Kyle Legate Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

I manage a small team of manuscript handling editors covering all areas of biotechnology, biomedical engineering, synthetic biology, systems and computational biology and plant biology. As a team manager I have interviewed, hired, trained and promoted editors. I support and motivate my editors to be the best that they can be, and create opportunities for professional development. My extensive experience as a manuscript handling editor enables me to understand a wide variety of highly technical scientific writing and navigate difficult editorial decisions. A broad overview of the topics under my team’s remit enables me to develop a strategy for the journal based on citations and competitor analysis. I participate in policy setting within the journal and ensure that the work that my team publishes adheres to the highest possible standards regarding data reporting and transparency. Close relationships with editors at other Nature family journals enables a large number of successful transfers from Nature Research Journals to Nature Communications in my quest to find the best home for an author’s work. To further my professional development I take advantage of management courses offered by my employer. In addition to conference attendance and lab site visits, I am active in the community as a instructor for Nature Masterclasses, a service that teaches researchers how to tailor their writing for high impact publishing.

London, United Kingdom

As a manuscript handling editor I was responsible for reading and evaluating manuscripts covering all aspects of cell biology; tissue, cellular and molecular biophysics; biological methods including microfluidics, imaging and the development of biosensors. I guide selected manuscripts through the peer review process and make decisions based on the reviews as well as our editorial preferences. My decisions are aligned with the best interests of the authors as I consider it my responsibility to help authors to publish their work as quickly as possible in the most appropriate venue. On a regular basis I would attend conferences and conduct lab visits to liaise with the scientific community.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

München

This was a collaborative project between the University Clinic Munich at Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) and the Department of Applied Physics at the LMU. The project involved studying the biophysics of cell adhesion of primary mouse T cells and the dependence on the signaling molecule sphingosine 1-phosphate. Key technologies employed were FACS and atomic force microscopy (AFM).

Munich Area, Germany

This project investigated the role of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase gamma (PIPKIg) in mouse physiology, with a special focus on cell adhesion. To achieve this I made and analysed two mouse models, the first lacking PIPKIg entirely, and the second lacking an exon that targeted PIPKIg to sites of cell matrix adhesion. The technical skills needed to complete this project included mouse husbandry, mouse anatomy and physiology, cell biology, biophysics (AFM), lipid and protein biochemistry and molecular biology.As the only native English speaker in the Department of Molecular Medicine I was also the author or co-author of numerous review articles in prestigious journals.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Advisor: Dr. David AndrewsThesis abstract: http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/dissertations/AAINQ86537/

Ph.D, Biochemistry

Bsc., Biochemistry And Genetic Engineering