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Lauren Liddell

Lauren Liddell

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Email: Lauren.C.Liddell@nasa.gov
Affiliation: Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services (FILMSS), Space Biosciences Research Branch

Professional Background

Biography:

  • Present – NASA Ames Research Center, Project scientist for BioSentinel mission
  • Spring 2017 – Etalon Diagnostics, Independent contractor, laboratory development, genetic consultation, & client education
  • 2014-2017 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Developed genetic methods in corals’ cousin to help understand the global coral bleaching crisis
  • 2008-2014 – Graduate Researcher, Studied homologous recombination-dependent DNA repair pathways in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Education:
Ph.D., DNA Repair & Molecular Genetics, City of Hope Cancer Research Institute, Duarte, CA
B.S., Genomics & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Research Interests:
Developing better biosensors for deep space missions, genetics, DNA repair, space biology.
Select Publications:

  1. Manthey G, Clear A, Liddell L, Negritto M, Bailis A. Homologous recombination in budding yeast expressing the human RAD52 gene reveals a Rad51-independent mechanism of conservative double-strand break repair. Nucleic Acids Research. December 2016.
  2. Liddell L, Manthey G, Owens S, Fu B, and Bailis A. Alleles of the homologous recombination gene, RAD59, identify multiple responses to disrupted DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Microbiology. October 2013.
  3. Pannunzio N, Manthey G, Liddell L, Fu B, Roberts C, Bailis, A. Rad59 regulates association of Rad52 with DNA double-strand breaks. Microbiology Open. August 2012.
  4. Liddell L, Manthey G, Pannunzio N, Bailis A. Quantitation and Analysis of the Formation of HO-Endonuclease Stimulated Chromosomal Translocations by Single-Strand Annealing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. JoVE. September 2011.

Other Interests:

Effective Communication, Teaching, Science Policy, Community Outreach

Clubes de Ciencia, Mexico – Designed & taught a week-long course on “Unraveling your DNA, from gene editing to cancer” to a group of college students at Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Ensenada, Mexico.

Group Leader, Stanford Leaders in Communication – designed weekly workshops teaching techniques proven to increase communication effectiveness by 20%, including: Networking, writing grants, & negotiating in high-stake situations

Genetics Laboratory Instructor, San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation – Taught weekly genetics laboratories to visitors & blogged answers to community genetics questions; helped develop a CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing lab to teach genetics concepts to the public

Rising Environmental Leaders Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment – Leveraged leadership & communication to speak w/ representatives from congress, government agencies & non-profits about how science policy is informed by science

Facilitator, Stanford’s Vice Provost of Graduate Education Management Matters Series – Executed effective decision-making, problem solving, and team management to guide group discussion on adapting to co-workers’ communication styles, setting clear expectations, & giving actionable feedback