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Hire Dr. Madeline S.

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Neuroscience expert with 8+ years of experience in cell and molecular biology research

Profile Summary

• Task and detail-oriented scientist with project leadership experience working on multidisciplinary teams to conduct research projects adhering to regulations. • Productive scientist with superior written and public speaking skills resulting in 4 publications, 1 international nanosymposium, 4 oral presentations, and 16 abstracts. • Effective science communicator with extensive teaching experience as a Rutgers University Teaching Assistant for 7 semesters & community outreach efforts explaining science concepts. • Proficient skills in: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & OneNote), EndNote, Intro to Matlab, data entry, management, organization, and analysis using Excel and Graphpad Prism.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Autism Spectrum Disorders

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow: Nestor and Dykxhoorn Lab

Hussman Institute

April 2019 - April 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow: Torres and DiCicco-Bloom Lab

Rutgers University

February 2018 - December 2018

PhD Candidate: DiCicco-Bloom Lab

Rutgers University

May 2013 - January 2018

Education

PhD | Neuroscience

Rutgers University, New Brunswick - United States

August 2012 - January 2018

Bachelors in Science (Biochemistry)

Virginia Tech

August 2008 - May 2012

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Madel Durens and Jonathan Nestor and Madeline Williams and Kevin Herold and Robert F. Niescier and Jason W. Lunden and Andre W. Phillips and Yu-Chih Lin and Derek M. Dykxhoorn and Michael W. Nestor(2020). High-throughput screening of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived brain organoids . Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 335. p. 108627. Elsevier {BV}

Madeline Williams and Smrithi Prem and Xiaofeng Zhou and Paul Matteson and Percy Luk Yeung and Chi-Wei Lu and Zhiping Pang and Linda Brzustowicz and James H. Millonig and Emanuel Dicicco-Bloom(2018). Rapid Detection of Neurodevelopmental Phenotypes in Human Neural Precursor Cells (NPCs) . Journal of Visualized Experiments. (133). {MyJove} Corporation

Autism neural precursor cells from both idiopathic and CNV 16p11.2 deletion patients exhibit dysregulation of proliferation and mitogenic responses. Stem Cell Reports.

BOOK CHAPTER

Luka Turkalj and Monal Mehta and Paul Matteson and Smrithi Prem and Madeline Williams and Robert J. Connacher and Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom and James H. Millonig(2020). Using iPSC-Based Models to Understand the Signaling and Cellular Phenotypes in Idiopathic Autism and 16p11.2 Derived Neurons . Advances in Neurobiology. p. 79--107. Springer International Publishing

DISSERTATION THESIS

(2018). A tale of two families: neural precursor cells from idiopathic autism patients exhibit proliferation phenotypes.