My first job in research was in a neuroscience electrophysiology lab at UCLA. I managed the mouse colonies, trained undergraduate students, and genotyped mouse models of Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s diseases.
My next position was in another neuroscience lab at The Salk Institute. I utilized molecular biology, animal behavior, tissue culture, immunohistochemistry, stem cell biology, and microscopy in my projects, which were primarily focused on mouse models of ALS and spinal cord injury.
My last workplace working in research was GNF (Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation), where I was involved in drug discovery, deriving stem cells from mouse, tissue culture, and ascertaining gene expression using qPCR and Western blots. My projects primarily focused on cell models of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
I now work as an English editor for MDPI, copyediting manuscripts from a range of disciplines, including the life sciences, computer science, engineering, medicine, psychology, and math. I edit in both Microsoft Word and LaTeX.
Currently, I am the copy editor for The University of Chicago Press journal Freshwater Science. I collaborate closely with the technical editor, editor-in-chief, managing editor, and senior production controller. I work on manuscripts at multiple stages of the publication process, copyediting in Microsoft Word and proofreading in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
