CV
About me
I am an enthusiastic, efficient and deadline-orientated editor in the field of developmental and stem cell biology with a research background in developmental biology. I feel strongly about integrity in scientific publishing and research culture, with an interest in promoting training and skills for early-career researchers (ECRs). I pride myself on being reliable, task-focused and organised, with strong interpersonal and project management skills developed from working with several different teams and stakeholders, as well as across a range of biological disciplines.
- KEY PHRASES: Scentific research ~ Science communication ~ Publishing ~ Project management
- LOCATION: Cambridgeshire, UK
Education and employment
2022 - present
Centenary Project Coordinator
In my role as Project Coordinator, I oversee the planning and organisation of The Company of Biologists' various centenary celebrations to take place in 2025. I am responsible for ensuring that the different projects are on track to be delivered on time and within budget. I report to the Publisher and Marketing Manager, working closely with relevant in-house teams, as well as third parties, such as professional conference organisers and branding, marketing and media companies.- KEY PHRASES: Project management ~ Marketing ~ Media ~ Organisation ~ Events
2018 - present
(>4 years)
Reviews Editor, Development⤣
As a Reviews Editor, I commission, handle and developmentally edit front-section content (i.e. review-type articles, features and opinion pieces) for Development - a leading academic journal in the field of developmental and stem cell biology.Primarily, my role involves project managing articles from their conception to publication, which includes creative thinking for article topics, working with invited authors, organising peer review, copy editing manuscripts, figures and proofs, as well as managing the scheduling of content for each fortnightly issue. In addition, my role entails various forms of communication including producing interviews, Development presents... webinars, films, press releases and “Research Highlights”. I represent the journal and The Company of Biologists, at national and international meetings, workshops and conferences. I report to the journal's Executive Editor, and I also work closely with academic authors as well as our in-house team of front-section Editors, Editorial Administrators, graphics artists, Production Editors and QC team, as well as the publisher's Events Organisers and Marketing team.Through my position as a Review Editor, I have gained experience in promoting journal content and events, on the journal's social media accounts (Twitter, Mastodon, Facebook and Instagram), as well as the implementation of journal strategies and I have knowledge and understanding of the academic publishing industry, including developments around Open Access, transformative journals, research integrity and peer review.- KEY PHRASES: Developmental editing ~ Commissioning ~ Publishing ~ Science communication ~ Networking
- KEY TOPICS: Developmental biology ~ Stem cells ~ Regeneration
2016 - 2018
(2.5 years)
Associate Research Fellow, Philip Ingham's group
▪ Guest Research Fellow, Fabian Rentszch's group, Sars Institute (Bergen, Norway)
▪ Visiting Research Fellow, A*STAR (Singapore)
- KEY PHRASES: Science administration ~ Lab management ~ Procurement ~ Husbandry
2015 - 2016
(10 months)
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Jim Smith's lab
I investigated the role of an extracellular matrix protein in lymphatic and neuronal development in the zebrafish using immunofluorescence. I also performed confocal time-lapse in vivo microscopy of transgenic zebrafish and used CRISPR-Cas9 technologies for the genetic manipulation of zebrafish.I used TALENS to generate a stable mutant zebrafish line. I evaluated the differences between morpholino knockdown and genetic mutants for a gene with a role in zebrafish primary haematopoiesis (blood development) using small-molecule inhibition, molecular methods and whole-mount histological staining.- KEY PHRASES: Research ~ Developmental biology ~ Zebrafish
2011 - 2015
(4 years)
PhD student , University College London
University of Portsmouth (UK)
2008 - 2011
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, First
Professional development and training
Publishing and communication skills
Creative Writing - Beginners by ACL (Sep-Dec 2022)
Video editing training by Yada Yada (Jan 2022)
Copyright training from Blake Morgan (Dec 2020)
Filming training by Yada Yada (Feb 2020)
Brush up on your grammar by Sfep (Jun 2019)
Social media skills for ECRs by UoE (May 2018)
Making your research accessible and impactful for non-expert audiences by the Brilliant Club (Jun 2017)
Public engagement (STEM) by UoE (Mar 2017)
Writing journal articles (STEMM) by UoE (Mar 2017)
Writing targeted grant proposals by UoE (Dec 2016)
Project management skills
Project Management: An introduction by Cambridge Network (Oct 2022)
Project Management in the Real World by Fistral (May 2017)
People management skills
Assertiveness and conflict management by UoE (Nov 2018)
Networking in research environments by UoE (Mar 2017)
Leadership and managing others by UoE (Dec 2016)
People management (planning and mentoring work) by UoE (Dec 2016)
Outreach and public engagement
Curator: Engage Exeter (@EngageExeter) Twitter feed of local engagement events (Jan 2018 – Nov 2018)
Secretary: British Science Association, Exeter Branch (Jan 2018 – Jan 2019)
Research partner: AccessLabs (Aug 2018)
Workshop coordinator and demonstrator: Crick School Days (Apr 2015)
Participant: Pint of Science Festivals (UCL Body Team) (May 2014 & May 2015)
Participant: Science Museum Lates “Bio-Revolution” (Feb 2014)
Peer-reviewed publications
Eve AMJ and Smith JC. Knockdown of Laminin gamma-3 (Lamc3) impairs motoneuron guidance in the zebrafish embryo [version 1; referees: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2017, 2:111. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12394.1
Eve AMJ, Place ES, and Smith JC (2017) Comparison of zebrafish tmem88a mutant and morpholino knockdown phenotypes. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0172227. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0172227
Cannon JE, Place ES, Eve AMJ, Bradshaw CR, Sesay A, Morrell NW, and Smith JC (2013). Global analysis of the haematopoietic and endothelial transcriptome during zebrafish development. Mech. Dev. 130, 122–31. DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2012.10.002
Other publications
Press releases
Interviews
The 2nd Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium: Meeting Summary
Tricks for concise scientific writing #wordcountchop Remove, replace, rephrase
Scientific conferences: networking for introverts Top ten tips for scientific networking
'Another look' at peer review: reviewing review articles The 'ABCs' of reviewing review articles
Getting involved in peer review Peer review: get involved, get up-to-date and get credit
The Young Embryologist Network Conference 2019: Meeting Summary
The 1st Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium: Meeting Summary
Grants and awards
Fev 2018
British Society for Developmental Biology: Conference Grant
£555 GBP
May 2017
Young Embryologists Network: Travel Award
£50 GBP
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Company of Biologists, Development: Travelling Fellowship
DEVTF-161111: “Evolutionary origins of the Hedgehog signalling pathway.”- Alex Eve, Philip Ingham (Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter).
