Maki Kaneko
Clinical Genomics Scientist @Labcorp
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WORK HISTORY
Clinical Genomics Scientist @Labcorp
EDUCATION
Ochanomizu University
B. Sc., Biology
Brandeis University
Ph D, Neuroscience
Sarah Lawrence College
Master of Science (M.S.), Human/Medical Genetics
Ochanomizu University
M. Sc., Evolutionary Biology, Population Genetics
SKILLS
ABOUT MAKI KANEKO
After working as a research scientist and publishing >15 high-quality papers, I changed my career to genetic counseling. Currently working as a laboratory and clinical genetic counselor at Children\'s Hospital Los Angeles.• Skills related to genetic counseling -Explain inheritance patterns and give testing options-Consenting for Whole Exome Sequencing-Interpretation of test results and risk assessment-Evaluate personal and family history-Variant curation of Whole-Exome as well as panel testing data-Developed a gene list for Epilepsy gene panel-Helped quality control efforts of NGS data-Helped validation of variant interpretation tools-Discuss testing options with ordering physicians.• My accomplishments and skill-sets as a research scientist-Discovered a novel mechanism that underlies rare genetic diseases with CNS or skin manifestations by associating human genetic studies with data from animal models and cell-based assays-Cell-based calcium assays for studying various ion transporters (ion pumps)-Chronobiology (circadian rhythms)-Immunohistochemistry and fluorescent microscopy-Molecular biology and biochemical techniques (cloning, qPCR, western, kinase assay)-Biostatistics (JMP, SAS programming)-In vivo transcription assay using luciferase as a reporter.
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