I graduated with a degree in Education of Biological Sciences, and proceeded to do a MSc. at the Faculty of Medicine in the Technion, Haifa Israel. Nowadays I am researching fascia and intermuscular connective tissue in the psoas major muscle and its implication on non-uniform psoas deformation under tensile load using histology, immunohistology and biochemistry methods. One of my main interests lies in finding whether there are differences in protein levels within different cross-sectional planes in and the effects on treatment load transfer through soft tissue during therapy.

My name is Omai Garner, and I am a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA in the department of pathology. I work in the lab of Dr. Linda Baum and study the role of glycosylation in innate immunity and viral pathology.
I was always taught that science, at its best, is a collaborative process. It’s collaboration, and not competition, which produces the most significant advances in biomedical research.  This website provides a rare opportunity for scientists to interact with others worldwide through a well organized and useful discussion forum.

I’m Edward Dunphy, a research scientist and comic strip writer in Madison, WI.  I grew up in New York, graduated from the University of Chicago and have worked primarily in academic labs in Chicago and Madison since 1985.  I recently made a move into the private sector and I have to say I’m pretty happy with the change thus far.
     Marcia asked me to join the Scientist Solutions team two years ago after seeing my Lab Bratz science humor webcomic.   As the Moderator for “The Lighter Side of Science” forums, I’ve enjoyed scouring the internet for interesting science quotes, scientist birthdays, weird science facts and science jokes.  I also regularly post the archives of my Lab Bratz webcomic on the forum.

I am currently a Microbiologist at STERIS Corporation involved in the research and development of disinfectants and sterilants for the medical industry, including business acquisitions and licensing opportunities.  I received my Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
    The great aspect of working for SSI is that everyone is encouraged to provide their ideas for developing the site.   Scientist Solutions is really being developed by scientists, for scientists.

When I was fifteen my father convinced me to quit my job as a cashier at Toys R Us and work in a lab at Tufts University Medical Center washing lab glassware.  Unbeknownst to anyone, except maybe my father, this was the beginning of my scientific career.  I continued to work part-time in labs through high school and college, and before I knew it, I had a degree in Biochemistry and was entering graduate school. 
In 2006 I moved to the EMD-Serono Research Institute in Rockland, MA.  Not surprisingly, science in a pharmaceutical company is really different from an academic lab, and I found that I missed the constant discussion of the latest scientific papers, protocols/methods, and research products that occurs within academic labs and departments.  Scientist Solutions allows me back into these discussions, and I have really enjoyed and valued having access to scientists, academic and industrial, around the world. 

My name is Lynn Sherrer.  I earned my Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics from the University of Alabama-Birmingham and am the recipient of a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Merit Award from the National Institutes of Health, and the recipient of a competitive institutional training grant in Parasitology and Vector Biology from the NIH through Yale University giving me one year of postdoctoral funding.
     Scientist Solutions is a fabulous website that provides scientists with a place to ask experimental questions and share protocols and stories about life in science.  I am happy that I am able to be a part of the moderator team where I answer other scientists’ questions! It makes my day when I am able to help someone solve an experimental problem!

My name is Ryan Morin and I am currently pursuing a doctorate degree in bioinformatics at the Genome Sciences Centre in Vancouver, Canada.  I have been the moderator for the Genomics forum at Scientist Solutions for the past 3 years.  I started moderating for the board after being a user/contributor for several months. 
     Scientist Solutions has been a great way to find answers to problems I’ve encountered in my research.  It has also been useful in meeting people with common research interests.

I have been an active member at SSI for well over three years now, having got there through the simple accident of a Google search. 
      The information I got then saved me weeks of trial experiments. It’s a great feeling when I'm able to pay it back and get heartfelt thanks from another researcher.  That's what embodies the spirit that drives this site;  scientists helping other scientists!

I'm finishing up my PhD. in bioinformatics at the University of British Columbia.  My research has focused around  defining new ways to create, measure, and apply the components of the  semantic Web for the life sciences.  I'm particularly interested in  social tagging (e.g. Connotea, Del.icio.us) and other approaches to  community-driven creation of metadata.   I've been involved with SSI since 2006.  Looking forward, I hope, to continue to contribute both as a technical advisor on Web-related aspects of information science and as a participant in the forums.

