Dan Menasco, B.S. - I received my B.S. in Biochemistry in 2000 and immediately went to work at a local Plant Genetics firm in the Department of Biochemical Genomics as a Bioanalytical chemist. There I investigated secondary metabolites that resulted from genomic alterations in multiple plant species ranging from mint to micro-tomatoes.

I left the firm in 03 and was employed over at the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology at OHSU as a Sr. Research Assistant where I crossed over to the "other" kingdom and began working with mammalian systems until April of 05. In addition to assay development I helped build and operate an introductory Core facility of Mass Spectrometers and other chromatographic instruments.

Currently in the Loftis/Hauser Lab I'm again investigating small organic compounds in order to characterize and quantify in vitro levels of specific neurotransmitters and xenobiotic monoamines by means of both chromatography and spectrometry.