https://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&feed=atom&action=historyUser:Rachel - Revision history2024-03-29T15:31:17ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.3https://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&diff=16397&oldid=prevRachel: /* Who I am */2023-02-12T12:01:42Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Who I am</span></span></p>
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</table>Rachelhttps://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&diff=15704&oldid=prevRachel: /* Who I am */2022-03-17T11:54:42Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Who I am</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In addition to AGiR! projects at Hackuarium, I would like to improve science communication and facilitate participatory research projects especially, and helped Hammerdirt in the Montreux Clean Beach Project with microbiological monitoring over eight weeks during two consecutive summers, with a round of sampling (the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">NoJazz control</del>!) in 2020 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">allowed us to publish it, too</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In addition to AGiR! projects at Hackuarium, I would like to improve science communication and facilitate participatory research projects especially, and helped Hammerdirt in the Montreux Clean Beach Project with microbiological monitoring over eight weeks during two consecutive summers, with a round of sampling (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">without </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jazz </ins>!) in 2020 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">providing further statistical basis for a [https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12094 peer-reviewed publication]</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. ''I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with biosensors for arsenic and BTEX/PAH compounds in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years...'' </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. ''I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with biosensors for arsenic and BTEX/PAH compounds in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years...'' </div></td></tr>
</table>Rachelhttps://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&diff=15463&oldid=prevRachel: /* What I have been working on at Hackuarium */2022-01-22T15:03:57Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">What I have been working on at Hackuarium</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I hope the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jaPHOkH_42YmlhUThkNy1aN0U/view?usp=sharing two AGiR! projects] at Hackuarium, the [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/AGiR!_for_genomic_integrity cheek cell assays for DNA damage], and the [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Moss_Menageries_with_AGiR! moss fauna studies], will be beta-tested all over the world for big data possibilities about environmental risks to genomic integrity and biodiversity on our planet!<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I hope the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jaPHOkH_42YmlhUThkNy1aN0U/view?usp=sharing two AGiR! projects] at Hackuarium, the [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/AGiR!_for_genomic_integrity cheek cell assays for DNA damage], and the [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Moss_Menageries_with_AGiR! moss fauna studies], will be beta-tested all over the world for big data possibilities about environmental risks to genomic integrity and biodiversity on our planet!<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The push for citizen science with partners Hammerdirt for summertime [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Micro_to_Macro_Water_Pollution microbial analyses of lake water around Montreux] has been publicly available throughout those studies, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the latest news is a draft of our manuscript on these studies under review at </del>an academic journal. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(ahh chance) </del>Our urban garden tests, required more channeling of our inner Gregor Mendel, however, with weather a great problem in the second season <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">attempted</del>, and only <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">finally some </del>significant results in the 3rd year (garden plant peas per plant were increased with the symbiotic bacteria, in contrast to the mock inoculated plants). However, whether average increases seen (about 25 vs 16 peas per plant on average) will be sufficient to tempt a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">4th </del>go will depend on our community and others' interest. <br>(hint, gardening members, Now is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a good </del>time to start planning for spring.)<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The push for citizen science with partners Hammerdirt for summertime [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Micro_to_Macro_Water_Pollution microbial analyses of lake water around Montreux] has been publicly available throughout those studies, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as mentioned above, [https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2688-8319.12094 this came out in </ins>an academic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>journal. Our urban garden tests, required more channeling of our inner Gregor Mendel, however, with weather a great problem <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also </ins>in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fourth season (</ins>second season <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bad too)</ins>, and only <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so far convincingly </ins>significant results in the 3rd year (garden plant peas per plant were increased with the symbiotic bacteria, in contrast to the mock inoculated plants). However, whether average increases seen (about 25 vs 16 peas per plant on average)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, that year, after 2021's mixed bag (record number of peas per pod! in pots, better with bugs, but no sig), </ins>will be sufficient to tempt <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">us to try </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5th </ins>go will depend on our community and others' interest. <br>(hint, gardening members, Now is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>time to start planning for spring<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and whether to do a 5th round</ins>.)<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Other work around [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/OpenInsulin insulin is another possible project] I have been gradually pulling together.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Other work around [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/OpenInsulin insulin is another possible project] I have been gradually pulling together.<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I have been preoccupied by the pandemic, Corona Detective, and local and world politics too, but fully hope to return to cutting-edge molecular studies in our nice lab space, and ideally aim to do a high-resolution imaging project of sub-nuclear architecture in human cells.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I have been preoccupied by the pandemic, Corona Detective, and local and world politics too, but fully hope to return to cutting-edge molecular studies in our nice lab space, and ideally aim to do a high-resolution imaging project of sub-nuclear architecture in human cells.</div></td></tr>
