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World-renowned expert in IVF, and on the editorial boards of Human Reproduction Reproductive Biotechnology Online

Dr Cummins在西澳大利亚Murdoc大学从事解剖学、人类生物学和繁殖生物技术的教学工作。在繁殖生物学和辅助生殖技术（如：体外授精）领域拥有丰富的经验。现在多个知名期刊（包括“Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biotechnology Online”）担任编辑，任西澳大利亚繁殖技术理事会科学咨询委员会主席一职（负责监督IVF诊所的政府机构）。10多年来，一直从事专业编辑工作，编辑了2500多篇论文。在亚洲拥有从多同事和朋友，曾在2005年任Osak大学染色体组信息研究中心客座教授。 2009年开始在理文从事编辑工作。

Dr Cummins teaches Anatomy, Human Biology and Reproductive Biotechnology at Murdoch University in Western Australia. He has extensive experience in reproductive biology and assisted conception techniques such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). He sits on the editorial board of several top journals, including Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biotechnology Online, and chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Reproductive Technology Council of Western Australia (the government body overseeing IVF clinics). He has been involved in professional editing for 10 years and has worked on about 2500 papers. He has many colleagues and friends in Asia and was a Visiting Professor at Osaka University's Genome Information Research Center in Japan in 2005. Assoc Prof Cummins began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr. Devon 是一名生物学家，致力于神经系统科学和遗传学。她于1996年取得了精神疾病遗传学的博士学位。随后在加拿大温哥华以及英国的爱丁堡开始了博士后的深造，主要研究运动神经元疾病 (Lou Gehrig's Disease，洛盖赫里格病 ) 的一种罕见遗传形式。她著有50余篇研究论文、专书论文、评论和经费申请，曾为分子生物学期刊审稿。Dr. Devon 从2008年起为理文编辑工作。

Dr Devon is a biologist with a special interest in neuroscience and genetics. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and obtained her PhD in 1996 from the University of Edinburgh, UK, in the genetics of psychiatric illness. She undertook post-doctoral research on a rare, inherited form of Motor Neurone Disease (Lou Gehrig's Disease) in Vancouver, Canada, and then started her own research group back in Edinburgh, UK, investigating the genetics, cell biology and biochemistry of motor neurone disease. She is a co-founder of the Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Devon has written over 50 research papers, book chapters, reviews and successful grant applications, and has peer-reviewed manuscripts for molecular biology journals. Dr Devon began working with Edanz Editing in 2008.

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Immunology, physiology, anatomy and oncology specialist

Dr Cooke拥有免疫学专业背景，重点研究人体对器官移植的免疫反应。博士学位的主要研究领域是新发现的猪内皮细胞异种抗原的功能意义。曾在关节炎和风湿病理事会（ARC）和英国癌症研究学院（CRUK）任博士后研究员，主攻领域是针对癌细胞将基于抗体融合蛋白工程作为全新治疗手段。专长于酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）的设计与使用，PCR和RT – PCR，原代细胞培养，细胞毒性实验，DNA提取、纯化、测序和克隆，高效液相色谱，放射性标记技术、抗原抗体相互作用动力学分析，抗体分离与提纯，以及噬菌体展示技术的使用等。Dr Cooke还是有资质的理疗师，具有人体解剖学和生理学的广博知识。于2009年开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Cooke’s scientific background is in immunology, with an emphasis on human immune responses to organ transplants. His PhD focused on the functional significance of newly identified xenoantigens expressed by porcine endothelial cells. He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow for both the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council (ARC) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK). The main focus of his post-doctoral work was the engineering of antibody-based fusion proteins specifically targeted to cancer cells, as a novel from of therapy. Dr Cooke has technical expertise in the design and use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), PCR and RT-PCR, primary cell culture, cellular cytotoxicity assays, DNA isolation, purification, sequencing and cloning, HPLC, radiolabelling techniques, kinetic analysis of antibody–antigen interactions, antibody isolation and purification and the use of phage display technology. He is also a qualified physiotherapist with extensive knowledge of human anatomy and physiology. Dr Cooke began working with the Edanz Group in 2009.

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Formerly a specialist Medical Indexer at Thomson Scientific

Dr Furness在格拉斯哥Beatson癌症研究院从事三年的博士后研究，此期间，利用分子遗传学技术对与癌症（如白血病）发展有关、影响造血干细胞生长的因素进行研究。后任格拉斯哥大学研究员，通过实地观察、放射同位素血液样分析和对海鸟代谢监测，分析海鸟的能量需求。Dr Furness是一位知识渊博的科技编辑，拥有大量的科技论文提炼、索引和编辑经验，涉及的领域包括通用医学、药学和遗传学，在科研实践和发表研究论文方面拥有丰富的个人经历。1993-2007年期间，在Thomson Scientific从事专家医学文摘工作，2007年起为理文编辑工作。

For three years, Dr Furness was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, where she used extensive molecular genetic techniques to examine the factors influencing the growth of hematopoietic stem cells, with relevance to the development of cancers such as leukemia. Later Dr Furness was a researcher at Glasgow University where she analyzed the energetic requirements of seabirds, using field observations, analysis of radioisotopes from blood samples and metabolic monitoring of birds in respirometers. Dr Furness is a scientific editor with extensive experience of abstracting, indexing and editing scientific papers on a wide range of topics including general medicine, pharmacology and genetics, with personal experience of active scientific research and the publishing of research papers. From 1993 to 2007, Dr Furness was a Specialist Medical Indexer at Thomson Scientific. She began working with Edanz Editing in 2007.

