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Freelance Scientific Editor | Experienced with Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, & in vitro Diagnostics

Profile Summary

I completed my PhD in Chemical Biology and have previously worked in the medical device, pharmaceutical, and in vitro diagnostics industries.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Drug Target Identification
• ★ Antibiotic Development
• ★ In vitro Diagnostics
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Industrial Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiological Assays
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Apoptosis
• ☆ Oxidative Stress & Mitochondrial Function
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ ATAC-Seq
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Protein Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ Mutagenesis
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ ChIP-Seq
• ☆ Kinases
• ☆ Monoclonal Antibody Production
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Electron Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Pathogenesis
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Synthetic Biology
• ☆ Chemical Biology
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Cytometry
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ High Throughput Screening (HTS)
• ☆ Hit-to-Lead & Lead Optimization
• ☆ Phenotypic Assays
• ☆ High Content Screening/Imaging
• ☆ Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Studies
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Microbiology Testing
• ☆ Bioanalytical Testing
• ☆ Drug Stability Testing
• ☆ Preclinical ADME/PK/PD
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ In vitro Preclinical Toxciology
• ☆ Medical Devices
• ☆ Post-Market Surveillance
• ☆ Medical Device Development
• ☆ Medical Device Manufacturing
• ☆ Medical Device Validation
• ☆ Medical Implants
• ☆ Medical Device Regulatory Consulting
• ☆ European Medical Device Regulation (MDR)
• ☆ ISO 13485
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Validation
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Design
• ☆ Point-of-Care Devices
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

Services

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

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing

Product Development Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Compliance

Work Experience

Project Manager

Funglyn Inc.

August 2023 - Present

Doctoral Researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant

McMaster University

September 2018 - August 2023

Preclinical Drug Discovery Researcher

Apotex Inc.

January 2017 - September 2017

Medical Device Associate

BioIntegral Surgical Inc.

September 2015 - September 2016

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

McMaster University

September 2018 - August 2023

Bachelors in Science (Biochemistry)

University of Waterloo

September 2013 - April 2018

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Derek C. K. Chan, Inokentijs Josts, Kalinka Koteva, Gerard D. Wright, Henning Tidow, Lori L. Burrows (2023). Interactions of TonB-dependent transporter FoxA with siderophores and antibiotics that affect binding, uptake, and signal transduction . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Derek C. K. Chan, Lori L. Burrows, Deborah A. Hogan (2023). Pseudomonas aeruginosa FpvB Is a High-Affinity Transporter for Xenosiderophores Ferrichrome and Ferrioxamine B . mBio.

Derek C K Chan, Lori L Burrows(2021). Thiocillin and micrococcin exploit the ferrioxamine receptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for uptake . Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Luke N. Yaeger, Victoria E. Coles, Derek C. K. Chan, Lori L. Burrows (2021). How to kill Pseudomonas—emerging therapies for a challenging pathogen . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Derek C. K. Chan and Lori L. Burrows(2021). Thiopeptides: antibiotics with unique chemical structures and diverse biological activities . The Journal of Antibiotics. 74. (3). p. 161--175. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Derek C. K. Chan and Lori L. Burrows(2021). Thiopeptides: antibiotics with unique chemical structures and diverse biological activities . The Journal of Antibiotics. 74. (3). p. 161--175. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Derek C. K. Chan and Irene Guo and Lori L. Burrows(2020). Forging New Antibiotic Combinations under Iron-Limiting Conditions . Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64. (3). American Society for Microbiology

Michael R. M. Ranieri and Derek C. K. Chan and Luke N. Yaeger and Madeleine Rudolph and Sawyer Karabelas-Pittman and Hamdi Abdo and Jessica Chee and Hanjeong Harvey and Uyen Nguyen and Lori L. Burrows(2019). Thiostrepton Hijacks Pyoverdine Receptors To Inhibit Growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63. (9). American Society for Microbiology

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Derek C. K. Chan, Katherine Dykema, Mahrukh Fatima, Hanjeong Harvey, Ikram Qaderi, Lori L. Burrows (2023). Nutrient Limitation SensitizesPseudomonas aeruginosato Vancomycin .

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