</table>Rachelhttps://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&diff=15462&oldid=prevRachel at 14:59, 22 January 20222022-01-22T14:59:06Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An experienced molecular biologist with keen interest in genomic integrity, a big picture concept for public health that basically includes all the molecular genetic details in cells, I was born in New York, but grew up on the West Coast of the United States, going north with each move, from CA to OR to WA. Completing my doctorate in microbiology on retroviral RNA packaging in Seattle, I have had the opportunity to live in many wonderful places, and work on many interesting things.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An experienced molecular biologist with keen interest in genomic integrity, a big picture concept for public health that basically includes all the molecular genetic details in cells, I was born in New York, but grew up on the West Coast of the United States, going north with each move, from CA to OR to WA. Completing my doctorate in microbiology on retroviral RNA packaging in Seattle, I have had the opportunity to live in many wonderful places, and work on many interesting things.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From worms to mice, for molecular micro- and neuro- biology studies over the course of my academic career, I, for instance, cloned an RNA-level quality control factor of cells (smg-4/Upf3) defining a new motif central for this conserved cellular function, and also worked at the EPFL, helping define and modify mammalian circuits for sensory perception. In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with biosensors for arsenic and BTEX/PAH compounds in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years... In addition to AGiR! projects at Hackuarium, I would like to facilitate participatory research projects especially, and helped Hammerdirt in the Montreux Clean Beach Project with microbiological monitoring over eight weeks during two consecutive summers, with a round of sampling (the NoJazz control!) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">last summer</del>, too. An urban garden project with pea plants and symbiotic bacteria also ran for its <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">third </del>year now (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2020</del>).<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From worms to mice, for molecular micro- and neuro- biology studies over the course of my academic career, I, for instance, cloned an RNA-level quality control factor of cells (smg-4/Upf3) defining a new motif central for this conserved cellular function, and also worked at the EPFL, helping define and modify mammalian circuits for sensory perception. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with biosensors for arsenic and BTEX/PAH compounds in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years...<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 2018, I was 'naturalised' as a Swiss citizen, but am still working on using more French! (désolées, ami/es francophones... ça peut arriver, avec ton aide?! :)<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 2018, I was 'naturalised' as a Swiss citizen, but am still working on using more French! (désolées, ami/es francophones... ça peut arriver, avec ton aide?! :)<br></div></td></tr>
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</table>Rachelhttps://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&diff=15073&oldid=prevRachel: /* Declaration of further interests */2021-11-29T10:02:19Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Declaration of further interests</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The push for citizen science with partners Hammerdirt for summertime [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Micro_to_Macro_Water_Pollution microbial analyses of lake water around Montreux] has been publicly available throughout those studies, and the latest news is a draft of our manuscript on these studies under review at an academic journal. (ahh chance) Our urban garden tests, required more channeling of our inner Gregor Mendel, however, with weather a great problem in the second season attempted, and only finally some significant results in the 3rd year (garden plant peas per plant were increased with the symbiotic bacteria, in contrast to the mock inoculated plants). However, whether average increases seen (about 25 vs 16 peas per plant on average) will be sufficient to tempt a 4th go will depend on our community and others' interest. <br>(hint, gardening members, Now is a good time to start planning for spring.)<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The push for citizen science with partners Hammerdirt for summertime [http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Micro_to_Macro_Water_Pollution microbial analyses of lake water around Montreux] has been publicly available throughout those studies, and the latest news is a draft of our manuscript on these studies under review at an academic journal. (ahh chance) Our urban garden tests, required more channeling of our inner Gregor Mendel, however, with weather a great problem in the second season attempted, and only finally some significant results in the 3rd year (garden plant peas per plant were increased with the symbiotic bacteria, in contrast to the mock inoculated plants). However, whether average increases seen (about 25 vs 16 peas per plant on average) will be sufficient to tempt a 4th go will depend on our community and others' interest. <br>(hint, gardening members, Now is a good time to start planning for spring.)<br></div></td></tr>
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</table>Rachelhttps://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&diff=14097&oldid=prevRachel: /* What I have been working on at Hackuarium */2021-02-15T14:06:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">What I have been working on at Hackuarium</span></span></p>
