Senior Research Scientist (PhD) with 26 years of post-PhD experience in molecular and biomedical research, manuscript and grant writing, and manuscript and grant peer-review. Thirteen years of experience as Professor and Principal Investigator at two major US medical schools. Served as peer reviewer for journals including Science, Science Translational Medicine, PNAS, Development, PLOS ONE, Genomics, Scientific Reports, Tumor Biology, Frontiers in Bioscience, Disease Models & Mechanisms, and others. Sole Proprietor of MKPhD Scientific Consulting, providing manuscript and grant proposal editing and peer-review services for international clients in academia and industry. Areas of expertise include animal models of human disease, stem cell biology, cancer biology, cardiovascular, intestinal, bone/cartilage, and neurobiology, pathology, signaling pathways, and extracellular matrix.