Association for Women In Science
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Professional profile
Julia Claggett San Diego, CA
Professions & Specialties
Co-Founder • Partner • Founder • Founding Member • Chief Executive • Doctor of Philosophy • Non-Profit • Host • Team Leader • Operations Manager • PR and Communications Professional • Advisor • Technical Specialist • Technical Support Specialists • Public Relations Professinal • Hunter • Survey Researcher
Experience & Education
Position:
Co-Founder at BioEASI (Bio Education and Art for Science Innovation), Outreach Committee Member at Association for Women in Science, PhD student at University of California at San Diego
Industry:
Research
Skills:
RESEARCH: Genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Developmental and cell biology in Caenorhabditis elegans, Manuscript review, TEACHING: Teaching assistant training...
Work history:
BioEASI (Bio Education and Art for Science Innovation) Co-Foundersince Apr 2008Association for Women in Science Outreach Committee Membersince Sep 2006University of California at San Diego PhD studentsince Sep 2005
Education:
University of California, San DiegoPhD, Molecular Biology 2005 - 2011Thesis Advisor: Tracy L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Elucidating the role of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cap binding complex (yCBC) at the interface of transcription and RNA processing.
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2007-2010
Cell and Molecular Genetics NIH Training Grant, 2005-2007
Barbara J. And Paul D. Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award, 2010
Senior teaching assistant for the Division of Biological Sciences, 2009-2010
Teaching assistant for Microbiology Lab and Recombinant DNA Techniques Lab, 2006-2008
Teaching assistant consultant with the Center for Teaching Development, 2007-2009Amherst CollegeBA, Biology 1999 - 2003Thesis Advisor: Caroline E. Goutte, Ph.D.
Honors Thesis: Investigation into the role of APH-1 during vulval morphogenesis of C. elegans using GFP.
Magna cum Laude, with Honors distinction
Oscar E. Schotte Award and Scholarship for Outstanding Thesis, 2003
Merck Company Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2002
Teaching assistant for Molecules, Genes and Cells, 2001John Burroughs School1993 - 1999