Morgan Morrison

About

I'm a hard working, focused, and driven minority. My objective is to obtain a job within the Science field or Pharmacetical Industry. Besides my career, I also plan to give my time back to the community, via mentoring.

Experience

• Summer Work Aid Student at North Carolina Research Campus
  May 2013 - Aug 2013 · 4 mos

  Laboratory Tasks: • Standard Biology Laboratory Practices: Gel Electrophoresis (SDS Page), Pipetting, Preparation of buffers and testing reagents • Western Blotting Practice Tests • Monitored research mice for tumor activity

• Medicinal Chemistry Student Researcher at BRITE, North Carolina Central University
  2013 - 2013 · Less than a year

  Laboratory Tasks: • Small drug synthesis of two novel PZQ Analogues, towards research Involving treatment for Schistosomiasis • Basic Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory Practices: Low Heat Experimentations, Operation of Rotary Evaporator, Prepared Solutions, Thin Liquid Chromatography, Distillation, Data Analysis • Ran NMR and LC/MS and interpreted findings • Presented Research at BRITE End of Semester Research Symposiums

• IGSP Summer Intern at Duke University, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP)
  May 2012 - Aug 2012 · 4 mos

  • Main project: “Pseudomonas syringae growth in Arabidopsis thaliana is not regulated by the Circadian Clock” Laboratory Tasks: • Test solutions/buffer preparation • Bacterial transformation • Preparation and maintenance of plant species • Cell culture • PCR • Media and Plate Preparations