Anna Zurek

Phone: (773) 930-1111 E-mail: a.k.zurek@gmail.com

EDUCATION:
DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Sept. 2013 Present

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences

Concentration in Pre-Health
GPA: 3.83/4.0
Academic Honors: Deans List, all quarters in attendance
RELATED COURSEWORK:
General Biology I, II, III

Microbiology

Organic Chemistry I, II

General Chemistry I, II, III

Cell Biology

Biostatistics

Human Structure and Function I

Genetics

Vertebrate Physiology

LABORATORY SKILLS:

General laboratory skills including maintaining safe laboratory environment, pipetting, light microscopy, aseptic
technique, bacterial culture transfers, inoculation, isolation of bacterial colonies, use of different solid and liquid
agar media, bacterial stains, bacterial transformation, serial dilutions, plaque assay, ELISA, titration, DNA
isolation from culture samples, electrophoresis, PCR

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL

Summer 2015

Internship

Isolating and purifying DNA from live specimen cultures for long term storage and PCR
Performing agarose gel electrophoresis to visualize isolated DNA for quality control and quantification
Performing PCR to amplify specific genes to be sent for sequencing for the purpose of PCR-based phylogeny
Microscopic examination of macrophage cell cultures infected with Leishmania parasite to assess the progress of

the infection
Taking photographs with the microscope in phase contrast and fluorescence to document the progress of the
experiments

HEALTHCARE-RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL

June 2014 July 2014

Volunteer

Provided the wheelchair assistance for the patients to reduce the hospital-related stress
Worked with the nurses and the hospital staff to escort family members to the Post-Op area
Communicated with a diverse array of patients and their families to foster informative and inviting environment

SKILLS:

Computer: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Languages: Fluent in oral and written Polish, certified in German by the Goethe Institut (third level of the sixlevel competency scale of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)