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Has published 24 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has co-authored scientific book chapters; molecular biophysics specialist

生物信息学家，在DNA/蛋白数据库注释、序列分析和分子建模领域拥有丰富经验。Dr Biswas从事了七年的博士后研究，利用分子建模技术研究蛋白配基结合。此后进入印度科学研究院新成立的生物信息学中心，任高级科学主任，负责培训课程和研究项目的开发。1998年回英，任剑桥大学欧洲生物信息研究院任数据库主管，负责数据库的创建、注释和研究。2002-2009年期间，在新西兰一家私营公司从事生物信息学工作。曾从事多个项目的研究，了解基因与其他因素如何相互作用从而影响动植物复杂的生物学特性。Dr Biswas生于苏格兰，母语为英语，拥有丰富的写作和出版经验。已在国际同行评审期刊上发表24篇论文，并合作撰写了一些专书论文。自2010年起为理文编辑工作。

Dr Biswas is a bioinformatics scientist with experience in DNA/protein database annotation, sequence analysis and molecular modeling. For seven years Dr Biswas was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate using molecular modeling techniques to study protein-ligand binding. She then joined the newly formed Bioinformatics Centre at the Indian Institute of Science as a Senior Scientific Officer responsible for the development of training courses and research projects. Dr Biswas returned to the UK in 1998 as a Database Curator at the European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, where she was involved in database production, annotation and research. From 2002 to 2009, Dr Biswas worked as a Bioinformatics Scientist for a private company in New Zealand. She worked in a range of projects aimed at understanding how genes and other factors interact to influence complex biological traits in animals and plants. Dr Biswas, a Scottish-born native speaker of English, has extensive writing and publication experience. She has published 24 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has co-authored scientific book chapters. Dr Biswas began editing for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr. Dingley 主要致力于生物化学领域，特别是蛋白质结构和功能特性领域的研究。具有15年以上论文写作以及在有较高影响因子的国际期刊中发表的经验。同时，他也一直在从事科技专书论文的写作，并且担任 Biochemical Journal 的编委。Dr. Dingley 从2008年起为理文编辑工作。

Dr Dingley’s research is broadly in the area of biochemistry, with particular interest in characterizing protein structure and function. Dr Dingley has over 15 years' experience in publishing articles in international high-impact journals. He has written scientific book chapters, and is an editor on the editorial advisory board for the Biochemical Journal. Dr Dingley began as an editor for Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji (Edanz Editing China) in 2008.

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Received the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Award in New Zealand in 2007.

Dr David一直从事多个领域的研究工作，包括无机化学、物理化学和分析化学等。最近的研究工作是调查违禁药物分析中同位素比质谱仪在法医鉴定中的使用。她是一名经验丰富的科学传播者和编辑，2007年在新西兰获MacDiarmid年度青年科学家奖。曾在联合国药物与犯罪办公室实习（曼谷，泰国）。经常出席各种物理、分析和法医化学大会，在同行评审期刊上多次发表文章。于2008年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr David has conducted research in many areas, including inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, and analytic chemistry. Her most recent research investigated the forensic use of isotope ratio mass spectrometry for the analysis of illicit drugs. Dr David is an experienced science communicator and editor, and received an award in the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year competition (2007, New Zealand). She has also completed an internship with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Bangkok, Thailand). Dr David has presented at conferences and has peer-reviewed publications in the areas of physical, analytical, and forensic chemistry. Dr David began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

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PhD in microbiology from the University of Oxford

Dr Fox拥有牛津大学微生物学博士学位，攻读博士学位期间主要研究流感嗜血杆菌生物合成基因中的新型相变脂多糖。此后，在澳大利亚昆士兰大学从事5年博士后研究，重点研究DNA甲基转移酶在细菌病原体基因调节中的作用，其他项目包括：兽医病原体活性减毒疫苗的设计与开发。以第一作者的身份在微生物病原领域的高级期刊杂志上发表了多篇文章。现为一名全职编辑，拥有广泛的生物学科经验，包括分子生物学，微生物学，生物技术，基因组学，流行病学，生物化学和医学。2009年起为理文编辑工作。

Dr Fox completed a PhD in microbiology at the University of Oxford, investigating novel phase variable LPS biosynthetic genes in Haemophilus influenzae. She then spent five years as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Queensland, Australia, focusing on the role of DNA methyltransferases in gene regulation in bacterial pathogens. Other projects included the design and development of live, attenuated vaccines for veterinary pathogens. She has many first-author publications in high-ranking journals in the area of microbial pathogenesis. Dr Fox is now a full-time editor, with extensive editing experience in a broad range of biological disciplines including molecular biology, microbiology, biotechnology, genomics, epidemiology, biochemistry and medicine. Dr Fox began editing with the Edanz Group in 2009.

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Experienced bioinformatics analyst with specific experience in DNA/protein sequence data

在过去的十年里，Dr. Stewart一直在爱丁堡大学和格拉斯哥大学从事博士后研究工作，主要致力于分子生物学研究，包括基因组工程相关的各类基因的测序和分析工作。Dr. Stewart是经验丰富的生物信息分析员，特别在是DNA/蛋白质序列数据领域。2001年至2007年期间，Dr. Stewart担任位于格拉斯哥的Thomson Scientific (汤姆森科技信息集团) Geneseq (基因数据库) 小组的高级分析员。Dr. Stewart从2007年开始为Edanz Editing工作，主要编辑分子生物学领域，特别是基因组方面的文章。

For 10 years, Dr Stewart was a Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities, involved in molecular biology research that included sequencing and analysis of various genes for genome projects. Dr Stewart is an experienced bioinformatics analyst with specific experience in DNA/protein sequence data. From 2001 to 2007, Dr Stewart was a Senior Analyst in Thomson Scientific’s GENESEQ team based in Glasgow. Dr Stewart began as an editor for Edanz Editing in 2007, working in molecular biology fields with an emphasis on genomics.

