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Scientist (PhD) | Expert in cancer research | Helping You Get the Most Out of Your Research

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✨Hi! I’m Whitney — a PhD-level scientist at heart with a passion for clear communication and helping others succeed. I’m trained in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, Developmental Biology and Cancer Biology, with experience spanning academia and industry. I’ve co-authored peer-reviewed papers (including Cell Stem Cell), reviewed manuscripts, written grant proposals, and created science content for both social media and scientific journals. During my doctoral research I gained expertise in histology, in vivo tumor models and microscopy.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Embryology
• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Animal Science
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Apoptosis
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Oligonucleotide Synthesis
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ DNA Damage & Repair
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Histology
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Cryosectioning
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Genetic Engineering
• ☆ Gene Editing/CRISPR
• ☆ Gene Delivery
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning

Work Experience

PhD-student

University of Zurich

March 2020 - February 2025

Education

B.Sc Bio-pharmaceutical Sciences

Leiden University

- Present

M.Sc Biomedical Sciences

University of Amsterdam

- Present

PhD Candidate (Institute of Anatomy)

University of Zurich

March 2020 - Present

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

WS Jordaan, WS Jordaan, WS Jordaan, WS Jordaan (2025). JoVE Video - High-throughput Imaging and Analysis Workflow for Evaluating Skin Cell Phenotypes and Proliferation States in Tissue Samples . Journal of Visual Experimentation.

WS Jordaan (2024). Peripheral Glia Constitute a Regenerative Niche Triggering Skin Wound Healing . Cell Stem Cell.

Jelena Vasilevska, Phil Fang Cheng, Julia Lehmann, Egle Ramelyte, Julia Martínez Gómez, Florentia Dimitriou, Federica Sella, Daria Ferretti, Adrian Salas-Bastos, Whitney Shannon Jordaan, et al. (2024). Monitoring melanoma patients on treatment reveals a distinct macrophage population driving targeted therapy resistance . Cell Reports Medicine.

Whitney Jordaan, Eva Sum, Moritz Rapp, Philipp Fröbel, Marine Le Clech, Harald Dürr, Anna Maria Giusti, Mario Perro, Dario Speziale, Leo Kunz, et al. (2021). Fibroblast Activation Protein α-Targeted CD40 Agonism Abrogates Systemic Toxicity and Enables Administration of High Doses to Induce Effective Antitumor Immunity . Clinical Cancer Research.

Nina L. Haring, Elisabeth J. van Bree, Whitney S. Jordaan, Judith R.E. Roels, Gonzalo Congrains Sotomayor, Tiziana M. Hey, Fred T.G. White, Marc D. Galland, Marten P. Smidt, Frank M.J. Jacobs (2021). <i>ZNF91</i> deletion in human embryonic stem cells leads to ectopic activation of SVA retrotransposons and up-regulation of KRAB zinc finger gene clusters . Genome Research.