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Favorite science moment- Learning to select aptamers and discovering that one in a quindecillion sequence that acts a hot start inhibitor.
`,memberName:`Jennifer Ong`,memberTitle:`Scientific Director, Research`,mediaSrc:`https://media.neb.com/asset/7bcf3f3d-0b8c-4622-8f9b-e7ba703690b7/thumbnail/webimage-Jennifer_Ong-_Lab`,memberEducation:`B.Sc., University of California, Davis, 1999
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, UK, 2005`,memberLink:{text:`linkedin.com/in/jennifer-ong`,url:`https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-ong-0166018/`,target:`_blank`}},{memberDescription:`Jackson is from Upstate New York (518!) where lacrosse is king and the Adirondacks reign supreme. Interested in a taste of urban life, he trucked over to Buffalo for undergrad and discovered a vibrant city, rich in history and chicken wings. Having devoured his fair share of culture and developed an interest in microbiology, he shuffled off to Baltimore to further explore the bacterial world and learn a bit about crabs. There he became a self-proclaimed professional photographer (um scale) and a world expert in Fells Point entertainment. With a firm grasp of bacterial growth and division, and a growing familiarity with cities starting with “B”, he moved to Boston to develop a high-throughput platform for antibiotic discovery. As the concrete jungle began to weigh on his well-being, he sought refuge in the bucolic campus of NEB. He now develops high-throughput approaches for engineering polymerases and other nucleic acid modifying enzymes and in his off time enjoys drinking coffee amongst the pines.
Favorite science moment - Reproducible positive results! Celebrate your victories regardless of their size.
`,memberName:`Jackson Buss`,memberTitle:`Research Scientist II`,mediaSrc:`https://media.neb.com/asset/a9c734be-9756-44d7-953b-b9115bfee6f3/thumbnail/webimage-Jackson_Buss_Lab`,memberEducation:`B.Sc., University at Buffalo – SUNY, USA, 2005
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA, 2013`,memberLink:{text:`linkedin.com/in/jackson`,url:`https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackson-b-509a773/`,target:`_blank`}},{memberDescription:`Heidi grew up in Maine and studied biochemistry at the University of Maine, where she worked in a microbial ecology lab. She then went to the University of Wisconsin to study biogeochemistry and microbial metabolism. Her Ph.D. was in microbiology and focused on lysine acetylation in purple photosynthetic bacteria. After graduate school, she did a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Alexander Horswill, first at the University of Iowa and then at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where she studied global regulation of virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In 2019, she moved back to the northeast to take a position as a research scientist at New England Biolabs. In the Ong lab, she mainly works on protein engineering projects and specializes in optimization of expression and function of enzymes involved in DNA replication, modification and degradation. Outside the lab she enjoys exploring local parks and beaches with her family.
Favorite science moment- Falling in love with scientific research during my summers as an undergraduate intern at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center near Damariscotta, Maine.
`,memberName:`Heidi Crosby`,memberTitle:`Research Scientist II`,mediaSrc:`https://media.neb.com/asset/064e7c00-2498-472c-ac6f-3b8e1eb89a4f/thumbnail/webimage-Heidi_Crosby_Lab`,memberEducation:`B.Sc., University of Maine, USA, 2003
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 2005
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 2012`,memberLink:{text:`linkedin.com/in/heidi-crosby`,url:`https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-crosby-b4887111/`,target:`_blank`}},{memberDescription:`Rey first joined NEB in 2016 working in the packaging department while attending the Gloucester Biotechnology Academy. He continued to work at NEB while studying Biology at Salem State University, where he graduated in 2021. After graduation, Rey joined the NEB CLIA lab in which he performed assays for the NEB employee testing program for 2 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Ong lab, Rey is building high-throughput molecular biology workflows to support the discovery of new enzymes.
Favorite science moment - Consistently and accurately performing COVID-19 LAMP assays to keep employees safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
`,memberName:`Reynes (Rey) Moncion`,memberTitle:`Research Technician`,mediaSrc:`https://media.neb.com/asset/74eb4461-7aee-4734-85b7-41f79ddcf745/thumbnail/webimage-Rey_Moncion_Lab`,memberEducation:`Certificate in Biotechnology, Gloucester Biotechnology Academy, USA, 2017
Associates Degree, Northern Essex Community College, USA, 2019
B.Sc., Salem State University, USA, 2021
`,memberLink:{text:`linkedin.com/in/reynes-moncion`,url:`https://www.linkedin.com/in/reynes-moncion-6b1809131/`,target:`_blank`}},{memberDescription:`Katherine is a post baccalaureate researcher in the Ong Lab, where she develops high throughput workflows to uncover novel enzymes. She earned both her B.S. in Microbiology and her M.S. in Applied Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Outside the lab, Katherine enjoys crocheting gifts for friends and family, baking scrumptious treats, and tinkering with mechanical keyboards.
Favorite science moment - Tackling puzzles that reveal the inner workings of molecular mechanisms.
`,memberName:`Katherine Dam`,memberTitle:`Masters Students`,mediaSrc:`https://media.neb.com/asset/5dd762c4-8d63-4167-97ac-83e137c5c924/thumbnail/webimage-Katherine_Dam_Lab`,memberEducation:`B.Sc., University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA, 2023
M.S., University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA, 2024
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