Editor-NAW
20 Years
Physical Sciences
ABD
Areas of Expertise
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biomedical Sciences
- Case Studies
- Cellular Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Sciences
- Education
- Medicine
- Microscopy
- Molecular Biology
- Nursing
- Organic Chemistry
- Pharmacology
- Science
- Statistics
EDUCATION |
Bachelor of Science · Pharmacology (Coop) (Hons/Magna Cum Laude), University of Bristol, 2005 Ph.D. Other |
WORK EXPERIENCE |
Academic · Research Assistant, Bradford University, 2005-2006 · Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia, 2011-2013 · Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2016-2018 Editor Other |
PUBLICATIONS |
· Determination of key amino acids implicated in the actions of allosteric modulation by 3,3′-difluorobenzaldazine on rat mGlu5 receptors. Mühlemann A, Ward NA, Kratochwil N, Diener C, Fischer C, Stucki A, Jaeschke G, Malherbe P, Porter RH. European Journal of Pharmacology (2006) 529, 95–104.
· Pharmacological chaperones increase the cell surface expression of intracellularly retained mutants of the melanocortin 4 receptor with unique rescuing efficacy profiles. Natalie-Anne Ward, Simon Hirst, John Williams, John B.C. Findlay. Biochemical Society Transactions (2012) 40, 717–720. · Biochemical characterization of ratfish (Chimaera monstrosa) liver oil; cytotoxic and antineoplastic evaluation in cancer cell lines. Ali Mallakin, Pankaj Taneja, Kazushi Inoue, Natalie Anne Ward, and Hans-Uwe Dahms. Integrative Clinical Medicine (2018). doi: 10.15761/ICM.1000137. |
TECHNICAL SKILLS |
· Cell culture · MTT cytotoxic assay · Advanced molecular biology · Plasmid DNA extraction · Agarose gel electrophoresis · Primer design · QuikChange site-directed mutagenesis · SDS-PAGE · Western blotting · PCR (+qRT) · LC/GC-MS · Protein expression and affinity purification · Co-immunoprecipitation · Whole-cell and sandwich ELISA · Manual tri-colour confocal microscopy · Automated high-throughput compound screening · SiRNA knockdown microscopy screening · Cre-luciferase cAMP accumulation assay · cAMP accumulation assay · Radioligand binding · Fluorescent intracellular calcium mobilisation assay (FLIPR) · Dual Membrane yeast-2-hybrid system for membrane proteins |
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS/HONORS |
· Statistics: 3.6 GPA, UC San Diego Extension, 2019 · Organic Chemistry: 4.0 GPA, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2019 |