Scientific Editing Solutions

Editing
    2005

  • Five articles for Dr. Charles McHenry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, that subsequently appeared in the Journal of Molecular Biology, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.
  • NIH grant on the structural mechanisms of replication protein A in DNA replication, recombination, and repair for Dr. Walter Chazin at Vanderbilt University.
  • NIH grant on the role of polymerase eta in DNA repair for Dr. Kai-Ming Chou at the University of South Alabama.
  • NIH grant on the molecular mechanisms of the Notch signaling pathway in cancer for Dr. Thao Dang at Vanderbilt University.
    2006
  • NIH grant on the molecular and physiological effects of hypertension for Dr. Nancy Brown at Vanderbilt University.
  • A 23-author, 24-chapter book entitled Retinal and Choroidal Angiogenesis for Dr. John Penn at Vanderbilt University; edited each chapter according to publisher’s style guidelines, coordinated approval of chapter revisions with each author, formatted each chapter in publisher’s template, manipulated original figures for better resolution and fit to the template, finalized placement of diagrams and figures, organized a glossary, prepared terms for index, authorized final submission to the publisher.
    2007
  • NIH grant on the structural characterization of centrosome-associated proteins for Dr. Belinda Pastrana at the University of Puerto Rico.

Writing
    Selected Articles

  • Stauffer, M. E. and Chazin, W.J. "Physical interaction between replication protein A and Rad51 promotes exchange on single-stranded DNA" J. Biol. Chem. (2004) 279 25638-25645.
  • Stauffer, M. E. and Chazin, W. J. "Structural mechanisms of DNA replication, repair, and recombination" J. Biol. Chem. (2004) 279 30915-30918.

    Grants

  • Stauffer, M. E. "Role of the RPA-Rad51 Interaction in DNA Recombination" (2003) funded as NIH grant #1 F32 GM068352-01.

    Books

  • Stauffer, M. E.  Understanding Multiple Sclerosis, University Press of Mississippi (2006).