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Dr. Lindsey Goff
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Haematological malignancies; B- and T-cell immunology; Tumour microenvironment
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Solid cancers
Biography
Dr Lindsey Goff was with Cancer Research UK for 25 years doing basic immunology and cancer research, in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Ultimately, she specialised in haematological oncology, in particular follicular lymphoma, and focused on the molecular detection of minimal disease levels and on the immune...
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Dr. Cecile Rouleau
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Cell and molecular biology; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cell cycle; Signal transduction
Biography
Cecile Rouleau has been working and publishing for 13 years in the area of cancer research. Cecile has studied tumor angiogenesis at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA) before joining Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, MA) to work on antibody and small molecule drug discovery.
Qualifications
PhD Biochemistry, Tufts...
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Dr. Julia Burnier
Cancer Research
After completing a Bachelor of Science Honours degree at Queenâs University, Dr. Burnier pursued a PhD in cell biology from McGill University where her thesis was given distinction. The focus of her PhD was the metastatic potential of cancer cells and the molecular mechanisms underlying invasion and angiogenesis.
Julia went on to become a post-doctoral researcher in clinical research at McGill, where she studied the role of inhibitors of growth on a metastasis model. She then pursued...
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Dr. Julie Roda
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Immunology; Cancer biology; Molecular and cellular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cancer genetics; Medical oncology; Physiology
Biography
Dr Julie Roda's overall research interests lie in the immunosuppressive effects of cancer in the tumor microenvironment and the manner in which infiltrating immune cells can influence cancer growth and progression. As a graduate student at Ohio State, she worked to characterize the response of natural killer (NK) cells...
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Dr. Stephen Cooke
Cancer Research
Dr. Stephen Cooke received his undergraduate degree in Biological Chemistry from The City University, London in 1991 and his PhD in Immunology from KingÃâs College, London in 1995. His PhD focused the immunobiology of xenograft rejection, a complex subject requiring an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems.
His first post-doctoral position was a research fellowship at the world-renowned Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London, where his work...
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Dr. Corina Marx
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Cell biology; Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Signal transduction; Ubiquitination
Biography
Dr. Corina Marx obtained her PhD in the Plant and Microbial Biology department of the University of California at Berkeley studying the role of proteases in the regulation of seed dormancy. Dr. Marx shifted her focus to biomedical sciences to pursue a specialisation in cancer research during her postdoctoral fellowship. She...
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Dr. Christopher Patil
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology; Neuroscience; Protein biochemistry; Signal transduction
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Developmental biology; Immunology; Microbiology; Biophysics
Biography
Dr Christopher Patil pursued a Ph.D. at the University of California-San Francisco, studying signal transduction in cellular stress responses. At UCSF, thesis work involved some of the earliest functional genomics studies to use expression profiling by microarrays. After a postdoctoral...
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Dr. Cecilia Devoto
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Microbiology; Infectious disease
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Malariology; Cellular, Molecular and Medical Parasitology
Biography
Dr. Cecilia Devoto's doctorate focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, to invade target mammalian cells. She assisted with the generation of transgenic malaria parasites used to elucidate specific gene function at the Laboratory of...
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Mr. Stephen Armstrong
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Pharmacology; Endocrinology; Molecular biology; Cell signalling
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Molecular neuroscience; Cancer biology
Biography
Dr. Stephen Armstrong's doctorate focused on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor signaling and the neuroendocrine control of reproduction, and he identified novel mechanisms of GnRH pulse frequency decoding. He performed post-doctoral research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA,...
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Dr. Kelie Reece
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology, Proteomics, Molecular biology, Pharmacology, Signaling
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell biology, Drug discovery
Biography
Dr. Reece obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University, after which she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cancer Research, using elements of both Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Reece has extensive editing experience as she has reviewed many manuscripts for peer-reviewed...
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Dr. Valerie Matarese
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Molecular and cellular biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemical techniques; Signal transduction; Genomics
Biography
After completing her studies, Valerie did post-doctoral research at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, USA) and was employed for 5 years by the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo (now GlaxoSmithKlein). In 1997, she launched an independent enterprise offering editing, original content...
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Dr. Karen Pulford
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Haematological malignancies; Biomarkers; Cancer biology; Tumour immunology and microenvironment; Immunotherapy; Monoclonal antibody technology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Solid tumours; Diagnostic/prognostic techniques; Chemotherapy
Biography
Dr Karen Pulford worked at the University of Oxford over a period of 29 years during which time she directed research, becoming the Reader in Immunodiagnostics in 2008. Her initial area of research was in the field of...
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Dr. Kenneth McCreath
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research and molecular metabolism
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Biography
Dr Kenneth McCreath received a University education in Scotland and has worked as a research scientist in various institutions for 20 years, including post-doctoral stays at MIT (Cambridge, MA) and Aberdeen University (Scotland, UK), where he worked on fungal cell-wall remodelling. In 1993, Kenneth took a break from academic research and joined...
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Dr. Stephany Tzeng
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Nanotechnology, Cancer Research, Tissue Engineering
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Immunology, Vaccine Delivery, Brain Cancer, Polymer Science, Stem Cells
Biography
Dr. Stephany Tzeng earned her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering in 2009 from Yale University, where she wrote her thesis on the use of biodegradable polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery, with applications to neural tissue engineering. Her doctoral work in...
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Dr. Maria Muccioli
Cancer Research
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer, immunology, embryonic development
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Autoimmune diseases (in particular multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes)
Biography
I hold a B.S. degree in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology. My research interests span several disciplines, including cancer, immunology, development, and autoimmune diseases. As a graduate student, I investigated the immunobiology of ovarian and breast cancer in vitro and in vivo. As...
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Dr. Laura Zonia
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant Science; Biochemistry; Cell and Molecular Biology; Biophysics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Medical Science; Chemistry; Bioengineering; Nanoscience
Biography
Dr Laura Zonia has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and has worked as a research scientist, project leader, scientific author, and peer-reviewer for more than 20 years. Her primary research areas include plant cell biology, dynamical and complex systems, and plant physiology. She has authored more than 15...
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Dr. Cecile Rouleau
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Cell and molecular biology; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cell cycle; Signal transduction
Biography
Cecile Rouleau has been working and publishing for 13 years in the area of cancer research. Cecile has studied tumor angiogenesis at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA) before joining Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, MA) to work on antibody and small molecule drug discovery.
Qualifications
PhD Biochemistry, Tufts...
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Dr. Julia Burnier
Cell Biology
After completing a Bachelor of Science Honours degree at Queenâs University, Dr. Burnier pursued a PhD in cell biology from McGill University where her thesis was given distinction. The focus of her PhD was the metastatic potential of cancer cells and the molecular mechanisms underlying invasion and angiogenesis.
Julia went on to become a post-doctoral researcher in clinical research at McGill, where she studied the role of inhibitors of growth on a metastasis model. She then pursued...
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Dr. Julie Roda
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Immunology; Cancer biology; Molecular and cellular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cancer genetics; Medical oncology; Physiology
Biography
Dr Julie Roda's overall research interests lie in the immunosuppressive effects of cancer in the tumor microenvironment and the manner in which infiltrating immune cells can influence cancer growth and progression. As a graduate student at Ohio State, she worked to characterize the response of natural killer (NK) cells...
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Dr. Corina Marx
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Cell biology; Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Signal transduction; Ubiquitination
Biography
Dr. Corina Marx obtained her PhD in the Plant and Microbial Biology department of the University of California at Berkeley studying the role of proteases in the regulation of seed dormancy. Dr. Marx shifted her focus to biomedical sciences to pursue a specialisation in cancer research during her postdoctoral fellowship. She...
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Dr. Christopher Patil
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology; Neuroscience; Protein biochemistry; Signal transduction
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Developmental biology; Immunology; Microbiology; Biophysics
Biography
Dr Christopher Patil pursued a Ph.D. at the University of California-San Francisco, studying signal transduction in cellular stress responses. At UCSF, thesis work involved some of the earliest functional genomics studies to use expression profiling by microarrays. After a postdoctoral...
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Dr. Cecilia Devoto
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Microbiology; Infectious disease
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Malariology; Cellular, Molecular and Medical Parasitology
Biography
Dr. Cecilia Devoto's doctorate focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, to invade target mammalian cells. She assisted with the generation of transgenic malaria parasites used to elucidate specific gene function at the Laboratory of...
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Dr. Dolores Mruk
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Reproductive Physiology; Endocrinology; Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology
Biography
Dr. Dolores Mruk is currently studying male reproductive physiology at the Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council in New York. Her research focuses on understanding how Sertoli and germ cells in the testis communicate with each other and how these interactions can be transiently disrupted. Her research findings are being translated into identifying safe and...
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Dr. Anne Claire Burns
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Meiosis & Mitosis, Plant Biology, Fungal Biology, Biochemistry, Gene Expression. Cell & Molecular Biology, Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cytogenetics, Evolution, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Education
Biography
Dr Claire Burns holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and has worked as a researcher, educator, and writer in Europe and the USA over the past 15 years. Dr Burns has extensive research experience within academia, and...
