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Profile Summary

• Neuroscientist with over ten years of experience in studying neurodegenerative diseases • Science writer with a passion for promoting STEM education for children and making science and wellness accessible to everyone • Experienced manager with over five years of experience in leading, supervising and mentoring colleagues and students • Self-starter and independent researcher: initiated motor neuron disease research efforts in a pharmaceutical company, managed preclinical target development in a startup, and helped create a neurodegeneration challenge network in a foundation

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Animal Genetics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Biomedical Engineering
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Neuropathology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Science Writer / Consultant

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

September 2017 - Present

Senior Scientific Manager

Verge Genomics

February 2016 - July 2017

Postdoctoral Scientist

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

July 2013 - February 2016

Graduate Research Scientist

Columbia University

August 2007 - June 2013

Education

PhD in Neurobiology

Columbia University

August 2007 - June 2013

B.S. in Biomedical Computation

Stanford University

September 2003 - June 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Atanasio A, Decman V, White D, Ramos M, Ikiz B, Lee HC, Siao CJ, Brydges S, LaRosa E, Bai Y, et al.(2016). C9orf72 ablation causes immune dysregulation characterized by leukocyte expansion, autoantibody production, and glomerulonephropathy in mice . Scientific reports.

(2015). The Regulatory Machinery of Neurodegeneration in In Vitro Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis . Cell reports.

Re DB, Le Verche V, Yu C, Amoroso MW, Politi KA, Phani S, Ikiz B, Hoffmann L, Koolen M, Nagata T, et al.(2014). Necroptosis drives motor neuron death in models of both sporadic and familial ALS . Neuron.

(2009). Inflammation in ALS and SMA: sorting out the good from the evil . Neurobiology of disease.