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Molecular biology expert with 13 peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as invited reviews and two textbook chapters.

13年编辑经验：同行评审期刊杂志、受邀评审、社论和教材上撰稿、编辑、安排版面、发表文章。曾在同行审查期刊发表13篇论文并受邀担任审稿人，编写了教科书中两个章节的内容。自由作家兼编辑。拥有分子生物、细胞生物和生理学背景，写作风格简明扼要。美国医学作家协会和科学编辑理事会会员。2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Tobin has 13-years' experience in writing, editing, formatting, and submitting peer-reviewed journal articles, invited reviews, editorials, and textbooks. Dr Tobin has authored 13 peer-reviewed journal articles and invited reviews, as well as two textbook chapters. A freelance writer and editor, Dr Tobin combines her background in molecular biology, cell biology, and physiology with a clear, concise writing style. Dr Tobin is a member of the American Medical Writers Association and the Council of Science Editors. She began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

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Previously a writer and editor for CSIRO, the Australian Office of Nanotechnology, and Biotechnology Australia

Dr Kovac是定期向科学杂志供稿的科技编辑、作家。以撰稿和编辑的身份供职于多个客户，其中包括CSIRO、Australian Office of Nanotechnology和Biotechnology Australia。博士研究题目是“拟南芥开花的遗传调节”，专业技能包括：DNA / RNA提取；PCR、RT - PCR和实时PCR；Southern和Northern杂交。自2009年起为理文编辑工作。

Dr Kovac is a science editor and writer who regularly contributes articles to science magazines. She has worked as a writer and editor for clients such as the CSIRO, the Australian Office of Nanotechnology, and Biotechnology Australia. Dr Kovac’s PhD was entitled “Epigenetic regulation of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana.” Her technical skills obtained during her PhD include DNA/RNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR and real-time PCR, and Southern and Northern blotting. Dr Kovac began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

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Currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Immunology at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

德国慕尼黑Ludwig Maximilian大学免疫学研究所博士后研究生，博士研究课题是“关于B细胞异性抗原反应的定量分析”，目前主要专注于树突状细胞约束抗原递呈后T细胞的反应研究。在淋巴细胞生物学以及细胞群动力学、寄生虫学和抗体工程的建模方面，拥有大量研究经验。 另外还有流式细胞术、转基因鼠模型和标准免疫学和分子生物技术实验室经验。曾三度以第一作者的身份，在同行审查的期刊杂志上发表论文，另以共同作者身份发表了四篇文章。德语读写流利。他的第二外语学历，极大增强了他对非母语人士所用语言的用法理解。熟悉稿件撰写与编辑的不同阶段工作，与期刊杂志编辑和审稿人保持着良好的人脉关系。2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑一职。

Dr Turner is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Immunology at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. Her PhD thesis was entitled “A quantitative analysis of B cell responses to specific antigen” and her current work is focused on T cell responses following dendritic cell-restricted antigen presentation. Dr Turner has extensive research experience in lymphocyte biology and in the modeling of cellular population kinetics, parasitology and antibody engineering. She has laboratory expertise in flow cytometry, transgenic mouse models and standard immunological and molecular biological techniques. Dr Turner has published three first author peer-reviewed journal articles and is a co-author on another four. Dr Turner is fluent in written and spoken German. Her second-language study has given her a greatly enhanced understanding of the language usage and grammar of non-native speakers and writers. She is familiar with all stages of the manuscript preparation and editing process and with correspondence with journal editors and reviewers. Dr Turner began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

Dr. Davies是一位生物学家，专攻神经系统科学、肿瘤学、染色质结构以及基因表达等领域，在法国波尔多 Université Bordeaux II 大学 François Magendie Institute for Neuroscience、澳大利亚Children’s Cancer Institute等多家研究机构从事过博士后研究工作，期间研究了人β-珠蛋白基因簇染色质结构以及顺铂损伤等课题。Dr. Davies曾担任过几家国际期刊的审稿人，编辑了大量英语母语及非母语作者的稿件。他也以第一作者的身份发表过多篇文章，如“Nucleic Acids Research and The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics”。他具备丰富的实验室工作经验，包括：急性器官型培养、腺病毒操纵、脑片慢病毒操纵和转导以及神经细胞培养、荧光共焦显微技术、细胞显微注射、活体小鼠模型、蛋白质印迹、电泳凝胶迁移率检测、多种PCR、克隆以及细菌质粒生成等。Dr Davies 从2006年开始为Edanz Editing工作。

Dr Davies is a biologist with particular expertise in the areas of neuroscience, oncology, and chromatin structure and gene expression. Dr Davies has held Postdoctoral Fellow positions at a number of institutes including the François Magendie Institute for Neuroscience, Bordeaux, France, and the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia. During his PhD, he examined chromatin structure and cisplatin damage at the human beta-globin gene cluster. Dr Davies has been a regular reviewer for several international journals and has edited numerous manuscripts written by both native and non-native English speakers. He has a number of first-author publications in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research and The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Dr Davies has experience in a wide variety of laboratory techniques, including acute and organotypic culture, adenovirus manipulation, lentivirus manipulation and transduction of brain slices and cultured neuronal cells, fluorescent and confocal microscopy, cell microinjection, in vivo mouse models, western blot, electrophoretic gel mobility shift assay, PCR (most varieties), cloning and bacterial plasmid production. Dr Davies began working as an editor for Edanz Editing in 2006.