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Dr. Cathy Thaler
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Developmental biology; Signal transduction; Protein biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Fertilisation; Organelle motility; Egg activation; Early development
Biography
Dr. Thaler's training incorporates a broad background in cell, molecular, and developmental biology, as well as reproductive biology. Her research endeavours began with work as a mariculturist studying captive breeding of Homarus americanus. Since graduate school she has...
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Dr. Kelly Jackson
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Molecular nutrition; Technical reports
Biography
Dr. Kelly Jackson has a diverse background with experience in multiple fields of research, gained through employment in academic, government, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries in the UK and Canada. Prior to her doctoral work, Dr. Jackson was employed as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry, where she was responsible...
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Dr. Kim Brownhill
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Cell cycle; Molecular trafficking
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Endocytosis; Molecular motors; Cytoskeleton
Biography
Dr. Kim Brownhill gained a First Class BSc in Biology and completed her PhD on the function and regulation of kinesin-1, -2, and -3 at the University of Manchester. She performed research into the composition of the endosomal-specific ESCRT1 complex as a Research Associate at the Faculty of Life Science, University of Manchester,...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Cell Biology
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Dr. Fiona Russell
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Cell biology; Molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Pain; Arthritis; Inflammation; Vascular biology; Neuropeptides; Ion channels; Cytokines; Proteases; In vivo electrophysiology; Leukocyte recruitment
Biography
Dr. Fiona Russell graduated from the University of Oxford in 2003 with a first class Masters degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and received her PhD in Pharmacology from King's College London in 2007. Her...
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Dr. Rob Rigor
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Protein kinases/phosphorylation; Cell signalling; Microvascular physiology; Blood-brain barrier; Endothelial cell biology; Protein biochemistry; Cell physiology; Membrane transport; Cell volume regulation
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cell signalling; Vertebrate physiology; Cardiovascular physiology; Inflammation; Membrane biology; Cell biology; Membrane biology; Neurobiology; Molecular biology; Fluorescence imaging; Analytic chemistry; Enzyme kinetics
Biography
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Dr. John Ankers
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Systems Biology; Live cell imaging; Cell cycle; Intracellular signalling in cancer and inflammation
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Metabolism; Computational biology; Bioinformatics
Biography
Dr John Ankers has an interdisciplinary background combining computer science, mathematics and cellular and molecular biology. He has worked at the overlap of these fields for prominent groups at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, developing predictive...
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Dr. Valerie Matarese
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Molecular and cellular biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemical techniques; Signal transduction; Genomics
Biography
After completing her studies, Valerie did post-doctoral research at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, USA) and was employed for 5 years by the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo (now GlaxoSmithKlein). In 1997, she launched an independent enterprise offering editing, original content...
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Dr. Tina Bakolitsa
Cell Biology
Biography
Dr Tina Bakolitsa has worked as a researcher in both the US and UK (Burnham Institute for Medical Research, CA; The Salk Institute, CA; University of Leicester, UK) in a range of life science fields including biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cellular biology, neuroscience and bioinformatics. Her research output includes over 30 peer-reviewed publications, and she has extensive experience editing and reviewing academic manuscripts in both formal and informal capacities.
...
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Dr. Dolores Takemoto
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology; Genetics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retina and lens research; Protein biochemistry; Enzymology; Animal models; Diabetes
Biography
Dr Takemoto has expertise with editing research grants, book chapters, and reviews. She has over 100 publications, and 32 years of research experience. She served for 10 years on the NIH Visual Sciences Small Business Study Section from 2000 â 2010, three times per year. She...
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Dr. Matthew Andrusiak
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cells, Regeneration
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell Cycle, Cell Biology
Biography
Dr. Matthew Andrusiak received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Andrusiakâs graduate work examined the role of the retinoblastoma protein during nervous system development and maintenance using mouse models, primary neuronal culture and...
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Dr. James Marchand
Cell Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Inflammatory Diseases, Cell Biology, Animal Behaviour, Neurodegeneration, and Anatomical Sciences
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Gene Expression, Neuropharmacology, Stem Cell Biology, Pharmacology of Pain, Molecular Biology, Image Analysis, and Neurophysiology,
Biography
Dr Marchand's career has broadly focused on neuroscience research, with an emphasis on inflammatory diseases. Through these researches, Dr Marchand has developed wide expertise in a variety of...
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Dr. Laura Zonia
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant Science; Biochemistry; Cell and Molecular Biology; Biophysics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Medical Science; Chemistry; Bioengineering; Nanoscience
Biography
Dr Laura Zonia has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and has worked as a research scientist, project leader, scientific author, and peer-reviewer for more than 20 years. Her primary research areas include plant cell biology, dynamical and complex systems, and plant physiology. She has authored more than 15...
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Dr. Dolores Mruk
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Reproductive Physiology; Endocrinology; Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology
Biography
Dr. Dolores Mruk is currently studying male reproductive physiology at the Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council in New York. Her research focuses on understanding how Sertoli and germ cells in the testis communicate with each other and how these interactions can be transiently disrupted. Her research findings are being translated into identifying safe and...
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Dr. Cathy Thaler
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Developmental biology; Signal transduction; Protein biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Fertilisation; Organelle motility; Egg activation; Early development
Biography
Dr. Thaler's training incorporates a broad background in cell, molecular, and developmental biology, as well as reproductive biology. Her research endeavours began with work as a mariculturist studying captive breeding of Homarus americanus. Since graduate school she has...
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Dr. Jennifer Lockhart
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Developmental biology; Chromatin and DNA repair
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology; Plant Genetics
Biography
Jennifer started her scientific career at the age of 17, when she worked in a laboratory that used NMR spectroscopy to study calcium ATPase. After earning a BA degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, she pursued a PhD in Botany at the University of Maryland. She studied the developmental genetics of in vitro...
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Dr. Maria Muccioli
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer, immunology, embryonic development
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Autoimmune diseases (in particular multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes)
Biography
I hold a B.S. degree in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology. My research interests span several disciplines, including cancer, immunology, development, and autoimmune diseases. As a graduate student, I investigated the immunobiology of ovarian and breast cancer in vitro and in vivo. As...
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Dr. Taniya Dhillon
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology, abiotic stress tolerance, plant biotechnology, botany, agronomy, agriculture
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant genetics and genomics, developmental biology, biochemistry, epigenetics
Biography
I hold Ph.D. and Masters degrees in Horticulture and Crop Science, with a specialization in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelors degree in Crop Science from Punjab...
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Dr. Matthew Andrusiak
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cells, Regeneration
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell Cycle, Cell Biology
Biography
Dr. Matthew Andrusiak received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Andrusiakâs graduate work examined the role of the retinoblastoma protein during nervous system development and maintenance using mouse models, primary neuronal culture and...
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Dr. John Fredieu
Developmental Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, neuroscience, developmental biology, anatomy, embryology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies, development of active learning methods in advanced medical education.
Biography
Dr Fredieu has 30 years of research experience in neuroscience, developmental biology, and CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies using molecular biological, histological, and genetic techniques in a broad range of animal models. His research experience also includes...
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Dr. Nancy Jennings
Ecology, Wildlife & Forestry
Main Areas of Expertise
Ecology; Conservation science; Bioacoustics; Agricultural ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Behavioural ecology; Marine biology; Food webs; Population dynamics; Whole-organism biology; Mammalian biology; Echolocation
Taxa in which she has specialist knowledge: mammals, bats, hares and other lagomorphs, cetaceans, pinnipeds and shrews
Biography
Since obtaining her PhD from the University of Bristol, Dr Nancy Jennings worked as a commissioning editor in...
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Dr. Rob Parmelee
Ecology, Wildlife & Forestry
Main Areas of Expertise
Ecology; Environmental Science; Soil Biology; Entomology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Ecosystems; Nutrient Cycling; Soil Ecology; Agroecology and Agroecosystems; Ecotoxicology; Evolution; Soil Science
Biography
Dr. Parmelee has a Ph.D. in ecology and M.S. and B.S. degrees in entomology. He had a 30-year career as a research scientist at the University of California, Riverside, the University of Georgia, Rutgers University, and the Ohio State University. His...
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Dr. Karl Embleton
Ecology, Wildlife & Forestry
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroimaging, Cognitive Psychology, Medical Imaging, Image Analysis and Processing
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Marine and Freshwater Biology, Ecology, Agricultural Sciences
Biography
Dr Karl Embleton has a PhD in Psychology and specializes in neuroimaging techniques and cognitive neuroscience. He has over 20 years of academic experience, having worked in a variety of disciplines including neuroimaging, medical imaging, image analysis and marine biology. Dr...
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Dr. Steven Stoddard
Ecology, Wildlife & Forestry
Main Areas of Expertise
Infectious disease ecology and epidemiology, ecology, public health, vector biology (medical entomology), tropical medicine, (arbo-) virology, and microbiology and pathogens.
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology, population genetics, physiology, immunology, applied statistics, mathematical modelling, simulation modelling, (bio) geography, and behavioural ecology.
