pburch@shrike.mbir.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch) (05/16/91)
To whom it may concern, I am currently enquiring as to the availability of an industry position in the field of molecular biology. I would like to stay in Houston Texas or nearby, although I enjoy travelling. I am searching for a position in consulting, sales or technical support in a biotechnology firm. I am also interested in teaching, scientific writing and illustration and have had experience with this in my current position. My curriculum vita follows. Please note that my first language is English, and I am also fluent in French. Tamsen de Valoir, Ph. D. _______________________________________________________________________________ TAMSEN de VALOIR ADDRESS: 2303 Goldsmith CITIZENSHIP: Canadian, Belgian Houston, TX 77030 Permanent Resident of United States (713) 660-0431 (Green Card) PLACE OF BIRTH: Scarborough, Ontario DATE OF BIRTH: December 12, 1960 EDUCATION: McGill University, Montreal, Canada, B.Sc., 1982 (Biochemistry) Rice University, Houston, Texas, Ph.D., 1989 (Biochemistry) HONORS: Weldon Bursary, 1979 Scholarship, 1981 Scholarship, 1982 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1. Research Assistant, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, May 1982 - December 1982. 2. Graduate student, Biochemistry Department, Rice University, Houston, September 1983 - November 1989. 3. Instructor, Biotechnology Training Programs, November 1989 - Present 4. Postdoctoral Assistant, Rice University, January 1991 - Present TECHNIQUES: 1) dideoxy and chemical DNA sequencing 2) cloning 3) library screening with specific and differential clones 4) mRNA preparation, Northern transfers and hybridization 5) plasmid, phage, genomic and satellite DNA preparation, Southern transfers and hybridization 6) cRNA and cDNA synthesis, PCR DNA amplification 7) in situ hybridizations to polytene chromosomes 8) tissue histology 9) in situ hybridization to tissue, either whole or sectioned 10) protein purification, enzymatic assays, thin layer chromatography 11) microdissection 12) fluorescence and ultraviolet spectrometry 13) cell culture PUBLICATIONS: 1. Trudel, M., Van Genechten (Valoir), T., and Meuth, M., "Biochemical characterization of the hamster Thy mutator gene and its revertants", J. Biol. Chem., 259, 2355-2359 (1984) 2. Carter, R., Schroeter, J., and Valoir, T., "Economic measures for the U.S. penal system", J. I. R., 31, 2-3 (1985). 3. Tucker, M. A., Belikoff, E. J., Rubacha, A., Valoir, T., and Beckingham, K., "Isolation of oogenesis-specific genes from Dipteran Calliphora erythrocephala", (Abstract for Lost Pines Molecular Biology Conference), Oct. 1986. 4. Tucker, M.A., Valoir, T., Belikoff, E., and Beckingham, K., "Characterization of germ-line transcribed oogenesis-specific genes", (Abstract for 28th Annual National Drosophila Research Conference), May 1987. 5. Valoir, T., Belikoff, E., Rubacha, A., Tucker, M., and Beckingham, K., "Studies of an oogenesis-specific, germline expressed gene which is conserved in Calliphora erythrocephala and Drosophila melanogaster", (Abstract for Lost Pines Molecular Biology Conference), Oct. 1987. 6. Rubacha, A., Tucker, M. A., Valoir, T., Belikoff, E. J., and Beckingham, K., "Oogenesis specific genes of Calliphora erythrocephala", Develop. Biol., 129, 449-463 (1988). 7. Valoir, T., Tucker, M.A., Belikoff, E.J., Camp, L.A. and Beckingham, K., "A second maternally expressed Drosophila gene encodes a "DEAD box" protein," P.N.A.S., in press