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Previously worked in a biotechnology company that focused on a radioactive peptide as targeted therapy for neuro-oncology

Dr Schade-Bijur的博士学位研究重点是确定人类大脑神经细胞钠离子通道的启动区，研究成果已在神经科学学会的一次国际会议上宣讲，并在同行评审期刊上发表。拥有精湛的高度分子生物学领域技术，包括：克隆、基因、DNA和蛋白质提取、RT - PCR检测、杂交、测序和凝胶电泳。曾在一家生物技术公司工作7年，重点研究神经肿瘤靶向治疗放射肽。作为科学家和高级制造经理，针对各种组织进行了生理组织学实验（包括使用组织切片机备制切片），研究卵母细胞的提取和神经胶质瘤氯离子通道。另外还负责临床药学，是编写基金申请和规范性文件的临床小组成员。发表了基于实践经验的两篇同行评审论文（包括临床试验论文）。作为一名自由撰稿人，其写作领域涉及卫生经济学和医学教育（关于癌细胞血管生成），撰写了50多份脂质产品技术公告。科技写作背景丰富，2010年加盟理文编辑，主要从事神经学和肿瘤领域的撰稿和编辑。

Dr Schade-Bijur’s PhD focused on identifying the promoter region of a neuronal sodium channel in the human brain. Dr Schade-Bijur’s work from these studies has been presented at an international Society of Neuroscience meeting and published in peer-reviewed journals. She is highly skilled in molecular biology techniques, such as cloning, mRNA, DNA and protein extraction, RT-PCR, blotting, sequencing and gel electrophoresis. For seven years Dr Schade-Bijur worked in a biotechnology company that focused on a radioactive peptide as targeted therapy for neuro-oncology. As a scientist and the Senior Manager for Manufacturing, Dr Schade-Bijur performed histology experiments for various tissues, including using a microtome for tissue slice preparation, and oocyte extraction and electrophysiology on a glioma chloride channel. Dr Schade-Bijur was also in charge of the clinical pharmacy and was part of the clinical team writing grants and regulatory documents. From this research she published two more peer-reviewed papers, including a clinical trial paper. As a freelance writer, Dr Schade-Bijur has written in the areas of health economics, medical education regarding cancer angiogenesis and over 50 technical bulletins about lipid products. Dr Schade-Bijur has a particularly broad science and writing background. She joined the Edanz Group as a writer and editor in 2010, specializing in the fields of neuroscience and oncology.

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Neurodegenerative disease expert with more than 32 peer reviewed publications

Dr Bijur的研究领域是神经退行性疾病（如老年痴呆症和帕金森氏病）和脑代谢功能。在精神病学和肿瘤形成与癌变领域拥有丰富经验，包括精神分裂症、双相情感障碍、代谢紊乱（如糖尿病）等。对细胞培养技术、分子生物学技术和啮齿类动物模型有透彻的理解。他的个人研究一直由美国国立卫生研究院和精神分裂症与抑郁国家研究联盟提供资助。已撰写32篇同行评审出版物，出席了大量科技学术会议，包括神经科学协会和美国癌症研究协会会议。还担任了多家生物医学期刊杂志和基金发放机构的审稿人。 2010年加盟理文编辑，担任撰搞人和编辑。

Dr Bijur's work is on neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and investigations into brain metabolic functions. Dr Bijur has extensive experience in the areas of psychiatry, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, metabolic disorders such as diabetes, and in oncogenesis and carcinogenesis. He has thorough understandings of cell culture techniques, molecular biology techniques, and rodent animal models. His personal research has been funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. Dr Bijur has authored over 32 peer-reviewed publications, and has presented at numerous scientific conferences including the Society for Neuroscience and the American Association for Cancer Research, among others. He also serves as a reviewer for several biomedical journals and granting agencies. Dr Bijur joined the Edanz Group as an editor and medical writer in 2010.

Dr Colebrooke的博士研究课题是“帕金森多巴胺大鼠模型的分子、神经生化和行为分析”。之后成为英国Babraham Institute分子神经科学实验室博士后研究员。熟悉各种常用实验室技术、试验和小动物模型。曾多次以第一作者身份在国际期刊杂志上发表文章。2006年开始为理文编辑工作，任编辑一职。

Dr Colebrooke’s PhD title was “Molecular, neurochemical and behavioural analyses of a novel dopamine-depleted mouse model of Parkinson’s disease.” She then was a post-doc research scientist in the Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Babraham Institute, UK. Dr Colebrooke is familiar with all the usual laboratory techniques and tests, along with small animal models. Dr Colebrooke has several first-authored publications in international journals. She began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2006.

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Expert in molecular virology and biology

Dr Burkala目前任职于奥克拉荷马大学微生物学和免疫学系。拥有病毒学和分子生物学的多年经验，最近主攻艾滋病毒免疫与进化。除对大量出版文章和基金申请书进行审稿外，还对大量专业科技文章进行了同行评审，包括癌症生物学和免疫学领域。专业技术领域包括：先进的分子生物学技术（如：异源双链追踪分析和质谱分析）；免疫技术（如：流式细胞术），ELISA法，免疫印迹法和酶联免疫斑点免疫学技术，细胞培养技术（包括初代细胞和细胞株培养、病毒培养与提纯、细胞体外迁移能力测定、共聚焦显微镜技术等），动物实验（鼠、羊、牛和兔子）等。

Dr Burkala is currently employed at the University of Oklahoma in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Dr Burkala has many years of experience in molecular virology and biology, and has recently specialized in HIV immunology and evolution. He has peer-reviewed publications in a broad range of scientific areas including cancer biology and immunology in addition to reviewing many publications and grant applications. Dr Burkala’s technical skills include: cutting-edge molecular biological techniques such as heteroduplex tracking assays and mass spectrometry, common techniques like cloning, PCR, real-time PCR and recombinant protein purification, immunological techniques such as flow cytometry, ELISA, Western immunoblot and ELISPOT, cell culture techniques including primary and cell line culture, virus culture and purification, transwell migration assays and confocal microscopy, and live animal experiments including the use of mice, sheep, cattle, and rabbits for immunizations and immunological analyses.

