Jennifer Rohn Explained

Jenny Rohn
Birth Name:Jennifer Leigh Rohn
Birth Place:Stow, Ohio, U.S.
Citizenship:British, American
Field:Cell biology
Work Institutions:London Research Institute
University College London
University of Washington
Education:Oberlin College (BA)
University of Washington (PhD)
Thesis Title:The evolution of feline leukemia virus in vivo: A model of understanding viral genetic determinants of pathogenicity
Thesis Url:http://search.proquest.com/docview/304324120
Thesis Year:1996
Doctoral Advisor:Julie M. Overbaugh
Known For:Lab lit
Science is Vital campaign
Prizes:Suffrage Science award (2014)

Jennifer Leigh Rohn (born 1967 in Stow, Ohio[1]) is a British-American scientist and novelist. She is a cell biologist at University College London,[2] editor of the webzine LabLit.com[3] and founder of the Science is Vital organization that campaigns against cuts to the public funding of science in the United Kingdom.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Education

Rohn graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology in 1990. Following this Rohn was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1996 from the University of Washington for work on Feline leukemia virus (FeLV).[9]

Career and research

After postdoctoral research at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (now incorporated into the Francis Crick Institute) studying apoptosis and cancer with Gerard Evan, Rohn moved to the Netherlands to lead a research group at the biotech start-up company, Leadd BV. After moving into scientific publishing for a few years, Rohn joined University College London in 2007, setting up her own group in the Centre for Nephrology at University College London in 2015.[10]

Rohn's initial research interest was in virology.[11] [12] Over the following 15 years Rohn studied apoptosis and the shape of cells.[13] [14] [15] [16] Rohn's current research interests include study of urinary tract infections.[17] Rohn works with engineers to put antibiotics within core-shell capsules to treat persistent urinary tract infections.[18] Rohn grows bladder epithelia in culture to test new treatments for urinary tract infections.[19]

Publications

Rohn's first novel, Experimental Heart, was published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) in 2008.[20] This is written in the lab lit genre, which she is well known for championing, and represents a departure for CSHLP, which had previously only published scientific non-fiction. Her second novel, The Honest Look,[21] was also published by CSHLP in November 2010.[22] Her third novel, Cat Zero, was published by Bitingduck Press in June 2018. Rohn has also had short fiction,[23] [24] [25] [26] news and opinion published in Nature[27] [28] [29] [30] and The Guardian[31]