Biography
Dr. Stoddard began his career in biological research as an undergraduate...
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Dr. Dean Rea
Ecology, Wildlife & Forestry
Main Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Enzymology, and Pharmacology
Ecology, Conservation Science, Environmental Science, and Evolutionary Biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Bioinformatics, Proteomics, and Microbiology
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry
Biography
Dr Dean Rea obtained a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of East Anglia, which included an intercalated year of Synthetic...
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Dr. David Hughes
Ecology, Wildlife & Forestry
Main Areas of Expertise
Marine biology, with particular expertise in benthic ecology. Research experience in a wide range of marine environments including temperate coastal ecosystems, tropical coral reefs and the deep sea.
Secondary Areas of Expertise
All aspects of marine biology, and in zoology and palaeontology in general.
Qualifications
PhD Experimental study of life-history variation in marine bryozoans. University of Wales (1987)
BSc (Hons.) Zoology. University of Reading...
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Dr. Dale Walters
Ecology, Wildlife & Forestry
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant Science, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Fungal Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant-Insect Interactions
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant Ecology, Entomology, Signal transduction, Evolution, Horticulture,
Biography
Dale holds a BSc in Plant Science from Imperial College, London (1978) and a PhD from Lancaster University (1981). His main research interests included interactions between plants and pathogens, including the...
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Dr. Julie Roda
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Immunology; Cancer biology; Molecular and cellular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cancer genetics; Medical oncology; Physiology
Biography
Dr Julie Roda's overall research interests lie in the immunosuppressive effects of cancer in the tumor microenvironment and the manner in which infiltrating immune cells can influence cancer growth and progression. As a graduate student at Ohio State, she worked to characterize the response of natural killer (NK) cells...
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Dr. Andrea Kay
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Medical genetics; biochemistry; molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Genetics of coronary artery disease and the dyslipidemias; diabetes; genetic association studies
Biography
Dr. Andrea Kay worked for several years in the Human Metabolism and Genetics Department at St. Bartholomew's Medical College, a laboratory in which the main topics of research were the effects of genetic variation on susceptibility to common diseases, such as dyslipidaemia and...
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Dr. Jennifer Lockhart
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Developmental biology; Chromatin and DNA repair
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology; Plant Genetics
Biography
Jennifer started her scientific career at the age of 17, when she worked in a laboratory that used NMR spectroscopy to study calcium ATPase. After earning a BA degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, she pursued a PhD in Botany at the University of Maryland. She studied the developmental genetics of in vitro...
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Dr. Harriet McWatters
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant science, Quantitative genetics, Circadian clock, Molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biochemistry, Evolutionary biology, Molecular genetics
Biography
Dr. Harriet McWatters holds a first class degree and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and was a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford. She has an extensive track record of publications in the fields of plant science,...
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Dr. Joanna Mackie
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Microbiology; Mycology; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Proteomics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Enzymology; Archaea; Fungal Infectious Diseases
Biography
During her MSc and PhD studies, Dr Mackie explored the role of multidrug efflux systems in bacterial chloramphenicol resistance. She also investigated human gut microflora, as part of a pre-doctoral Marie-Curie Fellowship at the Rowett Institute (Aberdeen, UK). Dr Mackie then sought to expand her...
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Dr. Katrina Woolcock
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Biochemistry; Gene expression; Epigenetics & Chromatin; RNA interference; Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Non-coding RNAs; Transcription; Nuclear organization; Stress responses; DNA damage & repair
Biography
After completing a BA and MSci in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, Dr. Katrina Woolcock moved to Switzerland to pursue a PhD at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel. Here, she studied the role of the RNA...
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Dr. Aoife Doherty
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics, Network Evolution, Ageing and Longevity, Population Genetics, Computational Genetics, Evolutionary Biology.
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cancer Genetics, Genomics, Computational Biology (e.g. gene duplication and gene expression analyses, using large cohort data).
Biography
Dr. Aoife Doherty holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. During this time, she studied...
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Dr. Dolores Takemoto
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology; Genetics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retina and lens research; Protein biochemistry; Enzymology; Animal models; Diabetes
Biography
Dr Takemoto has expertise with editing research grants, book chapters, and reviews. She has over 100 publications, and 32 years of research experience. She served for 10 years on the NIH Visual Sciences Small Business Study Section from 2000 â 2010, three times per year. She...
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Dr. Taniya Dhillon
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology, abiotic stress tolerance, plant biotechnology, botany, agronomy, agriculture
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant genetics and genomics, developmental biology, biochemistry, epigenetics
Biography
I hold Ph.D. and Masters degrees in Horticulture and Crop Science, with a specialization in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelors degree in Crop Science from Punjab...
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Dr. Matthew Andrusiak
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cells, Regeneration
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell Cycle, Cell Biology
Biography
Dr. Matthew Andrusiak received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Andrusiakâs graduate work examined the role of the retinoblastoma protein during nervous system development and maintenance using mouse models, primary neuronal culture and...
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Dr. John Fredieu
Genetics
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, neuroscience, developmental biology, anatomy, embryology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies, development of active learning methods in advanced medical education.
Biography
Dr Fredieu has 30 years of research experience in neuroscience, developmental biology, and CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies using molecular biological, histological, and genetic techniques in a broad range of animal models. His research experience also includes...
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Dr. Claudia Copeland
Genomic & Computational Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Virology; Molecular Biology; Molecular Entomology & Parasitology; Computational Genetics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retrovirology and tropical virology
Biography
Dr. Claudia Copeland holds a PhD in molecular and cellular biology, specialising in parasitology and tropical medicine (Tulane University), and has completed postdoctoral fellowships in molecular entomology (United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) and...
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Dr. Christopher Patil
Genomic & Computational Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology; Neuroscience; Protein biochemistry; Signal transduction
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Developmental biology; Immunology; Microbiology; Biophysics
Biography
Dr Christopher Patil pursued a Ph.D. at the University of California-San Francisco, studying signal transduction in cellular stress responses. At UCSF, thesis work involved some of the earliest functional genomics studies to use expression profiling by microarrays. After a postdoctoral...
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Dr. Anne Claire Burns
Genomic & Computational Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Meiosis & Mitosis, Plant Biology, Fungal Biology, Biochemistry, Gene Expression. Cell & Molecular Biology, Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cytogenetics, Evolution, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Education
Biography
Dr Claire Burns holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and has worked as a researcher, educator, and writer in Europe and the USA over the past 15 years. Dr Burns has extensive research experience within academia, and...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Genomic & Computational Biology
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Dr. Valerie Matarese
Genomic & Computational Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Molecular and cellular biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemical techniques; Signal transduction; Genomics
Biography
After completing her studies, Valerie did post-doctoral research at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, USA) and was employed for 5 years by the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo (now GlaxoSmithKlein). In 1997, she launched an independent enterprise offering editing, original content...
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Dr. Katrina Woolcock
Genomic & Computational Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Biochemistry; Gene expression; Epigenetics & Chromatin; RNA interference; Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Non-coding RNAs; Transcription; Nuclear organization; Stress responses; DNA damage & repair
Biography
After completing a BA and MSci in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, Dr. Katrina Woolcock moved to Switzerland to pursue a PhD at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel. Here, she studied the role of the RNA...
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Dr. Taniya Dhillon
Genomic & Computational Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology, abiotic stress tolerance, plant biotechnology, botany, agronomy, agriculture
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant genetics and genomics, developmental biology, biochemistry, epigenetics
Biography
I hold Ph.D. and Masters degrees in Horticulture and Crop Science, with a specialization in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelors degree in Crop Science from Punjab...
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Dr. Lindsey Goff
Immunology
Main Areas of Expertise
Haematological malignancies; B- and T-cell immunology; Tumour microenvironment
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Solid cancers
Biography
Dr Lindsey Goff was with Cancer Research UK for 25 years doing basic immunology and cancer research, in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Ultimately, she specialised in haematological oncology, in particular follicular lymphoma, and focused on the molecular detection of minimal disease levels and on the immune...
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Dr. Julie Roda
Immunology
Main Areas of Expertise
Immunology; Cancer biology; Molecular and cellular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cancer genetics; Medical oncology; Physiology
Biography
Dr Julie Roda's overall research interests lie in the immunosuppressive effects of cancer in the tumor microenvironment and the manner in which infiltrating immune cells can influence cancer growth and progression. As a graduate student at Ohio State, she worked to characterize the response of natural killer (NK) cells...
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Dr. Stephen Cooke
Immunology
Dr. Stephen Cooke received his undergraduate degree in Biological Chemistry from The City University, London in 1991 and his PhD in Immunology from KingÃâs College, London in 1995. His PhD focused the immunobiology of xenograft rejection, a complex subject requiring an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems.
His first post-doctoral position was a research fellowship at the world-renowned Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London, where his work...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Immunology
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Dr. Richard Alexander
Immunology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Immunology; Molecular Biology; Protein Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Virology; Immunology; Diabetes; Infectious diseases
Biography
Over 10 years of experience in Biotechnology and Medical Education
Over 7 years as a full-time Medical Writer
Scientific research in Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology, Protein Biochemistry
Qualifications
PhD Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA (1979)
MSc Chemistry...
