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Last updated on 2019-11-18.

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Amy Gill

My career goals are to advance personalized cancer therapy with data-driven systems biology and improve quantitative biology education resources. I currently seek a doctoral program to enhance my bioinformatics skills, practice teaching and perform patient-centered research.

Education

M.A.T., Secondary Education - Biology

National-Louis University

Chicago, IL

2016 - 2015

M.S., Cancer Biology

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2015 - 2011

B.A., Biological Sciences, Chemistry

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2011 - 2007

Research Experience

Pathology Research Technician

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

2019 - 2017

  • Developed and analyzed custom mouse models of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the Wu laboratory.
  • Produced high-titer CRISPR-Cas9 lentivirus. Purified and transduced hematopoietic stem cells for transplant into immunodeficient mice.
  • Developed and executed flow cytometry protocols to classify B cell lineages, track CLL progression, enrich for HSCs, and distinguish donor and recipient cells va the CD45 system.

Research Technician

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2017 - 2016

  • Studied zebrafish development to investigate the homology between fish fins and tetrapod digits in the Shubin lab.
  • Performed summer and weekend (part-time) zebrafish husbandry and genotyping of CRISPR-generated Hoxa13a/Hoxa13b double mutant fish.

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2014 - 2011

  • Investigated the role of Blimp1 (PRDM1) in radiogenic stress response to analyze its role in protection from radiogenic breast cancer in the Onel/Cunningham lab.
  • Demonstrated that Blimp1 primary transcript, mRNA and protein expression increase after IR exposure; designed Blimp1 shRNAs and inducible overexpression vectors and transduced cell lines.
  • Performed proteomic analysis of cytarabine chemotherapy response in lymphoblastoid cells using microwestern arrays (MWAs) in the Jones lab.

Undergraduate Researcher

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2011 - 2007

  • Studied the cellular uptake of VO(acac)2 to analyze its application as a contrast agent in PET scans in the Makinen lab. Demonstrated that VO(acac)2 enters the cell via the reduced folate carrier (RFC) protein using Western blots and RFC inhibitors.
  • Analyzed epigenetic differences in high-risk versus low-risk neuroblastoma cell lines and tumors with bisulfite sequencing in the Cohn lab.

Online Courses

Awards & Honors

  • Adlai E. Stevenson High School
  • Ambassador Award (2017)
  • Special Staff Recognition (2016)
  • University of Chicago
  • Bernice Goldblatt Scholar, Cancer Research Foundation (2012-2013)
  • Honored Graduate Student, UChicago Cancer Center Women’s Board (2011-2012)
  • General Honors (2011)
  • Dean’s List (2008-2011)
  • National Merit Scholar (2007)

Teaching Experience

Lead Content Developer, Data Science Professional Program

HarvardX

Cambridge, MA

2020 - 2019

Science Lab Coordinator

Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Lincolnshire, IL

2017 - 2016

  • Prepared laboratory chemicals and materials, tested and improved protocols, and maintained laboratory equipment for 49 high school science teachers with 4000+ students.
  • Updated labs to incorporate modern scientific techniques, probeware, and inquiry-based principles into the high school curriculum.
  • Tutored homebound students for biology, chemistry, and anatomy/physiology and offered private science tutoring.

Science REACH Co-sponsor and WYSE/TEAMS Sponsor

Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Lincolnshire, IL

2017 - 2016

  • Helped ~80 students design, perform and present research projects for Illinois Junior Academy of Sciences and national science fairs.
  • Sponsored ~70 students in training for STEM competitions, guiding students to top 5 WYSE state (WYSE) and top 10 TEAMS national performances.

Biology Student Teacher

Conant High School

Hoffman Estates, IL

2016

  • Instructed ~140 grade 9 students in 3 sections of honors biology and 2 sections of general biology.
  • Promoted accessible student-centered learning with labs, activities and engaging technology for multiple learning styles.

Teaching Assistant

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2014 - 2009

  • Assisted with numerous undergraduate and 1st year PhD graduate courses.
  • Prepared and taught weekly review sessions and exam preparation sessions, helped write exams, graded assignments and exams, fielded student questions, held office hours, and tutored students 1:1.
  • Courses: Endocrinology/Cell Signaling (4x), Biological Systems, Protein Fundamentals, and Cancer Biology Grant Writing

Selected Science Writings

Peer-reviewed Publications

Identification of Novel Protein Expression Changes Following Cisplatin Treatment and Application to Combination Therapy

Stark AL et al. Journal of Proteome Research, 16(11): 4227-4236. PMID 28902521.

N/A

2017

Posters and Presentations

The role of PRDM1 in protection against radiogenic breast cancer.

Oral presentation, Dept. Pediatric Hem/Onc.

University of Chicago

2014

The role of Blimp1 in protection against ionizing radiation in breast cells.

Poster, Biomedical Sciences Retreat

University of Chicago

2014

Systems analysis of cytarabine response and resistance in hematopoietic cells.

Poster, Biomedical Sciences Retreat

University of Chicago

2013