职业经历

Dr. Lodge 是一名细胞生物学家，在学术研究领域具有广泛的经验，初期从事制药及干细胞疗法监管事务。博士和博士后就读阶段，他主要研究神经系统发育过程中肌动蛋白细胞骨架和细胞黏附分子对轴突导向的作用。Dr. Lodge 于2001年加入葛兰素史克 (GlaxoSmithKline) 公司，领导神经变性疾病和精神疾病的目标识别和确认工作，以及干细胞相关的药物研发战略的开发。2009年至2011年间，Dr Lodge任伦敦大学学院 (University College London) 干细胞疗法项目负责人，负责根据最新颁布的高级治疗要用产品(ATMPs)指令申请相关证照的工作。他具有广泛的细胞生物、分子生物和蛋白质生化技术等方面的专业技能，在国际同行评审期刊上发表过多篇第一作者文章，对于多种临床前及临床规范性文件的写作经验丰富。Dr. Lodge 目前从事基于细胞的药物研究、ATMP监管事务以及学术写作(包括web开发)方面的咨询工作，从2008年起开始为 Edanz Group 工作。

Dr Lodge is a cell biologist with wide-ranging experience in academic research, early stage drug discovery, and stem cell therapy regulatory affairs. For his PhD and postdoctoral work, Dr Lodge studied the roles of the actin cytoskeleton and cell adhesion molecules in axon guidance during nervous system development. Dr Lodge joined GlaxoSmithKline in 2001, where he held research and programme leadership roles within target validation initiatives for neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. He was also involved in developing drug discovery strategies involving stem cells. From 2009 to 2011, Dr Lodge was Programme Manager for a stem cell therapy unit at University College London, where he was responsible for the unit obtaining the necessary licenses required by the recently introduced Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) directive. His technical expertise covers a broad spectrum of cell biology, molecular biology and protein biochemistry techniques, including their application to drug discovery assay development. Dr Lodge has published several first author publications in international peer-reviewed journals, and he is experienced in writing a variety of pre-clinical and clinical regulatory documents. Dr Lodge currently offers consulting services in cell-based drug discovery, ATMP regulatory affairs, and scientific writing (including web development). He began editing for the Edanz Group in 2008.

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McAuley女士是大学讲师和科研人员，主要研究大型动物遗传学以及生殖内分泌学、分子生物学、妊娠与分娩、性分化和性发展以及人工繁殖技术等。她的实验室工作经验包括蛋白质定量检测(RIA, ELISA)、分子生物学技术(DNA克隆、质粒制备和纯化、电泳)、细胞培养、转染、胚胎体外成产、卵细胞采集、胚胎评级和玻璃化。在兽医领域的经验包括人工授精、胚胎移植、子宫冲洗以及尸体剖检。她于2007年加入Edanz Editing。
 
Ms. McAuley has worked as a research scientist and lecturer focusing on large animals in areas of genetics; reproductive endocrinology, molecular biology, pregnancy and parturition, sexual differentiation and development, and artificial breeding technologies. Ms. McAuley’s Laboratory Skills include protein assays (RIA, ELISA), molecular biology techniques (DNA cloning, plasmid preparation and purification, electrophoresis), cell culture, transfection, in-vitro production of embryos, oocyte aspiration, and embryo grading and vitrification. Her veterinary skills include artificial insemination, embryo transfer, uterine flushing, and necropsy. She began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2007.

Bass女士是一名医学学术和临床研究撰稿人、编辑。自2007年起一直从事研究基金申请书撰写、书稿编辑工作，并担任加州大学圣迭戈分校实验室的项目经理，协助多个领域的研究者进行研究，其中包括：医院政策和质量改进、放射学、医用物理学、纳米技术、材料科学和基因组学等不同领域。Bass女士还编辑了一些有关病人教育和补充/替代医疗的指导手册，并担任圣地亚哥一家健康保险公司的新闻稿件编辑工作。除了学术学位以外，Bass女士还于2004年获得圣迭戈州立大学科技写作高级证书。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Ms Bass is a science writer and editor focused on academic medicine and clinical research. Since 2007, she has served as a grant writer, manuscript editor, and project manager for many UC San Diego laboratories, assisting investigators involved in such diverse fields as hospital policy and quality improvement, radiology, medical physics, nanotechnology, materials science, and genomics. Ms Bass has also edited patient-education and complementary/alternative medicine guidebooks and newsletters for a San Diego-based health insurer. In addition to her academic degrees, in 2004 Ms Bass earned an Advanced Certificate in Technical & Scientific Writing from San Diego State University. Ms Bass joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

