Jennifer Waters Explained

Jennifer Waters
Workplaces:Harvard Medical School,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Wake Forest University
Alma Mater:UNC-Chapel Hill (PhD),
University at Albany, SUNY (BSc)
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Academic Advisors:Edward D. Salmon
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Jennifer Waters is an American scientist who is a Lecturer on Cell Biology, the Director of the Core for Imaging Technology & Education[1] (CITE; formally the NIC) and the Director of the Cell Biology Microscopy Facility at Harvard Medical School.[2] She is an imaging expert and educator[3] whose efforts to educate life scientists about microscopy and to systemize the education of microscopists in microscopy facilities serve as a blueprint for similar efforts worldwide.

Education

Waters studied Biology at University at Albany, SUNY and graduated with a B.Sc. in 1992. In 1998, she earned her Ph.D. in Biology. During her Ph.D., she used quantitative fluorescence live cell imaging to study the mechanisms and regulation of mitosis in vertebrate tissue culture cells. After completing her thesis, supervised by Edward D. Salmon,[4] she moved to Wake Forest University, where she taught light microscopy courses in their graduate program.[5]

Career

In 2001, she began her position as Director of the Nikon Imaging Center[6] and the Director of the Cell Biology Microscopy Facility at Harvard Medical School. In 2024, the NIC@HMS contract terminated and the core was renamed the Director of the Core for Imaging Technology & Education. Waters and her staff advise and train users in a wide range of light microscopy techniques. Furthermore, she teaches light microscopy courses for graduate students at Harvard Medical School.

Over the years, Waters recognized the need for systematic training of technical imaging experts and implemented such training in the form of a new well-structured postdoctoral fellowship[7] [8] [9] that other facilities have started to implement as well improving technical microscopy expertise worldwide.[10]

Waters has also been involved in several microscopy courses outside of Harvard over the years, including the Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.[11]

Since 2011, Waters has organized an annual two-week course on Quantitative Imaging[12] at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Laurel Hollow, New York. Waters and her team created this course with a dense and comprehensive curriculum. It has become one of the top microscopy courses in the world.[13]

In 2019, Waters was named Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Imaging Scientist.[14] As part of this recognition, Waters has intensified her microscopy outreach activities, including the YouTube channel Microcourses[15] and the searchable database Microlist.[16]

Waters is on the editorial board of BioTechniques,[17] has authored multiple educational articles and reviews on quantitative microscopy,[18] [19] [20] [21] and edited the book “Quantitative Imaging in Cell Biology”[22] with Torsten Wittmann (UCSF).

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CITE . Core for Imaging Technology & Education . 2024-05-14 . Core for Imaging Technology & Education . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2023-07-12. Jennifer Waters. November 2020. July 12, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230712163847/https://cellbio.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/jennifer-waters. live.
  3. Web site: The Microscopists interviews Jennifer Waters (Nikon Imaging Center). www.youtube.com. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715204205/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmiqxkTG7w. live.
  4. Web site: Salmon Lab Home Page . July 15, 2023 . April 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230415223612/http://labs.bio.unc.edu/Salmon/ . live .
  5. Web site: Interviews with Imaging Experts – Jennifer C. Waters, Ph.D. | Yokogawa Europe . July 15, 2023 . July 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230715204205/https://www.yokogawa.com/eu/library/resources/references/lsc-interviews-with-imaging-experts-jennifer-c-waters/ . live .
  6. Web site: Nikon Imaging Center at Harvard Medical School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230712170734/https://nic.med.harvard.edu/ . July 12, 2023 . July 12, 2023 . Nikon Imaging Center at Harvard Medical School.
  7. A Novel Paradigm for Expert Core Facility Staff Training. Jennifer C.. Waters. September 1, 2020. Trends in Cell Biology. 30. 9. 669–672. ScienceDirect. 10.1016/j.tcb.2020.06.001. 32622700 . 220372011 .
  8. Web site: Dr. Jennifer Waters develops a novel fellowship program. January 28, 2021. cellbio.hms.harvard.edu. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715212816/https://cellbio.hms.harvard.edu/news/dr-jennifer-waters-develops-novel-fellowship-program. live.
  9. Web site: Advanced Microscopy Fellowship. Advanced Microscopy Fellowship. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715213450/https://microfellows.hms.harvard.edu/. live.
  10. Core curriculum: learning to manage a shared microscopy facility. Sandeep. Ravindran. December 8, 2020. Nature. 588. 7837. 358–360. www.nature.com. 10.1038/d41586-020-03466-z. 33293714. 2020Natur.588..358R. 228080325. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715213449/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03466-z. live.
  11. Web site: Analytical And Quantitative Light Microscopy 2008 | History of the Marine Biological Laboratory. history.archives.mbl.edu. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715210515/https://history.archives.mbl.edu/people-and-courses/course/analytical-and-quantitative-light-microscopy-2008. live.
  12. Web site: Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis 2023 | CSHL. meetings.cshl.edu. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715210515/https://meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx?course=C-QICM&year=23. live.
  13. Web site: Microscopy Courses. hcbi.fas.harvard.edu. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715210524/https://hcbi.fas.harvard.edu/external-microscopy-courses. live.
  14. Web site: Advancing & Professionalizing Careers in Imaging Science. July 12, 2023. July 12, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230712165822/https://chanzuckerberg.com/imaging/advancing-professionalizing-careers-in-imaging-science/. live.
  15. Web site: Microcourses – YouTube. www.youtube.com. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715211603/https://www.youtube.com/c/Microcourses. live.
  16. Web site: Microlist – Microscopy courses, software, meetings & jobs. Microlist. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715211605/https://www.microlist.org/. live.
  17. Web site: Editorial board – BioTechniques. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715215535/https://www.biotechniques.com/editorial-board/. live.
  18. Jost . Anna Payne-Tobin . Waters . Jennifer C. . Designing a rigorous microscopy experiment: Validating methods and avoiding bias . Journal of Cell Biology . Rockefeller University Press . 218 . 5 . 20 March 2019 . 0021-9525 . 10.1083/jcb.201812109 . 1452–1466. 30894402 . 6504886 .
  19. Phototoxicity in live fluorescence microscopy, and how to avoid it. Jaroslav. Icha. Michael. Weber. Jennifer C.. Waters. Caren. Norden. August 17, 2017. BioEssays. 39. 8. 1700003. CrossRef. 10.1002/bies.201700003. 28749075. 21.11116/0000-0002-8C94-9. 19974817. free. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715215536/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201700003. live.
  20. Lambert . Talley J. . Waters . Jennifer C. . Navigating challenges in the application of superresolution microscopy . Journal of Cell Biology . Rockefeller University Press . 216 . 1 . 5 December 2016 . 0021-9525 . 10.1083/jcb.201610011 . 53–63. 27920217 . 5223610 .
  21. Waters . Jennifer C. . Accuracy and precision in quantitative fluorescence microscopy . Journal of Cell Biology . Rockefeller University Press . 185 . 7 . 29 June 2009 . 1540-8140 . 10.1083/jcb.200903097 . 1135–1148. 19564400 . 2712964 .
  22. Web site: Quantitative Imaging in Cell Biology, Volume 123 – 1st Edition. shop.elsevier.com. July 15, 2023. July 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715215537/https://shop.elsevier.com/books/quantitative-imaging-in-cell-biology/waters/978-0-12-420138-5. live.
  23. Web site: napari-micromanager Plugin for Custom Microscope Control. July 12, 2023. July 12, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230712171953/https://chanzuckerberg.com/science/programs-resources/imaging/napari/napari-micromanager-plugin-for-custom-microscope-control/. live.

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