Michael Joseph

Background

About Michael Joseph

Strong problem solving and analytical skills, able to deconstruct complex problems into testable experiments and troubleshoot when necessary • 5 years of experience handling and managing mice and rat colonies, 4 months of maintaining transgenic mice colonies, 1 year of genotyping transgenic mice strains using PCR • 4 years of brightfield and fluorescent microscopy experience using Zeiss and Olympus systems • 4 months of experience culturing mouse and rat microglia • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, which led to securing funding for 2 scholarships, 1 academic publication and 8 conference presentations; able to relate to various groups of people, spanning ages, backgrounds and scientific understanding • Managed multiple projects throughout 5 different multi-disciplinary research environments and quickly learned to adapt to the available tools and software