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Craig McDowall

Masters graduate looking to start a career in life sciences

31years • Livingston

Summary

I am a recent masters graduate who is highly motivated with an excellent work ethic and attention to detail. I am currently seeking a position in a life science company where I look to use my collection of skills and knowledge to produce high quality results and achieve professional success.

Skills

problem solvingGood Laboratory Practice (GLP)Team PlayerOrganisation And Planning

Experiences

Grocery Colleague

05-2013 - 09-2014 During my time at Asda I developed excellent verbal communication skills as it was critical to communicate effectively in order to facilitate good customer service whilst on the shop floor and also important to function well as a team ensuring all duties were completed to a high standard in the most time efficient manner. This was essential to maintain the availability of stock.

Education & training

The University Of Glasgow

2014 - 2015 Glasgow, Glasgow CityChemistry / Biology / AgronomyDuring my masters course I completed two research projects. These projects gave me the chance to develop my skills as a scientist as well as gain valuable experience in research laboratory practice, working both in a team and independently. In order to excel in these projects it was pivotal that I was able to use excellent organisational and time-management skills to plan multiple complex experiments on the same day. Project 1: Exploring the molecular basis of a SNP in a free fatty acid receptor linked to obesity and diabetes. Supervised by Dr Brian Hudson Working in a molecular pharmacology lab using a mutant form of the free fatty acid receptor FFA4 and comparing it to the wild type receptor in a variety of experiments including those looking at Ca2+ mobilisation and receptor internalisation. Project 2: Comparison of membrane targeting in subtypes of GPCRS . Supervised by Dr Cheryl Woolhead Comparing the membrane targeting of two subtypes of the Kyuneric acid receptor (GPR35a and GPR35b) using techniques such as cloning, PCR, in-vitro translation, cross-linking assays and immunoprecipitations.

My soft skills

Thorough
Analytical
Curious
Persevering

Languages spoken

  • English

    Native language

My dreams

Before I turn 30

Be established in a life science company and be Olympic 800m Champion. One is more plausible than the other.

Make every future a success.
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