• Brianne E. Villano

    • Home 3803 Chimney Ridge Place # 205 Durham, NC 27713
    • Cell 919.749.3231

  • Experience

    • 02/2009 – Present
      Charles River Laboratories, Pathology Associates Research Associate
      Durham, NC
      • Prepares and revises pre-clinical technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyses for 5 veterinary pathologists
      • Consistently meets and exceeds protocol and sponsor-specified deadlines for reports and other deliverables
      • Maintains familiarity with current scientific literature in relevant journals
      • Investigates, creates, and develops new methods and technologies for project advancement via journal and internet research
      • Frequently audits internal process structures and data to eliminate excess and streamline operations
    • 01/2008 – Present
      Charles River Laboratories, Pathology Associates Electron Microscopy Technician II
      Durham, NC
      • Operates and maintains both scanning and transmission electron microscopy equipment
      • Processes, embeds, trims and faces blocks, thick and thin sections blocks, and stains grids
      • Improved productivity approximately 15% during the first year of employment by making small adjustments to bulk procedures to optimize overall efficiency
      • Performs darkroom procedures
      • Keeps records and evaluates/reports according to facility established SOPs
    • 09/2006 – 01/2008
      Athenix Corporation (Now Bayer) Nematologist/Molecular Biologist
      Durham, NC
      • Performed plant and nematode bioassays utilizing C. elegans, H. shactii, H. glycines, and Meloidogyne spp
      • Optimized bioassays approximately 12% during the first six months of employment by restructuring the processes for efficiency
      • Independently executed extensive SDS-PAGE, pH extractions of proteins, and Southern and Western Blots
      • Optimized molecular techniques approximately 8% during the first six months of employment by condensing the processes to their core components
    • 11/2005 – 06/2006
      William Paterson University of New Jersey Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Wayne, NJ
      • Prepared, organized, educated, and graded 50+ undergraduate students in multiple biology lecture/lab classrooms
      • Acted as liaison between the faculty and the 200+ undergraduate biology student body

  • Education

    • 08/2004 – 08/2006
      M.S. Biotechnology, William Paterson University of New Jersey,
      Wayne, NJ
      • Masters topic: Familial Interstitial Lung Disease and the Sleeping Beauty Transposon System
    • 08/1999 – 12/2003
      B.S. Biology, Minor Chemistry, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania,
      Bloomsburg, PA
      • Mentor project: The Antimicrobial Effects of Various Spices

  • Skills

    • Over 3 years under GLP compliance.
    • Intermediate user of Provantis TM Pathology Data System
    • Impeccable organizational skills.
    • Ability to multitask simultaneously and meet deadlines.
    • Willingness and ability to learn new things quickly.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn new software programs quickly.
    • Extensive online research.
    • Strong customer service orientation with effective communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.