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Freelance scientific writer and consultant

Profile Summary

I have over 15 years of research and writing experience in microbiology and molecular biology. I can help you with your scientific/medical writing needs such as manuscript writing/editing and literature reviews. I can also help you with your experimental design and development of molecular biology assays.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing

Research Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Biologist/Research Scientist

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

July 2014 - Present

Project Scientist

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

August 2011 - June 2014

Postdoctoral researcher

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

June 2009 - July 2011

Postdoctoral researcher

University of Washington

March 2008 - April 2009

Education

PhD Microbiology

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

August 2003 - December 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2019). LurR is a regulator of the central lactate oxidation pathway in sulfate-reducing Desulfovibrio species . PloS One.

(2019). Large Circular Plasmids from Groundwater Plasmidomes Span Multiple Incompatibility Groups and Are Enriched in Multimetal Resistance Genes . mBio.

(2018). Multiple signaling systems target a core set of transition metal homeostasis genes using similar binding motifs . Molecular Microbiology.

(2017). A Highly Expressed High-Molecular-Weight S-Layer Complex of Pelosinus sp. Strain UFO1 Binds Uranium . Applied Environmental Microbiology.

(2015). Isolation of a significant fraction of non-phototroph diversity from a desert biological soil crust . Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. (MAR).

(2015). σ54-dependent regulome in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough . BMC Genomics. 16. (1).

(2015). Regulation of nitrite stress response in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, a model sulfate-reducing bacterium . Journal of Bacteriology. 197. (21). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 3400-3408.

Rajeev, L., Luning, E.G., Mukhopadhyay, A.(2014). DNA-affinity-purified chip (DAP-chip) method to determine gene targets for bacterial two component regulatory systems . Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (89).

(2014). Identification of a cyclic-di-GMP-modulating response regulator that impacts biofilm formation in a model sulfate reducing bacterium . Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. (JULY).

(2014). Exploring the role of CheA3 in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough motility . Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. (MAR).

(2013). Interactions of NBU1 IntN1 and Orf2x proteins with attachment site DNA . Journal of Bacteriology. 195. (24). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 5516-5525.

(2013). Dynamic cyanobacterial response to hydration and dehydration in a desert biological soil crust . ISME Journal. 7. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2178-2191.

(2013). New family of tungstate-responsive transcriptional regulators in sulfate-reducing bacteria . Journal of Bacteriology. 195. (19). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 4466-4475.

(2012). Deletion of the Desulfovibrio vulgaris carbon monoxide sensor invokes global changes in transcription . Journal of Bacteriology. 194. (21). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 5783-5793.

(2012). Functional responses of methanogenic archaea to syntrophic growth . ISME Journal. 6. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2045-2055.

Rajeev, L., Luning, E.G., Dehal, P.S., Price, M.N., Arkin, A.P., Mukhopadhyay, A.(2011). Systematic mapping of two component response regulators to gene targets in a model sulfate reducing bacterium . Genome Biology.

(2009). Challenging a paradigm: The role of DNA homology in tyrosine recombinase reactions . Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 73. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 300-309.

(2007). The Bacteroides NBU1 integrase performs a homology-independent strand exchange to form a holliday junction intermediate . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282. (43). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 31228-31237.

Schmidt, J.W., Rajeev, L., Salyers, A.A., Gardner, J.F.(2006). NBU1 integrase: Evidence for an altered recombination mechanism . Molecular Microbiology. 60. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 152-164.

Rajeev, L., Salyers, A.A., Gardner, J.F.(2006). Characterization of the integrase of NBU1, a Bacteroides mobilizable transposon . Molecular Microbiology. 61. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 978-990.