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ANDREA
ANDERSON
Genome
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Andrea
Anderson is a science reporter for the online publication
GenomeWeb Daily News, based in New York City. A graduate of
New York University’s Science, Health, and Environmental
Reporting Program, Andrea also holds a Masters degree in cell
biology from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
Andrea's writing has also appeared in Audubon magazine, Discover
online, Nature Medicine and other publications. She currently
resides in Brooklyn, NY. |
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ORLI
BAHCALL
Nature Genetics
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Orli
Bahcall obtained her Ph.D. from Imperial College, London,
in epidemiology and mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.
As a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University, she completed an
M.Sc. in Epidemiology. Her first degree was from MIT Biology,
where she researched DNA replication in S. cerevisiae. She also
served as an assistant news editor of MIT's student newspaper,
The Tech, and participated in the MIT-Washington Policy Internship
program, serving at the NIH. She joined the Nature Genetics
team in 2004. |
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CHRIS
GUNTER
Nature
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Chris
Gunter earned a Bachelor’s degree in both genetics
and biochemistry from the University of Georgia in 1992, and
a PhD in genetics from Emory University in 1998. Her research
was centered on human genetics and molecular biology concerning
fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental
retardation. She then completed postdoctoral work at Case Western
Reserve University, examining the mechanism of mammalian X-chromosome
inactivation. Dr. Gunter has also earned publishing experience
at several journals, including editorial positions at Human
Molecular Genetics and Science. She currently serves as the
primary editor for genetics and genomics manuscripts at the
international journal Nature. |
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JAN
WITKOWSKI
Cold Spring Harbor Lab
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Jan
Witkowski is Executive Director of the Banbury Center
at CSHL, holding some 24 meetings each year, covering topics
in molecular and cell biology; human genetics; neuroscience;
biotechnology; and societal issues of modern biology. He obtained
his Ph.D. in biochemistry at NIMR, London., and carried out
postdoc research at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, the
Mayo Clinic, and ICRF. He ran a DNA diagnostic laboratory at
Baylor College of Medicine before moving CSHL. He has published
numerous papers on human genetics and the history of experimental
biology and is a coauthor with Jim Watson of the textbook Recombinant
DNA: Genes and Genomes. Witkowski is editor-in-chief of Trends
in Biochemical Sciences. |
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