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Genomics scientist and molecular geneticist

Profile Summary

I am a genomics scientist with specializations in functional genomics and molecular genetics. I have worked as a technical applications specialist as a subject matter expert in sequencing technologies and applications. I am proficient in NGS data analysis, functional genomics, and I have previous experience in bacterial and fungal pathogenesis.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Mycology/Fungi
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Pathogenesis
• ☆ R

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Post Doctoral Associate

University of Minnesota

August 2020 - Present

Postgraduate Associate

Yale University School of Medicine

2014 - 2015

Education

PhD (Microbiology)

University of Georgia

August 2015 - July 2020

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Abigail J. Courtney, Masayuki Kamei, Aileen R. Ferraro, Kexin Gai, Qun He, Shinji Honda, Zachary A. Lewis(2020). Normal Patterns of Histone H3K27 Methylation Require the Histone Variant H2A.Z in Neurospora crassa . Genetics. p. genetics.303442.2020. Genetics Society of America

Jianfeng Lin, Youbao Zhao, Aileen R. Ferraro, Ence Yang, Zachary A. Lewis, Xiaorong Lin(2019). Transcription factor Znf2 coordinates with the chromatin remodeling {SWI}/{SNF} complex to regulate cryptococcal cellular differentiation . Communications Biology. 2. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

(2019). Dectin-1-Targeted Antifungal Liposomes Exhibit Enhanced Efficacy . mSphere.

Aileen Ferraro, Elizabeth Lewis Roberts(2015). Rhizosphere microbiome selection by Epichloë endophytes of Festuca arundinacea . Plant Soil. Springer Science $\mathplus$ Business Media

OTHER

Abigail J. Courtney, Masayuki Kamei, Aileen R. Ferraro, Kexin Gai, Qun He, Shinji Honda, Zachary A. Lewis(2020). The histone variant H2A.Z is required to establish normal patterns of H3K27 methylation in Neurospora crassa . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Suresh Ambati, Aileen R Ferraro, S Earl Kang, Xiaorong Lin, Michelle Momany, Zachary Austin Lewis, Richard B Meagher(2019). Targeted antifungal liposomes . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Aileen R. Ferraro, Zachary A. Lewis(2018). {ChIP}-Seq Analysis in Neurospora crassa . 241--250Springer New York