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Dr. Smith 的博士论文标题为：“The Role of PPARalpha in Modulating Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Action using In Vivo Models of Insulin Resistance”。 一直担任 Queen Mary, University of London 细胞与分子科学研究所研究助手，并着重于糖尿病及相关代谢疾病的生物化学的研究。同时担任 London Sport Institute 研究员。曾在 London School of Journalism 进修过与出版相关的编辑和设计课程，现为全职医学作者。Dr. Smith 在全球知名机构 Medicus International 任职期间，通过与多家著名制药公司合作的医学交流项目积累了大量的医学和科学交流经验。2006年起加入理文编辑，凭借着广泛的研究背景以及出色的医学写作经验帮助客户达到顺利发表的目标。

Dr Smith’s PhD thesis was entitled “The Role of PPARalpha in Modulating Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Action using In Vivo Models of Insulin Resistance”. Dr Smith has been a Research Assistant at the Queen Mary, University of London’s Institute of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, where he focused on the biochemistry of diabetes and related metabolic disorders. He has also been a Research Fellow at the London Sport Institute, part of Middlesex University. Dr Smith has studied editing and design skills in relation to publication at the London School of Journalism, and is now a full-time medical writer. Dr Smith gained extensive experience in medical and scientific communications while employed at the internationally recognized agency Medicus International, where he worked on a range of medical communications projects for several well-known pharmaceutical companies. He joined the Edanz Group in 2006, where he is able to apply his wide research background and expertise in the medical communications sector in assisting clients to achieve their publication goals.

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Specialist in tropical disease research- published over 25 papers as first author

热衷于热带病研究，主要从事分子生物学和遗传学研究工作。博士学位期间研究作为抗恶性疟疾药物靶标的人类疟原虫DNA拓扑异构酶II，内容包括：研究寄生虫整个生命周期内酶的表达谱和活性，从而确定抗拓扑异构酶药物是否能产生抑制作用。最近，采用遗传学和基因组学方法来确定生物医学的重要寄生虫基因（包括诱发宿主保护性免疫机制的基因）。此项研究确定了对疟疾的特异性免疫中的主要寄生虫基因，这是疫苗研究的一项重大突破。Dr Cheesman 感兴趣领域是宿主与病原菌交互作用的演变。她发表了25篇原创研究论文，其中许多以第一作者的名义发表，多次受邀在各种学术会议上发言。还享受了日本大阪大学（2007年）和长崎大学（2009年）每七年一次的研究性休假。于2010年加盟理文编辑，担任撰搞人和编辑。

Dr Cheesman has a special interest in tropical disease research and has worked primarily in the fields of molecular biology and genetics. For her PhD she investigated DNA topoisomerase II of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum as an anti-malarial drug target. The research involved studying the expression profile and activity of the enzyme throughout the life cycle of the parasite to determine whether anti-topoisomerase drugs could inhibit it. More recently, Dr Cheesman has been applying genetics and genomics approaches to identify parasite genes of biomedical importance, including genes that induce protective immunity in the host. Her research identified a major parasite gene involved in strain-specific immunity against malaria, an important breakthrough in vaccine research. Dr Cheesman is very interested in the evolution of host-pathogen interactions. She has published 25 original research papers, many as first author and has been an invited speaker at many congresses. Dr Cheesman has also taken research sabbaticals at the University of Osaka (2007) and University of Nagasaki, Japan (2009). She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

Dr Roth发表的文章涉及以下领域：T细胞生物学、基因重排的分子机制、发育生物学、神经生物学、核受体生物学。在转基因动物模型、开发基因组和蛋白质组技术、运用基因和蛋白质表达谱方法进行疾病诊断和治疗（包括糖尿病、肥胖、血液疾病和肿瘤）等方面拥有丰富经验。联合撰写并在影响力极高的杂志上发表了13篇文章，同时还和专利发明人联合撰写了5篇专利书。曾为知名生物制药、医疗设备和生物科技等公司提供有关平台技术和产品开发方面的顾问建议。多年担任昆尼皮亚克大学客座教授，在线授课生物学本科课程。在美国西北大学期间，获美国癌症学会博士后奖学金；在纽约冷泉港期间，研究发育神经生物学。于2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Roth has published articles on T cell biology, the molecular mechanisms of gene rearrangement, hematopoeisis, developmental biology, neurobiology, and nuclear receptor biology. He has extensive experience with transgeneic animal models, developing genomic and proteomic based technologies, and applying gene and protein expression profiling methods to diseases and therapeutic areas, including diabetes, obesity, blood disorders, and oncology. He is a co-author on 13 publications in high impact journals, and the co-inventor on five issued patents. He has consulted with leading biopharmaceutical, medical device, and life science companies on new platform technologies and product development. As an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University, he taught an undergraduate online biology course for several years. He received an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship while at Northwestern University, and studied developmental neurobiology at Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Dr Roth began working with Edanz Editing as an editor in 2010.

