Skills

  • Typing Skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • English
  • Agriculture
  • plant breeding and seed technology
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  • English and Kiswahili

Experience

Laureen Gatwiri

Education

Laureen Gatwiri

Work experience
  • Research assistant  at   Kalro
  • February, 2016 - January, 2020
  • Fulltime
  • ● Field collection and storage of plant samples for molecular analysis.
  • ● Field trials in different locations and environments.
  • ● Maintenance of pure culture of the MLND causing virus isolates in the screen houses.
  • ● Basic laboratory operations
  • ● Preparation of samples for diagnostics,
  • ● Plant nucleic acid extraction and quantification using a Nano-drop technology,
  • ● Polymerase chain reaction procedures including RT-PCR and q-PCR,
  • ● Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques including DAS and Indirect ELISA.

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