


Janeth J. Peña
PhD. Candidate in Biology
University of New Mexico
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Standard Molecular Techniques:
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Extractions: DNA (CTAB method) and RNA (Trizol method), CsCl 2 Maxi and mini prep extractions.
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Cloning with a diverse number of kits. Polymerase chain Reaction (PCR), Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR, Quativative (q)-PCR
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Gel electrophoresis: Agarose and Polyacrilomide gels
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Protein: Protein extractions, Immunoprecipitation (Ip), Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP). Protein Quantification (Bradford), Commassie Stains, Silver Stain, Western Blots and development with HRP substrate.
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Sanger sequencing (Big Dye).
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Bioinformatics
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Sequence editing (Sequencer and Chromas).
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Manual annotation of genes.
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Local sequence BLAST database set up.
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Protein modelling .
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Video/Audio editing of power point media files for conceptualization and preparation of the Essential Academic Skill Enhancement (EASE) online workshops. Click below for access to videos.
Critical Thinking and “Pop Science”