Virginia C.
Experience
Jan 2019 - Dec 2025
7 yearsBloomington, United States
Graduate Researcher, Department of Biology
Indiana University
- Led multiple independent projects investigating molecular mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in Vibrio cholerae using molecular biology and genetics
- Executed ChIP-seq and Tn-seq experiments, including NGS library preparation for Illumina sequencing, quality control, and downstream analysis
- Developed and optimized novel sequencing-based assays to analyze membrane-chromosome interactions in vivo, including protocol design, troubleshooting, documentation
- Designed and performed high-throughput genetic screens using transposon mutagenesis and error-prone PCR-generated libraries to isolate mutants of interest
- Generated mutants to test via western blot, qPCR & qRT-PCR, fluorescence microscopy, ChIP
- Designed primers and used SOE PCR to build reporter constructs and protein fusions
- Supervised multiple graduate and undergraduate researchers in molecular cloning, sequencing workflows, and data analysis, contributing to multiple publications
- Collaborated with other scientists to conduct interdisciplinary research
- Published two first-author manuscripts; presented work at national conferences, weekly lab meetings
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
3 yearsIrving, United States
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Biology
University of Dallas
- Studied the coevolution of virulence and resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using Drosophila melanogaster oral infection models
- Mentored junior lab members in experimental techniques and background
Languages
English
NativeEducation
Sep 2019 - Sep 2025
Indiana University Bloomington
Ph.D. · Microbiology · Bloomington, United States
Sep 2015 - May 2019
University of Dallas
B.S. · Biology · Irving, United States
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