Dr. Creasey 是爱丁堡大学Dr. Paul Hunt实验室的高级博士后研究人员，该实验室致力于啮齿动物疟疾模型青蒿素抗药性的遗传学研究。Dr. Creasey 一直专注于热带病学和热带寄生虫疾病，以及流行病学的研究。凭借着在血清学和微生物学领域的研究经验，她曾在非洲当地开展过多次抗寄生虫的药物试验。而后在爱丁堡开始了遗传学和分子生物学的研究。Dr. Creasey擅长使用清晰明确的语言传达出学术内容，在她的职业生涯中，曾为来自中国、泰国、斯里兰卡、沙特阿拉伯以及大部分非洲国家的作者编辑过大量的期刊文章和博士论文。Dr. Creasey 从2007年起加入理文编辑。

Dr Creasey is a senior post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr Paul Hunt, University of Edinburgh (genetics of artemisinin drug resistance in a rodent malaria model). Her special interests have been in the field of tropical medicine and tropical parasitic diseases, with training in the epidemiological aspects of disease. Her field experience in serology and microbiology involved a number of anti-parasitic drug trials in Africa. Later in Edinburgh, genetics and molecular biology were focused on. Dr Creasey has the ability to communicate science in clear, unambiguous language. During her career she has edited journal articles and PhD theses for scientists from China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, and most African countries. Dr Creasey joined Edanz Editing as an editor in 2007.

Dr Sheen目前为圣迭戈州立大学博士后研究员，从事微生物致病的研究。工作内容包括微生物生境和血脑屏障渗透。她拥有MRSA感染新药治疗方法的两项开发专利。于新西兰皇家农业研究所（新西兰林肯郡）完成博士研究，研究重点是运用基因技术改良微生物生物防治剂的生存土壤。其它研究包括：南极抗冻鱼系统发育分析和物种进化研究。从2011年起在理文编辑担任编辑工作。

Dr Sheen is a postdoctoral research fellow at San Diego State University, studying microbial pathogenesis. Her work encompasses microbial niche establishment as well as penetration of the blood-brain barrier. She also has two patents for the development of novel therapeutic agents for treatment of MRSA infections. Dr Sheen carried out her PhD research at AgResearch in Lincoln, New Zealand, focusing on applying genetic techniques to improve the soil survival of a microbial biocontrol agent. Her other research has involved the phylogenetic analysis of Antarctic notothenioid fish and species evolution. Dr Sheen began editing for Edanz Editing in 2011.

Dr Parker的博士研究领域是癌生物学和信号传导，后在佛罗里达大学射线肿瘤科从事博士后研究。现为New York Journal of Books科技文章审稿人。2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任医学作者和编辑。

Dr Parker’s PhD studies were in the field of cancer biology and signal transduction. Her post-doctoral research was in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida. Dr Parker is presently a science reviewer with the New York Journal of Books. She began working with the Edanz Group as a medical writer and editor in 2010.

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Specialist in the field of hypertension and recipient of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Doctoral Award

Dr Komolova的博士课题是论述各种疾病状态下（高血压、盐敏感、肥胖症）肾脏对血压调节的作用。另外，还研究了降压药及生活方式改变对心血管和代谢功能的影响。精通多种研究技术，从分子法到整体动物法。研究成果已发表在科学期刊上，其中包括Hypertension、Journal of Hypertension、International Journal of Obesity。现任女王大学药理学和毒理学系的客座教授兼研究督导，也是自由职业医学作家。2010年起为理文编辑工作。

Dr Komolova’s doctoral dissertation focused on characterizing the role of the kidneys in blood pressure regulation in various disease states (hypertension, salt-sensitivity, and obesity). She also investigated the effects of antihypertensive drugs and lifestyle changes on cardiovascular and metabolic function. She is proficient in numerous research techniques, ranging from molecular to whole-animal methodologies. Her work has been published in scientific journals including Hypertension, the Journal of Hypertension, and the International Journal of Obesity. Currently, she is an Adjunct Professor and Research Facilitator in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at Queen’s University, and a freelance medical writer. Dr Komolova began working with the Edanz Group in 2010.

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Bacteriology specialist with 15 published articles

Dr Anderson的博士研究主题是“羊血液中分离出的抗菌肽”。博士学习期间，曾三度荣获奖学金，研究成果曾在7家同行审查期刊上刊登。曾获研究奖金，研究共生菌对肠黏膜屏蔽功能的影响。现为高级科研员，正在对细菌在食品与宿主细胞之间相互作用中的影响作用（特别是对人类肠健康的影响）进行研究。发表有15篇科技文章、20篇技术会议宣讲/张贴论文、5份专利书。2010年加入理文编辑，从事写作和编辑工作。

Dr Anderson’s PhD Thesis was entitled “Antimicrobial Peptides isolated from ovine blood”. During her PhD studies, Dr Anderson was awarded three study scholarships and her work resulted in seven peer-reviewed journal publications. She was also granted a Fellowship to study the effect of commensal bacteria on intestinal barrier function. Dr Anderson is currently a senior research scientist studying the role of bacteria in the interactions between foods and host cells, in particular the effect these have on human intestinal health and wellness. Dr Anderson is the author of 15 published scientific papers, 20 conference presentations/posters and five patents. She joined Edanz Group as a writer and editor in 2010.

