Problem Solver

Julia Skripka-Serry star Proven Solver

Julia Skripka-Serry

Areas Julia Skripka-Serry is Knowledgeable in:

Bioscience start-ups, Venture Capital

Techniques Julia Skripka-Serry Uses:

I focus on the end result and explore paths which would lead me to it. Oftentimes I explore solutions in reverse, starting with the goal. I prefer to focus on few possible solutions rather than hypothesize in many directions at once.

Julia Skripka-Serry's Problem Solving Skills:

  1. Microbial research--cloning and handling
  2. Laboratory research
  3. Protein Purification
  4. Pharmacokinetics
  5. Knowledge of bio-business start-up
  6. Extensive knowledge of the drug discovery pipeline
  7. Gene cloning
  8. Protein Structure Determination

Julia Skripka-Serry's Problem Solving Experience:

  1. I worked on a bioscience start-up simulator project and founded a lab-on-a-chip type company. Throughout the project I was in touch with inventors and clients. I wrote a business plan which obtained the highest grade in the class.
  2. I was a laboratory demonstrator at university. I supervised and taught undergraduate students during laboratory practicals, marked their practical work and enforced health and safety regulations. I was in charge of groups of 10-15 students, and helped them deal with technical and theoretical queries throughout 3- to 4-hour long laboratory sessions.
  3. I worked on a laboratory project where I grew and analyzed radiotropic fungal species isolated from the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. Suitable quality equipment was not always available and I had to invent alternative experimental strategies on a daily basis.
  4. I carried out an independent five-month-long, Cancer Research UK-funded research project on the role of methyl binding proteins in human cancer. I obtained excellent results through creating non-DNA binding mutants in order to elucidate methyl-binding protein complexes.
  5. I was a member of the Edinburgh University International Genetically Engineered Microorganism (IGEM) team and worked on creating a bacterium able to detect and destroy land mines. I had to test the individual components or "bio-bricks" of the system, in order to prove their efficiency. The team won a gold medal at the jamboree in MIT and obtained worldwide media coverage.