Publishing Your Work: An Editor's Perspective

Learn the key aspects of an excellent submission from Dr. Krista Bledsoe, a Scientific Editor at Cell Press and former CHOP Postdoc.

Learning Objectives

• Learn the elements of a compelling cover letter and how to add value to your submission
• Understand best practices for responding to reviewer comments and appreciate common pitfalls that delay or complicate the revision process
• Learn how to strike the right tone and structure your response to reviewers

Speaker:

Krista Bledsoe, PhD
Scientific Editor, Molecular Cell
Cell Press

Krista earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Mayo Graduate School where she studied transcription factor fusion genes in Ewing sarcoma and sinonasal sarcoma with Dr. Jennifer Westendorf, followed by postdoctoral work at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia investigating epigenetic inhibitors in Ewing sarcoma with Dr. Margaret Chou. Krista worked as a science writer at Cancer Discovery before joining Cell Press in 2018 as an editor at both Molecular Cell and Cancer Cell. She shifted her focus to Molecular Cell full time in 2020 and enjoys working with authors to help them develop and share their science.

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Questions?

Contact atop@chop.edu.