Anli Gao-Stats Member

Method development for sample preparation, isolation and speed detection of pathogens by culture and molecular techniques using immunomagnetic bead separation, centrifugations, etc. Investigation of the potential exposure of pathogen to human in milk using pasteurization, nested PCR, multicomplex PCR and specific culture methods. Experimental design, data analysis and statistics, report writing, and scientific publication. University of Guelph, Department of Pathobiology, Guelph, Ontario Research Assistant 1996 – 1998 Isolation and identification of microbe colonies in food and environmental samples. Plasmid preparation and identification. Investigate the differentiation of pathogenic and nonpathogenic E. coli strains using a variety of primer sets in PCR and hybridization. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Research Assistant 1996 Method development for analyzing the RFLP of E. coli DNA using pulse field gel electrophoresis. University of Guelph, Department of Zoology, Guelph, Ontario Fellow of National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 1993 – 1996 Analyzed and interpreted the geographical and genetic variation of harbor porpoise and the dispersal of populations. Morphometry of parametric and non-parametric characters using multivariate analysis. Age calibration, regression analysis, growth and reproduction, field survey and strategy study for conservation of marine mammals in Bay of Fundy. 1984 – 1993 Established a molecular laboratory. RFLP of mitochondrial DNA in geographical populations of mammals. Marine mammal age determination, life history, morphology and adaptation to habitats. Conservation of endangered species in Yangtze River. Taught Zoology, Cetacean Biology and various subjects including “Important Computer Software for Graduate Students of Science” and “Introduction of Multivariate Analysis” to graduates. Supervised the field surveys and lab work in several scientific research programs on marine mammals. Nanjing Normal University, Department of Biology, Nanjing, P.R. China Lecturer

EDUCATION

B.Com., Department of Computing and Information Science, University of Guelph, 2002 Ph.D., Vertebrate Biology, Department of Biology, Nanjing Normal University, 1991

M.Sc., Department of Biology, Nanjing Normal University, 1984 B.Sc., Department of Biology, Shaanxi Teacher's University, 1982

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