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EDUCATION BScH, Queen’s University, Class of 2015- Major In Biology Kingston, ON, Canada
- GPA, final year: 4.13 (~90%) sub-GPA (last two years): 3.81 (~85%) - Dean’s Honour List, 2014-2015 Academic Year - Honours Thesis Student, Dr. Wayne A. Snedden plant physiology/biochemistry lab, 2014-2015 - BIOL 330 (Cell Biology) Student Guest Lecturer, Nov. 2014 - CRISPR-CAS9 bacterial system - Queen’s ASUS Math Peer Tutor & Queen’s Biology Peer Mentor, Oct. 2014 - Apr. 2015 - Recipient, Queen’s Excellence Entrance Scholarship, April 2011
EXPERIENCE Jun. 2016 - Sep. 2016 Laboratory Researcher- UNESP Department of Biotechnology Botucatu, SP, Brazil
- Employed in a summer work contract in the systems biology research laboratory of Dr. Guilherme Targino Valente, Sao Paulo State University, Faculty of Biosciences & Bioprocess
- Performed various molecular biology techniques and assays supporting viral genetic research projects at the UNESP Clinical Hospital Centre for Hematology, including: DNA/RNA extraction, qPCR, agarose gel, SDS-PAGE, Sanger Sequencing preparations, & incubation of yeast cell cultures
Feb. 2016 - Apr. 2016 Research Assistant- Queen’s University Department of Biology Kingston, Canada
- Research project assistant in the cytogenetics lab of Dr. Robert Colautti - Research work supported the genomic assembly and bioinformatics analysis of the invasive Ontario plant
garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) using HiSeq and MiSeq sequencing data - Gene prediction targets associated with glucosinolate pathways in garlic mustard using DNA Subway
Oct. 2015 – Apr. 2016 Laboratory Assistant- Ongwanada Genomics Lab Kingston, Canada
- Laboratory member of the cytogenetic/genomics lab of Dr. Zudong Liu - Work supports large genome sequencing projects focussed on the identification of genetic markers
associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) & other neurodevelopmental disorders - Laboratory duties included materials preparation, inventory management of patient DNA samples, and
preparation of reagents for qPCR & ion torrent next-generation sequencing
Sept. 2014 - May 2015 Undergraduate Research Student Kingston, Canada - Research thesis student in the plant physiology lab of Dr. Wayne A. Snedden - Independent biochemical research involving the examination of putative downstream binding targets for
calcium-like signalling proteins CML15 & CML16 in Arabidopsis thaliana - Laboratory experiments included recombinant protein expression/purification, SDS-PAGE, Bradford
Assays, Immuno (Western) blotting, yeast two-hybrid screen, DNA plasmid extraction & transformation
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INTERESTS: weightlifting/personal fitness, camping & canoeing/outdoor recreation, pharmacology & drug
addiction studies, fusion cooking, language studies, legal/crime fiction SKILLS: recombinant protein expression/purification, media culture, cell lysis, SDS-PAGE, gel
electrophoresis, immunoblotting, yeast two-hybrid, DNA/RNA extraction and transformation, qPCR, Bradford Assay, bioinformatics & statistical analysis (NCBI, BLAST, R-64 software)
LANGUAGES: English (fluency), French (working professional proficiency), Portuguese (social proficiency)
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
‘An aspiring biotechnologist with a strong background in molecular and cell biology, who has a keen interest in the application of biological principles for commercial purposes’
Email: [email protected] Mobile: (416) 278 7641 Web: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mattsdwatson
Matthew Watson
Leadership, Public Speaking, Problem Solving, Scientific Method, Business Analytics, Marketing, Accounting, Environmental Policy, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceuticals,
