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Home State                   Washington

Research Interests       Cloning and characterization of TRADE, a recombination protein important for a/b and g/d  T cell development.

Education              Undergraduate: Western Washington University, B.S., Biochemistry and Cellular Molecular Biology, June 1991

                              Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics) M.S., Basic Medical
                                        Sciences, December 1996

                              University of Alabama at Birmingham, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, September 1991- present. All CMB
                                        requirements and Advanced courses passed, advanced to candidacy Summer 1996

Professional/Academic Experience

Master of Science, Basic Medical Sciences, "Interactions Between DNA and Lupus-Inducing Drugs," Advisor: Wolfgang Zacharias, Ph. D. January 1992-December 1996

Research Assistant, Advisor Dr. Gerry A. Prody, Studies of tobacco ringspot virus satellite RNA and it's autocatalytic properties, June  1990-June 1991

Laboratory Assistant/Teaching Assistant, Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, General Chemistry, Introductory and Advanced Organic Chemistry, and Organic Spectroscopy

Research Assistant, Advisor, Dr. George Kriz, HPLC resolution of common analgesic drugs, September 1989-June 1990

Research Assistant, Advisor, Dr. Mark Wicholas, Coordination chemistry and reaction characteristics of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-quinone cobalt complexes, September 1989-June 1990

 Laboratory Technician, Georgia-Pacific Commencement Bay Research and Development Facility, Supervisor, Tom Kergil, Baseline water quality analysis, June 1989-September 1989

Laboratory Technician, Institute for Watershed Studies, Western Washington University, Supervisor, Linda Goodrow, EPA funded research into local and regional lakes and streams for acid rain analysis and chlorination guidelines, June 1988-September 1988

Presentations/Publications:

"Interactions Between DNA and Lupus-Inducing Drugs." Masters Thesis, University of Alabama at Birmingham, December 1996

"Tobacco ringspot virus RNA, the search for satellite," Christiensen, E., Companion, T., Meder, N., Stultz, R., Jong, M., Prody, G., Sigma-Xi Student  Research Day, Western Washington University, June 5, 1991

 "Isolation and Characterization of analgesics by HPLC," Companion, T., in Pavia, D.M., Lampman, G.M., Kriz, G.S. jr., Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques: A Microscale Approach, Saunders College Publishing, 1995