O'Connor女士将于2012年初提交的博士论文题目是“Consequences of primary cilia ablation in the developing limb and epidermis”。O'Connor女士还是伍兹霍尔海洋生物学实验室胚胎学课程的2010届毕业生，现专注于“刺猬”信号通路、四肢和骨骼发育以及原发性纤毛的研究，拥有小鼠繁育、遗传学、组织学、基因改造和敲入模型产生和培育、以及胚胎学领域的经验。掌握的体外技术包括：原发性细胞培养、qRT PCR、蛋白质印迹法、共聚焦成像和原位杂交等。在胚胎学及培育领域经验丰富，掌握在胚胎型形成、细胞发育命运确定中的复杂信号通路及特化。曾发表过小鼠模型产生方法的论文，发表了3篇同行评审期刊论文。经常出席美国细胞生物学会年会并作发言。2011年加入理文编辑。

Ms O'Connor’s PhD thesis entitled “Consequences of primary cilia ablation in the developing limb and epidermis” will be submitted in early 2012. She is also a graduate of the 2010 Embryology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Ms O’Connor is presently researching in fields related to hedgehog signaling, limb and bone development, and primary cilia. She has experience in mouse breeding, genetics, histology, transgenic and knock-in model generation, development, and embryology. In vitro techniques Ms O'Connor is skilled in are primary cell culture, qRT PCR, western blotting, confocal imaging, and in situ hybridization. She has extensive training in embryology and development, as well as an understanding of the complex signaling pathways involved in pattern formation, cell fate determination, and specification. Ms O'Connor has published a methods chapter on the generation of mouse models, and has 3 peer-reviewed publications. She is a regular attendee and presenter at the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting. Ms O'Connor began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2011.

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Expert in models and diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Tinsley拥有南澳弗林得斯大学医学院博士学位。研究课题为“非病毒神经胶质细胞传染：中枢神经系统再生治疗战略”。博士后工作期间，在首位证明成年人大脑中神经形成的专家Peter Eriksson教授的神经干细胞实验室工作。之后重返澳大利亚，在霍华德•弗利研究所工作，研究帕金森氏疾病的模型和诊断。拥有十多年医学研究经验，曾在知名专业期刊发表作品，包括Annals of Neurology。2011年起为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Tinsley completed his PhD at the School of Medicine at Flinders University of South Australia. His thesis title was "Non-Viral Glial Cell Transfection: A Therapeutic Strategy for CNS Regeneration." His post-doctoral training was in the neural stem cell laboratory of Prof Peter Eriksson, the first to demonstrate neurogenesis in the adult human brain. Dr Tinsley returned to Australia to work at the Howard Florey Institute, investigating models and diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. He has over ten years experience in medical research, and has published widely in leading journals in his field, including Annals of Neurology. Dr Tinsley began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2011.

分子病毒学家，专注于动物保健。在皇家兽医学院攻读兽医病毒学博士学位时的研究课题是，“牛病毒性腹泻病毒的遗传变异和细胞嗜性”。Dr Desport在莫道克大学完成的博士后研究课题是：重组蛋白疫苗的培育和试验，以控制巴里牛患Jembrana的病情。掌握的技能和方法包括：病毒细胞培养和净化；实时RT/PCR；克隆；DNA排序与分析；DNA/RNA提取与操作；重组蛋白在原核生物系统中的表现和净化；ELISA的培育和优化；原位杂交；抑制免疫；组织病理学和肽地图绘制。曾以第一作者身份发表8篇期刊文章，多次出席国家级和国际级学术会议。现为多家国际期刊的受邀评审员，最近曾为“慢病毒和巨噬细胞：分子和细胞相互作用”一书担任编辑。2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

