Le Yi Chong
Adelaide
Summary
Detail-oriented Research Assistant with hands-on experience performing clerical and laboratory work to advance research goals. Drives team success with expertise in data review, reporting and specimen handling.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Research Assistant
VivoPharm
10.2022 - 12.2023
Worked on various GLP studies
Duties:
- Rats & mice handling, behavioral observations
- Microchipping & Treatments (IV, IP, oral gavage, subcut & catheter infusion)
- Necropsies, humane killing & blood collections (jugular for TK time point & cardiac bleed)
- Blood processing, blood smear slides
- Purchase & order for lab supplies, maintenance of equipments (NATA standard)
- Archiving of completed studies
- Experience in studies such as tumour model with live virus, TK, PK & cytotoxic
Volunteering researcher
Basil Hetzel Institute
7 2022 - 10.2022
Project 1: Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Techniques:
- Protein Quantification
- Minimum inhibitory concentration of antibiotic for bacteria
Project 2: Tumour microbiome in head & neck cancer
- To identify potential oncogenic bacteria within head and neck cancer tissue samples
Techniques:
- Determine bacteria growth curve and identification of bacteria isolates
- Bacteria whole-genome sequencing on nanopore sequencer
- Co-culture assays
- Flow cytometry
- PCR
Research Year
University of South Australia
01.2021 - 12.2021
Research Year on Parkinson Disease with Mice model
Achievement:
- Mice handling, Behavioural test
- Humane killing & giving mice anesthesia for surgery
- Gain insights of giving intracranial injection on mice
- Monitored mice health conditions after surgery
- Western blot analysis
Education
Master of Biotechnology (Biomedical) -
University of Adelaide
02.2020 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science) - Microbiology: Infection & Immunity, Biochemistry: Cancer, Stem Cells & Development
University of Adelaide
02.2017 - 05.2019
Sunway College (Western Australian Certificate of Education)
03.2016 - 05.2016
Skills
Teamwork and Collaboration
Analytical Thinking
Time Management
Microsoft Office
Research methods
Materials restocking
Equipment Maintenance
Research Skills
Technical skills:
- Wet lab skills (cell culture and bacterial culture)
- Animal handling (Mouse & Rat) & microchipping
- Use of anaesthetic machine & humane killing with Carbon dioxide
- Mice behavioural test (rotarod, buried food seeking, open field, elevated maze)
- Animal necropsy and specimen collection (jugular bleed, cardiac bleed, aorta bleed)
- Treatments & dosing – (Tail vein injection, intraperitonial injection, subcutaneous injection, oral gavage, intravenous infusion, intramuscular injection.)
- Western blotting, PCR, Micro BCA assay,
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy skills - Olympus LCmicro, Complex Compound & Stereoscopic Microscope
Analysis:
- Provantis
- SPSS & Graphpad Prism
- Microsoft Office
Accomplishments
- University of Adelaide, Scholarship (25% off tuition fees), 2020, 2021
- University of Adelaide, Scholarship (25% off from tuition fees), 2017
- Kingsley International School, Scholarship - Partial discount on tuition fees, Sep 2011
Research Experience
Basil Hetzel Institute (July 2022 – Oct 2022)
Volunteering researcher at ENT surgery, Basil Hetzel Institute July 2022 – Oct 2022
Project 1: Chronic Rhinosinusitis
-Techniques:
- Protein Quantification
- Minimum inhibitory concentration of antibiotic for bacteria
Project 2: Tumour microbiome in head & neck cancer
- To identify potential oncogenic bacteria within head and neck cancer tissue samples
- Techniques:
- Determine bacteria growth curve and identification of bacteria isolates
- Bacteria whole-genome sequencing on nanopore sequencer
- Co-culture assays
- Flow cytometry
- PCR
University of South Australia (Masters) (Jan 2021 – Dec 2021)
Research Year on Parkinson Disease with Mice model
Achievement:
- Mice handling, Behavioural test
- Humane killing & giving mice anesthesia for surgery
- Gain insights of giving intracranial injection on mice
- Monitored mice health conditions after surgery
- Western blot analysis
References
Dr Bimala Dhakal, Former study director/line manager at vivoPharm
- bdhakal733@gmail.com, 0420992424
Dr Leela Krishna, Former study director/line manager at vivopharm
- leelakrishna.vatsavai@gmail.com
Kenny Yeo, PhD candidate, Tumour microbiome in head and neck cancer
- Kenny.yeo@adelaide.edu.au
Timeline
Research Assistant
VivoPharm
10.2022 - 12.2023
Research Year
University of South Australia
01.2021 - 12.2021
Master of Biotechnology (Biomedical) -
University of Adelaide
02.2020 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science) - Microbiology: Infection & Immunity, Biochemistry: Cancer, Stem Cells & Development
University of Adelaide
02.2017 - 05.2019
Sunway College (Western Australian Certificate of Education)
03.2016 - 05.2016
Volunteering researcher
Basil Hetzel Institute
7 2022 - 10.2022
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