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</table>Rachelhttps://wiki.hackuarium.ch/index.php?title=User:Rachel&diff=13881&oldid=prevRachel: /* Who I am */2021-02-07T14:22:28Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Who I am</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An experienced molecular biologist with keen interest in genomic integrity, a big picture concept for public health that basically includes all the molecular genetic details in cells, I was born in New York, but grew up on the West Coast of the United States. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After completing </del>my doctorate in microbiology on retroviral RNA packaging, I had the opportunity to live in many wonderful places, and work on many interesting things. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>From worms to mice, for molecular micro- and neuro- biology studies over the course of my academic career, I, for instance, cloned an RNA-level quality control factor of cells (smg-4/Upf3) defining a new motif central for this conserved cellular function, and also worked at the EPFL, helping define and modify mammalian circuits for sensory perception. In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with biosensors for arsenic and BTEX/PAH compounds in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years... In addition to AGiR! projects at Hackuarium, I would like to facilitate participatory research projects especially, and helped Hammerdirt in the Montreux Clean Beach Project with microbiological monitoring over eight weeks during two consecutive summers, with a round of sampling (the NoJazz control!) last summer, too. An urban garden project with pea plants and symbiotic bacteria also ran for its third year now (2020).<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An experienced molecular biologist with keen interest in genomic integrity, a big picture concept for public health that basically includes all the molecular genetic details in cells, I was born in New York, but grew up on the West Coast of the United States<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, going north with each move, from CA to OR to WA</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Completing </ins>my doctorate in microbiology on retroviral RNA packaging <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in Seattle</ins>, I <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">have </ins>had the opportunity to live in many wonderful places, and work on many interesting things.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From worms to mice, for molecular micro- and neuro- biology studies over the course of my academic career, I, for instance, cloned an RNA-level quality control factor of cells (smg-4/Upf3) defining a new motif central for this conserved cellular function, and also worked at the EPFL, helping define and modify mammalian circuits for sensory perception. In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with biosensors for arsenic and BTEX/PAH compounds in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years... In addition to AGiR! projects at Hackuarium, I would like to facilitate participatory research projects especially, and helped Hammerdirt in the Montreux Clean Beach Project with microbiological monitoring over eight weeks during two consecutive summers, with a round of sampling (the NoJazz control!) last summer, too. An urban garden project with pea plants and symbiotic bacteria also ran for its third year now (2020).<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 2018, I was 'naturalised' as a Swiss citizen, but am still working on using more French! (désolées, ami/es francophones... ça peut arriver, avec ton aide?! :)<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 2018, I was 'naturalised' as a Swiss citizen, but am still working on using more French! (désolées, ami/es francophones... ça peut arriver, avec ton aide?! :)<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Who I am ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Who I am ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An experienced molecular biologist with keen interest in genomic integrity, a big picture concept for public health that basically includes all the molecular genetic details in cells, I was born in New York, but grew up on the West Coast of the United States. I had the opportunity to live in many wonderful places, and work on many interesting things. From worms to mice, for molecular micro- and neuro- biology studies over the course of my academic career, I, for instance, cloned an RNA level quality control factor of cells (smg-4/Upf3) defining a new motif central for this conserved cellular function and also worked at the EPFL, helping define and modify mammalian circuits for sensory perception. In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with arsenic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">biosensors </del>in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years... In addition to AGiR! projects at Hackuarium, I would like to facilitate participatory research projects especially, and helped Hammerdirt in the Montreux Clean Beach Project with microbiological monitoring over eight weeks during two consecutive summers, with a round of sampling (the NoJazz control!) last summer, too. An urban garden project with pea plants and symbiotic bacteria also ran for its third year now (2020).<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An experienced molecular biologist with keen interest in genomic integrity, a big picture concept for public health that basically includes all the molecular genetic details in cells, I was born in New York, but grew up on the West Coast of the United States. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After completing my doctorate in microbiology on retroviral RNA packaging, </ins>I had the opportunity to live in many wonderful places, and work on many interesting things. From worms to mice, for molecular micro- and neuro- biology studies over the course of my academic career, I, for instance, cloned an RNA<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>level quality control factor of cells (smg-4/Upf3) defining a new motif central for this conserved cellular function<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>and also worked at the EPFL, helping define and modify mammalian circuits for sensory perception. In about 2006, I became aware how the so many environmental factors and even things *we* choose to do can impact genomic integrity. While repair of damage does happen in cells, sometimes the end result is new mutations, that can also affect future generations. Therefore, awareness and prevention are of great interest for health. To these ends I founded the non-profit group [https://www.genomicintegrity.org AGiR!] Action for Genomic integrity through Research! to provide information and promote research into these issues. I am also very interested in measuring amounts and effects of environmental pollutants and have worked with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">biosensors for </ins>arsenic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and BTEX/PAH compounds </ins>in the UNIL fundamental microbiology (DMF UNIL) department. In fact the latter experience is the reason Hackuarium came to my attention, an open public lab, in which I have become more & more implicated over the last years... In addition to AGiR! projects at Hackuarium, I would like to facilitate participatory research projects especially, and helped Hammerdirt in the Montreux Clean Beach Project with microbiological monitoring over eight weeks during two consecutive summers, with a round of sampling (the NoJazz control!) last summer, too. An urban garden project with pea plants and symbiotic bacteria also ran for its third year now (2020).<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 2018, I was 'naturalised' as a Swiss citizen, but am still working on using more French! (désolées, ami/es francophones... ça peut arriver, avec ton aide?! :)<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 2018, I was 'naturalised' as a Swiss citizen, but am still working on using more French! (désolées, ami/es francophones... ça peut arriver, avec ton aide?! :)<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>More information about my career path can be found in [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelaronoff/ LinkedIn].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>More information about my career path can be found in [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelaronoff/ LinkedIn].</div></td></tr>
</table>Rachel