Sue Jardine Estey

Experience and Qualifications

• 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

• 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

• 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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