Jennifer Hesser
MS 1st year
My interests pertain to the health and immunology of marine organisms. More specifically, I am curious about how environmental factors influence organismal health and how to use molecular tools to understand such concepts. Throughout my master's I am planning on building my skill set to include transcriptomics, comparative genomics, and bioinformatics.
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University
Education
2020-2022
M.S in Comparative Health Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2015-2019
B.S in Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Minor: Chemistry
Honors thesis: Development of wound healing in echinoderm embryos
Research Experience
Fall 2019
Research Experience for Undergraduates – Mote Marine Laboratory; Discovering new antibiotics from environmental bacteria; PI: Andrea Tarnecki
Summer 2019
Field Work – Assisting Dr. Cynthia Trowbridge with long-term ecological monitoring of Europe’s first marine reserve: Lough Hyne, Ireland.
F 2018 - S 2019
Student Research Assistant – Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. Wound Healing in Echinoderms; Transgenesis
PI: Dr. George von Dassow
Fall 2018
Research Project – First reports of Emplectonema neesii, Prosorhochmus claparedii (both Nemertea: Hoplonemertea), and Lineus clandestinus (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) in Lough Hyne, Ireland; Assisting Dr. Cynthia Trowbridge with DNA barcoding of Nemertean worms within Europe’s first marine reserve.
Skills
Microscopy
Confocal
DIC
SEM
Fluorescence
Injection
Molecular/ Microbiology Work
DNA isolation and purification
PCR
Gel Electrophoresis
Editing sequences in Geneious
BLAST sequences against GenBank
Bacterial cloning
RNA synthesis
Computer Programs
Microsoft Office
Terminal
Geneious
Image J
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