Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an Embark scientist? When your dog’s Embark swab goes to the lab to be studied, there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes. Ausra Milano is a research scientist who makes sure Embark’s DNA swabs are processed properly. Ausra is also actively working to advance knowledge about canine genetic health to help dogs live longer and happier lives.
1. What kind of research do you do?
We do genetic testing of dogs here at Embark and my main job is to validate or check or proofread if something goes wrong. Basically, it’s like a second way of assessing if there is some doubt or something hasn’t worked well. My job is one more step of quality control.
The other part of my responsibilities is we have a science team here at Embark that continues to make discoveries and I do the wet lab experimental parts. There are two different ways of doing research in genetics. One way of doing it is computationally on the computer which requires data mining and all kinds of experimental designs that can be done on the computer. Then, the other part of the research is you need to actually do the experiment and test it which is called a wet lab. A wet lab…
5 Questions with Ausra Milano, Embark Research Scientist. Retrieved March 9, 2021 from https://embarkvet.com/resources/blog/5-questions-with-ausra-milano-embark-research-scientist/
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