Renee Sallack

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About Renee Sallack

Education: B.S, University of Central Oklahoma, Biology major. Research Experience: October 2018- 2020. Research Assistant, Ophthalmology Department, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma Health of Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Responsible for breeding and maintaining animals, as well as, maintain the day to day functioning of the lab as supply lab manager. Assist in experiments to study the mechanisms and disbursement of HSV-1 and HSV-2 cell entry into the eyes and the response of vaccine doses. Refereed Publications: Filiberti, A, Grzegorz, G, Montgomery, M, Sallack, R, & Carr, D. J.(2020). Role of monocyte depletion on corneal neovascularization after herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection in Mouse Fas-Induced Apoptosis (MaFIA) model. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 61(7), 4071-4071. Technical Skills: Biochemical techniques including protein purification, electrophoresis, enzyme assays, and enzyme characterization. Molecular techniques including large-scale extraction and purification of DNA from HSV-1 infected tissue, digestion of purified DNA with restriction enzymes, PCR amplification, and DNA sequencing. Technical equipment operation including Confocal microscopy, Bio-plex 100 and Bio-plex 200, Cyrostat, MACSQuant Analyzer, OCT scope, sonicator, Ultracentrifuge, microcentrifuge, and spectrophotometry (visible, UV, scanning, single beam, and double beam). Shadow Experience: May 2023 Integris Health Edmond Hospital- Edmond, OK - 4 hours; shadowed a team of cardiac sonographers in a hospital setting to observe echocardiograms. January 2023 Integris Health Edmond Hospital- Edmond, OK - 4 hours; shadowed a team of radiology technicians in a clinic and an emergency room to observe diagnostic and interventional radiology- Observed various radiologic procedures including X-Ray and CT with and without contrast. Certificates: 2019 National Institutes of Health Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP) Honors and Award: 2014 Phi Theta Kappa Community Involvement: 2020- 2022. Care and Share Food Bank. Assist in ending hunger by distributing food items. Del City Elementary. Tutored students, ages 7-11, in mathematics, science and english. Volunteer and Service Learning Center. Assisted those in the UCO community with well-needed supplies and stocked donated items.