Dr Desport is a molecular virologist with interests in animal health. Her thesis for her PhD in Veterinary Virology from the Royal Veterinary College was entitled “Genomic Variation and Cell Tropism of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus”. Dr Desport post-doctoral position at Murdoch University focused on the development and testing of a recombinant protein vaccine to control Jembrana disease in Bali cattle. Skills and techniques include cell culture and purification of viruses; Real-Time RT/PCR; cloning; DNA sequencing and analysis; DNA/RNA manipulation and isolation; expression and purification of recombinant proteins in prokaryotic systems; development and optimization of ELISAs; in situ hybridization; immunostaining; histopathology and peptide mapping. Dr Desport has published eight first-author journal articles and has presented at several national and international conferences. She is an invited reviewer for a number of international journals and has recently edited a book entitled “Lentiviruses and Macrophages: Molecular and Cellular Interactions”. Dr Desport joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr James的博士论文以及最初的博士后工作内容，是研究精神疾病易感基因DISC1的表征。之后的博士后研究主要集中在急性颅脑损伤和转基因小鼠模型线粒体反应。Dr James研究大脑生物学，尤其对精神疾病、神经退行性疾病、遗传学和细胞生物学有浓厚的兴趣。拥有多学科实验室专业知识，涵盖蛋白质生物化学、细胞和分子生物学、组织学和显微镜技术。Dr James在人体组织研究、以及转基因动物模型和细胞培养系统（包括胚胎干细胞）方面经验丰富。基于研究工作，她与人合作撰写了多篇同行评审论文，包括《科学》杂志的一篇论文，该项研究被誉为2005年十大突破之一。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑工作。

Dr James’ PhD thesis, and initial postdoctoral work, was on the characterization of DISC1, a susceptibility gene for psychiatric illness. Subsequent postdoctoral research focused on acute brain injury and the mitochondrial response in a transgenic mouse model. Dr James understands brain biology with a particular interest in psychiatric illness, neurodegenerative disease, genetics and cellular biology. She has multi-disciplinary laboratory expertise in a number of techniques, covering protein biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, histology and microscopy. Dr James has experience of human tissue studies, as well as transgenic animal models and cell culture systems, including embryonic stem cells. From her research she has co-authored several peer-reviewed papers, including a Science paper, which was cited as one of the top ten breakthroughs of 2005. Dr James joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Sharman的博士学位是在Peter Holland实验室完成的，研究重点是脊椎动物早期进化中的同源盒基因倍增。博士后期间与Michael Brand一起开展“斑马鱼神经系统发育”研究；期间以第一作者身份发表了三篇论文和三篇评审文章。之后开始从事期刊编辑工作。曾任Trends in Biochemical Sciences编辑、Current Biology助理编辑和Genome Biology高级编辑。拥有7年专职编辑经验，了解期刊作品发表和同行评审要求。2010年获“编辑与校对协会高级会员”资格，擅长生物和医学文章编辑；特别是关于进化、发育生物学和基因学作品的编辑。自2011年起为理文编辑工作。

Dr Sharman's PhD, in the lab of Peter Holland, focused on homeobox gene duplication in early vertebrate evolution. Her post-doctoral work was with Michael Brand on zebrafish neural development; during which she published three first-author papers and three reviews. Dr Sharman then moved into journal editing. She was Editor of Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Assistant Editor of Current Biology and then Senior Editor of Genome Biology. With seven years experience as an in-house journal editor Dr Sharman understands journal publishing and what peer reviewers require in a manuscript. Dr Sharman attained Advanced Member status of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders in 2010 and edits in all areas of biology and medicine; particularly manuscripts on evolution, developmental biology and genomics. Dr Sharman began editing for the Edanz Group in 2011.

美国堪萨斯州曼哈顿岛堪萨斯州立大学知名名誉退休教授。在眼睛细胞生物和蛋白质化学领域拥有丰富经验，从事相关研究长达30余年。其研究长期以来得到了美国国立卫生研究院的资金支持。一直为多个国家和国际委员会从事视觉研究，其中包括国家眼科研究所科学顾问委员会、Lens & Cataract Panel of the National Eye Institute、视觉与眼科学研究理事委员会等。Takemoto教授出生于美国，祖籍日本，曾作为日本学术振兴会研究员广泛开展研究和考察活动。在同行评审期刊上发表了150余篇作品，于2011年加入理文，担任编辑。

