User:Kwyllie

Kevin Wyllie - User Bio

Contact

kwyllie@lion.lmu.edu

1 LMU Dr. 90045, MSB 7967

Education

• Major: Biochemistry
• Expected year of graduation: 2016
• Relevant coursework:
  1. General chemistry, with lab
  2. Organic chemistry, with lab
  3. Biochemistry, with lab
  4. General biology
  5. Cell function
  6. Genetics
  7. Pathophysiology
  8. Microbiology, with lab
  9. Biological databases (See the course's Main Page)

Career

• After completing my B.S. in biochemistry, I plan to participate in post-grad service. Following one or two years of service, I hope to attend medical school.
• Research Experience:
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Bacteriophage Lab (Fall 2012 through Spring 2013)
    • Mentors: Dr. Carl Urbinati, Dr. Yiwen Fang
    • Extraction and sequencing of a bacteriophage genome, using both micriobiological and bioinformatic methods.
    • Publication

Pope WH, Bowman CA, Russell DA, Jacobs-Sera D, Asai DJ, Cresawn SG, Jacobs WR, Hendrix RW, Lawrence JG, Hatfull GF; Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science; Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education; Mycobacterial Genetics Course. April, 2015. Whole genome comparison of a large collection of mycobacteriophages reveals a continuum of phage genetic diversity. Elife.

• • Dahlquist Lab (2014 to present)
    • Mentor: Dr. Kam D. Dahlquist
    • Investigating transcription factors involved in the cold stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via DNA microarray analysis and growth experiments.(See my electronic lab notebook for microarray data normalization)
    • Poster sessions at the LMU Undergraduate Research Symposium (Spring 2015) and West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (Spring 2015).
• See my full curriculum vitae

Work Experience

• Paralegal's assistant, Omikron IP Law (Summer 2011 through Summer 2012)
  • Managed transmittance of patent information between paralegal and clients
• Front desk assistant, LMU Library (Summer 2014)
  • Managed check-out and check-in of books and media
  • Carried and some clerical, customer information and financial duties

Personal Interests

• Service and social justice - particularly restorative justice
• Running
• Experimental/progressive/multi-genre music

More Information

• My favorite thing about biology is that it forces us to see ourselves as being just as embedded in nature as the life forms we study. As a species that sees itself as being highly complex and sophisticated, we often fall victim to human exceptionalism. Biology reminds us that we, as organisms, are at the mercy of the same fundamental principles as the most primordial prokaryote.
• I have very little background in computer science, but what I most appreciate about the field is its contribution to the well-being of humanity.

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