About Us

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Margaret R. Baker, Phd  was mentored under the tutelage of Professor Qing Li’s Environmental Biochemistry laboratory at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She excels at mass spectrometry-based proteomics and protein biochemistry, and has developed novel derivatization techniques for protein analysis (1), and a bioinformatics workflow for analysis of glycoproteomics data (2,3). Her methods were instrumental in the characterization and engineering of one of the most stable peroxidases characterized to date, windmill palm tree peroxidase (4-6).

During her time in Professor Qing Li’s laboratory, Dr. Baker enjoyed cultural and academic exchange with many talented and accomplished visiting Chinese scholars. She soon noticed that though many of her colleagues’ scientific studies were incredibly strong – often illuminating new avenues of research – the language barrier encumbered their ability to share the work with the rest of the academic community and scientific community at large. Working with these scientists for over 12 years, Dr. Baker became expertly attuned to the many nuances of scientific work written by nonnative English speakers and fell in love with the incredibly rewarding process of turning these brilliant ideas into successful, beautifully communicated, impactful scientific literature that have gone on to see success in esteemed publications globally. It is this process that has been the inspiration behind Baker Scientific Editing.

1. Baker, M. R.; Li, Q. X. Guanidination of Tryptic Peptides without Desalting for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis. Analytical Chemistry 2013, 85 (18), 8873–8880. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac402246r.
2. Baker, M. R.; Tabb, D. L.; Ching, T.; Zimmerman, L. J.; Sakharov, I. Y.; Li, Q. X. Site-Specific N -Glycosylation Characterization of Windmill Palm Tree Peroxidase Using Novel Tools for Analysis of Plant Glycopeptide Mass Spectrometry Data. Journal of Proteome Research 2016, 15 (6), 2026–2038. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00205.
3. Baker, M. R.; Ching, T.; Tabb, D. L.; Li, Q. X. Characterization of Plant Glycoproteins: Analysis of Plant Glycopeptide Mass Spectrometry Data with PlantGlycoMS, a Package in the R Statistical Computing Environment. In Plant Vacuolar Trafficking: Methods and Protocols; Pereira, C., Ed.; Springer New York: New York, NY, 2018; pp 205–220. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7856-4_16.
4. Baker, M. R.; Zhao, H.; Sakharov, I. Yu.; Li, Q. X. Amino Acid Sequence of Anionic Peroxidase from the Windmill Palm Tree Trachycarpus Fortunei. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2014, 62 (49), 11941–11948. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf504511h.
5. Wen, B.; Baker, M. R.; Zhao, H.; Cui, Z.; Li, Q. X. Expression and Characterization of Windmill Palm Tree (Trachycarpus Fortunei) Peroxidase by Pichia Pastoris. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2017, 65 (23), 4676–4682. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b00318.
6. Fu, B.; Baker, M. R.; Li, Q. X. Effect of N-Linked Glycosylation of Recombinant Windmill Palm Tree Peroxidase on Its Activity and Stability. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2018, 66 (17), 4414–4421. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00234.