Prof Takemoto is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA. He has extensive experience in the cell biology and protein chemistry of the eye, which he has studied for over 30 years. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health of the US. He has served on numerous national and international boards dealing with vision research, including the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Eye Institute, Lens & Cataract Panel of the National Eye Institute, and the Board of Directors of the Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO). Prof Takemoto, though US-born, traces his ancestry back to Japan and has conducted research and traveled extensively in Japan as a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Barnett的博士论文题目是“妊娠期和哺乳期母体蛋白质摄入量的变化对后代脂代谢的影响 – 大鼠试验研究”，研究了早期营养对胰腺功能和胰岛素代谢的影响。博士后课题内容是利用“组学”技术（如：微阵列技术和蛋白质组学）在小鼠模型上研究ω- 3和ω-6脂肪酸对肠道炎症的作用。目前任新西兰AgResearch研究机构的高级研究科学家，最近的工作领域是表观遗传学（主要是DNA甲基化）。Dr Barnett已发表了20篇同行评审期刊文章（自2010年以来共有11篇），参与编写了一篇同行评审专书论文，并曾在一些国际会议上受邀演讲。Dr Barnett于2011年加入理文编辑，主要从事生理学、基因组学/蛋白质组学/代谢组学、表观遗传学与肠道炎症和免疫等领域的编辑工作。

Dr Barnett’s PhD thesis, "Effect of variation in maternal protein intake during gestation and lactation on fuel metabolism in the offspring - studies in the rat", investigated the effects of early nutrition on pancreatic function and insulin metabolism. Dr Barnett post-doctoral studies investigated the role of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids on intestinal inflammation in a mouse model using 'omics' technologies such as microarrays and proteomics. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist working for AgResearch in New Zealand; recently working in the field of epigenetics, in particular DNA methylation. Dr Barnett has published 20 peer-reviewed journal articles (11 since 2010) and one peer-reviewed book chapter, and has been an invited speaker at a number of international conferences. Dr Barnett joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011 with editing expertise in physiology, genomics/proteomics/metabolomics, epigenetics and intestinal inflammation and immunity.

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Stem cell specialist

Arico先生过去几年里一直在澳大利亚科技界工作学习，在一些国际公认组织内从事研究工作（如昆士兰与加尔文医学研究所）。这一期间，他的研究主要集中在肿瘤免疫治疗和免疫学方面。Arico 先生还有在私营生物技术公司（分子诊断领域）的工作经历。2006年在莫纳什大学知名教授的指导下，完成了人类胚胎干细胞不可逆胚层分化的研究，获得了荣誉学位。擅长领域：细胞培养（包括人类和小鼠胚胎干细胞），利用胚胎干细胞和成年干细胞进行体外细胞分化，各种成像技术，细胞化验，流式细胞仪，细胞提纯技术，PCR，克隆，转染等。对组织工程技术、干细胞临床应用有着浓厚的兴趣。2011年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Mr Arico has been working and studying in the Australian scientific sector for the past several years and has held research positions at internationally recognized organizations such as the Queensland and Garvan Institutes of Medical Research. During this time his research focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunology. Mr Arico has also worked in the private biotechnology sector in the area of Molecular Diagnostics. Mr Arico completed his honors degree in 2006 under the direction of a prominent Professor of Stem Cell Sciences at Monash University researching definitive endoderm differentiation from human embryonic stem cells. His technical skills include: cell culture including human and mouse embryonic stem cells, in vitro cell differentiations using embryonic and adult stem cells, various imaging techniques, cell-based assays, flow cytometry, cell purification techniques, PCR, cloning and retroviral transfections. Mr Arico has a strong interest in tissue engineering technologies and the clinical use of stem cells. He began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2011.

Dr J. Ludovic Croxford是一位多学科免疫学家，拥有多个领域的研究经验，尤其在神经免疫学、自体免疫和肿瘤学领域。博士期间的研究课题是证明细胞因子基因治疗在治疗动物模型自体免疫疾病中的应用可能性，博士后阶段主要针对诱发自体免疫疾病的病毒性分子模拟的机制进行研究。随后于日本东京国立神经和神经医疗研究中心下属国立神经学研究所对新型NKT细胞在多发性硬化模型中的作用进行研究。之后，从事白血病免疫性疾病肿瘤的抑制机制的研究。Dr Croxford曾在Nature、Nature Immunology和Nature Medicine等多种期刊杂志上发表40余篇同行评审论文、评论和专书论文。2011年12月加入理文编辑。

Dr J. Ludovic Croxford is a multi-disciplinary immunologist with research experience in a wide range of fields, especially neuroimmunology, autoimmunity and oncology. His PhD research demonstrated the potential use of cytokine gene therapy for the treatment of animal models of autoimmune disease, and his post-doctoral research focused on the mechanisms of viral molecular mimicry to induce autoimmunity. Dr Croxford next studied the role of a novel NKT cell in a multiple sclerosis model at the National Institute of Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. Following this he studied the mechanisms of immune-mediated tumor suppression for leukemia. Dr Croxford has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and book chapters in journals including Nature, Nature Immunology and Nature Medicine. Dr Croxford joined the Edanz Group as an editor in December 2011.

