Summary

Highly motivated, curious, inquisitive, passionate, resourceful, insightful

Skills

• Word (Advanced)
• Excel (Intermediate)
• PowerPoint (Advanced)
• Visio (Basic)
• Microsoft Access (Basic)

Spoken Languages

• English Romanian Italian

Education

Master’s degree :
2013-2015
University of Bucharest, Applied Genetics and Biotechnology
Master’s thesis: Study of the effect of haemodialysis on the length of telomeres and on
some of the telomerase genes expression in diabetic patients.
Bachelor’s degree :
2010-2013
University of Bucharest, Biology
Bachelor’s thesis: Study of the genetic variation of telomeres and the telomerase genes
in Eukaryotes.
Attended:
2008-2010
Polytechnic University of Bucharest – Faculty of Electronics,
Telecommunications, Information Technology

Experience

Known Techniques:

Molecular Biology
DNA/RNA isolation (human, animals, plants, yeast and bacteria), DNA/RNA
purification and concentration, primer and probe design, gel electrophoresis analysis
(SSCP, SDS-PAGE), PCR and variants (ISSR, RAPD, ARMS, qPCR, RT-PCR),
restriction digest (RFLP, ARDRA), generation and maintenance of cell cultures (human,
animal, bacterial, yeast);

Cytogenetics
Optical microscopy: preparing microscope slides, staining for human/animal/plant
tissues, bacterial and fungi, C/G/NOR banding, FISH method; chromosome spreads
(human/ Drosophila melanogaster/animals/plants), karyotyping;

Genetics
Gene disruption and gene replacement in bacteria and yeast, bacterial transformation;

Biochemistry
Spectrophotometry, immunoprecipitation, ELISA, antibiotic susceptibility testing,
bacterial identification (API), chromatography, titration;

Animal Models
Mouse and rat handling, small animal surgery, D. melanogaster handling,
crossbreeding and visual identification of traits and mutations