Lynn Bry

Lynn Bry is the Founder and Executive Director of The Madsci Network and an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She was awarded her MD and a PhD in Molecular Microbiology and Pathogenesis in 1998 from Washington University School of Medicine. Her research currently involves the study of lymphocyte-epithelial cross-talk in the small intestine and colon. She has authored or co-authored over 35 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including an original paper in Science detailing a molecular model of host-microbial cross-talk in the small intestine. Bry teaches medical school courses and is also a lecturer and mentor for the Project Success Program at Harvard Medical School.

While at Washington University, Bry founded and became Executive Director of The Madsci Network, an Ask-A-Scientist service based on the World Wide Web.^[1] The service involves more than 900 globally situated volunteer scientists who field questions from the general public and from students in kindergarten through the 12th grade. It has received more than 41,000 questions in subjects from astronomy to zoology. The site was nominated for a Webby Award in science, and has been named one of the top 50 science sites on the web by Popular Science magazine. Bry has served as a consultant to the United States Department of Education concerning the use of the Internet for science education and has spoken before members of the Office of Science & Technology Policy and the United States Library of Congress concerning the establishment of distributed expert systems.^[2]

Bry is also the Principal Investigator and Director of the Partners Biorepository for Medical Discovery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital where she is also the Director of the Specimen Bank.^[3] She is a Board-certified pathologist and specializes in clinical laboratory testing in molecular diagnostics, microbiology and immunology. She routinely works with research groups to develop novel markers into diagnostic assays that can be run on platforms used in clinical laboratories. She also maintains an NIH-funded research laboratory, studying host-pathogen-commensal interactions in the gut.

Education

Bry received her Bachelor’s degree in Genetics and Development from Cornell University in 1990, then entered the Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She did her thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon and developed two novel systems for studying host-microbial cross-talk within the gastrointestinal tract. She was awarded her MD and a PhD in Molecular Microbiology and Pathogenesis in 1998. She subsequently entered the residency program in laboratory medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. While in her second year of the residency program, she was awarded a Howard Hughes Research Fellowship for Physicians to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular immunology in the laboratory of Dr. Michael B. Brenner at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

References

1. ↑ The Madsci Network Organization and Personnel
2. ↑ 2001 Outstanding Scientific Achievements by a Young Investigator Profile
3. ↑ Profile on Partners for Lynn Bry

External links

• Homepage of Lynn Bry at Harvard
• Profile on Partners for Lynn Bry
• Profile on Brigham and Women's Hospital for Lynn Bry