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Sample Functional Resume
Sample functional resume from: Resume
Catalog: 200 Damn Good Examples, Yana Parker. Ten Speed
Press, 1996. [ISBN 0-89815-891-5] $15.95 paper.
Reprinted by permission of the author (Dec., 1998)
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JOHN BRIDGES
97 Foothill Lane
Berkeley CA 94705
(510) 123-4567
| Objective: |
Research Associate position with a biotechnology firm / basic
research lab focusing on immunology and product development. |
| HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS |
 | Highly inquisitive, creative and resourceful.
| Excellent skills in communication and collaboration.
| Skilled in all phases of hybridoma production.
| Good working knowledge of immunology.
| Excited by the challenge of research and experimentation. |
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| RELEVANT SKILLS and ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
| Applied Research |
| Successfully developed new antibodies for use in breast cancer
research & therapy:
--experimented with antigen preparation and immunization routines,
resulting in the desired immune response;
--carefully monitored the antisera to ensure presence of desired
B-cell population;
--tailored screening strategies using ELISA, RIA and immunoblot
techniques, to effectively isolate the desired hybridomas.
| Developed, in collaboration with others, a novel assay which
identifies the antibodies' ability to bind to live, intact tumor
cells.
| Delivered periodic presentations of results and works in
progress, to staff of Cancer Research Institute. |
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| Innovation/Exploration |
| Pursued unique opportunities for experimentation, for example:
--researched and worked out procedures for in vitro immunization
of human lymphocytes;
--explored and experimented with hybridoma production, using lymph
node cells of a cancer patient;
--experimented to induce animals' immune system to respond to a
weak antigen.
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| Lab Skills |
| SDS-PAGE Electrophoresis
| Radiolabeling of Antibodies
| Tissue Culture |
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| Affinity Chromatography
| Immunoblot Strip Assay
| Hamster Egg Penetration Test |
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| Electroblotting
| Lyophilization
| Isotyping |
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| EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
| 1994-present |
Lab Technician |
SCHILLING CANCER RESEARCH INST., Berkeley |
| 1990-94 |
Full time student |
US Santa Barbara |
| '93 summer |
Research Asst. |
UC Santa Barbara Biology Dept. |
| 1989 |
Youth Counselor |
RAINBOW RIVER DAY CARE PROGRAM, Los Angeles |
| 1988 |
Emergency Med Tech |
SEALS AMBULANCE, Costa Mesa |
| 1987 |
Teaching Asst. |
ALTA VISTA ELEM. SCHOOL, Redondo Beach |
EDUCATION
B.A., Cell Biology & Physiology - UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, 1994
Related coursework: Immunology & Lab, Biochemistry, Virology,
Microbiology
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