Personal Information / Resume

 Austin Layton

            austinlayton3@hotmail.com                                                                           (c): 503-929-6776                                                                                                

Education

            Azusa Pacific University senior

                        3.7 cumulative GPA as a Biology major with a Leadership minor.

                        Member of the Honors Program

Awards/Honors

            Won a Tri-Beta Research Society Grant for funding of research

            Member of both American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) and Tri-Beta 

                      Research Society

Award for Best Poster Presentation at the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate    

          Research Conference (2012)

President’s List at Azusa Pacific (2010-2013)

National Honor Society inductee (2009)

Westside High School class valedictorian

Employment

            Azusa Pacific University       

                        Research assistant with a focus on colorectal cancer (1/12-present)

            Azusa Pacific University       

                        Chemistry discussion class instructor (8/11-12/11)

Nordstrom

                        Sales Associate, Cashier and Stocker (5/10-12/12 intermittently) 

Posters and Presentations

            Layton A, Martin S, Kuwahara S, LaBonte MJ. Evaluation of the Novel Tumor Suppressor Gene, Defensin-β-1, in Colon Cancer Cells. West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, Ca, USA, April 2012. Abst 13.

            Layton A, Martin S, Kuwahara S, LaBonte MJ. Evaluation of the Novel Tumor Suppressor Gene, Defensin-β-1, in Colon Cancer Cells. American Association of Cancer Researchers’ Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA, April 2013.

                                                                Austin D. Layton, Sybil Magturo, Snay Mallick, Jane Huang, Ethan Gerdts, Pierre O. Bohanes, Heinz-Josef Lenz, (Melissa L. Wilson). Investigation of the Novel Tumor Suppressor, Defensin- -1, and its Action in Colon Cancer Cells.  West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Azusa, California, April 2014.

Community Service

            Young Life Leader at Bonita High School in La Verne, California (2010-present)

            Mexico Outreach (04/12 & 11/13)

            OHSU volunteer guide (5/11-8/11)

            Younglife Work Crew in Malibu, Canada (6/09-7/09)

            Taught Sunday school for kindergarten-3^rd graders 2008-2011

            Coached Special Olympics basketball, Lake Oswego 2006-2007

References available upon request.  Please email austinlayton3@hotmail.com for more details.