{"id":682,"date":"2015-01-30T21:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T21:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/?p=682"},"modified":"2022-01-07T22:09:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:09:12","slug":"lahron-dornhoefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/2015\/01\/30\/lahron-dornhoefer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahron Dornhoefer, Luminex"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-724 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/lahron-dornhoefer.jpg?resize=197%2C131&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"lahron\" width=\"197\" height=\"131\" \/>Education: ACC Biotechnology Program<br \/>\nCompleted Certificate of Biotechnology in the fall 2005<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Employer:\u00a0<\/strong>Luminex Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Luminex is a manufacturer of a bio-assay instrument. This is a very powerful diagnostic and research tool capable of analyzing 100 assays in a single well of a 96-well plate. The instrument utilizes flow cytometry\/laser photomultiplier detection methods to identify fluorescent dyes capsulated in 5 micron polystyrene spheres. The red laser detects the beads and a green laser detects the presence of a captured molecule. Luminex is a young company with a promising future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job duties:\u00a0<\/strong>I am employed as a QC analyst in the instrument test department. My duties are to evaluate the accuracy of the instrument, and the quality of its construction. I run a series of test with control beads, gather the results, and determine if the results meet the requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal:\u00a0<\/strong>After High School I studied X-ray technology but had to put those plans aside to raise a family. I worked in home construction for 15 years and then as a CNC machinist for 12 years. The crash of the electronics industry in Austin caused me to loose my career as a machinist and at the age of 47 I returned to school. I found the Biotech program at ACC to be very challenging, and personally rewarding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most rewarding job aspect:\u00a0<\/strong>It is a good feeling knowing that my job may help to advance the human condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education: ACC Biotechnology Program Completed Certificate of Biotechnology in the fall 2005 Employer:\u00a0Luminex Inc. Luminex is a manufacturer of a bio-assay instrument. This is a very powerful diagnostic and research tool capable of analyzing 100 assays in a single well of a 96-well plate. The instrument utilizes flow cytometry\/laser photomultiplier detection methods to identify fluorescent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-success-stories"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sem.austincc.edu\/biotech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}