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The hard fact is that the biomedical research world has become tough
and highly competitive. NIH grant funding is at the 7-15% level while
pharmaceutical companies are under great pressure to find new drugs. Speed
and clarity in bringing a difficult project to fruition is essential. Our
mission, honed through the years, has become simple: to give clients
meaningful results as fast as possible. Their success is our success and
conversely their failure means that they won't be back.
With that in mind, each set of results going out and also gels to be
run are discussed at group
meeting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, including deadlines, long
term goals (if we know them) and details of sample preparation. We strive
to be up-to-date. Input from clients is welcome at any stage.
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PEOPLE
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Nancy received her Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Washington University in
St. Louis under Dr. Garland Marshall, Department of Physiology. Her thesis
focused on solid phase and solution peptide synthesis of alamethicin with the goal of
creating a model for the neuronal action potential. She did postdoctoral
research studying calcium transport in synaptosomes with Dr. Mordicai
Blaustein at Washington University, and studying vitamin D dependent
calcium transport in intestine with Dr. Hector DeLuca at the
University of Wisconsin, Department of Biochemistry.
In 1981 Nancy started Kendrick Labs, a small 2DE business catering to
scientists at the University of Wisconsin. Kendrick Labs
subsequently received SBIR Phase I and II awards and incorporated in 1987.
At present the business occupies about 2000 sq ft of lab space and 1500 sq
ft of office space. The infrastructure of the business is strong and
includes 105 written SOPs (standard operating procedures) for various
procedures and calibrations. Isoelectric focusing, the first step of 2DE,
is performed every Monday and Wednesday night and slab gel
electrophoresis is carried out on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
President and QA Manager: Nancy Kendrick
nancy@kendricklabs.com
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Jon received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department
of Biochemistry in 1985 and joined Kendrick Labs thereafter as a Biochemist.
In 1992 he was promoted to Lab Manager and has steadily increased in
knowledge and experience since that time. Jon is a problem solver par
excellence, especially good at calculating and making deadlines.
Laboratory Manager: Jon Johansen
jon@kendricklabs.com |
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 Senior Biochemist: Keith Oberle
keith@kendricklabs.com Keith received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of
Wisconsin-LaCross
in 1999 and joined Kendrick Labs immediately. He was
promoted to Senior Biochemist
in 2005 and became Radiation Safety
Officer in 2006. Keith carries out the IEF loading
for 2DE and also is
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Senior Biochemist: Matt Hoelter
matt@kendricklabs.com
Matt received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004; before that he gained
experience by working part time at Kendrick Labs
during his rowdy
student years. Matt is now expert at and has responsibility for,
virtually all of the Western blotting carried out at Kendrick Labs. He
was promoted to Senior Biochemist in 2010.
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Biochemist: Victor Toniolo
victor@kendricklabs.com
Victor received his B.S. in
Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Dec
2007 and joined Kendrick Labs in May 2008. He's been growing
steadily in experience both at the bench and at computer
analyses, and
is an integral part of the team.
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2D Gel Analyst and QA Associate: Christina Rose
clrose23@hotmail.com
Christina received her B.S. in
Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May
2010 and immediately joined Kendrick Labs. Note that Christina
worked part time at Kendrick Labs for
several years and is expert at computerized
analysis of 2D gel patterns using SameSpots software. Christina
was promoted to Quality Assurance Associate in Feb, 2011.
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Biochemist: Isaac O'Malley-Laursen
isaac@kendricklabs.com
Isaac received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2011. He started working at Kendrick Labs
part-time in August 2010 and joined the lab full-time in June, 2011.
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Lab Technician: Diane Peterson
diane@kendricklabs.com
Diane received her Associate Degree as a Biotechnology
Lab Technician from Madison Area Technical College in 1997. She joined
Kendrick Labs in 1998 as a Lab Technician and has also assumed
responsibility for purchasing and receiving lab supplies. |
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Lab Assistant: Adell Meyer
aemeyer3@wisc.edu
Adell is a Junior majoring in
Biochemistry at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. She started working at Kendrick Labs
part-time in July 2011. |
Lab Assistant: Andrew Koll
akoll@wisc.edu
Andrew is a Senior majoring in
Biochemistry at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. He started working at Kendrick Labs
part-time in August 2011. |
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