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Freelance Consultant with Expertise in Early Career Researchers: Professional and Workforce Development
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
Copywriting,
Newswriting
Research
Market Research,
Meta-Research,
Fact Checking,
Gray Literature Search,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization
Work Experience
Independent Researcher
Ronin Institute
February 2023 - Present 
Independent Researcher
Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education
February 2023 - Present
Consultant
Lightoller LLC
November 2019 - Present
Executive Director
The Future of Research, Inc.
May 2016 - June 2019
Postdoctoral Scholar
Tufts University
October 2013 - May 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard Medical School
October 2011 - September 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow
Children's Hospital Boston
October 2011 - September 2013
Education
Spanish DELE B1
Instituto Cervantes Chicago
- April 2022
PhD (Oncology)
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
October 2007 - September 2011
MSci (Chemistry)
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
October 2006 - June 2007
BA (Chemistry)
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
October 2003 - June 2006
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Josie L. Otto, Gary S. McDowell, Meena M. Balgopal, Rebeccah S. Lijek, Melissa McCartney (2023). Preprint Peer Review Enhances Undergraduate Biology Students' Disciplinary Literacy and Sense of Belonging in STEM . Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.
Kent BA, Holman C, Amoako E, Antonietti A, Azam JM, Ballhausen H, Bediako Y, Belasen AM, Carneiro CFD, Chen YC, et al.(2022). Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice . PLoS biology.
Gary S. McDowell, Sarah Fankhauser, Daniela Saderi, Meena Balgopal, Rebeccah S. Lijek (2022). Use of preprint peer review to educate and enculturate science undergraduates . Learned Publishing.
Gary S. McDowell, Caroline A. Niziolek, Rebeccah S. Lijek, Doug Kellogg (2021). How to bring peer review ghostwriters out of the dark . Molecular Biology of the Cell.
Gary S. McDowell, Caroline A. Niziolek, Rebeccah S. Lijek, Doug Kellogg(2021). How to bring peer review ghostwriters out of the dark . Molecular Biology of the Cell. 32. (6). p. 461--466. American Society for Cell Biology ({ASCB})
Gary McDowell, Thomas Klebel, Sergio A. Useche, Stefan Reichmann, Jessica Polka, Naomi Penfold, Samantha Hindle, Tony Ross-Hellauer (2020). Peer review and preprint policies are unclear at most major journals . PLOS ONE.
Campbell-Montalvo RA, Caporale N, McDowell GS, Idlebird C, Wiens KM, Jackson KM, Marcette JD, Moore ME(2020). Insights from the Inclusive Environments and Metrics in Biology Education and Research Network: Our Experience Organizing Inclusive Biology Education Research Events . Journal of microbiology & biology education.
Davison A, McDowell GS, Holden JM, Johnson HF, Wade CM, Chiba S, Jackson DJ, Levin M, Blaxter ML(2020). Formin, an opinion . Development (Cambridge, England).
Gary S McDowell, John D Knutsen, June M Graham, Sarah K Oelker, Rebeccah S Lijek(2019). Co-reviewing and ghostwriting by early-career researchers in the peer review of manuscripts . eLife. 8. {eLife} Sciences Publications, Ltd
Gary S McDowell, John D Knutsen, June M Graham, Sarah K Oelker, Rebeccah S Lijek(2019). Co-reviewing and ghostwriting by early-career researchers in the peer review of manuscripts . eLife. 8. {eLife} Sciences Publications, Ltd
Gary S. McDowell, Anna Philpott(2019). Assessing Ubiquitylation of Individual Proteins Using Xenopus Extract Systems . Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2019. (6). p. pdb.prot104513. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gary S. McDowell, Anna Philpott(2019). Calculating the Degradation Rate of Individual Proteins Using Xenopus Extract Systems . Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2019. (6). p. pdb.prot103481. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Bankston, A., McDowell, G.S.(2019). Changing the culture of science communication training for junior scientists . Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 19. (1).
Barolo, S., Bohr, T., Folk, J., Libarkin, J., McDowell, G., McLaughlin, B.A.(2019). Defending harassers harms victims . Science. 363. (6425). p. 355.
Greider, C.W., Sheltzer, J.M., Cantalupo, N.C., Copeland, W.B., Dasgupta, N., Hopkins, N., Jansen, J.M., Joshua-Tor, L., McDowell, G.S., Metcalf, J.L., et al.(2019). Increasing gender diversity in the STEM research workforce . Science. 366. (6466). p. 692-695.
