Kristi Hetchler

Run a system to receive requests for microtechnology devices, fabricate and deliver those devices on schedule and use a photoresist to make masters for microtechnology devices. Partner to research the combination of the lab’s methods of lumen model construction and underoil cell culture. Maintain cell cultures in a BSL2 lab setting, as well as formed and maintain cell lumen models. Process clinical samples to obtain various types of cells for experimentation and catalogue samples in REDcap databases.

Assist in lab duties such as making media and autoclaving beakers. Follow BSL 2 lab safety protocol. Streak microbes for pure culture and perform bioassays against pathogens. Capstone Project: Built a plasmid and cloned genes in Moraxella catarrhalis to determine the mechanism of inhibition of bacterial strains that inhibit its growth. Conducted PCR and gel electrophoresis. Worked on review paper on M. catarrhalis stress responses and their impact on the host and on M. catarrhalis microbial interactions.