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Rista Shrestha

Sham Shui Po,Kowloon

Summary

Dedicated and self-driven professional, with 4 years of experience in biotechnology/microbiology laboratory, seeking a Technician position with the Department of Microbiology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
6
6
Languages

Work History

Research Assisntant

HKU (School of Public Health, Pasteur Research Pole)
02.2021 - 10.2022
  • Worked in an Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Project.
  • Experienced in microbiology techniques such as bacterial isolation, bacteria identification with MALDI-TOF, antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
  • Responsible for organization of samples, record keeping, maintaining stock level, ordering.
  • Train interns to perform everyday lab tasks.

Research Assistant

HKU (Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology)
08.2020 - 02.2021
  • Duties included but were not limited to performing literature searches, execution of experiments, in charge of ordering & maintaining inventory, scheduling meetings, laboratory housekeeping.
  • Experienced in cell biology & molecular techniques such as mammalian cell culture, RNA extraction, RT-qPCR, agarose gel electrophoresis.
  • Experienced in histology techniques such as tissue harvesting, embedding & sectioning.
  • Experienced in mice handling.

Scientist

Kamford Genetics Company Limited
07.2018 - 06.2020
  • Worked in the molecular R&D department developing viral load test, SNP genotyping test, non-invasive fetal sex determination test, paternity test and genetic matchmaking test.
  • Duties included but not limited to performing literature searches, contributing to design & execution of experiments, preparing new documents and SOP (standard operating procedure), inventory management.
  • Experienced in molecular techniques such as column and magnetic beads based DNA extraction, TaqMan and SYBR Green qPCR and STR analysis.
  • Trained in the core laboratory department with exposure to different analyzers for clinical chemistry, immunoassay, hematology and for urinalysis.

Part-time Research Assistant

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Dept. of Applied Biology)
08.2018 - 08.2019
  • Cultured human cancer cell lines and screened for drug resistant cell lines by performing MTS cytotoxicity assay.
  • Analyzed the anti-cancer activity of a novel p-glycoprotein inhibitor drug and determined the combination effect of the novel drug and doxorubicin.

Lab Intern

Research Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology (Industrial Microbiology)
07.2017 - 07.2017
  • Assisted in performing agar and broth bacteria culture, metabolites extraction and antimicrobial assays.

Education

Higher Certificate in Medical Laboratory Science - Medical Microbiology

HKU SPACE
09.2020 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Applied Biology With Biotechnology

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
09.2016 - 08.2018

Associate of Health Science - Biomedical Sciences

HKU SPACE
09.2014 - 08.2016

Certification

Holder of FibroScan 530 Authorized User Certificate, ECHOSENS

Timeline

Research Assisntant

HKU (School of Public Health, Pasteur Research Pole)
02.2021 - 10.2022

Higher Certificate in Medical Laboratory Science - Medical Microbiology

HKU SPACE
09.2020 - Current

Research Assistant

HKU (Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology)
08.2020 - 02.2021

Holder of FibroScan 530 Authorized User Certificate, ECHOSENS

11-2019

Part-time Research Assistant

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Dept. of Applied Biology)
08.2018 - 08.2019

Scientist

Kamford Genetics Company Limited
07.2018 - 06.2020

Lab Intern

Research Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology (Industrial Microbiology)
07.2017 - 07.2017

Bachelor of Science - Applied Biology With Biotechnology

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
09.2016 - 08.2018

Associate of Health Science - Biomedical Sciences

HKU SPACE
09.2014 - 08.2016

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