Reba Best

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Reba Best. 217.502.1384 1909 Croydon Drive, Springfield,IL 62703 reba.best1007@gmail.com Objective: To obtain a career path position with room for employee growth Work History: Call Center Representative Horace Mann Insurance Company •Customer service •Assisted in Technology Advancement Project. Laboratory Technician Archer Daniels Midland February 2015-November 2015 •Quality Control testing in a manufacturing setting •Tested in-process and final product samples with HPLC, GC, Microscopy, and Titration Teaching Assistant (TA) University of Illinois Springfield August 2014- January 2015 •Assisted multiple professors in the area of Botany, Genetics, and General Biology •Prepared laboratory exercises for undergraduate students •Graded exams, practicals and coursework Pet Detective Blue Buffalo(Great Plains Leasing) November 2012-Februrary 2015 •Produced a schedule and followed it promptly •Created and maintained relationships with new clientele Microbiology Lab Technician Culver-Stockton College August 2010-May 2011 •Prepared bacterial cultures for laboratory exercises and used an autoclave to dispose of bacterial cultures •Aseptic technique Internships: Undergraduate Research September 2013 – December 2014 •Extracted RNA •Compiled a cDNA libraryUsed real time PCR quantifications •Used a nanodrop for purity and calculations •Studied and graphed trends and areas of amplification in the RNA of mosquitos in correlation to chemical stressors in insecticides •Developed a method/protocol to a unstudied species Education: University of Illinois 2011-2014 Bachelors of Science in Biology Internship Culver-Stockton College References: Sunnie Flatt Horace Mann Manager 217-622-0805