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Pharmacologist with expertise in molecular pharmacology, signal transduction, and neuroscience

Dr Price接受过药理师培训，主要专业是分子药理学、信号传导和神经科学。对促进神经再生的化合物免疫亲和蛋白进行了大量研究。曾在日本、美国和欧洲的医药品和小型生物技术公司工作。发表了20多篇研究文章，其中包括邀稿评审。在过去7年里，已编辑和合作编写了1100多篇科学出版物、发言演示稿和规范性文件。于2008年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Price's training is as a pharmacologist, with specific emphasis on molecular pharmacology, signal transduction, and neuroscience. His research includes extensive work on immunophilins, a class of compounds that promote nerve regeneration. He has worked in both pharmaceutical and small biotechnology companies in Japan, the US, and Europe. He has published over 20 research articles, including an invited review. Over the past seven years, Dr Price has edited/co-written over 1100 scientific publications, presentations, and regulatory documents. Dr Price began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Ambrose的微生物学博士课题是：细菌中易错（突变后代）跨损伤DNA合成途径的转录调节研究。博士后研究分别在哈佛大学/麻省理工学院和加州大学洛杉矶分校进行，主要研究酵母和人体模型系统内的DNA修复和诱变。最近一直担任新西兰奥克兰大学生物科学讲师。已发表数篇同行评审文章，多次出席国家级和国际级学术会议。2011年加入理文编辑。

Dr Ambrose’s PhD in microbiology investigated the transcriptional regulation of error-prone (mutation generation) translesion DNA synthesis pathways in bacteria. His postdoctoral research at Harvard University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of California, Los Angeles, focused on the regulation of DNA repair and mutagenesis in yeast and human model systems. Dr Ambrose has recently been a lecturer (Biological Sciences) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has several peer-reviewed publications, and has presented at national and international scientific meetings. He joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Expert in the molecular genetics of psychiatric illness

Patel是一名神经科学家，专注于中枢神经系统退化和精神疾病的研究。在博士课题下，他开发了一个小鼠基因剔除模型，用于人类脑神经紊乱失调铜蓝蛋白缺乏症的研究。之后在哈佛大学医学院细胞生物学系担任研究员，研究神经细胞迁移中的分子信号通路。Patel近期一直在蒙特利尔道格拉式心理健康研究所担任助理，专注于精神疾病分子基因的研究。研究重点是严重抑郁症和自杀中的 microRNA信号网络microRNA的信令网络参与严重抑郁症和自杀。以第一作者的身份在很多有影响力的期刊上发表了多篇文章，包括《生物化学期刊》和《神经科学期刊》。2011年开始在理文编辑从事编辑工作。

Dr Patel is a neuroscientist interested in central nervous system degeneration and mental illness. For his doctoral thesis he developed a mouse gene-knockout model for the human neurological disorder aceruloplasminemia. Subsequently, as a research fellow at the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School he studied the molecular signaling cascades involved in nerve cell migration. Dr Patel has recently focused his research on the molecular genetics of psychiatric illness as an associate at the Douglas Mental Health Institute in Montreal. His studies center on microRNA signaling networks involved in major depression and suicide. Dr Patel has published a number of first-author articles in high-impact journals, including The Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Neuroscience. He began editing for the Edanz Group in 2011.

谢菲尔德大学的名誉退休化学教授，1995–2011年担任分析科学中心主任和1997–2000年任地球科学部主任。主要研究领域包括痕量元素光谱化学、激光和等离子体光谱化学分析，曾就这些领域及原子质谱法和激光烧蚀发表大量论文。其作品对环境、材料和生命科学等领域产生了一定影响。曾在多个知名分析科学期刊委员会工作。以编辑和专家身份加入理文。

Cameron McLeod is Emeritus Professor (Chemistry) at the University Of Sheffield, having been Director of the Centre for Analytical Sciences (1995–2011) and Head of Department of Earth Sciences (1997–2000). His research focus has been in trace element spectrochemistry, and laser and plasma spectrochemical analysis, Professor McLeod has published extensively in these areas, and in the fields of atomic mass spectrometry and laser ablation. His work has had an impact on the environmental, materials and life sciences sectors. Professor McLeod has served on the boards of several leading Analytical Science journals. He joined the Edanz Group as an editor and specialist reviewer in 2011.