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Dr. Yinka Zevering
Immunology
Dr. Yinka Zevering obtained a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and Zoology in the University of Queensland, Australia, and a PhD in Immunology and Tropical Medicine in the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Her PhD project, which involved extensive field work in Thailand, involved the identification of malaria protein T-cell epitopes for potential inclusion in an anti-malaria vaccine. Later work at the Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin involved searching for potential...
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Dr. Karen Pulford
Immunology
Main Areas of Expertise
Haematological malignancies; Biomarkers; Cancer biology; Tumour immunology and microenvironment; Immunotherapy; Monoclonal antibody technology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Solid tumours; Diagnostic/prognostic techniques; Chemotherapy
Biography
Dr Karen Pulford worked at the University of Oxford over a period of 29 years during which time she directed research, becoming the Reader in Immunodiagnostics in 2008. Her initial area of research was in the field of...
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Dr. Stephany Tzeng
Immunology
Main Areas of Expertise
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Nanotechnology, Cancer Research, Tissue Engineering
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Immunology, Vaccine Delivery, Brain Cancer, Polymer Science, Stem Cells
Biography
Dr. Stephany Tzeng earned her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering in 2009 from Yale University, where she wrote her thesis on the use of biodegradable polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery, with applications to neural tissue engineering. Her doctoral work in...
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Dr. Maria Muccioli
Immunology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer, immunology, embryonic development
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Autoimmune diseases (in particular multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes)
Biography
I hold a B.S. degree in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology. My research interests span several disciplines, including cancer, immunology, development, and autoimmune diseases. As a graduate student, I investigated the immunobiology of ovarian and breast cancer in vitro and in vivo. As...
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Dr. Claudia Copeland
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Virology; Molecular Biology; Molecular Entomology & Parasitology; Computational Genetics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retrovirology and tropical virology
Biography
Dr. Claudia Copeland holds a PhD in molecular and cellular biology, specialising in parasitology and tropical medicine (Tulane University), and has completed postdoctoral fellowships in molecular entomology (United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) and...
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Dr. Lindsey Goff
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Haematological malignancies; B- and T-cell immunology; Tumour microenvironment
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Solid cancers
Biography
Dr Lindsey Goff was with Cancer Research UK for 25 years doing basic immunology and cancer research, in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Ultimately, she specialised in haematological oncology, in particular follicular lymphoma, and focused on the molecular detection of minimal disease levels and on the immune...
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Dr. Julia Burnier
Medical Reports
After completing a Bachelor of Science Honours degree at Queenâs University, Dr. Burnier pursued a PhD in cell biology from McGill University where her thesis was given distinction. The focus of her PhD was the metastatic potential of cancer cells and the molecular mechanisms underlying invasion and angiogenesis.
Julia went on to become a post-doctoral researcher in clinical research at McGill, where she studied the role of inhibitors of growth on a metastasis model. She then pursued...
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Dr. Stephen Cooke
Medical Reports
Dr. Stephen Cooke received his undergraduate degree in Biological Chemistry from The City University, London in 1991 and his PhD in Immunology from KingÃâs College, London in 1995. His PhD focused the immunobiology of xenograft rejection, a complex subject requiring an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems.
His first post-doctoral position was a research fellowship at the world-renowned Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London, where his work...
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Dr. Corina Marx
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Cell biology; Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Signal transduction; Ubiquitination
Biography
Dr. Corina Marx obtained her PhD in the Plant and Microbial Biology department of the University of California at Berkeley studying the role of proteases in the regulation of seed dormancy. Dr. Marx shifted her focus to biomedical sciences to pursue a specialisation in cancer research during her postdoctoral fellowship. She...
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Dr. Cecilia Devoto
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Microbiology; Infectious disease
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Malariology; Cellular, Molecular and Medical Parasitology
Biography
Dr. Cecilia Devoto's doctorate focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, to invade target mammalian cells. She assisted with the generation of transgenic malaria parasites used to elucidate specific gene function at the Laboratory of...
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Dr. Clement Weinberger
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Signal transduction; Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Infectious diseases; Public health; Vaccines; Clinical case studies
Biography
Dr. Clement Weinberger has been a medical and biological science writer and editor for nearly 20 years and holds a PhD. in Cell Biology from New York University. His thesis research was on cell communication during development of spatial patterns in early animal development. He has additional experience...
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Dr. Andrea Kay
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Medical genetics; biochemistry; molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Genetics of coronary artery disease and the dyslipidemias; diabetes; genetic association studies
Biography
Dr. Andrea Kay worked for several years in the Human Metabolism and Genetics Department at St. Bartholomew's Medical College, a laboratory in which the main topics of research were the effects of genetic variation on susceptibility to common diseases, such as dyslipidaemia and...
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Dr. Dan Barker
Medical Reports
Dr. Dan Barker has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Adelaide, a Masters of Engineering Science from the University of Adelaide and Ph.D. from Flinders University in the field of Orthopaedic Biomechanics. His Masters and Ph.D. thesis work involved understanding the mechanisms by which artificial joints following implantation for a variety of orthopaedic conditions. Dan has worked as postdoctoral Fellow in Lund, Sweden, developing significant insights towards the design of a novel...
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Dr. Jennifer Stephenson
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Neurosciences; Medical reports; Psychology; Human physiology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Neurophysiology; Neuromuscular system; Sensorimotor system; Motor control; Balance; Gait; Movement analyses; Electromyography; Single neuron and motor unit recordings; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Galvanic vestibular stimulation
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Stephenson has a PhD in Clinical Science and specialises in neurophysiology of the sensory and motor systems. She is...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Medical Reports
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Dr. Parveen Khan
Medical Reports
Dr Parveen Khan holds a BSc. (joint honours) in Applied Science (Biology and Chemistry) from the University of Sheffield and a PhD in Analytical Science from the University of Manchester. Dr Khan undertook a period of postdoctoral training at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research (the research arm of the world famous Christie NHS Foundation Trust). She collaborated with scientists and clinicians at the Christie Hospital, other hospitals and universities to develop appropriate analytical...
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Dr. Richard Alexander
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Immunology; Molecular Biology; Protein Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Virology; Immunology; Diabetes; Infectious diseases
Biography
Over 10 years of experience in Biotechnology and Medical Education
Over 7 years as a full-time Medical Writer
Scientific research in Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology, Protein Biochemistry
Qualifications
PhD Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA (1979)
MSc Chemistry...
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Dr. Yinka Zevering
Medical Reports
Dr. Yinka Zevering obtained a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and Zoology in the University of Queensland, Australia, and a PhD in Immunology and Tropical Medicine in the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Her PhD project, which involved extensive field work in Thailand, involved the identification of malaria protein T-cell epitopes for potential inclusion in an anti-malaria vaccine. Later work at the Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin involved searching for potential...
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Dr. Agnella Matic
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Biomedical engineering, Biomedical optics, Neuroscience, Otolaryngology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Medical devices, Medical imaging, Ophthalmology
Biography
Dr Agnella Izzo Matic has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and an Essential Skills certificate from the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). Dr Matic possesses advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to interpret complex research and translate it to a broad audience, and is committed to...
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Dr. Gina Battaglia
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Metabolic disorders, Exercise physiology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Endocrinology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Clinical research, Epidemiology, Oncology, Pharmacology, Infectious disease, Gastroenterology, Preventative medicine
Biography
Dr. Battaglia has been writing and editing manuscripts, press releases, online articles, grant proposals, college-level educational material, and blog posts for over eight years. Her research expertise includes metabolic...
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Dr. Sundrela Kamhieh-Milz
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Transfusion medicine, Haematology, Phlebotomy, Non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Virology, Clinical studies, Hypertension, Social medicine, Laboratory diagnostics
Biography
Dr. Kamhieh-Milz has a PhD in Virology from the University of Sydney, one of Australia's leading universities. Following completion of her PhD, she relocated to Germany where she worked at the Charite University Medicine as a research associate....
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Dr. Ruth Tidey
Medical Reports
Main Areas of Expertise
Cardiology (arrhythmias, MI, atherosclerosis); Oncology (solid tumours); Haematology (iron overload, chronic anaemias); Vaccines; Endocrinology (acromegaly, diabetes); Infectious diseases (HIV, herpes, general); Respiratory diseases (COPD, asthma); Clinical trial reporting
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Psychiatric disorders; chronic pain; arthritis; stroke; anaesthesia; transplantation
Biography
My academic background comprises a first degree in Anatomy and...
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Dr. Claudia Copeland
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Virology; Molecular Biology; Molecular Entomology & Parasitology; Computational Genetics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retrovirology and tropical virology
Biography
Dr. Claudia Copeland holds a PhD in molecular and cellular biology, specialising in parasitology and tropical medicine (Tulane University), and has completed postdoctoral fellowships in molecular entomology (United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) and...
