Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Expertise in: Sample Preparation (Food, Water and Soil), BAX, MPN, BART (IRB, SRB, SLYM), Colilert, Membrane Filtration techniques (Total coliforms, Fecal coliforms, E.coli, Streptococcus faecalis), Pouring and Plating Techniques, Confirmation of bacteria (Salmonella, Listeria, E.coli O157, Clostridium, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Campylobacter jejuni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, etc) using culture-based techniques, molecular assays, or biochemical analyses, LIMS, Media Preparation, Food-chemistry Techniques (Ash, Moisture, Water Activity, Fat, pH, Bone Particle Analysis), The Abraxis Microcystins-ADDA SAES ELISA Plant Pathology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Genetic Markers (Real Time-PCR, conventional PCR, Primer designing, Probe development, NASH, Electrophoresis, DNA Isolation from fungal spores, mycelia, plant tissues and soil, Ligation, Restriction digestion, Cloning, RNA isolation from tissues, Colony PCR, Plasmid isolation, RAPD, RFLP, etc.) Bioinformatics Techniques BioEdit v7.0.9, Clustal W, Primer premier v 6.0, Primer 3, Use of NCBI and public domain software for sequence analysis, OligoAnalyser 3.1, NTSYSpc v 2.02i, POPGENE v1.32, GENALEX, MEGAv.6, SAS v 9.2 and XLSTAT