Tim Q. Tran

About Tim Q. Tran

A self-motivated scientific researcher who holds a Master of Science in Biomedical Laboratory Science/Biology from San Francisco State University and recently completed a Master of Science in Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics from the University of California, Riverside with working experience as Research Associate/ Research Assistant.• Experiences include extraction of nucleic acid from various tissue specimen( blood, FFPE, urine) and ran clinical samples( blood, urine) using a specialized Q-PCR urine biomarker assay to monitor acute rejection or injury using QuantStudio 6 Flex platform and microfluidic Fluidigm assay platform. Worked on Q-PCR assays to validate and optimize the blood-based kSORT and urine biomarkers assays for monitoring of acute rejection to the market.• Analyzed data using Excel, R statistical program, and GraphPads. Knowledge of C/C++, PERL, Python, Java, Unix, R Project for Statistical Computing, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Outlook, Window 95/98/00, NT, XP, Adobe Acrobat, SIMS, SNPedia, NCBI, dbSNP, Pubmed, Gene Ontology, Entrez, ExPASy, MAPPFINDER. Experienced in genomic, proteomic, and SNPs data analysis using NCBI dbSNP, SNPedia, OMIM, Pubmed, Expasy, and MappFinder tools.• Skilled with Microfluidic Fluidigm Assay, Digital PCR, Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP genotyping 5.0/6.0 microarray assays, GeneChip expression 3’ amplification one cycle and two cycle cDNA synthesis and cRNA endlabeling microarray assays, DNA/RNA extractions, DNA/RNA purifications, QPCR, cDNA and cRNA amplification, Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM), Next generation sequencing library prep, ELISA, Immunoprecipitation, Kinase activity assays, Western Blotting and antibodies labeling, Mammalian Cell Culturing, In-Vivo and In-Vitro skills, Mouse Cytokine Protein Array, Mass Spectrometry ( SELDI, MALDI-TOF), Spectrophotometry, Microscopy Financial Services

Experience

1. Senior Research Associate

   Multispan, Inc

   Feb 2024 — Present · Hayward, CA, US

   Plan and setup assays for Customer Compounds profiling projects.Responsible for day to day operations in the lab.

Education

• San Francisco State University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Biomedical Laboratory Science/Biology

  2004 — 2007

• University of California, Davis

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Microbiology

  1992 — 1997

• University of California, Riverside

  Master of Science (M.S.), Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Nucleic Acid Extraction
• Western Blotting
• Laboratory
• Lifesciences
• Protein Expression
• Dna Sequencing
• Genetics
• Rt-Pcr
• Excel, Graphpad Prisms
• Immunology
• Assay Development
• Cell Culture
• Bioinformatics
• Molecular Biology
• Fluidigm Assays
• Dna
• Microbiology
• Qpcr
• Biotechnology
• Digital Pcr on Cell Free Dna
• Genotyping
• Gel Electrophoresis
• Genomics
• Financial Services
• Molecular Diagnostics
• Rna
• Elisa
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
• Dna Extraction
• Msd Elisa
• Data Analysis
• Pcr
• Cell Biology
• Protein Chemistry
• R Statistical Analysis, Python, Perl