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Dr. Cecile Rouleau
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Cell and molecular biology; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cell cycle; Signal transduction
Biography
Cecile Rouleau has been working and publishing for 13 years in the area of cancer research. Cecile has studied tumor angiogenesis at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA) before joining Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, MA) to work on antibody and small molecule drug discovery.
Qualifications
PhD Biochemistry, Tufts...
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Dr. Stephen Cooke
Molecular Biology
Dr. Stephen Cooke received his undergraduate degree in Biological Chemistry from The City University, London in 1991 and his PhD in Immunology from KingÃâs College, London in 1995. His PhD focused the immunobiology of xenograft rejection, a complex subject requiring an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems.
His first post-doctoral position was a research fellowship at the world-renowned Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London, where his work...
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Dr. Christopher Patil
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology; Neuroscience; Protein biochemistry; Signal transduction
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Developmental biology; Immunology; Microbiology; Biophysics
Biography
Dr Christopher Patil pursued a Ph.D. at the University of California-San Francisco, studying signal transduction in cellular stress responses. At UCSF, thesis work involved some of the earliest functional genomics studies to use expression profiling by microarrays. After a postdoctoral...
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Dr. Cecilia Devoto
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Microbiology; Infectious disease
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Malariology; Cellular, Molecular and Medical Parasitology
Biography
Dr. Cecilia Devoto's doctorate focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, to invade target mammalian cells. She assisted with the generation of transgenic malaria parasites used to elucidate specific gene function at the Laboratory of...
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Dr. Dolores Mruk
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Reproductive Physiology; Endocrinology; Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology
Biography
Dr. Dolores Mruk is currently studying male reproductive physiology at the Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council in New York. Her research focuses on understanding how Sertoli and germ cells in the testis communicate with each other and how these interactions can be transiently disrupted. Her research findings are being translated into identifying safe and...
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Dr. Anne Claire Burns
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Meiosis & Mitosis, Plant Biology, Fungal Biology, Biochemistry, Gene Expression. Cell & Molecular Biology, Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cytogenetics, Evolution, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Education
Biography
Dr Claire Burns holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and has worked as a researcher, educator, and writer in Europe and the USA over the past 15 years. Dr Burns has extensive research experience within academia, and...
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Dr. Andrea Kay
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Medical genetics; biochemistry; molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Genetics of coronary artery disease and the dyslipidemias; diabetes; genetic association studies
Biography
Dr. Andrea Kay worked for several years in the Human Metabolism and Genetics Department at St. Bartholomew's Medical College, a laboratory in which the main topics of research were the effects of genetic variation on susceptibility to common diseases, such as dyslipidaemia and...
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Dr. Cathy Thaler
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Developmental biology; Signal transduction; Protein biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Fertilisation; Organelle motility; Egg activation; Early development
Biography
Dr. Thaler's training incorporates a broad background in cell, molecular, and developmental biology, as well as reproductive biology. Her research endeavours began with work as a mariculturist studying captive breeding of Homarus americanus. Since graduate school she has...
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Dr. Christiana Kappler
Molecular Biology
Dr. Christiana Kappler received her BSc degree in Biology from James Madison University, and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Prior to her doctoral work, she worked as a research specialist at MUSC studying the role of MAPK signalling in the mechanisms of vascular diabetic disease.
The primary focus of her doctoral studies centred on alterations in signal transduction cascades during cardiac hypertrophy and the...
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Dr. Kelly Jackson
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Molecular nutrition; Technical reports
Biography
Dr. Kelly Jackson has a diverse background with experience in multiple fields of research, gained through employment in academic, government, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries in the UK and Canada. Prior to her doctoral work, Dr. Jackson was employed as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry, where she was responsible...
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Dr. Kim Brownhill
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Cell cycle; Molecular trafficking
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Endocytosis; Molecular motors; Cytoskeleton
Biography
Dr. Kim Brownhill gained a First Class BSc in Biology and completed her PhD on the function and regulation of kinesin-1, -2, and -3 at the University of Manchester. She performed research into the composition of the endosomal-specific ESCRT1 complex as a Research Associate at the Faculty of Life Science, University of Manchester,...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Molecular Biology
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Dr. Pamela Thompson
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics; Genomic and Computational biology; Immunogenetics (human MHC/HLA genes)
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Haematological oncology
Biography
Dr Thompson is a Principal Investigator and researcher at the University of Manchester, where she has undertaken genetic and molecular biological research into inherited disorders and complex disease. This has involved characterisation of the genes involved in Williams-Beuren Syndrome using both in vitro biochemical...
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Dr. Penny Man
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroendocrinology, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Circadian rhythms, Inflammation, Energy balance, Transgenesis, In vivo techniques, In vitro techniques.
Biography
Prior to Dr Man's doctoral work, she was employed in the biotech industry trouble-shooting drug development assays for quality control. Dr. Man's doctoral and subsequent post-doctoral work focused on the generation of transgenic models for the study of...
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Dr. Richard Alexander
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Immunology; Molecular Biology; Protein Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Virology; Immunology; Diabetes; Infectious diseases
Biography
Over 10 years of experience in Biotechnology and Medical Education
Over 7 years as a full-time Medical Writer
Scientific research in Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology, Protein Biochemistry
Qualifications
PhD Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA (1979)
MSc Chemistry...
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Dr. Harriet McWatters
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant science, Quantitative genetics, Circadian clock, Molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biochemistry, Evolutionary biology, Molecular genetics
Biography
Dr. Harriet McWatters holds a first class degree and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and was a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford. She has an extensive track record of publications in the fields of plant science,...
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Dr. Fiona Russell
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Cell biology; Molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Pain; Arthritis; Inflammation; Vascular biology; Neuropeptides; Ion channels; Cytokines; Proteases; In vivo electrophysiology; Leukocyte recruitment
Biography
Dr. Fiona Russell graduated from the University of Oxford in 2003 with a first class Masters degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and received her PhD in Pharmacology from King's College London in 2007. Her...
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Dr. Kelie Reece
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology, Proteomics, Molecular biology, Pharmacology, Signaling
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell biology, Drug discovery
Biography
Dr. Reece obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University, after which she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cancer Research, using elements of both Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Reece has extensive editing experience as she has reviewed many manuscripts for peer-reviewed...
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Dr. Valerie Matarese
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Molecular and cellular biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemical techniques; Signal transduction; Genomics
Biography
After completing her studies, Valerie did post-doctoral research at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, USA) and was employed for 5 years by the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo (now GlaxoSmithKlein). In 1997, she launched an independent enterprise offering editing, original content...
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Dr. Joanna Mackie
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Microbiology; Mycology; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Proteomics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Enzymology; Archaea; Fungal Infectious Diseases
Biography
During her MSc and PhD studies, Dr Mackie explored the role of multidrug efflux systems in bacterial chloramphenicol resistance. She also investigated human gut microflora, as part of a pre-doctoral Marie-Curie Fellowship at the Rowett Institute (Aberdeen, UK). Dr Mackie then sought to expand her...
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Dr. Kenneth McCreath
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research and molecular metabolism
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Biography
Dr Kenneth McCreath received a University education in Scotland and has worked as a research scientist in various institutions for 20 years, including post-doctoral stays at MIT (Cambridge, MA) and Aberdeen University (Scotland, UK), where he worked on fungal cell-wall remodelling. In 1993, Kenneth took a break from academic research and joined...
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Dr. Robert Phillips
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; DNA repair and recombination; Human preterm birth
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Clinical science (Urology, Cardiology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology); Virology
Biography
After studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, I undertook postgraduate research in the laboratory of Professor Peter Emmerson at Newcastle University, studying the DNA repair enzyme RecBCD. I remained under the supervision of Prof. Emmerson for my first postdoctoral...
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Dr. Dean Rea
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Enzymology, and Pharmacology
Ecology, Conservation Science, Environmental Science, and Evolutionary Biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Bioinformatics, Proteomics, and Microbiology
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry
Biography
Dr Dean Rea obtained a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of East Anglia, which included an intercalated year of Synthetic...
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Dr. Katrina Woolcock
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Biochemistry; Gene expression; Epigenetics & Chromatin; RNA interference; Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Non-coding RNAs; Transcription; Nuclear organization; Stress responses; DNA damage & repair
Biography
After completing a BA and MSci in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, Dr. Katrina Woolcock moved to Switzerland to pursue a PhD at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel. Here, she studied the role of the RNA...
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Dr. Dolores Takemoto
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology; Genetics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retina and lens research; Protein biochemistry; Enzymology; Animal models; Diabetes
Biography
Dr Takemoto has expertise with editing research grants, book chapters, and reviews. She has over 100 publications, and 32 years of research experience. She served for 10 years on the NIH Visual Sciences Small Business Study Section from 2000 â 2010, three times per year. She...
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Dr. Taniya Dhillon
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology, abiotic stress tolerance, plant biotechnology, botany, agronomy, agriculture
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant genetics and genomics, developmental biology, biochemistry, epigenetics
Biography
I hold Ph.D. and Masters degrees in Horticulture and Crop Science, with a specialization in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelors degree in Crop Science from Punjab...
