Veronika Byers is seeking a challenging position utilizing her professional skills in biology. She has over 15 years of experience as a laboratory technologist, most recently at Mount Sinai Medical Center performing tasks like DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and HLA typing. Byers is licensed as a clinical laboratory technologist in New York and has strong skills in laboratory procedures, analysis, problem-solving, and communication.
1. Veronika Byers
14 Grove Street
Little Ferry, NJ 07643
Mobile: (201) 709-2560
vbyers6@yahoo.com
Objective: Reliable, enthusiastic, organized individual looking to obtain a
challenging position that will utilize my professional skills and offer advancement
opportunity
Education:
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT May 2002
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Related Courses:
•Genetics, Tissue Culture, Histology, Cell Biology
Experience:
Mount Sinai Medical Center July 2005-present
Tissue Typing Laboratory
New York, NY
Laboratory Technologist I
• Strong knowledge of standard laboratory methods along with CAP
and ASHI regulations
• Strong skill in analyzing and interpreting results and other
information. Profound problem-solving, planning and
organizational skills. Excellent communication skills
• Performs DNA extraction, PCR Amplification, Electrophoresis,
and SSP typing
• Maintains records of work performed
• Conducts external proficiency testing, continuing education and
teaches staff
• Solely manages laboratory testing statistics, Quality Assurance and
daily Quality Control / Quality Improvement
• Provided research support in Expression Diagnostics, which were
designed to determine non-invasive gene expression in the area of
heart transplant.
Columbia University Medical Center January 2004-July 2005
Immunogenetics Laboratory
New York, NY
On-call Solid Organ Transplant Laboratory Technologist I
• Performed all duties of the preparation assistant plus data entry,
centrifugation and aliquotting
2. • Routine technical operations of the laboratory including ABO,
Lymphocyte Isolation, HLA CDC antibody screening, and
serological crossmatching. Chief Technologist of the antibody
screening assay of Luminex
License/Certificate:
New York State Department of Education
Clinical Laboratory Technologist License
Language:
•Fluent Romanian
•Conversational Spanish
•Conversational Serbian
Computer Skills:
• One Lambda Software, ELPHA software, Invitrogen Software, Digital
Science ID, LABScan
Word Processing 90 wpm, Word Perfect, Excel, PowerPoint, GraphPad,
MS-DOS,
References:
•Available Upon Request