Vanessa A Smilansky

Department of Geology, University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Aug 2011 to May 2013
Research Assistant
APP Pharmaceuticals
Grand Island, NY
Mar 2011 to Aug 2011
Quality Control Technician
Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease
Albany, NY
Aug 2009 to Aug 2010
Graduate Student
Cambridge Field Research Laboratory
Cambridge, NY
Jan 2009 to Aug 2009
Intern
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
Jun 2008 to Aug 2008
Volunteer
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
Jun 2007 to Aug 2008
Research Aide

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
2013
M.S. in Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
2009
B.S. in Environmental Biology

Laboratory: DNA isolation and purification, PCR, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing analysis, spectrophotometer operation, autoclaving, DNA cloning with plasmid vectors, agarose gel electrophoresis, DNA vaccine preparation, biolistic particle delivery system operation, intramuscular electroporation, ELISPOT, handling of laboratory mice; Field: Identification of freshwater and marine fish, plants/algae and macroinvertebrates, trap-netting, pop-netting, gill-netting, sediment collection, octocoral collection, SCUBA; Computer: Proficient with e-Seq, GeneImagIR, GENEPOP, SPAGeDI, FSTAT, COLONY, FreeNA, INEst, Micro-Checker, CPCe, SigmaPlot, ImageJ, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Access and PowerPoint, familiar with ArcGIS, SeaView, Geneious, PAUP, jModelTest, GraphPad Prism