Virginie A Sandrin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Virology at University of Utah

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Research

University of Utah since Sep 2005
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Virology
ENS Lyon 2001 - 2005
Ph.D student, Molecular and Cellular Biology
ENS de Lyon 2000 - 2001
MS student

Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
FACS
Cell Culture
Confocal Microscopy
Virology
Electron Microscopy
Cell Based Assays
Western Blotting
Experimentation
PCR
Transfection
In Vivo
Flow Cytometry
DNA
Microscopy
Fluorescence Microscopy
Immunofluorescence
Immunoprecipitation
SDS-PAGE
Molecular Cloning
Mutagenesis
Tissue Culture
Life Sciences
Fluorescence
Particles
Cell

Sport: skiing, canyoneering, backpacking, hiking, rafting, badminton

- Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, (2008): Young Investigator Awardee - American Foundation for AIDS research (amfAR) postdoctoral fellowship (2005-2007) - Upon defense, I received special congratulations from my thesis committee (June 2005) - Invited Speaker at Groupe de Réflexion SIDA, Paris (November 2004) - Vaincre la Mucoviscidose (VLM) fellowship (2003-2004)

English
French
Spanish

Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah

Oct 2005 to 2000
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Molecular Virology

2001 to 2005
Ph.D. student
Genetics and Immunology

2000 to 2001
Master's degree student in Differentiation

Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon
2005
Ph.D
Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon
Lyon (69)
Jan 2000 to Jan 2001
Magistere in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon
2001
MS in Genetics and Immunology
IUT Montet
Nancy (54)
Jan 1997 to Jan 1998
BS in Biology

- Molecular biology: PCR, cloning, site-directed mutagenesis - Protein biochemistry and screening: western blotting and yeast two hybrid - Molecular virology: BSL2 and BSL3 experiments, production of lentiviral and retroviral vectors and replicating HIV-1, virus titration, and purification of virus particle - Cellular biology: mammalian cell tissue culture including adherent and suspension cell lines, as well as human and primate primary cells (CD34, T lymphocytes, DC), transient and stable transfection, flow-cytometry, protein cell surface biotinylation assays, kinetics of protein cell surface appearance and siRNA screens (design and transfection) - Mass spectrometry: stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture followed by quantitative mass spectrometry (SILAC) - Laser confocal microscopy - Electron microscopy - Software proficiency: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe (Illustrator, Acrobat), DNA Sequence and Analysis software (Strider, Sequencher), Imaging software (Olympus FluoView, Zeiss LSM510 v3.2, Image J), Database Software (FileMaker Pro), BD FACS software CellQuest.