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Dr. Matthew Andrusiak
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cells, Regeneration
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell Cycle, Cell Biology
Biography
Dr. Matthew Andrusiak received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Andrusiakâs graduate work examined the role of the retinoblastoma protein during nervous system development and maintenance using mouse models, primary neuronal culture and...
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Dr. James Marchand
Molecular Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Inflammatory Diseases, Cell Biology, Animal Behaviour, Neurodegeneration, and Anatomical Sciences
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Gene Expression, Neuropharmacology, Stem Cell Biology, Pharmacology of Pain, Molecular Biology, Image Analysis, and Neurophysiology,
Biography
Dr Marchand's career has broadly focused on neuroscience research, with an emphasis on inflammatory diseases. Through these researches, Dr Marchand has developed wide expertise in a variety of...
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Dr. Jennifer Stephenson
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Neurosciences; Medical reports; Psychology; Human physiology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Neurophysiology; Neuromuscular system; Sensorimotor system; Motor control; Balance; Gait; Movement analyses; Electromyography; Single neuron and motor unit recordings; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Galvanic vestibular stimulation
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Stephenson has a PhD in Clinical Science and specialises in neurophysiology of the sensory and motor systems. She is...
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Dr. Pamela Thompson
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics; Genomic and Computational biology; Immunogenetics (human MHC/HLA genes)
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Haematological oncology
Biography
Dr Thompson is a Principal Investigator and researcher at the University of Manchester, where she has undertaken genetic and molecular biological research into inherited disorders and complex disease. This has involved characterisation of the genes involved in Williams-Beuren Syndrome using both in vitro biochemical...
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Dr. Penny Man
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroendocrinology, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Circadian rhythms, Inflammation, Energy balance, Transgenesis, In vivo techniques, In vitro techniques.
Biography
Prior to Dr Man's doctoral work, she was employed in the biotech industry trouble-shooting drug development assays for quality control. Dr. Man's doctoral and subsequent post-doctoral work focused on the generation of transgenic models for the study of...
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Mr. Stephen Armstrong
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Pharmacology; Endocrinology; Molecular biology; Cell signalling
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Molecular neuroscience; Cancer biology
Biography
Dr. Stephen Armstrong's doctorate focused on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor signaling and the neuroendocrine control of reproduction, and he identified novel mechanisms of GnRH pulse frequency decoding. He performed post-doctoral research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA,...
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Dr. Thressa Smith
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroscience, Animal behaviour, Pharmacology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Drugs of abuse, Drug discovery
Biography
Collaborating with basic scientists in pharmacology, chemistry, and behavior as well as with clinicians throughout her career has afforded Dr Thressa Smith a deeper understanding of neuroscience, neurochemistry, and medicine than that derived from the point of view of a single field. She pursued postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of...
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Dr. Fiona Russell
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Cell biology; Molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Pain; Arthritis; Inflammation; Vascular biology; Neuropeptides; Ion channels; Cytokines; Proteases; In vivo electrophysiology; Leukocyte recruitment
Biography
Dr. Fiona Russell graduated from the University of Oxford in 2003 with a first class Masters degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and received her PhD in Pharmacology from King's College London in 2007. Her...
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Dr. Agnella Matic
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Biomedical engineering, Biomedical optics, Neuroscience, Otolaryngology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Medical devices, Medical imaging, Ophthalmology
Biography
Dr Agnella Izzo Matic has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and an Essential Skills certificate from the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). Dr Matic possesses advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to interpret complex research and translate it to a broad audience, and is committed to...
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Dr. Lindsay Bremner
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroscience (Systems, Computational, Cellular, Cognitive); Psychophysics; Psychology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Pharmaceutical Sciences; Molecular Biology; Medical Reports; Biochemistry; Geography; Forensic Science
Qualifications
PhD, Neuroscience (The development of inhibition in the neonatal dorsal horn), University College London, UK
BA (Hons), First Class in Psychology, Physiology and Philosophy, Oxford University, UK
Postdoctoral Research California...
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Dr. Stephany Tzeng
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Nanotechnology, Cancer Research, Tissue Engineering
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Immunology, Vaccine Delivery, Brain Cancer, Polymer Science, Stem Cells
Biography
Dr. Stephany Tzeng earned her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering in 2009 from Yale University, where she wrote her thesis on the use of biodegradable polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery, with applications to neural tissue engineering. Her doctoral work in...
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Dr. Nia Cason
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroscience, psychology, cognitive neuroscience
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Neurolinguistics, neurosurgery, animal studies
Biography
Dr Nia Cason is a freelance editor and researcher specialised in neuroscience, psychology and cognitive neuroscience, with particular expertise in auditory neuroscience and cognitive dysfunction. Her PhD (Aix-Marseille University III) was concerned with the cognitive neuroscience of music and language, for which she worked with...
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Dr. Matthew Andrusiak
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cells, Regeneration
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell Cycle, Cell Biology
Biography
Dr. Matthew Andrusiak received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Andrusiakâs graduate work examined the role of the retinoblastoma protein during nervous system development and maintenance using mouse models, primary neuronal culture and...
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Dr. James Marchand
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Inflammatory Diseases, Cell Biology, Animal Behaviour, Neurodegeneration, and Anatomical Sciences
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Gene Expression, Neuropharmacology, Stem Cell Biology, Pharmacology of Pain, Molecular Biology, Image Analysis, and Neurophysiology,
Biography
Dr Marchand's career has broadly focused on neuroscience research, with an emphasis on inflammatory diseases. Through these researches, Dr Marchand has developed wide expertise in a variety of...
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Dr. John Fredieu
Neuroscience
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, neuroscience, developmental biology, anatomy, embryology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies, development of active learning methods in advanced medical education.
Biography
Dr Fredieu has 30 years of research experience in neuroscience, developmental biology, and CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies using molecular biological, histological, and genetic techniques in a broad range of animal models. His research experience also includes...
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Dr. Laura Zonia
Plant Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant Science; Biochemistry; Cell and Molecular Biology; Biophysics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Medical Science; Chemistry; Bioengineering; Nanoscience
Biography
Dr Laura Zonia has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and has worked as a research scientist, project leader, scientific author, and peer-reviewer for more than 20 years. Her primary research areas include plant cell biology, dynamical and complex systems, and plant physiology. She has authored more than 15...
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Dr. Corina Marx
Plant Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Cell biology; Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Signal transduction; Ubiquitination
Biography
Dr. Corina Marx obtained her PhD in the Plant and Microbial Biology department of the University of California at Berkeley studying the role of proteases in the regulation of seed dormancy. Dr. Marx shifted her focus to biomedical sciences to pursue a specialisation in cancer research during her postdoctoral fellowship. She...
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Dr. Anne Claire Burns
Plant Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Meiosis & Mitosis, Plant Biology, Fungal Biology, Biochemistry, Gene Expression. Cell & Molecular Biology, Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cytogenetics, Evolution, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Education
Biography
Dr Claire Burns holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and has worked as a researcher, educator, and writer in Europe and the USA over the past 15 years. Dr Burns has extensive research experience within academia, and...
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Dr. Jennifer Lockhart
Plant Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Developmental biology; Chromatin and DNA repair
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology; Plant Genetics
Biography
Jennifer started her scientific career at the age of 17, when she worked in a laboratory that used NMR spectroscopy to study calcium ATPase. After earning a BA degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, she pursued a PhD in Botany at the University of Maryland. She studied the developmental genetics of in vitro...
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Dr. Harriet McWatters
Plant Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant science, Quantitative genetics, Circadian clock, Molecular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biochemistry, Evolutionary biology, Molecular genetics
Biography
Dr. Harriet McWatters holds a first class degree and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and was a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford. She has an extensive track record of publications in the fields of plant science,...
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Dr. Dale Walters
Plant Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant Science, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Fungal Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant-Insect Interactions
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant Ecology, Entomology, Signal transduction, Evolution, Horticulture,
Biography
Dale holds a BSc in Plant Science from Imperial College, London (1978) and a PhD from Lancaster University (1981). His main research interests included interactions between plants and pathogens, including the...
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Dr. Taniya Dhillon
Plant Biology
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology, abiotic stress tolerance, plant biotechnology, botany, agronomy, agriculture
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant genetics and genomics, developmental biology, biochemistry, epigenetics
Biography
I hold Ph.D. and Masters degrees in Horticulture and Crop Science, with a specialization in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelors degree in Crop Science from Punjab...
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Dr. Christiana Kappler
Protein Biochemistry
Dr. Christiana Kappler received her BSc degree in Biology from James Madison University, and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Prior to her doctoral work, she worked as a research specialist at MUSC studying the role of MAPK signalling in the mechanisms of vascular diabetic disease.
The primary focus of her doctoral studies centred on alterations in signal transduction cascades during cardiac hypertrophy and the...
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Dr. Richard Alexander
Protein Biochemistry
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular Immunology; Molecular Biology; Protein Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Virology; Immunology; Diabetes; Infectious diseases
Biography
Over 10 years of experience in Biotechnology and Medical Education
Over 7 years as a full-time Medical Writer
Scientific research in Molecular Immunology, Molecular Biology, Protein Biochemistry
Qualifications
PhD Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA (1979)
MSc Chemistry...
