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.
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Critical Thinking and “Pop Science”