- Fabian Rentzsch (Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology)
£2,400 GBP
Societies
Member: International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
Member: British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB)
Member: Society of Young Publishers (SYP)
Alumni member: CrickConnect
Member: British Canoeing
Former Secretary: British Science Association (BSA) Exeter branch
Former Student rep: Francis Crick Institute
Former Student rep: National Institute for Medical Research
Meetings, conferences and workshops
2023
Jun - Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Developmental Biology (Massachusetts, USA)
May - Cold Spring Harbor (CSH): Stem Cells (New York, USA)
Mar - The Company of Biologists (CoB) workshop: Novel Technologies for Programming Human Cell Fate (Kent, UK)
Mar - CSH Asia: Human development – From embryos to stem cell models (Awaji, Japan)
2022
Dec - CSH: Development and 3D Modeling of the Human Brain (New York, USA)
Oct - The 2nd Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium [Meeting Summary] (London, UK)
Sep - Development journal meeting: From Stem Cells to Human Development (Surrey, UK)
Sep - International Society for Differentiation (ISD) and British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) joint meeting (Valetta, Malta)
Jul - FASEB: Mechanisms of Plant Development (Vermont, USA)
Jun - ISSCR annual meeting (San Francisco, USA)
Jun - CoB workshop: The Biology and Physics of Left-Right Patterning (Sussex, UK)
May - Young Embryologists Network (YEN) annual meeting (London, UK)
Apr - British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB)/BSDB joint annual spring meeting (Coventry, UK)
2021
Sep - Development/DMM journal meeting: Developmental Disorders: From Mechanism to Treatment (virtual)
Jul - FASEB: Mechanisms of Plant Development Conference (virtual)
Jun - ISSCR annual meeting (virtual)
May - EMBL: The Identity and Evolution of Cell Types (virtual)
Mar - EMBL: Synthetic Morphogenesis: From Gene Circuits to Tissue Architecture [preList] (virtual)
Apr - BSDB/Genetics Society joint annual spring meeting (virtual)
2020
Nov - Wellcome: Single Cell Biology [preList] (virtual)
Sep - Development journal meeting: From Stem Cells to Human Development (virtual)
Sep - CSH: Epigenetics & Chromatin (virtual)
Feb - GRC: Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration (Lucca, Italy)
2019
Dec - CSH: Development and 3D modeling of the Human Brain (New York, USA)
Sep - CSH: Stem Cell Biology (New York, USA)
Jul - Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) annual meeting [preList] (Boston, USA)
Jul - The Company of Biologists workshop: New Frontiers in the Brain: Unexpected Roles of the Choroid Plexus-Cerebrospinal Fluid System in Health and Disease (Sussex, UK)
May - YEN annual meeting [Meeting Summary][preList] (London, UK)
Apr - BSDB annual spring meeting (Coventry, UK)
Mar - ISSCR International Symposium: Stem Cells and Organoids in Development & Disease (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Feb - The 1st Crick-Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium [Meeting Summary] (London, UK)
2018
Apr - BSDB annual spring meeting [Conference grant - poster] (Coventry, UK)
2017
Jun - International Society for Developmental Biology (ISDB) congress [poster] (Singapore)
May - YEN annual meeting [Travel award - poster] (London, UK)
2016
Oct - Zebrafish Disease Models conference (Singapore)
2015
Jun - European Zebrafish meeting [poster] (Oslo, Norway)
2014
Apr - BSDB annual spring meeting [poster] (Coventry, UK)
May - YEN annual meeting [poster] (London, UK)
2013
Jul - European Zebrafish meeting (Barcelona, Spain)
May - YEN annual meeting [poster] (London, UK)
2012
Oct - North American Vascular Biology Organisation (NAVBO) conference (Monterey, USA)