1. Samantha Francis Kwok
26 Josiah Norton Road
Cape Neddick, Maine 03902
(207) 475-8986
Samantha.F.Kwok@gmail.com or Samantha.Kwok@maine.edu
EDUCATION
University of Maine Orono, Maine
• Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology, double major in Zoology, minor in
Chemistry (May, 2015)
SKILLS
• Zebrafish husbandry
• Zebrafish immunostaining
• Embryonic injection (mRNA and
morpholino)
• Buffer Synthesis
• Scanning electron microscopy
• Basic confocal microscopy
• Western blotting
• Preparation of agarose and agar gels
• Liquid nitrogen storage vessel maintenance
• Thawing and percoll gradient separation of
cryporeserved sperm samples
• ImageJ simple neurite tracer and
colocalization
EXPERIENCE
Senior Thesis Project January 2014 – May 2015
Roger Sher Lab - University of Maine
“The significance of SOD2 in SOD1 associated FALS”
• Using transfected zebrafish to explore candidate lifespan modifier genes of SOD1 associated FALS.
• Poster Presenter at the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) Symposium
◦ “SOD2 Genetic Modifier Effects on ALS in a Zebrafish Model”
• Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/Honors College Comparative
Functional Genomics Thesis Fellowships recipient 2014
• CUGR research grant recipient 2014
Internship June 2014 - August 2014
Erdogan Memili Lab - Mississippi State University
• Preparation of sperm samples
• critical point drying
• scanning electron microscopy
Sher Lab member February 2013 - Current
Roger Sher Lab - University of Maine
Responsible for aiding graduate student in zebrafish project regarding
• Tank water maintenance and fish feeding
• Morning egg collections and dechoreonation of zebrafish embryos
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Presented a poster at the American Society for Cell Biology 2014 National conference
◦ “Functional Epigenomics and Evolutionary Diversification of Mammalian Sperm and
Blastocysts”
• National Science Foundation Travel Grant recipient 2014
• Carolyn E. Reed Honors Thesis Fellowship Grant recipient 2014

2. REFERENCES
Roger Sher
Senior Year Project/Honors Thesis Adviser
University of Maine
roger.sher@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2957
Erdogan Memili
Summer Internship Adviser
Mississippi State University
em149@ads.msstate.edu
Phone: (662) 325-2937
Fax: (662) 325-8873
Edward Bernard
Professor of General Microbiology lecture
University of Maine
edward.bernard@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2804