Tennial, R.E., Solomon, E.D., Hammonds-Odie, L., McDowell, G.S., Moore, M., Roca, A.I., Marcette, J.(2019). Formation of the Inclusive Environments and Metrics in Biology Education and Research (iEMBER) Network: Building a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion . CBE Life Sciences Education. 18. (1).
McDowell, G.S., Philpott, A.(2019). Calculating the degradation rate of individual proteins using Xenopus extract systems . Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2019. (6). p. 493-497.
McDowell, G.S., Philpott, A.(2019). Assessing ubiquitylation of individual proteins using Xenopus extract systems . Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2019. (6). p. 486-492.
McDowell, G.S., Knutsen, J.D., Graham, J.M., Oelker, S.K., Lijek, R.S.(2019). Co-reviewing and ghostwriting by early-career researchers in the peer review of manuscripts . eLife. 8.
Gary S McDowell, Anna Philpott (2018). Assessing Ubiquitylation of Individual Proteins Using Xenopus Extract Systems . Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository.
Gary S McDowell, Anna Philpott (2018). Calculating the Degradation Rate of Individual Proteins Using Xenopus Extract Systems . Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository.
Gary McDowell, Michael D Schaller, André Porter, Dorothy Shippen, Katherine L Friedman, Matthew S Gentry, Tricia R Serio, Wesley I Sundquist(2017). What’s in a name? . eLife. 6. {eLife} Sciences Organisation, Ltd.
Gary McDowell, Michael D Schaller, André Porter, Dorothy Shippen, Katherine L Friedman, Matthew S Gentry, Tricia R Serio, Wesley I Sundquist (2017). What’s in a name? . eLife.
Adriana Bankston, Gary S. McDowell(2017). Monitoring the compliance of the academic enterprise with the Fair Labor Standards Act . F1000Research. 5. p. 2690. F1000 Research, Ltd.
(2017). The new face of US science . Nature.
Heggeness, M.L., Gunsalus, K.T.W., Pacas, J., McDowell, G.(2017). Snapshot of the US biomedical workforce . Nature. 541. (7635). p. 21-23.
Schaller, M.D., McDowell, G., Porter, A., Shippen, D., Friedman, K.L., Gentry, M.S., Serio, T.R., Sundquist, W.I.(2017). What’s in a name? . eLife. 6.
Gary McDowell, Suvithan Rajadurai, Michael Levin(2016). From cytoskeletal dynamics to organ asymmetry: a nonlinear, regulative pathway underlies left–right patterning . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371. (1710). p. 20150409. The Royal Society
Adriana Bankston, Gary S. McDowell(2016). Monitoring the compliance of the academic enterprise with the Fair Labor Standards Act . F1000Research. 5. p. 2690. F1000 Research, Ltd.
Davison, A., McDowell, G.S., Holden, J.M., Johnson, H.F., Koutsovoulos, G.D., Liu, M.M., Hulpiau, P., Van Roy, F., Wade, C.M., Banerjee, R., et al.(2016). Formin is Associated with Left-Right Asymmetry in the Pond Snail and the Frog . Current Biology. 26. (5). p. 654-660.
McDowell, G.S., Lemire, J.M., Paré, J.-F., Cammarata, G., Lowery, L.A., Levin, M.(2016). Conserved roles for cytoskeletal components in determining laterality . Integrative Biology (United Kingdom). 8. (3). p. 267-286.
McDowell, G.S., Polka, J.K.(2016). Junior researchers: Fewer papers would scotch early careers . Nature. 534. (7609).
Bankston, A., McDowell, G.S.(2016). Monitoring the compliance of the academic enterprise with the Fair Labor Standards Act . F1000Research. 5.
McDowell, G.(2016). Junior biomedical scientists and preprints [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations] . F1000Research. 5.
McDowell, G., Rajadurai, S., Levin, M.(2016). From cytoskeletal dynamics to organ asymmetry: A nonlinear, regulative pathway underlies left - Right patterning . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371. (1710).
McDowell, G.S., Philpott, A.(2016). Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis in Xenopus extract . International Journal of Developmental Biology. 60. (7-9). p. 263-270.
