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Hire Dr. Jessica L.

United States

Scientist with 10+ years of experience in basic, pre-clinical, and clinical research

Profile Summary

My basic research experience is in tissue engineering in the neural application. I have experience in both in vitro and in vivo experiment design and with multiple neural primary cells, cell lines, and stem cells. I have experience writing grant proposals, standard operating procedures, process validation documents, manuscripts, book chapters, review articles, and equipment operating manuals. I am also a frequent reviewer for two journals. I am also interested in writing general articles about certain topics and do content editing. Below is a list of my technical expertise: Stem cell experience: isolation of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow aspirate and Wharton’s Jelly; handling and maintenance of research and GMP grade human MSCs; reprogramming and maintenance of induced pluripotent stem cell s(iPSCs); isolate of rat MSCs from bone; handling, maintenance, and osteogenic differentiation of rat MSCs; handling, maintenance, and neural differentiation of human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs, Lonza). Primary cell/cell line culture experience: adult Schwann cell and embryonic dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) isolation; handling and maintenance of PC12, rat embryonic DRGs and Schwann cells; neural differentiation of PC12. Laboratory techniques: electrospinning, cell viability assay (pico green, XTT, and MTT), biochemical assay (alkaline phosphatase test, calcium assay), immunocytochemistry, RNA isolation (in vitro), RT-PCR, ELISA (in vitro and in vivo), cryostat sectioning, paraffin sectioning, and immunohistochemistry. Equipment experience: nanoSight, microplate reader, flow cytometry, PCR machine, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, confocal microscopy (Nikon, Zeiss, Olympus), Instron (tensile testing), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermally stimulated current (TSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), ATR-FTIR, and X-ray diffraction.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Regulatory Writing
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Tissue Engineering
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ Creative Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Work Experience

Assistant Scientist

University of Miami

January 2018 - Present

Post-doctoral Research associate

University of Miami - Miami Project

December 2010 - December 2017

Education

PhD (Biomedical Engineering)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

August 2005 - August 2010

MS

New Jersey Institute of Technology

August 2003 - August 2005

BS

University of Southern California

August 1999 - May 2002

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Wu, S., Chen, M.-S., Maurel, P., Lee, Y.-S., Bunge, M.B., Arinzeh, T.L.(2018). Aligned fibrous PVDF-TrFE scaffolds with Schwann cells support neurite extension and myelination in vitro . Journal of Neural Engineering. 15. (5).

Cerqueira, S.R., Lee, Y.-S., Cornelison, R.C., Mertz, M.W., Wachs, R.A., Schmidt, C.E., Bunge, M.B.(2018). Decellularized peripheral nerve supports Schwann cell transplants and axon growth following spinal cord injury . Biomaterials. 177. p. 176-185.

Lee, Y.-S., Funk, L., Lee, J., Bunge, M.(2018). Macrophage depletion and Schwann cell transplantation reduce cyst size after rat contusive spinal cord injury . Neural Regeneration Research. 13. (4). p. 684-691.

Lee, Y.-S., Wu, S., Arinzeh, T.L., Bunge, M.B.(2017). Transplantation of schwann cells inside PVDF-TrFE conduits to bridge transected rat spinal cord stumps to promote axon regeneration across the gap . Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2017. (129).

Lee, Y.-S., Wu, S., Arinzeh, T.L., Bunge, M.B.(2017). Enhanced noradrenergic axon regeneration into schwann cell-filled PVDF-TrFE conduits after complete spinal cord transection . Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 114. (2). p. 444-456.

Lee, Y.-S., Arinzeh, T.L., Lee, Y.-S., Arinzeh, T.L.(2012). The influence of piezoelectric scaffolds on neural differentiation of human neural stem/progenitor cells . Tissue Engineering - Part A. 18. (19-20). p. 2063-2072.

Lee, Y.-S., Collins, G., Livingston Arinzeh, T.(2011). Neurite extension of primary neurons on electrospun piezoelectric scaffolds . Acta Biomaterialia. 7. (11). p. 3877-3886.

Lee, Y.-S., Arinzeh, T.L.(2011). Electrospun nanofibrous materials for neural tissue engineering . Polymers. 3. (1). p. 413-426.

Breitbart, E.A., Meade, S., Azad, V., Yeh, S., Al-Zube, L., Lee, Y.-S., Benevenia, J., Arinzeh, T.L., Lin, S.S.(2010). Mesenchymal stem cells accelerate bone allograft incorporation in the presence of diabetes mellitus . Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 28. (7). p. 942-949.

Weber, N., Lee, Y.-S., Shanmugasundaram, S., Jaffe, M., Arinzeh, T.L.(2010). Characterization and in vitro cytocompatibility of piezoelectric electrospun scaffolds . Acta Biomaterialia. 6. (9). p. 3550-3556.

Hsieh, W.-H., Chiu, W.-T., Lee, Y.-S., Ho, Y.-S.(2004). Bibliometric analysis of Patent Ductus Arteriosus treatments . Scientometrics. 60. (2). p. 205-215.

Chiu, W.-T., Ho, Y.-S., Lee, Y.-S.(2003). To the Editor: Sharp Decline of Injury Mortality Rate in a Developing Country . Journal of Trauma. 55. (2). p. 391-392.

BOOK CHAPTER

Cerqueira, S.R., Lee, Y.-S., Bunge, M.B.(2018). A culture model to study neuron-Schwann cell-astrocyte interactions . Methods in Molecular Biology. 1739. p. 269-279.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Lee, Y.-S., Collins, G., Arinzeh, T.L.(2010). Neural differentiation of human neural stem/progenitor cells on piezoelectric scaffolds . Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2010.

Lee, Y.-S., Ezebuiroh, C., Collins, C., Arinzeh, T.L.(2009). An electroactive conduit for spinal cord injury repair . Bioengineering, Proceedings of the Northeast Conference.

Weber, N., Shanmugasundaram, S., Lee, Y.-S., Jaffe, M., Arinzeh, T.L.(2008). Characterization and in vitro cytocompatibility of piezoelectric electrospun scaffolds . 8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008. 1. p. 525.