El Cerrito, California
E-Mail: sestey@earthlink.net
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Technical Editor and Writer
Experience and Qualifications
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Wrote, reviewed, edited, and published scientific articles and 200 page thesis
- Completely rewrote article rejected for publication, analyzing and correcting its defects, resulting in immediate acceptance when re-submitted to the journal
- Wrote detailed procedures for scientific experiments
- Designed and produced graphs and graphics for technical presentations
- Translated technical and scientific concepts and discoveries into understandable English, for both written and oral presentations
- Wrote, edited and published newsletters on monthly deadlines for five years
Computers
- Hardware: Macintosh and IBM-compatible
- Home Office: Macintosh PowerPC
- Software:
- Word
- Excel
- Visio
- Acrobat
- Filemaker Pro
- FrameMaker
- PageMaker
- PowerPoint
- HTML
Employment History
- Chiron Corporation, Technical Writer, 1997-1998
Standard Operating Procedures, Specifications, Document Review and Tracking
- The Whitney Lab, University of Florida, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1993-1995
Studying the sense of smell: Biochemical signaling in lobster olfaction
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., Postdoctoral Fellow, 1991-1992
Cell culture of marine sponges to produce drugs from the sea
- University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1991
Designed and set up database for bacterial plasmids
- University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1987-1990
Biochemical signaling in immune system cells, macrophage response to bacteria
Volunteer Communication Work
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Organize update of Networking Guide, Society for Technical Communication, 1996
- Assist with website for Society for Technical Communication, Berkeley, CA, 1996
- Produce monthly newsletter, Underwater Photographic Society, 1987-1991, 1996-1997
- Produce monthly newsletter, Coconut Kayakers, 1992
Education
- Indexing skills workshop for technical communicators, 1996
- Usability testing of computer user interfaces and documentation, 3 day course, 1996
- ISO-9000 Quality management system manual and procedures writing course, 1996
- 43rd Annual Conference, Society for Technical Communication, 1996
- International Technical Communications Roundtable, Vancouver, B.C., 1996
- Ph.D., Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1987
Serotonin-activated adenylate cyclase in Schistosoma mansoni
- B.A., Biology, California State University at Sonoma, Rohnert Park, CA, 1980
- B.A., Humanities, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1968
Affiliations
- Society for Technical Communication
- Association for Women in Science
- American Society for Quality
- The Explorers Club
Publications
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Newsletter, Underwater Photographic Society of Northern California, 1987-1991, 1996
- Fadool, D., Estey, S.J. & Ache, B.W. (1995) Evidence that G Proteins mediate excitatory odor transduction in lobster olfactory receptor neurons. Chemical Senses 20, 489-498.
- Estey, S.J., Fadool, D.A., Munger, S.D. & Ache, B.W. (1995) Two different G-proteins mediate odor evoked currents in cultured lobster olfactory neurons. Chemical Senses 20 (6), 690.
- Newsletter, Coconut Kayakers, Tequesta, Florida, 1992
- Estey, Sue J. & Mansour, T. E. (1988) GTP-binding regulatory proteins of adenylate cyclase in Schistosoma mansoni at different stages of development. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 30, 67-76.
- Estey, Sue J. & Mansour, Tag E. (1987) Nature of serotonin-activated adenylate cyclase during development of Schistosoma mansoni. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 26, 47-60.
- Estey, Sue J. (1987) Serotonin-sensitive adenylate cyclase in Schistosoma mansoni at different stages of development. Doctoral Dissertation, Stanford University.
- Estey, Sue J., Mansour, Joan M., & Mansour, Tag E. (1984) Serotonin activated adenylate cyclase in Schistosoma mansoni during development. IUPHAR London Abstracts, 105P.
- Peterson, N.A., Raghupathy, E., Estey, S.J., Tan, C.H. & Salfi, M. (1979) Stimulation of synaptosomal proline uptake by serum albumin. J. Neurochem. 33, 739.
- Raghupathy, E., Peterson, N.A., Estey, S.J., Peters, T. Jr. & Reed, R.G. (1978) Serum albumin stimulation of synaptosomal proline uptake: partial identification of the active site. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 85, 641.
- Peterson, N.A., Raghupathy, E. & Estey, S.J. (1976) Effects of vinca alkaloids on synaptosomal amino acid uptake. Biochem. Pharmacol. 25, 1389.
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