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Bio:
I currently work in the Applied Genomics group, primarily as an operator on the FACSAria flow cytometer sorters. Together with my colleague Nadiya Shapovalova, we provide both bulk and single-cell sorting services, isolating cells in support of analyses of transcriptomic data sets used to identify selectively expressed genes, in a layer or cell-type specific manner, from neocortex. This data in turn is leveraged to identify relevant enhancer regions, and used for development of viral reporters that can be utilized to help screen for specific gene expression in adult mouse and human neocortex. My previous experience includes 22+ years working in core flow cytometry labs at Immunex, and then Amgen, located in Seattle. We provided flow-based immunophenotypic analyses and cell sorting in support of multiple drug development projects. Preceding my years in biotech, I worked in a clinical pathology lab, using flow to provide immunophenotypic analyses of both solid tumor and blood cell-line cancers, as well as CD4/CD8 T cell counts. I was born and raised in Seattle, graduated from the Lakeside School, and then the University of Washington, with a degree in cell biology.
Cell
Jun 10, 2021
Zizhen Yao, Cindy T. J. van Velthoven, Thuc Nghi Nguyen, Jeff Goldy, Adriana E. Sedeno-Cortes, Fahimeh Baftizadeh, Darren Bertagnolli, Tamara Casper, Megan Chiang, Kirsten Crichton, Song-Lin Ding, Olivia Fong, Emma Garren, Alexandra Glandon, Nathan W. Gouwens, James Gray, Lucas T. Graybuck, Michael J. Hawrylycz, Daniel Hirschstein, Matthew Kroll, Kanan Lathia, Changkyu Lee, Boaz Levi, Delissa McMillen, Stephanie Mok, Thanh Pham, Qingzhong Ren, Christine Rimorin, Nadiya Shapovalova, Josef Sulc, Susan M. Sunkin, Michael Tieu, Amy Torkelson, Herman Tung, Katelyn Ward, Nick Dee, Kimberly A. Smith, Bosiljka Tasic, Hongkui Zeng
Nature
Sep 01, 2019
Rebecca D. Hodge, Trygve E. Bakken, Jeremy A. Miller, Kimberly A. Smith, Eliza R. Barkan, Lucas T. Graybuck, Jennie L. Close, Brian Long, Nelson Johansen, Osnat Penn, Zizhen Yao, Jeroen Eggermont, Thomas Höllt, Boaz P. Levi, Soraya I. Shehata, Brian Aevermann, Allison Beller, Darren Bertagnolli, Krissy Brouner, Tamara Casper, Charles Cobbs, Rachel Dalley, Nick Dee, Song-Lin Ding, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Olivia Fong, Emma Garren, Jeff Goldy, Ryder P. Gwinn, Daniel Hirschstein, C. Dirk Keene, Mohamed Keshk, Andrew L. Ko, Kanan Lathia, Ahmed Mahfouz, Zoe Maltzer, Medea McGraw, Thuc Nghi Nguyen, Julie Nyhus, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Aaron Oldre, Sheana Parry, Shannon Reynolds, Christine Rimorin, Nadiya V. Shapovalova, Saroja Somasundaram, Aaron Szafer, Elliot R. Thomsen, Michael Tieu, Gerald Quon, Richard H. Scheuermann, Rafael Yuste, Susan M. Sunkin, Boudewijn Lelieveldt, David Feng, Lydia Ng, Amy Bernard, Michael Hawrylycz, John W. Phillips, Bosiljka Tasic, Hongkui Zeng, Allan R. Jones, Christof Koch, Ed S. Lein
Nov 01, 2018
Bosiljka Tasic, Zizhen Yao, Lucas T. Graybuck, Kimberly A. Smith, Thuc Nghi Nguyen, Darren Bertagnolli, Jeff Goldy, Emma Garren, Michael N. Economo, Sarada Viswanathan, Osnat Penn, Trygve Bakken, Vilas Menon, Jeremy Miller, Olivia Fong, Karla E. Hirokawa, Kanan Lathia, Christine Rimorin, Michael Tieu, Rachael Larsen, Tamara Casper, Eliza Barkan, Matthew Kroll, Sheana Parry, Nadiya V. Shapovalova, Daniel Hirschstein, Julie Pendergraft, Heather A. Sullivan, Tae Kyung Kim, Aaron Szafer, Nick Dee, Peter Groblewski, Ian Wickersham, Ali Cetin, Julie A. Harris, Boaz P. Levi, Susan M. Sunkin, Linda Madisen, Tanya L. Daigle, Loren Looger, Amy Bernard, John Phillips, Ed Lein, Michael Hawrylycz, Karel Svoboda, Allan R. Jones, Christof Koch, Hongkui Zeng