高级工艺化学工程师，在农业部门工作，这份工作需要对跨化工各领域有广泛深入的了解。在有机化学和物理有机化学领域拥有丰富经验，特别是合成、机理和动力学。2005年获博士学位，与国际知名教授Prof Lloyd-Jones共同研究，在二烯和烯炔复分解新型催化剂的开发和理解的基础上做进一步研究。曾多次出席专题研讨会上并发言，论文多次获奖，最近又与他人联合撰写了一篇向《欧洲化学》投稿的重要文章。于2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Alan Robinson is a senior process chemist working in the agricultural industry. His work requires a deep understanding across a wide range of chemical fields. He has extensive experience in organic and physical organic chemistry, especially with respect to synthesis, mechanism and kinetics. Dr Robinson completed his PhD, based on the development and understanding of new catalysts for diene and enyne metathesis, with internationally acclaimed Prof Lloyd-Jones in 2005. He has spoken and presented prize winning posters at numerous symposia, and recently co-authored an important paper in Chemistry – A European Journal. Dr Robinson began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

Dr. Curtis 的博士论文标题为"Neural Progenitor Cells in Huntington's Disease Human Brain"，现任瑞典University of Goteborg的博士后研究员，研究神经退化疾病。他在多家国际一流杂志中发表过大量的研究报告，其中包括2007年出版的 Science 杂志的一期封面文章。曾在多个国家做有关神经病学领域学术问题的特约报告。Dr. Curtis从2006年初开始为Edanz Editing工作，凭借着深厚的实验室工作经验和和造影知识，主要编辑生物医学领域的文章。

Dr Curtis’s PhD thesis was entitled “Neural Progenitor Cells in Huntington’s Disease Human Brain.” He is currently a Post-doctoral Research Fellow studying neurodegenerative disorders. Dr Curtis has authored many published reports in several leading international journals including the cover article for an issue of Science in 2007. He has given invited lectures in several countries, presenting topics associated with the field of neurology. Dr Curtis began editing for Edanz Editing in early 2006 and works in a very broad area of the biomedical sciences, applying his extensive knowledge of laboratory and imaging procedures.

Dr. Dean的博士论文题目是“Endogenous Neural Excitation and Inhibition and the Evolution of Preterm Brain Injury”。目前正在从事神经系统科学领域的博士后研究工作。具有大型动物和胎儿外科手术经验，包括导管和电极置放、动物解剖、微透析和激光多普勒超 声探头立体定位。在电生理学领域里，DR. Dean具有丰富的活体电生理数据的仪器测量、记录和分析经验，包括大脑皮层脑电图棘波和癫痫发作活性、脑阻抗、脑近红外光谱(NIRS)、脑部激光多普 勒、温度、ECG、EMG、血压、超声血流量测量以及胎儿呼吸运动。此外，他还掌握系统生理学方面的知识，了解复杂和罕见的心血管和中枢神经系统反应。在 分子学领域中，Dr. Dean掌握多种印迹分析方法、引物设计和序列分析、mRNA和蛋白质提取、RT-PCR及凝胶电泳等技术。他在组织学方面的技能包括脑组织染色和分析以 及成像，对于相关的实验室技巧也具有丰富的经验。Dr. Dean从2007年期开始为Edanz Editing工作，主要编辑化学和神经系统科学领域的文章。

Dr Dean’s PhD thesis was titled “Endogenous Neural Excitation and Inhibition and the Evolution of Preterm Brain Injury.” Dr Dean is presently a post-doctoral research fellow in fields related to neuroscience. He has experience in large animal and fetal surgery techniques, including catheter and electrode placement and animal post-mortem and dissections, as well as in stereotaxic placement of microdialysis and laser Doppler probes. In electrophysiology, Dr Dean is skilled in the instrumentation, recording, and analysis of electrophysiological data in vivo, including cortical EEG spike wave and seizure activity, cerebral impedance, cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), cerebral laser Doppler, temperature, ECG, EMG, blood pressure, ultrasonic blood flow measurement, and fetal breathing movements. He possesses training in systems physiology, as well as an understanding of the complex and unique cardiovascular and central nervous system responses. In molecular fields, Dr Dean covers the various blot analysis techniques, primer design and sequence analysis, mRNA and protein extractions, RT-PCR and gel electrophoresis. Histology including staining and analysis of brain tissue and imaging and the associated laboratory skills are all areas in which Dr Dean has experience. Dr Dean began as an editor for Edanz Editing in 2007, and works in fields related to chemistry and neuroscience.

Dr Jefferies在分子寄生虫学方面经验丰富，主要领域是新发传染病研究，目前是英国布里斯托尔大学生物科学和兽医学学院的研究科学家。发表了20多篇研究论文，是多家杂志寄生虫学和兽医学文章审稿人。无论在学术化还是商业化研究环境，Dr Jefferies都拥有丰富经验，拥有以下领域的专业知识：新型诊断方法，分子流行病学，种群遗传学，系统发育学，分子分类学和蛋白质表征。还参与了利用酵母双杂交系统发现多肽药物的研究。于2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Jefferies has extensive research experience in molecular parasitology with a particular interest in emerging infectious diseases. He is currently working as a research scientist at the University of Bristol, UK, in the Schools of Biological Sciences and Veterinary Science. Dr Jefferies has published more than 20 research papers and is a reviewer for multiple journals in the fields of parasitology and veterinary science. With experience in both academic and commercial research environments, Dr Jefferies has expertise in the development of novel diagnostic methods, molecular epidemiology, population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular taxonomy and protein characterization. He has also worked on peptide-based drug discovery using yeast two-hybrid systems. Dr Jefferies began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

作为一名科研人员，Dr. Kuhn具有广泛的研究经验，以第一作者的身份发表了许多文章。从2007年开始为Edanz Editing工作，主要编辑神经系统科学、生理学、大脑康复/修复；出生后以及成年神经发生、记忆、学习；神经退化性疾病、干细胞；分子生物学，包括 PCR, 克隆、亚克隆、抑制消减杂交、质粒制备/纯化、cDNA, RNA和基因组DNA纯化等。此外还有相关实验室测试化验经验。

Dr Kuhn has extensive experience as a research scientist and is well published as a first author. She began as an editor for Edanz Editing in 2007 and edits in fields associated with neuroscience, physiology, brain rehabilitation/repair, postnatal and adult neurogenesis, memory, learning, neurodegenerative disease, stem cells, molecular biology, including PCR, cloning, subcloning, subtractive hybridization, plasmid preparation/purification, cDNA, RNA, and genomic DNA purification. She also has working experience with all associated laboratory tests and skills necessary for that environment.

