Jacob B.

Arkin
458 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 908-340-7401 arkin.j@husky.neu.edu

Education:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology, May 2018
Recipient of Excellence Scholarship
GPA: 3.77/4.0
Deans List All Semesters
Member of Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society
Member of ASBMB

Publications:
Field, S. D., Arkin J., Li J., and Jones, L. H. (2017) "Selective Downregulation of JAK2 and JAK3
by an ATP-Competitive Pan-JAK Inhibitor." ACS Chemical Biology.

Laboratory Skills:
Cell Culture: Mammalian primary cell culture, E. coli cell culture, pipetting, centrifugation, aseptic
technique, cell counts, bacterial transformations, filtering techniques
Analytical Techniques: Bradford/BCA assays, make protein and urea gels, SDS-PAGE gel
electrophoresis, western blot, thin layer chromatography, cellular thermal shift assay, PCR
Lab Safety: General safety in BL2 labs, operation of biosafety cabinets and flow hoods
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel

Work Experience:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA January 2016-June 2016
Learning Lab Co-op
Assist in high school class visits to the Learning Lab
Teach a full class of 26 students
Help create curricula for high-school-age laboratory experiments
Prep materials for class visits
Assist in afterschool programming

Northeastern University, Boston, MA September 2016-December 2016

Undergraduate Researcher, DNA Damage Recognition and Tolerance Laboratory October 2015-December 2015
Prepare and anneal oligonucleotides
Perform solubility and expression studies on -clamp protein in various E. coli strains
Assist in protein purification
Prepare solutions

Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA January 2016-June 2016

Chemical Biology Co-op
Evaluated protein degradation using various chemical biology techniques
Examined degradation mechanism for protein of interest
Cell culture of primary cells
Time course experiments

Northeastern University, Boston, MA September 2015- December 2015

Peer Mentor
Lead small-group discussions that engaged and motivated new students to get acquainted with Northeastern
Reflect on and share in-class and out-of-class experiences, provide advice, and answer questions

Volunteer Experience:
Husky Volunteer Team, Boston, MA May-June 2016
Tutored high school students in STEM subjects
Jumpstart Early Education Program, Boston, MA January-May 2015
Corps Member
Worked with 6 Corps members to plan and implement activities twice weekly for 14 preschool children