Biomedical Database Indexing Services

 

Shelley S. Greenhouse

Annapolis, MD 21401

 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

•  Twelve years experience as a laboratory technician in university physiology, endocrinology and neuroanatomy research laboratories.    

•  Very high proficiency in laboratory techniques.

•  Experienced using many PC software  packages, including WordPerfect, Word, Sigmaplot, Lotus 1‑2‑3, Pro‑Cite, Excel, dBase IV and  Cindex; and Internet data transfer using e-mail, ftp, and World Wide Web.

• Thirteen  years experience indexing journal articles for secondary publication in abstract journals and databases.

• Trained in Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) style indexing for National Library of Medicine.

 

EDUCATION

•  1989 M.S. - Zoology/Neuroscience

•  1982 B.S. - Biology   

 

EXPERIENCE    

Freelance Services  1990 ‑ Present   

Clients:

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD

Kelly-DeWitt, Inc. Bethesda, MD

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD

American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA

Kaim Associates, Inc., Weston, CT

CSR, Inc., Washington, DC

ECRI, Plymouth Meeting, PA

            American Psychological Association

American Dental Association (National Library of Medicine

Cygnus Corp.

 

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 1995 - 1997

Document management.

 

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History/National Museum of Man 1989‑1992 

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Division of  Mollusks. Collection management.

 

American Geological Institute  1989

Document Delivery service coordinator.

 

University  of Wyoming 1983‑1989 

Research assistant.

 

Entered graduate school in fall of '85. Thesis title: Structural and Functional Correlates of  Endogenous Photoreceptivity in Thamnophis (Reptilia: Serpentes) Pineal Organs.    

 

University of Arizona  1982‑1983

Research associate.

 

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE   

RIA ‑ for cortisol, progesterone, melatonin, and antidiuretic hormone.     

HPLC ‑ reverse phase analysis of amino acids in urine and plasma, using OPA precolumn derivitization, fluorescent detection, and 5µm Supelcosil LC‑18‑DB column.  System components:  Hitachi L5000 LC controller, 655A‑11 Liquid Chromatograph pump, D2000 Chromato‑Integrator, and F1000 Fluorescent Spectrophotometer.    

Light Microscopy ‑ paraffin (AO rotary microtome), plastic (Sorval Porter Blum MT‑1 and MT‑2 ultramicrotome) and frozen sectioning, standard histological staining with specialty in neural tissues, immunohistochemistry and fluorescence microscopy. 

Electron Microscopy ‑ transmission (RCA EMU 4C), scanning (Cambridge 100 and 250), and high voltage TEM.   

Electrophoresis ‑ SDS‑PAGE and isoelectric focusing.   

Small Animal Surgery ‑ including cannulations of small blood vessels.   

Tissue Culture ‑ cell culture and whole organ perfusions.    

Technical Writing  

Computers ‑ word processing using WordPerfect and Word; typesetting using Tex; spreadsheets using  Lotus 1‑2‑3, Excel; graphics using Sigmaplot; database management using dBase IV, Pro‑Cite, Acess; indexing using Cindex;  and others, such as statistical packages, using main frame computers (Cyber 860 and Vax).  Internet data transfer using e-mail, ftp, and  World Wide Web.

Management of laboratory supply accounts. 

Training Courses in radioisotope handling; hazardous waste management, including compliance with OSHA and EPA regulations; high voltage electron microscopy; and National Library of Medicine database indexing standards.

Teaching of laboratory courses in comparative vertebrate anatomy and human anatomy.    

 

PUBLICATIONS   

Greenhouse, S. (2000) The future of database indexing. Key Words (bulletin of the American Society of Indexers)  8(4):125-126, 132.

 

Greenhouse, S.  (1999) Biography of a database indexer. In Indexing Specialties: Medicine. (Wyman, P., ed.) Information Today, Inc. and the American Society of Indexers.  pp. 15-17.

 

Thibault, C., Falcon, J.,  Greenhouse, S.S., Lowery, C.A., Gern, W.A., Collin, J.P. (1993) Regulation of melatonin production by pineal photoreceptor cells: Role of cyclic nucleotides in the trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J Neurochem. 61(1):332-339

 

Gern, W.A., Nerving, J.M. and Greenhouse, S.S. (1987) Pineal involvement in seasonality of reproduction. In Hormones and Reproduction in Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. (Norris, D.O. and Jones, R.E., eds.) Plenum Press, N.Y. pp. 433‑460.   

 

Gern, W.A., Greenhouse, S.S. and Holder, M.D. (1987) Effects of light intensity and color on  in vitro melatonin secretion from trout pineal organs. Am. Zool. 27:30A(abs.)   

 

Gern, W.A. and Greenhouse S.S. (1988) Examination of in vitro melatonin secretion from superfused trout (Salmo gairdneri) pineal organs maintained in diel illumination or continuous darkness.  Gen. Comp. Endo. 71:163‑174.    

 

Harlow, H.J., Beck, T.D.I., Walters, L.M. and Greenhouse, S.S. (1990) Seasonal plasma glucose, progesterone and cortisol levels of black bears (Ursus americanus): Are they indicative of stress exposure or substrate metabolism? Can. J. Zool. 68:183‑187.

 

Kalsow, C.M., Greenhouse, S.S., Gern, W.,  Adamus, G., Hargrave, P.A., Lang, L.S. and Donoso, L.A. (1991). Photoreceptor cell specific proteins of snake pineal. J. Pineal Res. 11:49‑56.

 

Gern, W.A., Greenhouse, S.S., Nervina, J.M. and Glaser, P.J. (1992) The rainbow trout pineal organ: An endocrine photometer. In Rhythms in Fishes.  (Ali, M.A., ed.) Plenum Press, N.Y. pp. 199‑218.

 

Thibault, C., Falcon, J.,  Greenhouse, S.S., Lowery, C.A., Gern, W.A., Collin, J.P.  (1993) Regulation of melatonin production by pineal photoreceptor cells: Role of cyclic nucleotides in the trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). .J Neurochem. 61(1):332‑339

 

 

 

 

References available upon request.   

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