Pishief先生，出庭大律师、法律编辑和撰稿人，曾编写过很多文字书籍、法律公告，并为多家全球法律平台撰写在线稿件。Pishief先生既拥有法律背景，又拥有科学知识，他在生物医学科学领域的研究重点是分子病理学，尤其是大脑、心脏、肝、肾、骨骼、血液、淋巴系统的病理学（包括组织学）；基因（包括测序、生物信息学和遗传病）；生物医学实验室技术（重点是DNA/ RNA的提取与隔离、反转录、PCR技术和凝胶电泳）；代谢；免疫学；医学微生物学和生理学（包括神经生理学和神经影像学）。是一位经验丰富的报告与摘要写手。2011年起加入理文编辑。

Mr Pishief, a barrister and solicitor, is a legal editor and writer of manuscripts for publication in text books, legal bulletins, and online on global legal platforms. His background in both law and science, with his biomedical science study focusing on molecular pathology, specifcally pathology (including histology) of the brain, heart, liver, kidney, bone, blood, and lymphoid system; genetics, including sequencing, bioinformatics and genetic disorders; biomedical laboratory techniques, with a focus on DNA/RNA extraction and isolation, reverse transcription, PCR, and gel electrophoresis; metabolism; immunology; medical microbiology; and physiology (including neurophysiology and neuroimaging). An experienced report and abstract writer, Mr Pishief joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Brown博士研究侧重于调查废水处理中的微生物生态和功能基因组学。研究领域是培养微生物学和分子微生物学技术，包括关键细菌种的针对性隔离、全基因组排序和16S基因繁殖库与荧光原位杂交，以确定和监测细菌群落。开始博士研究之前，Brown女士专注于分子技术的研究，调查多元化环境中的微生物群落，包括南极土壤、冰下沉积物和哺乳动物胃肠道。Brown女士现为奥克兰大学的一名生物学助教，撰写过多篇研究论文。于2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Ms Brown’s PhD research focused on investigating the microbial ecology and functional genomics of wastewater treatment. This research involved both culture-based and molecular microbiology techniques including targeted isolation of key bacterial species, whole-genome sequencing and both 16S gene clone libraries and fluorescence in situ hybridization for identification and monitoring of bacterial communities. Prior to her PhD Ms Brown specialized in the use of molecular techniques for investigating microbial communities in diverse environments, including Antarctic soils, subglacial sediments and the mammalian gut. Ms Brown is currently employed by the University of Auckland as a biology tutor and writer of research papers. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Dandie是一名微生物学家，主要从事土壤微生物过程的研究。曾在爱尔兰考克大学（Biomerit Research Centre）、加拿大农业和农产品部（Potato Research Centre）等多个国际研究机构从事博士后研究。现于澳大利亚联邦科工组织从事氮循环和农用地一氧化二氮排放物的研究。对土壤微生物领域的研究兴趣广泛，包括：污染土壤的生物治理、堆肥、生物碳、植物-微生物相互作用、微生物接种剂和生物传感器等。Dr Dandie是多家国际期刊的受邀评审人，某知名土壤科学杂志编辑委员会成员。曾以第一作者身份发表了9篇文章。于2011年开始为理文工作，担任编辑。

Dr Dandie is a microbiologist with interests in microbiological processes in soils. Her postdoctoral research has been undertaken in several international institutions, including University College Cork (Biomerit Research Centre) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Potato Research Centre). Currently Dr Dandie researches nitrogen cycling and nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils at the CSIRO in Australia. Her interests cover a wide range of research in soil microbiology including bioremediation of contaminated soils, composting, biochar, plant-microbe interactions, microbial inoculants and biosensors. Dr Dandie is an invited reviewer for a number of international journals and is also on the editorial board of a prominent soil science journal. She has published nine first-author journal articles. Dr Dandie began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2011.