My name is Lynna Li and I’m a DVM Student at Cornell University

I’m passionate about OneHealth and hope to pursue a career in small animal internal medicine and academia.

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Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant, Loftus Lab

Clinical Sciences, Cornell University

Oct 2022 – Present
  • Assisted in data organization looking at Leptospirosis in a population of 60 sled dogs at the Baker Institute
  • Assisted in blood collection and sample processing for the Vaika Dog Project
 
 
 
 
 

VIP Summer Student, Dongre Lab

Biomedical Sciences Sciences, Cornell University

May 2022 – Aug 2022
  • Looked at the effects of EMT on the expression of CD73 in MCF7Ras human breast cancer cell lines
  • Performed tissue cultures, phase-contrast microscopy, Western Blots, and flow cytometry
  • Presented a poster of experiment results at the National Veterinary Scholar Symposium 2022
 
 
 
 
 

Student Assistant at the Spay and Neuter Program

Teaching Hospital, Ontario Veterinary College

Oct 2020 – Apr 2021
  • Skilled in pre-operational and post-operational care, such as administering trazadone and restraining patients for catheter removal
  • Experienced in lab work, such as spinning blood and determining the PCV and TP content
  • Demonstrated the ability to work collaboratively in order to prepare patients for surgery and monitor and discharge patients post-surgery
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant, Arroyo Lab

Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College

Sep 2020 – Mar 2021
  • Assisted in two probiotic trials- one with 24 mares and another with 60 calves
  • Skilled in equine and bovine handling and giving oral supplements via syringes for the study
  • Responsible for performing TPR on calves and collecting fecal swabs and samples to test for various pathogens
  • Collected fecal samples from the mares directly from the rectum and performed phlebotomy on the calves
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant, Gomez Lab

Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College

May 2020 – Apr 2022
  • Performed DNA extractions, purifications, PCRs, gel electrophoresis, and nanograms on over 200 fecal samples
  • Performed bioinformatic analysis using Mothur and JMP on over 10 million raw sequences obtained from fecal samples
  • Wrote literature reviews, published manuscripts, and delivered poster presentations at OVC and ACVIM 2022

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