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CV - JAMIE FITZGERALD, LABORATORY DIRECTOR
Professional experience: PhD was awarded in 1994 followed by 11 years of postdoctoral training in the
US at the University of California at San Francisco and Australia in a wide range of topics in human
biology. Ran an academic biochemistry laboratory for the past 14 years (2006-2020) with a focus on
musculoskeletal biochemistry and molecular biology. This experience includes establishing a molecular
core facility providing biochemical and molecular solutions for researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in
Detroit.
Mastered a wide range of biochemical and molecular techniques, most of which are based on principals of
organic and inorganic chemistry. Trained and supervised >20 graduate and post-graduate students,
medical students and residents, post-doctoral researchers and research technicians in biochemical and
molecular techniques. Published >40 peer-reviewed technical papers, book chapters and systematic
subject reviews on a wide range of topics. Experience with protein biochemistry, affinity chromatography,
DNA cloning and propagation using bacterial cultures, spectrophotometry, DNA/RNA/protein analyses,
COVID testing, quantitative PCR, sample prep for high resolution proteomics mass spectroscopy,
ultracentrifugation, genomic analyses.
Education:
1990-1994 Ph.D. University of Melbourne / Murdoch Childrens’ Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
1986-1989 B.S. (Honors, 1st class) University of Melbourne, Australia
Employment and training:
Director, Bone and Joint Center CRISPR Core
Jun 2016 — September 2020
e Established a genome editing, fee-for-service for internal and external clients.
e Public face of the core, liaise with researchers, develop editing strategies, write service
agreements, in time delivery of custom construct and cell line generation for knock-in and knock-out
gene applications
e Developed an in-house, flexible and programmable plasmid-based genome editing system
Associate Professor, Bone and Joint Center, Henry Ford Hospital
Jan 2014 - 2020
e Lab Director of the Musculoskeletal Genetics unit.
e Conducted research into the biochemical basis of human musculoskeletal disease
e Secured external funding for a variety of cellular and molecular biology and genetic projects
e Oversaw 10 technicians and postdoctoral scientists
Assistant Professor, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Oregon Health and Science University
Jan 2006-Dec 2013
e Managed independent laboratory including budgetary oversight, personnel management and
fulfillment of regulatory requirements
e Described three novel collagen VI protein
e Identified the etiology of several of musculoskeletal disorders
e Commission a whole genome sequencing effort to identify the gene for bilateral clubfoot
e Conducted first studies into the effects of microgravity on cartilage.
