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| == Bio ==
| | #REDIRECT [[Kathleen McGinness]] |
| *Postdoc in the [http://web.mit.edu/biology/sauerlab/ Sauer Lab] at [http://web.mit.edu/ MIT]
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| *Ph.D. in Chemistry, [http://www.scripps.edu/e_index.html The Scripps Research Institute], 2001 (with [http://www.scripps.edu/mb/joyce/joycelab.html Gerald Joyce])
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| *B.S. in Chemistry, [http://www.umd.edu University of Maryland College Park], 1996
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| *B.S. in Psychology, University of Maryland College Park, 1996
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| == Science stuff I know something about... ==
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| *''in vitro'' RNA techniques
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| *''in vitro'' selection and evolution of nucleic acids
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| *generation of nucleic acid and protein libraries
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| *nucleic acid-protein interactions
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| *fishing experiments to look for things that interact with your RNA/DNA/protein of interest
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| *PCR (even colony PCR, although it is '''not''' a separate skill)
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| *bacterial protein expression/purification
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| *''in vivo'' assays with ''E. coli'' i.e. analyzing effects on proteins/RNA
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| *molecular cloning
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| *Western/Northern/Southern blot analysis
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| *oligonucleotide synthesis
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| *RNA/DNA sequencing
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| *structural probing of RNA/DNA
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| *gels, all kinds of gels: agarose, native acrylamide, denaturing acrylamide, SDS-acrylamide, two-dimensional
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| *enzyme kinetics
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| *radiolabeling nucleic acids and proteins
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| *tmRNA (or SsrA/10Sa RNA for you purists)
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| *translation
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| *energy-dependent proteolysis in bacteria
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| *The RNA World
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| *T7 RNA polymerase promoter preferences ''in vitro''
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| *molecular biology in a world without kits
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| =="Personal"==
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| *My new favorite website detailing an alternative theory to evolution ([http://www.venganza.org/ WWFSMD?]).
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| *Lab-related pet peeves (partial list...)
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| **beeping timers
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| **people from other labs that come in asking for something and don't introduce themselves first (is it so hard to say,"Hi, I'm <insert name here> from the <insert PI name here> lab"??)
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