vibratome sectioning and immunostaining of rat and primate brains for light and electron microscopic analyses.
Preparation of brain tissue for electron microscopic examination, which includes fixation, embedding, and cutting
ultrathin sections.
Electron microscopic unbiased stereological calculation of hippocampal CA pyramidal cell apical dendritic spine
synapses, following different gonadal hormonal treatments.
Treatment with various gonadal hormones of gonadectomized animals, involving subcutaneous and intramuscular
injection of gonadal hormones and receptor antagonists following general anesthesia and gonadectomy of male and
female rats.
Tissue culture involving microdissection of embryonic brain to isolate and culture hippocampal
neurons and cortical glial cells.
Immunocytochemistry involving the use of antibodies specific for synaptic components to examine
synapse formation in cultured hippocampal neurons.
EDUCATION
BS, Biochemistry
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Major: . GPA
MS, Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
Major: . GPA
MS, Biomedical Science
University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Major: . GPA
THESIS PROJECT: Co-regulation of voltage-dependent ionic conductances and mRNA levels in neurons of a central pattern generating network: Effect of neuromodulators
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