Meagher Laboratory Cytoskelton Research

PUBLICATIONS

Brunilís Burgos-Rivera, Daniel R. Ruzicka, Roger B. Deal, Elizabeth C. McKinney, Lori King-Reid, and Richard B. Meagher. Arabidopsis Actin Depolymerizing Factor ADF9 Participatesin Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Processes. In progress.

Elizabeth C. McKinney, Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy, Brunilis Burgos, Rivera, Lori King-Reid, Lucia Cardenas Pawloski, and Richard B. Meagher. Arabidopsis Profilin 1 Functions in Both Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Processes. In progress.

FUTURE CAREER PLANS AND GOALS

Scientific research is vitally important to our continued development as a species, and it becomes more so the more advances we make. Despite the importance of research, a growing divide exists in the understanding of scientific findings between the general public and those who actually do the research. This divide exists and continues to grow, even though the general public is broadly more educated than at any other time in history.

I, therefore, see a growing need for people who understand the way science is “done,” the method, the results, and the implications, and who can yet effectively communicate the importance to the general public. I wish to unite my passion for writing and communicating with my passion for research to develop a career in science writing. Specifically, I want to develop a career as a science journalist, writing for major publications that target the educated general audience.

AFFILIATIONS

2007, Student Member of the Association for Women in Science

2007, Student Member of the National Association of Science Writers


	Lori King-Reid Graduate Student Department of Genetics Life Science Building University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Phone: 706-542-1410 Fax: 706-542-1387 E-mail: scribo@uga.edu

	EDUCATION 2005-Present, Doctoral Student, Genetics DepartmentThe University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2004, Bachelor of Science in Biology, Magna Cum LaudeGeorgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2000, Bachelor of Arts in English, Cum LaudeKennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006-Present, Research Assistant, Meagher Lab, University of Georgia 2005-2006, Teaching Assistant, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Georgia 2003-2005, ORISE Research Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Hereditary Blood Diseases
HONORS AND AWARDS 2007-2008, NIH Training Grant Fellowship from the Genetics Department, University of Georgia
PUBLICATIONS Brunilís Burgos-Rivera, Daniel R. Ruzicka, Roger B. Deal, Elizabeth C. McKinney, Lori King-Reid, and Richard B. Meagher. Arabidopsis Actin Depolymerizing Factor ADF9 Participatesin Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Processes. In progress. Elizabeth C. McKinney, Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy, Brunilis Burgos, Rivera, Lori King-Reid, Lucia Cardenas Pawloski, and Richard B. Meagher. Arabidopsis Profilin 1 Functions in Both Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Processes. In progress. FUTURE CAREER PLANS AND GOALS Scientific research is vitally important to our continued development as a species, and it becomes more so the more advances we make. Despite the importance of research, a growing divide exists in the understanding of scientific findings between the general public and those who actually do the research. This divide exists and continues to grow, even though the general public is broadly more educated than at any other time in history. I, therefore, see a growing need for people who understand the way science is “done,” the method, the results, and the implications, and who can yet effectively communicate the importance to the general public. I wish to unite my passion for writing and communicating with my passion for research to develop a career in science writing. Specifically, I want to develop a career as a science journalist, writing for major publications that target the educated general audience. AFFILIATIONS 2007, Student Member of the Association for Women in Science 2007, Student Member of the National Association of Science Writers