I am Varsha Singh. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in a Microbial Pathogenesis Lab at Duke University Med center. I am so excited about microbes that I have them pervade my work, personal life and hobbies. I have even done an oil painting of a macrophage infected with Pneumophila (PDF available on request). So, when I got an opportunity to be part of Scientistsolutions as a moderator for ‘Microbiology, I leapt at it. It has been tons of fun and a learning experience. It is easier and fun to share than to go alone. Since then I am also become a moderator for “Proteomics”.  A recently added “Model Organisms’ forum, is my favorite as it includes C. elegans. 

I am a post doctoral fellow in the department of Pathology and laboratory medicine at UCLA working on identifiying defective gene products in rare genetic orphan diseases. 
     Since joining Scientist Solutions, I have not only been able to help and meet wonderful people through the numerous scientific categories and like research interests, but I have learned ... and continue to learn ... new and exciting techniques and ideas from others on the site.

I had always admired that Scientist Solutions could do so much for the scientific community, so I became a member in 2006.
      In November of last year I was selected to be moderator of the Protein Detection and Plant Biology forum. I am proud to be on the Scientist Solutions team working hard to contribute more to society.

Moderator of Pharmacology & Drug Discovery

I am a diversely trained scientist with a background in genetics, C. elegans biology, bioinformatics and nanotechnology. I am currently at the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology department at UCSB. I am very interested in molecular diagnostics, drug discovery and development and have been moderating these forums at SSI since 2006. I look forward to the stimulating discussions here and helping our community to the best extent possible.

I knew I wanted to be a scientist since my first chemistry class back in high school.  I loved the elegance and simplicity of the scientific method.  I studied biochemistry at Wellesley College where I had a chance to spend summers at MIT working on the Human Genome Project.  I decided to pursue further studies at UC San Diego, getting my PhD in Biomedical Sciences with emphasis in Genetics.  I joined Scientist Solutions a few months ago as a moderator because I think it’s important to give back and this gives me a chance to help out scientists from around the world.  I look forward to seeing Scientist Solutions grow and give scientists a chance to share knowledge and learn new things.

I am an American Cancer Society fellow at Northwestern University in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology.
      I provide scientific expertise to SSI in the fields of RNA biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology.  In addition, I’m promoting a new RNA Society community on our site.

My name is Anjuli Timmer and I co-moderate the Microbiology forum of Scientist Solutions. I did my undergraduate in Biology at the University of New Hampshire and after working as an Associate Scientist at AME for 2 years, joined the Molecular Pathology PhD program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
     My favorite part about Scientist Solutions is how many different people from different countries are involved – not only as members, but also participating in the company.   It has really brought scientists from all over the world together to help each other.

I am a Research Faculty at the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, UCLA and my research work involves the area including Lung Cancer treatment and chemoprevention.
     I used to go to the SSI site to get help and then one day I saw a flyer hanging in the corridor looking for moderators. I contacted Marcia, who gladly accepted my request to volunteer.   I’ve learned a lot here. If I did not know the answer to a question, I was encouraged to go to pubmed to find the answer.   That way I also learned something new!

The research focus of my laboratory is on development stem cell biology, particularly of the hematopoietic and hepatic systems.  A driving force behind my basic research efforts is a desire for the research to be clinically applicable, particularly in the field of fetal medicine.
      I believe that an active online community of scientists helping each other is a mutually beneficial arrangement that will foster research progress.  I have found Scientist Solutions to be a new way to meet colleagues that share similar research interests.

Expert in Chromatography; Chromatography Techniques Training (May 2009, Nairobi, Kenya)

Moderator of Virology

I have been a postdoc at Edinburgh University's College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine since 2001. My work here has involved using cloning and producing recombinant AAV, Adenovirus and lentiviruses to overexpress or knockdown gene expression to better understand mechanisms involved in inflammation and cancer and very recently,  human ES cell work.
      I stumbled upon Scientist Solutions just as I was beginning a new project and was happy to find such a friendly community that was always keen to point fellow scientists in the right direction. I found that this matched my (Scouting) scientist values and so now I'm "doing a good turn every day" - well almost.

Moderator of Immunology

I joined Scientist Solutions after being introduced to it by the Virology moderator, Jason King, while I was a postdoc in the Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh.  I am now a Fellow in the Influenza Division at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.  My primary interests lie in modulating the immune response to bacterial and viral infection.  I'm very happy to be a part of what is a fantastic and valuable resource for every person in the scientific community.