Gary McDowell(2015). Why not have a life? . Science. 349. (6247). p. 554--554. American Association for the Advancement of Science ({AAAS})
Gary McDowell(2015). Why not have a life? . Science. 349. (6247). p. 554--554. American Association for the Advancement of Science ({AAAS})
Krukenberg, K.A., McDowell, G.S., Gunsalus, K.T.W., MacKellar, D.C., Mazzilli, S.A., Pai, V.P., Goodwin, P.R., Walsh, E.M., Robinson-Mosher, A., Bowman, T.A., et al.(2015). Shaping the Future of Research: A perspective from junior scientists . F1000Research. 3.
McDowell, G.(2015). Why not have a life? . Science. 349. (6247).
Polka, J.K., Krukenberg, K.A., McDowell, G.S.(2015). A call for transparency in tracking student and postdoc career outcomes . Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26. (8). p. 1413-1415.
McDowell, G.S., Hardwick, L.J.A., Philpott, A.(2014). Complex domain interactions regulate stability and activity of closely related proneural transcription factors . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 450. (4). p. 1283-1290.
(2014). An open letter to AAAS journal "Science": Postdocs need to address "The Future of Research" .
McDowell GS, Hindley CJ, Lippens G, Landrieu I, Philpott A, BMC biochemistry, 2014, vol. 15, pp. 24 .
McDowell, G.S., Hindley, C.J., Lippens, G., Landrieu, I., Philpott, A.(2014). Phosphorylation in intrinsically disordered regions regulates the activity of Neurogenin2 . BMC Biochemistry. 15. (1).
Serang, O., Froehlich, J.W., Muntel, J., McDowell, G., Steen, H., Lee, R.S., Steen, J.A.(2013). SweetSEQer, simple de novo filtering and annotation of glycoconjugate mass spectra . Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 12. (6). p. 1735-1740.
McDowell, G.S., Philpott, A.(2013). Non-canonical ubiquitylation: Mechanisms and consequences . International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 45. (8). p. 1833-1842.
McDowell, G.S., Gaun, A., Steen, H.(2013). IFASP: Combining isobaric mass tagging with filter-aided sample preparation . Journal of Proteome Research. 12. (8). p. 3809-3812.
Hindley, C., Ali, F., McDowell, G., Cheng, K., Jones, A., Guillemot, F., Philpott, A.(2012). Post-translational modification of Ngn2 differentially affects transcription of distinct targets to regulate the balance between progenitor maintenance and differentiation . Development. 139. (10). p. 1718-1723.
Ali, F., Hindley, C., McDowell, G., Deibler, R., Jones, A., Kirschner, M., Guillemot, F., Philpott, A.(2011). Cell cycle-regulated multi-site phosphorylation of neurogenin 2 coordinates cell cycling with differentiation during neurogenesis . Development. 138. (19). p. 4267-4277.
Hindley, C.J., McDowell, G.S., Wise, H., Anna, P.(2011). Regulation of cell fate determination by Skp1-Cullin1-F-box (SCF) E3 ubiquitin ligases . International Journal of Developmental Biology. 55. (3). p. 249-260.
McDowell, G.S., Kucerova, R., Philpott, A.(2010). Non-canonical ubiquitylation of the proneural protein Ngn2 occurs in both Xenopus embryos and mammalian cells . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 400. (4). p. 655-660.
Steward A, McDowell GS, Clarke J, Journal of molecular biology, 2009, vol. 389, no. 2, pp. 425-437 .
Vosper, J.M.D., McDowell, G.S., Hindley, C.J., Fiore-Heriche, C.S., Kucerova, R., Horan, I., Philpott, A.(2009). Ubiquitylation on canonical and non-canonical sites targets the transciption factor neurogenin for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284. (23). p. 15458-15468.
Steward, A., McDowell, G.S., Clarke, J.(2009). Topology is the Principal Determinant in the Folding of a Complex All-alpha Greek Key Death Domain from Human FADD . Journal of Molecular Biology. 389. (2). p. 425-437.
OTHER
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of Online training in manuscript peer review: a systematic review . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of Online training in manuscript peer review: a systematic review . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of Knowledge and motivations of training in peer review: an international cross-sectional survey . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of Knowledge and motivations of training in peer review: an international cross-sectional survey . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of Decades of systemic racial disparities in funding rates at the National Science Foundation . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of Decades of systemic racial disparities in funding rates at the National Science Foundation . Zenodo.
