Magdalena Skipper
{{short description|Editor-in-Chief of Nature}}
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| alma_mater = University of Nottingham (BSc)
University of Cambridge (PhD){{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|url=http://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44CAM_ALMA21432506790003606&context=L&vid=44CAM_PROD&search_scope=SCOP_CAM_ALL&tab=cam_lib_coll&lang=en_US|title=Primary sex determination mechanisms in Caenorhabditis elegans|first= Magdalena|last=Skipper|date=1998|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.624901}}|website=lib.cam.ac.uk|oclc=894603337}}
| academic_advisors = Jonathan Hodgkin
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| thesis_title = Primary sex determination mechanisms in Caenorhabditis elegans
| thesis_year = 1998
| workplaces = Nature
Springer Nature
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
University of Cambridge
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
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Magdalena Skipper is a British geneticist and editor-in-chief of the journal Nature.{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/nature/editors|title=nature - About the Editors|access-date=2025-02-11}} She previously served as an editor of Nature Reviews Genetics{{Cite journal|last=Skipper|first=Magdalena|date=2015|title=The peopling of Britain|journal=Nature Reviews Genetics|language=En|volume=16|issue=5|pages=256–257|doi=10.1038/nrg3938|pmid=25824870|s2cid=30674163 |issn=1471-0056}} {{closed access}}{{Cite journal|last=Skipper|first=Magdalena|date=2015|title=Strength in numbers in the low-frequency spectrum|journal=Nature Reviews Genetics|language=En|volume=16|issue=11|pages=623|doi=10.1038/nrg4024|pmid=26442638|issn=1471-0056|doi-access=free}} {{closed access}} and the open access journal Nature Communications.
Education
Skipper obtained a bachelor's degree in genetics at the University of Nottingham.Magda Skipper's {{ORCID|0000-0001-8707-8369}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.force11.org/users/magdalena-skipper|title=Magdalena Skipper|last=Skipper|first=Magdalena|date=2016-11-07|website=force11.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-03|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331023611/https://www.force11.org/users/magdalena-skipper|url-status=dead}} She completed her PhD in 1998 at the University of Cambridge, where she worked in Jonathan Hodgkin's lab investigating sex-determination systems in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dr-magdalena-skipper-appointed-editor-chief-nature-780681|author=Anon|year=2018|title=Dr Magdalena Skipper appointed editor-in-chief at Nature |website=thebookseller.com|publisher=The Bookseller|language=en|access-date=2018-05-03}} She is a member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.{{Cite news|url=https://careersinscience.org/speakers/magdalena-skipper/|title=Magdalena Skipper - Careers in Science 2017: Academia and beyond Symposium|work=Careers in Science 2017: Academia and beyond Symposium|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-US}}
Career and research
After completing her PhD she joined the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) at the University of Cambridge.{{Cite journal|last1=Skipper|first1=M.|last2=Milne|first2=C. A.|last3=Hodgkin|first3=J.|year=1999|title=Genetic and molecular analysis of fox-1, a numerator element involved in Caenorhabditis elegans primary sex determination |journal=Genetics|volume=151|issue=2|pages=617–631 |doi=10.1093/genetics/151.2.617 |pmc=1460491|pmid=9927456}} {{open access}} She briefly worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, working on the notch signaling pathway of zebrafish in gut development.{{Cite web|url=http://igmc-cegmr.org/Magdalena%20Skipper.aspx|title=Prof. Magdalena Skipper|last=Codrops|website=igmc-cegmr.org|access-date=2018-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504091705/http://igmc-cegmr.org/Magdalena%20Skipper.aspx|archive-date=2018-05-04|url-status=dead}}
Skipper joined Nature in 2001 as an associate editor for Nature Reviews Genetics. During her editorship she interviewed several high-profile scientists including Anne McLaren,{{cite journal|title=An Interview with Anne McLaren|journal=Nature Reviews Genetics|volume=8|issue=6|year=2007|pages=412|issn=1471-0056|doi=10.1038/nrg2123|pmid=17571324|first=Magda|last=Skipper|doi-access=free}} Mario Capecchi{{cite journal|last1=Skipper|first1=Magda|title=An Interview With Mario Capecchi|journal=Nature Reviews Genetics|volume=6|issue=6|year=2005|pages=434|issn=1471-0056|doi=10.1038/nrg1647|pmid=15934189|s2cid=31781543 |doi-access=free}} and Oliver Smithies.{{cite journal|last1=Skipper|first1=Magda|title=An Interview With Oliver Smithies|journal=Nature Reviews Genetics|volume=6|issue=5|year=2005|pages=350|issn=1471-0056|doi=10.1038/nrg1627|pmid= 15880879|doi-access=free}} In 2002 she was appointed chief editor of Nature Reviews Genetics, and was promoted to associate publisher in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.genome.gov/27549818/encode-project-telebriefing-pariticipant-bios/|title=ENCODE Project Telebriefing Participant Bios|website=National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-03}}{{Citation|last=NCCR Chemical Biology|title=Career discovery: Science publishing (Magdalena Skipper)|date=2018-01-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7w0eLFnSj0|access-date=2018-05-03}} She serves on the advisory board of the Centre for Personalised Medicine at the University of Oxford.{{Cite web|url=http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cpm/people|title=People - Centre for Personalised Medicine|website=www.well.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2018-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504091937/http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cpm/people|archive-date=2018-05-04|url-status=dead}} Skipper worked briefly as Director for Scientific Communications at the Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences in Seattle.
In 2018 she worked with Nature and Estée Lauder Companies to launch a global award for women in science.{{Cite news|url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/533068/BUSINESS/Spotlight-on-women-in-science-with-2-global-awards|title=Spotlight on women in science with 2 global awards|date=2018-04-19|website=saudigazette.com.sa|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|url=https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/nature-research-awards/15603280|title=Nature Research and The Estée Lauder Companies launch global awards to celebrate inspirations for women in science |publisher= Springer Nature|website=springernature.com|access-date=2018-05-03}} She became the first woman editor-in-chief of Nature in its 150-year history in May 2018, when she succeeded Philip Campbell.{{Cite news|url=http://www.foliomag.com/glamours-new-eic-makes-new-hires-people-move/|title=Glamour's New EIC Makes New Hires {{!}} People on the Move - Folio|date=2018-05-02|work=Folio|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-US}}{{cite journal|last1=Skipper|first1=Magdalena|title=A welcome from the new Nature editor|journal=Nature|volume=559|issue=7712|year=2018|pages=6|issn=0028-0836|doi=10.1038/d41586-018-05606-y|pmid=29968844|bibcode=2018Natur.559....6S|doi-access=free}} She has stated that she intends to ensure that science is reproducible and robust, as well as doing more to support early-career researchers.{{Cite journal|last=Else|first=Holly|year=2018|title=Nature announces new editor-in-chief|journal=Nature|language=EN|doi=10.1038/d41586-018-05060-w|issn=0028-0836}}
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