Christine M. Blaumueller, Ph.D.
Scientific Editor

1-532 Bowen Science Building

Phone: (319) 335-8095

christine-blaumueller@uiowa.edu

Office hours: M, W, F  8:30-5:00

Telecommuting: T ,Th 8:30-5:00


 

Scientific Editing Service—Editor


Christine has established an editing service housed within the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and serving the basic science departments on the medical campus of the university. She provides in-depth editorial review of scientific documents—including grant applications, journal manuscripts and meeting abstracts—according to author requirements. In addition to providing advice on the technicalities of writing, Christine draws on her experiences as both a laboratory scientist and a journal editor to provide feedback on the most effective presentation of the content from a scientific and publishing perspective. Christine also occasionally presents workshops and seminars on scientific writing and productive paper submission, as well as on editing as an alternative career for scientists.

Previous Work Experience

Editor at EMBO (the European Molecular Biology Organization)—2000-2006

  • Reviews Editor of EMBO reports from 2000-2003—commissioning of articles for publication in Reviews section and detailed editing of submissions for grammar, clarity, style and content
  • Scientific Reports Editor of EMBO reports from 2003-2005—selection of primary research submissions for peer review and publication
  • Editing and redesign of the organization’s Annual Report
  • Publications analysis for The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports

Laboratory Technician at Northwestern University—1988-1989      

Training

Participant, EMBO Laboratory Management Course, November 2005

Postdoctoral Fellow, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Developmental Biology), 1996-1999

Ph.D., Yale University (Biology), 1996

M.Phil, Yale University (Biology), 1993

M.S., Yale University (Biology), 1991

B.A., Northwestern University (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology), 1988

Honors

National Science Foundation-International Research Fellow Award, 1996-1997

National Science Foundation-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science & Engineering Award, 1997-1998

National Institutes of Health- National Research Service Award, 1998-1999         

 

Publications

Sriuranpong V, Borges MW, Strock CL, Nakakura EK, Watkins DN, Blaumueller CM, Nelkin BD, Ball DW (2002). Notch signaling induces rapid degradation of achaete-scute homolog 1. Mol Cell Biol, May, 22(9):3129-39.

Blaumueller CM, Mlodzik M (2000). The Drosophila tumor suppressor expanded regulates growth, apoptosis, and patterning during development. Mech Dev, Apr, 92(2):251-62.

Ordentlich P, Lin A, Shen CP, Blaumueller C, Matsuno K, Artavanis-Tsakonas S, Kadesch T (1998). Notch inhibition of E47 supports the existence of a novel signaling pathway. Mol Cell Biol, Apr, 18(4):2230-9.

Capobianco AJ, Zagouras P, Blaumueller CM, Artavanis-Tsakonas S, Bishop JM (1997). Neoplastic transformation by truncated alleles of human NOTCH1/TAN1 and NOTCH2. Mol Cell Biol, Nov, 17(11):6265-73.

Blaumueller CM, Qi H, Zagouras P, Artavanis-Tsakonas S (1997). Intracellular cleavage of Notch leads to a heterodimeric receptor on the plasma membrane. Cell, Jul 25, 90(2):281-91.

Blaumueller CM, Artavanis-Tsakonas S (1997). Comparative aspects of Notch signaling in lower and higher eukaryotes. Perspect Dev Neurobiol ;4(4):325-43. Review.

Matsuno K, Diederich RJ, Go MJ, Blaumueller CM, Artavanis-Tsakonas S (1995). Deltex acts as a positive regulator of Notch signaling through interactions with the Notch ankyrin repeats. Development, Aug, 121(8):2633-44.

Zagouras P, Stifani S, Blaumueller CM, Carcangiu ML, Artavanis-Tsakonas S (1995). Alterations in Notch signaling in neoplastic lesions of the human cervix. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Jul 3, 92(14):6414-8.

Stifani S, Blaumueller CM, Redhead NJ, Hill RE, Artavanis-Tsakonas S (1992). Human homologs of a Drosophila Enhancer of split gene product define a novel family of nuclear proteins. Nat Genet, Dec, 2(4):343.

Peak MJ, Peak JG, Blaumueller CM, Elespuru RK (1988). Photosensitized DNA breaks and DNA-to-protein crosslinks induced in human cells by antitumor agent gilvocarcin V. Chem Biol Interact, 67(3-4):267-74.