Constance Holman, Tracey L. Weissgerber, Brianne Kent, Bob Siegerink, Schwessinger, Clarissa Carneiro, Sophia Crüwell, David Kent, Humberto Debat, Devang Mehta, et al. (2022). Tips & Tricks for ECR Initiatives Working to Improve Science . Open Science Framework.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of A Rubric to Evaluate Preprint Peer Reviews . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of A Rubric to Evaluate Preprint Peer Reviews . Zenodo.
McDowell, Gary S(2022). Review of FAST principles for preprint feedback . Zenodo. Zenodo
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of FAST principles for preprint feedback . Zenodo.
Gary S McDowell (2022). Review of FAST principles for preprint feedback . Zenodo.
Gary S. McDowell, Jessica K. Polka, Tony Ross-Hellauer, Gabriel Stein(2021). The DocMaps Framework for representing assertions on research products in an extensible, machine-readable, and discoverable format . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gary Mcdowell, Harinder Singh, Adriana Bankston (2020). Training transitions: From research dependence to independence .
Gary McDowell, Thomas Klebel, Stefan Reichmann, Jessica Polka, Naomi Penfold, Samantha Hindle, Tony Ross-Hellauer(2020). Peer review and preprint policies are unclear at most major journals . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gary Mcdowell, Caroline A Niziolek, Rebeccah S. Lijek (2020). Practical changes to reduce ghostwriting in peer review .
Gary S McDowell, John D Knutsen, June M Graham, Sarah K Oelker, Rebeccah S Lijek (2019). Author response: Co-reviewing and ghostwriting by early-career researchers in the peer review of manuscripts .
Adriana Bankston, Adam P Fagen, Gary S McDowell, Kearney Gunsalus, Sonia Hall(2019). Enhancing the connections between institutions and organizations to advance postdoctoral training . {PeerJ}
Adriana Bankston, Adam P Fagen, Gary S McDowell, Kearney Gunsalus, Sonia Hall (2019). Enhancing the connections between institutions and organizations to advance postdoctoral training .
Juan Pablo Ruiz, Pinar Gurel, William H Olds, Adriana Bankston, Gary S McDowell(2019). Inspiring and ethical mentorship in STEM: A meeting highlighting need for engagement, incentives, and accountability . {PeerJ}
Juan Pablo Ruiz, Pinar Gurel, William H Olds, Adriana Bankston, Gary S McDowell (2019). Inspiring and ethical mentorship in STEM: A meeting highlighting need for engagement, incentives, and accountability .
Gary S. McDowell, Anna Philpott(2016). Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis in Xenopus extract . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gary S. McDowell, Suvithan Rajadurai, Michael Levin(2016). From cytoskeletal dynamics to organ asymmetry: a non-linear, regulative pathway underlies left-right patterning . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
PREPRINT
Gary S. McDowell(2022). The Preprint Peer Reviewer's Toolkit: How to post a peer review of a preprint . Center for Open Science
Jessica Polka, Iratxe Puebla, Damian Pattinson, Philip Hurst, Gary S. McDowell, Richard Sever, Thomas Lemberger, Michele Avissar-Whiting, Philip N. Cohen, Tony Ross-Hellauer, et al.(2022). PReF: describing key Preprint Review Features . Center for Open Science
(2019). Co-reviewing and ghostwriting by early career researchers in the peer review of manuscripts .
Athanasiadou R, Bankston A, Carlisle M, Niziolek C, McDowell G(2017). Assessing the Landscape of U.S. Postdoctoral Salaries .
Pickett CL, Bankston A, McDowell GS(2017). The GSS is an unreliable indicator of biological sciences postdoc population trends .
BOOK
Bankston, A., McDowell, G.S.(2018). A Review of Postdoc Reforms in the United States and the Case of the Fair Labor Standards Act Updates of 2016 . The Postdoc Landscape: The Invisible Scholars. p. 15-48.
McDowell, G.S., Philpott, A.(2016). New Insights Into the Role of Ubiquitylation of Proteins . International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology. 325. p. 35-88.
WORKING PAPER
Misty L. Heggeness, Kearney T. Gunsalus, Jose Pacas, Gary S. McDowell. “Preparing for the 21st Century Biomedical Research Job Market: Using Census Data to Inform Policy and Career Decision-Making - Version 1”. SJS (21 Dec. 2016)
<http://www.sjscience.org/article?id=570>.
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