Smitha S. Dutt

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Location: Canada
Work: Science writing (specifically on cancer, medicine, molecular biology research and genomics) -I have experience writing research articles on the above topics. I also have experience writing science articles for the general public. Editing research articles (specifically on cancer, medicine, molecular biology research and genomics) -I have experience both in the AMA and the AP style formats.
Biographical: Smitha S. Dutt smitha.dutt@gmail.com Career Focus: Writer of science manuscripts, reviews, grants and magazine articles with critical reviewing of scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals Experience Summary Writing assignments: • Wrote article on personalized medicine in cancer in Science 2.0 blog • Wrote articles on cancer in the online cancer magazine, Chemotherapy Advisor [2012] • Contributed to Nature Jobs Blog: “FameLab: Secrets of Successful Science Communication” [2011] • Wrote a review on “Molecular Mechanisms of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progression” in Future Oncology [2009] • Was funded by American Urological Association (AUA) for research in prostate cancer (2009) • Assisted in critiquing scientific manuscripts for peer-review process in journals [2008 & 2009] • Assisted and wrote scientific manuscripts for research project [2006-2009] • Wrote part of a grant on HSP90 [2009] • Wrote and applied for Department of Defense (DOD) funding for prostate cancer research in USA [2008] Presentations • Wrote and presented posters on my research in prostate cancer at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) [2007 & 2009] • Presented posters at student research competitions [2004 & 2005] Publications: Dutt SS, Gao AC. Molecular mechanisms of castration-resistant prostate cancer progression. Future Oncol. 2009 Nov 5(9):1403-13. Nadiminty N, Dutt S, Tepper C, Gao AC. Microarray analysis reveals potential target genes of NF-kappaB2/p52 in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. Prostate. 2010 Feb 15; 70(3):276-87 Chun JY, Nadiminty N, Dutt S, Lou W, Yang JC, Kung HJ, Evans CP, Gao AC. Interleukin-6 regulates androgen synthesis in prostate cancer cells Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Aug 1;15(15):4815-22. Epub 2009 Jul 28. Darbary HK, Dutt SS, Sait SJ, Nowak NJ, Heinaman RE, Stoler DL, Anderson GR. Uniparentalism in sporadic colorectal cancer is independent of imprint status, and coordinate for chromosomes 14 and 18. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2009 Mar 18 9(2):77-86. Dutt SS, Chen N, Darbary HK, Swede H, Petrelli, NJ, Stoler, DL, Anderson GR . Genomic Instability of Colorectal Cancers in Patients With the (9A/6A) Polymorphism of TGFβR-I Exhibit Lesser Inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR Genomic Instability and Present Clinically at Greater Age Mutat Res. 2008 Oct 14; 645(1-2):27-32. Lee SO, Dutt SS, Nadiminty N, Pinder E, Liao H, Gao AC .Development of an Androgen-deprivation induced and Androgen Suppressed Human Prostate Cancer Cell Line Prostate. 2007 Sep 1; 67(12):1293-300 Nadiminty N, Chun JY, Hu Y, Dutt S, Gao AC. LIGHT, a member of the TNF superfamily, activates Stat3 mediated by NIK pathway Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Jul 27; 359(2):379-84. Epub 2007 May 25 Chen N, Stoler, DL, Dutt SS, Jahreis GP, Rodriguez-Bigas, MA, Petrelli NJ and Anderson GR. Analysis of Inter-(Simple Sequence Repeat) PCR Products From Human Colorectal Cancers. Oncology Research, 2005 Vol.15, p233-238 Swede H, Bartos JD, Chen N, Shaukat A, Dutt SS, McQuaid DA, Natarajan N, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Nowak NJ, Wiseman SM, Alrawi S, Brenner BM, Petrelli NJ, Cummings KM, Stoler DL, Anderson GR. Genomic profiles of colorectal cancers differ based on patient smoking status. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2006 Jul 15; 168(2):98-104. Stoler, DL, Nowak, NJ, Matsui, S, Wiseman, SM, Chen, N, Dutt, SS, Bartos, J, Loree, TR, Riguald, N, Hicks, W, Sait, S, Anderson, GR. Comparative Genomic Instabilities of Thyroid and Colon Cancers Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133:457-463, 2007
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