I’m Kasey. I’m currently a Field Applications Scientist for Enterprise Software in the genomics space. Previously I was a Molecular Lab Technical Director for Oncology and after a long struggle, embarked on a different route that is more involved with bioinformatics, coding, and customer-facing. Here I post about random things and use this domain as a bit of a code sandbox. Right now I’m using github pages, jekyll, and namecheap.

I wrote a COVIDSeq protoocl shortly after the pandemic started on protocols.io, similar to the ARCTIC protocol.

Skills/Interests

tech = ['linux', 'Bioinformatics', 'python', 'shell', 'pipelines']
lab = ['DNA', 'RNA', 'NGS', 'Sanger', 'MiSeq', 'NextSeq', 'NovaSeq', 'GAII', '3730xl', '5RACE', 'RNASeq', 'WGS', 'library prep', 'Hamilton']
hobbies = ['gardening', 'poison-dart-frogs', 'reef tanks', 'gaming', 'music']

Badges

  • ASCP Certification in Molecular Biology
  • State of Tennessee Laboratory Supervisor, Molecular Diagnostics

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ring, B. Z., Hout, D. R., Morris, S. W., Lawrence, K., Schweitzer, B. L., Bailey, D. B., … & Seitz, R. S. (2016). Generation of an algorithm based on minimal gene sets to clinically subtype triple negative breast cancer patients. BMC cancer, 16(1), 143.
  • Lawrence, K., Berry, B., Handshoe, J., Hout, D., Mazzola, R., Morris, S. W., & Saltman, D. L. (2015). Detection of a TRAF1-ALK fusion in an anaplastic large cell lymphoma patient with chemotherapy and ALK inhibitor-resistant disease. BMC research notes, 8(1), 308.

POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS

  • BaseSpace Clarity LIMS: Lab Logic Toolkit Tips and Tricks. Lawrence, Kasey. Oral presentation, BaseSpace Suite Summit, 2016.
  • BaseSpace Clarity LIMS: Streamlining the Reporting Process. Lawrence, Kasey. Oral presentation, BaseSpace Suite Summit, 2016.
  • Lawrence et al., Detection of Aberrant ALK Expression from Circulating Tumor Cells for Accurate Monitoring of ALK Driven NSCLC. Poster presentation, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer; 2015 Sep 6-9; Denver, CO.
  • Lawrence et al., Evaluation of Circulating Nucleic Acids for ALK Inhibitor-Resistant Mutational “Hot Spots” Using a Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Panel, The Insight Resistance IDTM. Poster presentation, Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum 2013 Nov 7-8; Baltimore, MD.
  • Handshoe, J. M., Skelton, R. L., Lawrence, K. D., Chatfield, L. E., Morris, S. W., Hout, D. R., & Schweitzer, B. L. (2013, September). Routine Screening for Triple-Negative Adenocarcinoma (TNA) Lung Cancer Patients: A New Hope for a Poor-Prognosis Population. In American Journal of Clinical Pathology (Vol. 140, pp. 149-149). 2100 W HARRISON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60612 USA: AMER SOC CLINICAL PATHOLOGY.
  • Kingma, D.W., Lawrence, K et al. (2020, November). MammaPrint and BluePrint NGS Results are Robust and Accurate for Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer. Poster presentation, Association for Molecular Pathology 2020 Nov 17.