Awards and honours

In 2011, Rohn won the inaugural Research Fortnight "Achiever of the Year" award,[32] and received the Society for Experimental Biology's President's Medal in the Education and Public Affairs Section.[33] She won the Suffrage Science award in 2013.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-L.-Rohn/e/B001JS8XBU/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Bio by author
  2. Matthews . H. K. . Delabre . U. . Rohn . J. L. . Jennifer Rohn . Guck . J. . Kunda . P. . Baum . B. . 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.06.003 . Changes in Ect2 Localization Couple Actomyosin-Dependent Cell Shape Changes to Mitotic Progression . Developmental Cell . 23 . 2 . 371–383 . 2012 . 22898780 . 3763371.
  3. Web site: LabLit.com - the culture of science in fiction & fact . 2012-12-18.
  4. Web site: Science is Vital | No more Dr Nice Guy! . 2012-12-18.
  5. Milton . Joseph . How vital is science? . Nature . 5 October 2010 . 10.1038/news.2010.512 . free .
  6. http://www.lablit.com/ LabLit.com
  7. http://occamstypewriter.org/mindthegap/ Mind the Gap
  8. https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/oct/03/science-funding-crisis Science: It beats living in caves
  9. PhD . Jennifer. Rohn . The evolution of feline leukemia virus in vivo: A model of understanding viral genetic determinants of pathogenicity . University of Washington . 1996 . 36895650. Jennifer Rohn. .
  10. Web site: Iris View Profile. iris.ucl.ac.uk. 2019-03-10.
  11. Rohn . JL . Linenberger . ML . Hoover . EA . Overbaugh . J . Evolution of feline leukemia virus variant genomes with insertions, deletions, and defective envelope genes in infected cats with tumors. . Journal of Virology . April 1994 . 68 . 4 . 2458–67 . 236723 . 8139030 . 10.1128/JVI.68.4.2458-2467.1994 .
  12. Rohn . Jennifer L. . Overbaugh . Julie . In vivo selection of long terminal repeat alterations in feline leukemia virus-induced thymic lymphomas . Virology . January 1995 . 206 . 1 . 661–665 . 10.1016/S0042-6822(95)80085-9 . 7831823 .
  13. Rohn . Jennifer L . Hueber . Anne-Odile . McCarthy . Nicola J . Lyon . Debbie . Navarro . Paloma . Burgering . Boudewijn M Th . Evan . Gerard I . The opposing roles of the Akt and c-Myc signalling pathways in survival from CD95-mediated apoptosis . Oncogene . 7 December 1998 . 17 . 22 . 2811–2818 . 10.1038/sj.onc.1202393 . 9879987 . free .
  14. Rohn . Jennifer L. . Zhang . Ying-Hui . Aalbers . Remco I. J. M. . Otto . Norbert . den Hertog . Jeroen . Henriquez . Niek V. . van de Velde . Cornelis J. H. . Kuppen . Peter J. K. . Mumberg . Dominik . Donner . Peter . Noteborn . Mathieu H. M. . A Tumor-specific Kinase Activity Regulates the Viral Death Protein Apoptin . Journal of Biological Chemistry . 27 December 2002 . 277 . 52 . 50820–50827 . 10.1074/jbc.M208557200 . 12393903 . free .
  15. Kunda . Patricia . Rohn . Jennifer L. . Baum . Buzz . Cell Shape: Taking the Heat . Current Biology . June 2008 . 18 . 11 . R470–R472 . 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.032 . 18522817 . 17979085 . free .
  16. Rohn . J. L. . Baum . B. . Actin and cellular architecture at a glance . Journal of Cell Science . 4 January 2010 . 123 . 2 . 155–158 . 10.1242/jcs.049759 . 20048336 . free .
  17. Khasriya . R. . Sathiananthamoorthy . S. . Ismail . S. . Kelsey . M. . Wilson . M. . Rohn . J. L. . Malone-Lee . J. . Spectrum of Bacterial Colonization Associated with Urothelial Cells from Patients with Chronic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms . Journal of Clinical Microbiology . 17 April 2013 . 51 . 7 . 2054–2062 . 10.1128/JCM.03314-12 . 23596238 . 3697662 .
  18. Labbaf . S. . Horsley . H. . Chang . M.-W. . Stride . E. . Malone-Lee . J. . Edirisinghe . M. . Rohn . J. L. . An encapsulated drug delivery system for recalcitrant urinary tract infection . Journal of the Royal Society Interface . 25 September 2013 . 10 . 89 . 20130747 . 10.1098/rsif.2013.0747 . 3808553 . 24068180 .
  19. Horsley . Harry . Dharmasena . Dhanuson . Malone-Lee . James . Rohn . Jennifer L. . A urine-dependent human urothelial organoid offers a potential alternative to rodent models of infection . Scientific Reports . 19 January 2018 . 8 . 1 . 1238 . 10.1038/s41598-018-19690-7 . 5775255 . 29352171 . 2018NatSR...8.1238H .
  20. Book: Jennifer L. Rohn . Experimental Heart: A Novel . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press . Plainview, N.Y . 2008 . 978-0-87969-876-8 .
  21. Book: Jennifer L. Rohn . The Honest Look . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory . Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y . 2010 . 978-1-936113-11-8 . registration .
  22. Herndon . Lynne . Science, Meet Poetry . Cell . December 2010 . 143 . 7 . 1039 . 10.1016/j.cell.2010.12.006 . 32285199 . free .
  23. Abstractions . Nature . 10 January 2008 . 451 . 7175 . ix . 10.1038/7175ixb . 2008Natur.451R...9. . free .
  24. Herndon . Lynne . Splendor in the Lab . Cell . December 2008 . 135 . 7 . 1157 . 10.1016/j.cell.2008.12.010 . 43654935 . free .
  25. Rohn . Jennifer . More lab in the library . Nature . 3 June 2010 . 465 . 7298 . 552 . 10.1038/465552a . 2010Natur.465..552R . free .
  26. Rohn . Jennifer . The pair-bond imperative . Nature . 31 July 2008 . 454 . 7204 . 666 . 10.1038/454666a . 2008Natur.454..666R . free .
  27. Rohn . Jennifer . Give postdocs a career, not empty promises . Nature . 3 March 2011 . 471 . 7336 . 7 . 10.1038/471007a . 21368781 . 2011Natur.471....7R . free .
  28. Rohn . Jennifer . Women scientists must speak out . Nature . 9 December 2010 . 468 . 7325 . 733 . 10.1038/468733a . 21150949 . 2010Natur.468..733R . free .
  29. Rohn . Jennifer . Brewing up identity with Billy Bragg . Nature . 19 April 2010 . 10.1038/news.2010.191 .
  30. Rohn . Jennifer . Q&A: On facts and fiction . Nature . 11 November 2010 . 468 . 7321 . 172 . 10.1038/468172a . 2010Natur.468..172R . free .
  31. Web site: Coronavirus is a deadly test: did the world learn the lessons of Sars?. Rohn. Jennifer. 4 February 2020. The Guardian.
  32. Web site: Miriam. Frankel. Science is Vital award-winner refocuses campaign on careers. ResearchResearch.com. 16 February 2015. 16 November 2011.
  33. http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Past_Meetings/Glasgow_2011/pres-meds.html Presidents Medallists 2011

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