Email

will.bauer@bcm.edu

Positions

PhD Candidate

Genetics and Genomics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Teaching Assistant

Biology
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec Canada
BIO 110 - Introductory Biology; BIO 201 - Cell Biology and Metabolism

Laboratory Technician

Biology
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia Canada
Dr. Russell Easy and Dr. Donald Stewart

Senior Teaching Assistant and Head Tutor

Biology
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia Canada
BIOL 1111/L - Organisms and their Environment 1; BIOL 1121/L - Organisms and their Environment 2

Field Technician

Fort Folly Habitat Recovery
Fort Folly First Nation, New Brunswick Canada

Addresses

1 Baylor Plaza (Lab)

Room T440
Houston, TX 77030
United States
will.bauer@bcm.edu

Education

BSc from Acadia University

04/2020 - Wolfville, Nova Scotia Canada

Honours in Biology

MSc from McGill University

08/2022 - Montreal, Quebec Canada

Human Genetics

Honors & Awards

Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation

American Malacological Society (05/2021)

Soggy Boot Award (Most Enthusiastic Presentation)

American Fisheries Society - Atlantic International Chapter (09/2019)

Professional Interests

• Gene Therapy
• Inborn Errors of Cobalamin and Folate Metabolism
• Pathophysiology of Metabolic Inborn Errors of Cobalamin

Websites

Professional Development

Bridging novel scientific findings to life-saving gene & cell therapies

Conference (Organizer, 2022)

Sponsor: Synthego

De-Stress With Science!

Seminar (Organizer)

Coping with Cortisol - 2019 All-In with Adrenaline - 2020

DNA & Me - How our Environment Shapes our DNA

Workshop (Organizer, 2019)

Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

New Brunswick Department of Education Community Health Summit

Conference (Organizer, 2018)

Selected Publications

• Bauer WG, Stewart DT, Céspedes RQ, Arias S, Easy RH "DNA barcoding evidence of the tropical invasive lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana in Costa Rica." Neotrop. Nat.. 2021 Jan;5:1-8.
• Cormier M, Ghouili F, Roumand P, Bauer W, Touabia J, Martin LJ "Influences of flavones on cell viability and cAMP-dependent steroidogenic gene regulation in MA-10 Leydig cells." Cell Biol Toxi. 2018;34(1):23-38.
• William G. Bauer, David Watkins, Caitlin Zacharias, Brian M. Gilfix, David S. Rosenblatt "Growth requirement for methionine in human melanoma-derived cell lines with different levels of MMACHC expression and methylation." Mol. Gen. Met.. 2024 Jan 4;141(1) Pubmed PMID: 38103461

Projects

PhD Thesis

Genetics and Genomics (01/2023 - present)

Capstone Project

Clinical Translational Research (01/2024 - present)

Memberships

McGill Human Genetics Student Society

Vice President of Communications (07/2021 - 06/2022)

Acadia Biology Society

Vice President of Communications (09/2017 - 04/2020)

SHAD Valley

Fellow (07/2015)

Skills

DNA Extraction, PCR, Sterile Tissue Culture, HPLC, Lowry Assay, Recombinant Bacteria, Cell Transfection

RStudio

Public Speaking, Science Education

Languages

French