Problem Solver
Alex Silaghi
Areas Alex Silaghi is Knowledgeable in:
Highly virulent infectious disease (Ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers, influenza, etc.) vaccine and therapy development; medical diagnosis and therapy; basic molecular biology and immunology research tools.
Techniques Alex Silaghi Uses:
Group discussion and brainstorming; research of available literature on topic; generation of possible hypotheses explaining problem and identifying feasible models/experiments/tests to test hypotheses;
Alex Silaghi's Problem Solving Skills:
- clinical interviewing skills
- bacterial culture
- polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) analysis and manipulation
- eukaryotic tissue culture
- Bio-safety Level 4 (high containment) Laboratory usage
- flow cytometry
- basic bioinformatics
- protein analysis
- molecular cloning
- virus growth and manipulation
- general medical diagnosis skills
- scientific grant writing skills
- scientific paper writing skills
- critical thinking
- mouse and guine pig handling
Alex Silaghi's Problem Solving Experience:
- I identified molecular pathways activated by a vaccine against Marburg and Ebola virus, which could be possibly used in the future as targets of anti-viral research.
I identified minimal virulence determinants in pandemic H1N1 influenza viruses isolated in 2009 in Mexico.
I obtained a highly competitive Canadian Institutes of Health Research PhD Scholarship worth $130,000 over 3 years.