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Eleanor
James
Gould
Cottage,
Crynant,
Neath,
SA10
8PE
Mobile
07740
395
895
Email-­‐
eleanor.james@ymail.com
Education:
06/14-­‐11/14
University
of
Reading
iGEM
team
Member
of
the
2014
iGEM
team-­‐
international
competition
in
Synthetic
Biology.
-­‐
Leader
of
Communication
and
Public
Engagement-­‐included
updating
blog
and
social
media
accounts.
Team
received
Bronze
medal.
10/11-­‐06/14
University
of
Reading
BSc
Biological
Sciences
Received
Upper
Second
Class
Honours.
Dissertation
title:
The
use
of
Phylogeny
to
predict
medicinal
properties
from
traditional
medicine
in
the
family
Fabaceae.
Modules
studied
include:
Bioinformatics.
Animal,
Plant
and
Microbial
Development.
Statistics
for
Life
Sciences.
Research
Topics
in
Ecology
and
Evolution.
Evolutionary
Genetics
and
Phylogeny.
Endocrinology.
Molecular
Biology
of
the
Gene.
Pathology.
Biochemistry
and
Metabolism.
Introduction
to
Neuroscience.
Human
Physiology.
Student
Representative
for
Part
3
Biological
Sciences
• Represented
the
student
body
on
the
Staff
Student
Liaison
Committee.
Chaired
the
committee
meeting
of
Summer
2014.
Managed
the
blog
BiologyStudent
for
three
years.
09/08
-­‐
06/10
Neath
Port
Talbot
College
Biology
A
Level
Grade
A,
Chemistry
A
level
Grade
C,
Physics
A
level
Grade
D,
Critical
Thinking
AS
level
Grade
A,
Mathematics
AS
level
Grade
D.
09/03
–
06/08
Llangatwg
Comprehensive
School
GCSE
Grade
A*
in
Biology,
Chemistry,
Physics,
Maths.
GCSE
Grade
A
in
English,
English
Literature,
Geography,
IT,
Graphics.
GCSE
Grade
B
in
Additional
Maths,
Welsh
Second
Language.
Previous
work
experience:
1st
August
2012
–
2nd
September
2012-­‐
Swansea
University
DNA
Damage
and
Cancer
group.
-­‐
Included
training
in
maintenance
and
passaging
of
both
adherent
and
suspension
cell
lines,
micronucleus
assays,
Flow
Cytometry,
Western
blotting
and
further
training
in
q-­‐PCR
and
ELISAs.
September
2010
–
September
2011-­‐
Swansea
University
Bio-­‐control
and
Natural
Products
Group
-­‐Included
training
in
basic
molecular
techniques
such
as
DNA
extraction,
PCR,
q-­‐PCR,
cloning
and
protein
assays.
Also
had
training
in
writing
laboratory
Standard
Operating
Procedures,
risk
assessments
and
health
and
safety
forms.

2. 2
25th-­‐
29th
June
2007-­‐
Bush
House
Veterinary
Group,
Ammanford
-­‐
Included
answering
phones,
monitoring
anaesthetic
concentrations
and
holding
animals
for
vaccinations,
assisting
with
TB
testing
on
farms,
assisting
with
Post
Mortems
on
small
animals,
helping
in
consultations,
anaesthetics
and
horse
dentistry.
Skills:
Customer
service
skills,
interpersonal
skills
and
veterinary
specific
skills.
21st-­‐
25th
July
2008-­‐
Bristol
Zoological
Gardens
-­‐
Included
interacting
with
members
of
the
public
and
monitoring
health
of
primates
and
mammals
in
Zona
Brazil.
This
included
cleaning
housing,
feeding
animals
and
taking
squirrel
monkeys
for
health
checks.
Skills:
Working
in
a
public
environment
and
interacting
with
the
public,
hard
manual
work,
adhering
to
strict
health
and
safety
standards.
Voluntary
work:
I
helped
set
up
and
run
the
Reading
University
Macmillan
Cancer
Support
fundraising
team
on
campus
and
ran
the
Reading
Half
Marathon
for
Macmillan.
This
work
included
managing
fundraising
events,
running
the
blog
and
social
media
accounts
and
attending
meetings
and
events
in
the
Berkshire
area.
Skills:
Social
media,
organisational,
team
leader,
teamwork.
Other
Information:
• I
have
helped
set
up
the
Reading
University
Synthetic
Biology
society
at
Reading
University
and
held
the
position
of
public
engagement
officer
within
the
society.
Skills:
Teamwork,
organisational.
• I
represented
University
of
Reading
in
Rowing
in
the
first
novice
boat
and
have
represented
Wales
at
Dressage
in
the
inter-­‐regionals
and
at
the
Home
International
for
two
years.
Skills:
Teamwork,
motivation,
dedication.
• I
have
completed
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
Bronze
and
Silver
Awards
with
expeditions
to
Gower.
I
was
a
Senior
Prefect
in
Llangatwg
Comprehensive
School
and
as
part
of
this
role
I
represented
the
School
at
official
events
and
organised
duty
timetables.
Skills:
Organisational,
Leadership,
Teamwork.
• I
backpacked
to
Japan,
Australia,
Hong
Kong
and
China
independently,
organising
all
travel
and
accommodation
myself.
Skills:
Organisational,
language.
Referees:
Professor
P.G.
Knight
Professor
T.M.
Butt,
Dr
Julie
Hawkins
Personal
Tutor
Previous
Employer
Dissertation
Supervisor
University
of
Reading,
Swansea
University,
University
of
Reading
Whiteknights,
Singleton
Park,
Whiteknights
Reading
Swansea
Reading
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