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Dr. Rob Rigor
Protein Biochemistry
Main Areas of Expertise
Protein kinases/phosphorylation; Cell signalling; Microvascular physiology; Blood-brain barrier; Endothelial cell biology; Protein biochemistry; Cell physiology; Membrane transport; Cell volume regulation
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cell signalling; Vertebrate physiology; Cardiovascular physiology; Inflammation; Membrane biology; Cell biology; Membrane biology; Neurobiology; Molecular biology; Fluorescence imaging; Analytic chemistry; Enzyme kinetics
Biography
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Dr. Kelie Reece
Protein Biochemistry
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology, Proteomics, Molecular biology, Pharmacology, Signaling
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell biology, Drug discovery
Biography
Dr. Reece obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University, after which she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cancer Research, using elements of both Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Reece has extensive editing experience as she has reviewed many manuscripts for peer-reviewed...
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Dr. Valerie Matarese
Protein Biochemistry
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Molecular and cellular biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemical techniques; Signal transduction; Genomics
Biography
After completing her studies, Valerie did post-doctoral research at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, USA) and was employed for 5 years by the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo (now GlaxoSmithKlein). In 1997, she launched an independent enterprise offering editing, original content...
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Dr. Tina Bakolitsa
Protein Biochemistry
Biography
Dr Tina Bakolitsa has worked as a researcher in both the US and UK (Burnham Institute for Medical Research, CA; The Salk Institute, CA; University of Leicester, UK) in a range of life science fields including biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cellular biology, neuroscience and bioinformatics. Her research output includes over 30 peer-reviewed publications, and she has extensive experience editing and reviewing academic manuscripts in both formal and informal capacities.
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Dr. Joanna Mackie
Protein Biochemistry
Main Areas of Expertise
Microbiology; Mycology; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Proteomics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Enzymology; Archaea; Fungal Infectious Diseases
Biography
During her MSc and PhD studies, Dr Mackie explored the role of multidrug efflux systems in bacterial chloramphenicol resistance. She also investigated human gut microflora, as part of a pre-doctoral Marie-Curie Fellowship at the Rowett Institute (Aberdeen, UK). Dr Mackie then sought to expand her...
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Dr. Dolores Takemoto
Protein Biochemistry
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology; Genetics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retina and lens research; Protein biochemistry; Enzymology; Animal models; Diabetes
Biography
Dr Takemoto has expertise with editing research grants, book chapters, and reviews. She has over 100 publications, and 32 years of research experience. She served for 10 years on the NIH Visual Sciences Small Business Study Section from 2000 â 2010, three times per year. She...
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Dr. Laura Zonia
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant Science; Biochemistry; Cell and Molecular Biology; Biophysics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Medical Science; Chemistry; Bioengineering; Nanoscience
Biography
Dr Laura Zonia has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and has worked as a research scientist, project leader, scientific author, and peer-reviewer for more than 20 years. Her primary research areas include plant cell biology, dynamical and complex systems, and plant physiology. She has authored more than 15...
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Dr. Cecile Rouleau
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Oncology; Cell and molecular biology; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cell cycle; Signal transduction
Biography
Cecile Rouleau has been working and publishing for 13 years in the area of cancer research. Cecile has studied tumor angiogenesis at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA) before joining Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, MA) to work on antibody and small molecule drug discovery.
Qualifications
PhD Biochemistry, Tufts...
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Dr. Julia Burnier
Signal Transduction
After completing a Bachelor of Science Honours degree at Queenâs University, Dr. Burnier pursued a PhD in cell biology from McGill University where her thesis was given distinction. The focus of her PhD was the metastatic potential of cancer cells and the molecular mechanisms underlying invasion and angiogenesis.
Julia went on to become a post-doctoral researcher in clinical research at McGill, where she studied the role of inhibitors of growth on a metastasis model. She then pursued...
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Dr. Julie Roda
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Immunology; Cancer biology; Molecular and cellular biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cancer genetics; Medical oncology; Physiology
Biography
Dr Julie Roda's overall research interests lie in the immunosuppressive effects of cancer in the tumor microenvironment and the manner in which infiltrating immune cells can influence cancer growth and progression. As a graduate student at Ohio State, she worked to characterize the response of natural killer (NK) cells...
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Dr. Corina Marx
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Cell biology; Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant biology; Signal transduction; Ubiquitination
Biography
Dr. Corina Marx obtained her PhD in the Plant and Microbial Biology department of the University of California at Berkeley studying the role of proteases in the regulation of seed dormancy. Dr. Marx shifted her focus to biomedical sciences to pursue a specialisation in cancer research during her postdoctoral fellowship. She...
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Dr. Christopher Patil
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology; Neuroscience; Protein biochemistry; Signal transduction
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Developmental biology; Immunology; Microbiology; Biophysics
Biography
Dr Christopher Patil pursued a Ph.D. at the University of California-San Francisco, studying signal transduction in cellular stress responses. At UCSF, thesis work involved some of the earliest functional genomics studies to use expression profiling by microarrays. After a postdoctoral...
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Dr. Clement Weinberger
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Signal transduction; Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Infectious diseases; Public health; Vaccines; Clinical case studies
Biography
Dr. Clement Weinberger has been a medical and biological science writer and editor for nearly 20 years and holds a PhD. in Cell Biology from New York University. His thesis research was on cell communication during development of spatial patterns in early animal development. He has additional experience...
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Dr. Cathy Thaler
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Cell biology; Developmental biology; Signal transduction; Protein biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Fertilisation; Organelle motility; Egg activation; Early development
Biography
Dr. Thaler's training incorporates a broad background in cell, molecular, and developmental biology, as well as reproductive biology. Her research endeavours began with work as a mariculturist studying captive breeding of Homarus americanus. Since graduate school she has...
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Dr. Christiana Kappler
Signal Transduction
Dr. Christiana Kappler received her BSc degree in Biology from James Madison University, and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Prior to her doctoral work, she worked as a research specialist at MUSC studying the role of MAPK signalling in the mechanisms of vascular diabetic disease.
The primary focus of her doctoral studies centred on alterations in signal transduction cascades during cardiac hypertrophy and the...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Signal Transduction
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Dr. Rob Rigor
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Protein kinases/phosphorylation; Cell signalling; Microvascular physiology; Blood-brain barrier; Endothelial cell biology; Protein biochemistry; Cell physiology; Membrane transport; Cell volume regulation
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cell signalling; Vertebrate physiology; Cardiovascular physiology; Inflammation; Membrane biology; Cell biology; Membrane biology; Neurobiology; Molecular biology; Fluorescence imaging; Analytic chemistry; Enzyme kinetics
Biography
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Dr. John Ankers
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Systems Biology; Live cell imaging; Cell cycle; Intracellular signalling in cancer and inflammation
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Metabolism; Computational biology; Bioinformatics
Biography
Dr John Ankers has an interdisciplinary background combining computer science, mathematics and cellular and molecular biology. He has worked at the overlap of these fields for prominent groups at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, developing predictive...
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Dr. Kelie Reece
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer biology, Proteomics, Molecular biology, Pharmacology, Signaling
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Cell biology, Drug discovery
Biography
Dr. Reece obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University, after which she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cancer Research, using elements of both Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Reece has extensive editing experience as she has reviewed many manuscripts for peer-reviewed...
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Dr. Valerie Matarese
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Cancer research; Molecular and cellular biology; Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Biochemical techniques; Signal transduction; Genomics
Biography
After completing her studies, Valerie did post-doctoral research at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, USA) and was employed for 5 years by the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo (now GlaxoSmithKlein). In 1997, she launched an independent enterprise offering editing, original content...
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Dr. Dale Walters
Signal Transduction
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant Science, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Fungal Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant-Insect Interactions
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant Ecology, Entomology, Signal transduction, Evolution, Horticulture,
Biography
Dale holds a BSc in Plant Science from Imperial College, London (1978) and a PhD from Lancaster University (1981). His main research interests included interactions between plants and pathogens, including the...
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Dr. Anne Claire Burns
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Meiosis & Mitosis, Plant Biology, Fungal Biology, Biochemistry, Gene Expression. Cell & Molecular Biology, Genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Cytogenetics, Evolution, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Education
Biography
Dr Claire Burns holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and has worked as a researcher, educator, and writer in Europe and the USA over the past 15 years. Dr Burns has extensive research experience within academia, and...
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Dr. Sundrela Kamhieh-Milz
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Transfusion medicine, Haematology, Phlebotomy, Non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, Medical reports
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Virology, Clinical studies, Hypertension, Social medicine, Laboratory diagnostics
Biography
Dr. Kamhieh-Milz has a PhD in Virology from the University of Sydney, one of Australia's leading universities. Following completion of her PhD, she relocated to Germany where she worked at the Charite University Medicine as a research associate....
