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Hire Dr. Sally B.

United States

Profile Summary

• Developmental geneticist with broad scientific knowledge and over ten years’ research experience in the fields of vertebrate morphogenesis and cell signaling. • Passionate, creative science communicator: science writer and social media manager for Scizzle science blog (www.myscizzle.com/blog), teacher (New York Academy of Sciences Education Fellow), mentor. Numerous oral and poster presentations at international conferences. Curator and writer of "So You Want to Be A..." post-PhD career series for Scizzle. • Exceptional writing and editorial skills: solid publication record, grant writer, peer reviewer, and skilled technical writer. Independently wrote manuscript and made figures for all first author papers. Book chapter on X-gal staining is consistently most read publication from Columbia Department of Genetics & Development in ResearchGate's weekly stats. • Expert in diverse techniques, including: molecular biology (PCR, cloning), gene expression analysis (ISH, IHC, histology, transgenic reporters), cell culture (including ES), culture-based assay development, organ culture, transgenic models (generation & analysis of), microscopy (live imaging, confocal), fine embryonic dissection, mouse colony management; data analysis, Python.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Developmental Biology
• ★ Animal Genetics
• ★ Genetics
• ☆ STEM
• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Associate Research Scientist

Columbia University

February 2016 - December 2016

Specialist

F100 (Faculty of 1000)

May 2015 - December 2016

Social Media Manager

Scizzle

August 2014 - December 2016

Science Writer

Scizzle

June 2013 - December 2016

Associate Research Scientist

Columbia University

November 2014 - January 2016

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Columbia University

November 2009 - October 2014

Academy Fellow (Teaching)

New York Academy of Sciences

January 2011 - December 2013

Career Development Fellow

MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh, UK

January 2007 - October 2009

Education

PhD

University of Edinburgh

October 2003 - September 2006

MSc (Res)

University of Edinburgh

October 2002 - September 2003

BSc (Hons) Human Genetics

University of Nottingham

September 1999 - June 2002

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Lindström, N.O., Lindström, N.O., Lawrence, M.L., Burn, S.F., Johansson, J.A., Bakker, E.R., Ridgway, R.A., Chang, C.-H., Karolak, M.J., Oxburgh, L., et al.(2015). Integrated β-catenin, BMP, PTEN, and notch signalling patterns the nephron . eLife. 2015. (4). p. 1-29.

Lindström, N.O., Lawrence, M.L., Burn, S.F., Johansson, J.A., Bakker, E.R., Ridgway, R.A., Chang, C.-H., Karolak, M.J., Oxburgh, L., Headon, D.J., et al.(2014). Integrated β-catenin, BMP, PTEN, and Notch signalling patterns the nephron . eLife. 3.

Burn, S.F.(2012). Detection of β-galactosidase activity: X-gal staining . Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 886. p. 241-250.

Essafi, A., Webb, A., Berry, R., Slight, J., Burn, S., Spraggon, L., Velecela, V., Martinez-Estrada, O., Wiltshire, J., Roberts, S., et al.(2011). A Wt1-Controlled chromatin switching mechanism underpins tissue-specific wnt4 activation and repression . Developmental Cell. 21. (3). p. 559-574.

Burn, S.F., Webb, A., Berry, R.L., Davies, J.A., Ferrer-Vaquer, A., Hadjantonakis, A.K., Hastie, N.D., Hohenstein, P.(2011). Calcium/NFAT signalling promotes early nephrogenesis . Developmental Biology. 352. (2). p. 288-298.

Burn, S.F., Hill, R.E.(2009). Left-right asymmetry in gut development: What happens next? . BioEssays. 31. (10). p. 1026-1037.

Burn, S.F., Boot, M.J., de Angelis, C., Doohan, R., Arques, C.G., Torres, M., Hill, R.E.(2008). The dynamics of spleen morphogenesis . Developmental Biology. 318. (2). p. 303-311.

Logan, D.W., Burn, S.F., Jackson, I.J.(2006). Regulation of pigmentation in zebrafish melanophores . Pigment Cell Research. 19. (3). p. 206-213.

Ventura, M., Mudge, J.M., Palumbo, V., Burn, S., Blennow, E., Pierluigi, M., Giorda, R., Zuffardi, O., Archidiacono, N., Jackson, M.S., et al.(2003). Neocentromeres in 15q24-26 map to duplicons which flanked an ancestral centromere in 15q25 . Genome Research. 13. (9). p. 2059-2068.

BOOK

Burn, S.F.(2012). Detection of β-galactosidase activity: X-gal staining . Methods in Molecular Biology. 886. p. 241-250.