Ellen Ford
Asheville
Summary
Detail-oriented research professional with 10 years of laboratory experience studying neural biochemistry and disease mechanisms using animal models. Skilled in experimental design, data analysis, histology, microscopy, molecular techniques, and in vivo research methods. After several years working in the mental health and wellness fields during the COVID-19 pandemic, I am seeking to return to the laboratory in a technician role where I can apply my scientific training, strong technical skills, and collaborative mindset to support high-quality testing and analysis in an industry setting.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Student Researcher
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO
08.2017 - 05.2020
- Designed, conducted, and interpreted scientific experiments investigating a metabolic basis for epilepsy, with emphasis on mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation.
- Rotation investigating synaptic plasticity and optogenetic molecular tools.
- Rotation modeling neuronal pathways in mouse brains.
Research Professional
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
10.2014 - 09.2017
- Planned and performed scientific experiments investigating pre-clinical therapeutics for degenerative disease.
- Animal colony maintenance and drug administration
- Microscopy, histology, data analysis
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
08.2011 - 05.2014
- Performed behavioral testing in animal models of PTSD, investigating behavioral, neural, and endocrine factors that regulate stress responses in Syrian hamsters and C57BL/6 mice.
- stereotaxic surgery, cannula implantation, transcardial perfusions, brain extraction and dissection, IHC, immunoblotting
High School Research Intern
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
08.2009 - 05.2010
- Shadowed a Chemistry Ph.D candidate investigating hydrogen storage on buckminsterfullerenes for hydrogen fuel cells.
- Assisted in data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation and poster presentation.
Education
Ph.D. - Neuroscience
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, COBachelor of Arts - Neuroscience
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN05.2014
Skills
- Cell culture, transfection and optogenetics
- PCR, molecular cloning, immunoblotting
- Histology and live and fixed cell imaging
- Oxygraphy
- Immunoblotting
- Mouse brain dissection and IHC
- Electrophysiology in neuronal cultures
- Light and Fluorescent microscopy
- Mouse husbandry and transgenics
- Stereotaxic surgery, intracranial injection
- Drug candidate administration in mice
- Statistical data analysis
- Grant proposal writing
- Literature review
- Manuscript preparation
- Experiment design, collaboration and review
Timeline
Graduate Student Researcher
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus
08.2017 - 05.2020
Research Professional
Stanford University
10.2014 - 09.2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
08.2011 - 05.2014
High School Research Intern
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
08.2009 - 05.2010
Ph.D. - Neuroscience
University of Colorado Denver
Bachelor of Arts - Neuroscience
University of Tennessee