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Dr. Karl Embleton
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroimaging, Cognitive Psychology, Medical Imaging, Image Analysis and Processing
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Marine and Freshwater Biology, Ecology, Agricultural Sciences
Biography
Dr Karl Embleton has a PhD in Psychology and specializes in neuroimaging techniques and cognitive neuroscience. He has over 20 years of academic experience, having worked in a variety of disciplines including neuroimaging, medical imaging, image analysis and marine biology. Dr...
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Dr. Stephany Tzeng
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Nanotechnology, Cancer Research, Tissue Engineering
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Immunology, Vaccine Delivery, Brain Cancer, Polymer Science, Stem Cells
Biography
Dr. Stephany Tzeng earned her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering in 2009 from Yale University, where she wrote her thesis on the use of biodegradable polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery, with applications to neural tissue engineering. Her doctoral work in...
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Dr. Robert Phillips
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; DNA repair and recombination; Human preterm birth
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Clinical science (Urology, Cardiology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology); Virology
Biography
After studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, I undertook postgraduate research in the laboratory of Professor Peter Emmerson at Newcastle University, studying the DNA repair enzyme RecBCD. I remained under the supervision of Prof. Emmerson for my first postdoctoral...
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Dr. Mark Cleasby
Other Research Areas
Dr Cleasby has spent 17 years in biomedical research, having initially trained and practiced in veterinary medicine. He has worked in the UK and Australia; in the UK, he was a senior lecturer and principal investigator at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London. He has specific expertise in the areas of diabetes, metabolism and obesity research, and more widely in endocrinology and animal physiology. In particular, his research focused on the pathophysiology of insulin resistance in...
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Dr. Dean Rea
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Enzymology, and Pharmacology
Ecology, Conservation Science, Environmental Science, and Evolutionary Biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Genetics, Bioinformatics, Proteomics, and Microbiology
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry
Biography
Dr Dean Rea obtained a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of East Anglia, which included an intercalated year of Synthetic...
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Dr. Paul Sanfilippo
Other Research Areas
Dr Paul Sanfilippo is an early career scientist, having completed his PhD through the University of Melbourne in 2012. He initially trained as an optometrist, subsequently working in a glaucoma/retina subspecialty ophthalmology practice. Paul used data from two large Australian twin studies to examine heritable features of optic disc morphology, specifically the shape. He applied techniques from the discipline of biological shape analysis (geometric morphometrics) to characterize and quantify...
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Dr. Taniya Dhillon
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology, abiotic stress tolerance, plant biotechnology, botany, agronomy, agriculture
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Plant genetics and genomics, developmental biology, biochemistry, epigenetics
Biography
I hold Ph.D. and Masters degrees in Horticulture and Crop Science, with a specialization in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelors degree in Crop Science from Punjab...
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Dr. John Fredieu
Other Research Areas
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics, neuroscience, developmental biology, anatomy, embryology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies, development of active learning methods in advanced medical education.
Biography
Dr Fredieu has 30 years of research experience in neuroscience, developmental biology, and CNS/musculoskeletal anomalies using molecular biological, histological, and genetic techniques in a broad range of animal models. His research experience also includes...
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Dr. Dolores Mruk
Endocrinology
Main Areas of Expertise
Reproductive Physiology; Endocrinology; Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology
Biography
Dr. Dolores Mruk is currently studying male reproductive physiology at the Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council in New York. Her research focuses on understanding how Sertoli and germ cells in the testis communicate with each other and how these interactions can be transiently disrupted. Her research findings are being translated into identifying safe and...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Endocrinology
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Dr. Pamela Thompson
Endocrinology
Main Areas of Expertise
Genetics; Genomic and Computational biology; Immunogenetics (human MHC/HLA genes)
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Haematological oncology
Biography
Dr Thompson is a Principal Investigator and researcher at the University of Manchester, where she has undertaken genetic and molecular biological research into inherited disorders and complex disease. This has involved characterisation of the genes involved in Williams-Beuren Syndrome using both in vitro biochemical...
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Dr. Penny Man
Endocrinology
Main Areas of Expertise
Neuroendocrinology, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Gene expression
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Circadian rhythms, Inflammation, Energy balance, Transgenesis, In vivo techniques, In vitro techniques.
Biography
Prior to Dr Man's doctoral work, she was employed in the biotech industry trouble-shooting drug development assays for quality control. Dr. Man's doctoral and subsequent post-doctoral work focused on the generation of transgenic models for the study of...
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Mr. Stephen Armstrong
Endocrinology
Main Areas of Expertise
Pharmacology; Endocrinology; Molecular biology; Cell signalling
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Molecular neuroscience; Cancer biology
Biography
Dr. Stephen Armstrong's doctorate focused on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor signaling and the neuroendocrine control of reproduction, and he identified novel mechanisms of GnRH pulse frequency decoding. He performed post-doctoral research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA,...
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Dr. Gina Battaglia
Endocrinology
Main Areas of Expertise
Metabolic disorders, Exercise physiology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Endocrinology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Clinical research, Epidemiology, Oncology, Pharmacology, Infectious disease, Gastroenterology, Preventative medicine
Biography
Dr. Battaglia has been writing and editing manuscripts, press releases, online articles, grant proposals, college-level educational material, and blog posts for over eight years. Her research expertise includes metabolic...
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Dr. Mark Cleasby
Endocrinology
Dr Cleasby has spent 17 years in biomedical research, having initially trained and practiced in veterinary medicine. He has worked in the UK and Australia; in the UK, he was a senior lecturer and principal investigator at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London. He has specific expertise in the areas of diabetes, metabolism and obesity research, and more widely in endocrinology and animal physiology. In particular, his research focused on the pathophysiology of insulin resistance in...
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Dr. Claudia Copeland
Microbiology & Pathogens
Main Areas of Expertise
Virology; Molecular Biology; Molecular Entomology & Parasitology; Computational Genetics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Retrovirology and tropical virology
Biography
Dr. Claudia Copeland holds a PhD in molecular and cellular biology, specialising in parasitology and tropical medicine (Tulane University), and has completed postdoctoral fellowships in molecular entomology (United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) and...
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Dr. Stephen Cooke
Microbiology & Pathogens
Dr. Stephen Cooke received his undergraduate degree in Biological Chemistry from The City University, London in 1991 and his PhD in Immunology from KingÃâs College, London in 1995. His PhD focused the immunobiology of xenograft rejection, a complex subject requiring an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems.
His first post-doctoral position was a research fellowship at the world-renowned Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London, where his work...
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Dr. Cecilia Devoto
Microbiology & Pathogens
Main Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Microbiology; Infectious disease
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Malariology; Cellular, Molecular and Medical Parasitology
Biography
Dr. Cecilia Devoto's doctorate focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, to invade target mammalian cells. She assisted with the generation of transgenic malaria parasites used to elucidate specific gene function at the Laboratory of...
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Dr. Michael Rolph
Microbiology & Pathogens
Dr. Michael Rolph has a PhD in molecular virology and immunology from the Australian National University, which is regarded as Australiaâs leading research university. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, studying vaccine development and the immune response to bacterial infection. During this time he was much in demand among his German colleagues for his scientific English writing and editing skills. After a short sabbatical at the...
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Chris Clegg
Microbiology & Pathogens
Main Areas of Expertise
Microbiology
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Environmental microbiology; Soil microbiology; Molecular detection of microbes; Interactions between plants and microbes; Interactions between invertebrates and microbes; Pathogens in soils and water; Microbes and nutrient cycling; Biological aspects of soil science.
Biography
Dr Christopher Clegg's PhD comprised studying interactions between genetically modified bacteria and soil invertebrates. He later worked as a...
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Dr. Joanna Mackie
Microbiology & Pathogens
Main Areas of Expertise
Microbiology; Mycology; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Proteomics; Biochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Enzymology; Archaea; Fungal Infectious Diseases
Biography
During her MSc and PhD studies, Dr Mackie explored the role of multidrug efflux systems in bacterial chloramphenicol resistance. She also investigated human gut microflora, as part of a pre-doctoral Marie-Curie Fellowship at the Rowett Institute (Aberdeen, UK). Dr Mackie then sought to expand her...
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Dr. Steven Stoddard
Microbiology & Pathogens
Main Areas of Expertise
Infectious disease ecology and epidemiology, ecology, public health, vector biology (medical entomology), tropical medicine, (arbo-) virology, and microbiology and pathogens.
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Molecular biology, population genetics, physiology, immunology, applied statistics, mathematical modelling, simulation modelling, (bio) geography, and behavioural ecology.
Biography
Dr. Stoddard began his career in biological research as an undergraduate...
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Dr. Andrew Hudson
Microbiology & Pathogens
Main Areas of Expertise
Food microbiology, bacteriophages, food safety, food spoilage, bacteriocins
Secondary Areas of Expertise
Ruminant, thermophile, clinical microbiology, risk assessment
Biography
Andrew is a microbiologist with over 30 yearsâ experience in various aspects of the discipline, including conversion of lignocellulose to ethanol and biotransformation of fatty acids in the rumen. However, his main experience is in food microbiology.
His initial foray into food...
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