About the editors
About the editors
Chief Editor: Arianne Heinrichs, PhD
Arianne Heinrichs carried out her PhD research in Ermanno Gherardi's laboratory in Cambridge, UK, where she developed a method to engineer high-affinity antibodies. As a postdoc she pursued her interest in gene regulation, and studied the yeast RNA polymerase II holoenzyme in Robert Weinzierl's group at Imperial College London. Arianne joined the NRMCB team as Senior Editor in July 2002 from Trends in Molecular Medicine, where she was the Editor for 18 months. Prior to that she worked as the Assistant Editor on Trends in Biochemical Sciences. Arianne is responsible for gene expression, nucleic-acid metabolism, chromosome biology, membrane dynamics and cell death.
Senior Editor: Francesca Cesari, PhD
Francesca Cesari completed her PhD in Alfred Nordheim's laboratory at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, where she studied the function of the ternary complex factors (TCFs) in mouse development and signal transduction. As a postdoctoral fellow in Azim Surani's group in Cambridge, UK, she worked on the identification and functional analysis of genes from the mouse primordial germ cells that are implicated in the epigenetic reprogramming of the genome. Francesca joined the team of Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology after an 8-month stint at Nature as a Locum Associate Editor. Francesca is responsible for stem cell biology, cell growth and division, developmental cell biology and protein structure and metabolism.
Associate Editor: Katharine Wrighton, PhD
Katharine Wrighton gained her PhD from King's College London, UK, for research on the p53 tumour suppressor protein carried out in Dr. W. Andrew Yeudall's group. She subsequently performed her postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Xin–Hua Feng at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, USA, where she was an American Heart Association Fellow. During this time she made several significant and novel discoveries in the field of TGFβ/Smad signal transduction, including work on the regulation of TGFβ signalling by (de)phosphorylation, sumoylation and ubiquitylation. Katharine joined Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology as an Associate Editor in March 2009 fresh from the laboratory. Katharine is responsible for the areas of cell signalling, cytoskeletal dynamics, cell adhesion, and technology and techniques.
Assistant Editor: Rachel David, PhD
After obtaining a B.Sc. in biology and an M.Sc. in molecular medicine from Imperial College London, Rachel carried out her doctoral research in the laboratory of Federica Marelli-Berg at Imperial College London, examining the role of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor VAV1 in T cell migration. In 2008 she decided to move into science publishing and joined the Nature Reviews Immunology team as a copy editor. In her new role as Assistant Editor for Nature Reviews Microbiology and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Rachel hopes to broaden her knowledge of the two areas and develop her skills as an editor.
Locum Associate Editor: Kim Baumann, PhD
Kim Baumann carried out her Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK. She first studied the molecular mechanisms underlying changes in plant cell shape in the laboratories of Cathie Martin and Keith Roberts. She then pursued her interest in plant development in Desmond Bradley's group, working on genes that regulate the transition from vegetative growth to flowering. Before moving into science publishing she contributed to the setting up of the new Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge, UK. Kim joined Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology as a Locum Associate Editor after two years as the Editor of the Cell Migration Gateway.
Contact information
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