Dr March是癌症生物学家，主要研究领域是细胞信号传导和肠道肿瘤学。博士课题内容是研究MAP激酶通路对AP- 1蛋白的调节。目前任英国剑桥大学肿瘤研究所高级博士后研究员，工作重点是应用新模型来判定和表征大肠癌的新驱动基因。此前在英国Babraham研究所做博士后研究，工作内容是与UCB制药公司合作，研究癫痫药物的作用模式。另外还曾在生物技术行业工作。多次受邀在国内和国际上讲学，并在一些国际同行评审期刊发表过文章2011年初加入理文，担任编辑。

Dr March is a cancer biologist with special interests in cell signaling and intestinal oncology. Her PhD research examined the regulation of AP-1 proteins by MAP kinase pathways. Dr March is currently a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, where her work focuses on the application of innovative models to identify and characterize novel driver genes in colorectal cancer. Previously, Dr March was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Babraham Institute, UK, where, in collaboration with UCB Pharma, she studied the mode of action of an anti-epilepsy drug. She also has experience working in the biotechnology industry. Dr March has given invited lectures both nationally and internationally, and has published in several international peer-reviewed journals. Dr March joined Edanz as an editor in early 2011.

Dr. Apricó 的博士论文题为“[3H]4-methylglutamate as a novel radioligand for the brain glutamate transporters”。2003年至2005年间，Dr. Apricó在瑞典哥德堡大学 Arvid Carlsson Institute 与Dr. Michael Nilsson一起从事博士后研究工作，主要研究反应性星形胶质化的体外模式。2005年后，一直担任大学药理学和生理学的讲师工作，并于2009年年中重返校园攻读医学学位。Dr. Apricó从2008年起开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Aprico's doctoral thesis was \[3H]4-methylglutamate as a novel radioligand for the brain glutamate transporters. From 2003 to 2005 Dr Aprico held a post-doctoral position at Arvid Carlsson Institute Göteborg Sweden working with Dr Michael Nilsson investigating in vitro models of reactive astrogliosis. Since 2005 Dr Aprico has been a university lecturer in pharmacology and physiology but returned to university to obtain her medical degree in mid-2009. Dr Aprico began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

专业背景为生物化学，重点研究海洋无脊椎动物和哺乳动物皮肤内的脂质生化途径。博士研究方向是通过放射性同位素示踪、结构分析和比较生物化学研究，描述马属动物产生皮脂的生化途径。博士后研究课题是将马皮脂巨环内酯和哺乳动物皮肤表皮防水层联系起来。Dr Colton是一位通才科学家，同时还是大学教授，教授课程包括：无机化学、有机化学、生物化学、分子生物学、核物理学和天文学。多次指导同事和学生撰写论文、报告和学术文章并进行校对。已在在同行评审刊物上发表13篇论文，从2007年开始担任编辑。2009年供职理文编辑，从事编辑工作。

Dr Colton's research background in biochemistry focused on lipid biochemical pathways in marine invertebrates and mammalian skin. His doctoral thesis involved describing the biochemical pathways for sebaceous lipid production in the genus Equus through radio-label, structural analysis, and comparative biochemical studies. His post-doctoral work involved relating the giant ring lactones of equine sebum to the epidermal water barrier of mammalian skin. Dr Colton is a generalist scientist and, as a college professor, taught courses from inorganic and organic chemistry to biochemistry and molecular biology to nuclear physics and astronomy. He has advised and edited numerous theses, papers, and articles for colleagues and students. He has published 13 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been an active editor since 2007. Dr Colton began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.

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Edanz Science Director. Former Associate Editor at Nature Reviews Neuroscience.

Dr. McGowan曾多次在职业生涯中获奖，其中包括2003年获得 EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship。一直从事帕金森疾病的实验室研究及分子机制和有关亨廷顿舞蹈病的研究，结合激光微解剖，微量检测分析和蛋白质组学。他的研究还涉及在正常衰老进程中所发生的分子变化过程的微阵列基因表达分析，以及这些过程如何受到精神活动的影响。他深入了解神经退化疾病、神经功能、海洋动物学、分子生物学、细胞蛋白质生物化学，包括具有功能基因组和细胞成像的传统与现代技术蛋白质组学的广泛的多学科实验技术。Dr. McGowan具有出色的书面写作能力以及丰富的演讲经验，以第一作者的身份发表了多篇文章。2006年初加入理文编辑之前，曾担任Nature Reviews Neuroscience副编辑。Dr McGowan现任理文编辑科学总监。

Dr McGowan has won many awards during his career, including in 2003 the EU Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellowship. He has worked in laboratories investigating the molecular mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease as well as those involved in Huntington’s disease, combining laser micro-dissection, microarray analysis and proteomics. Further study involved micro-array gene expression analysis of molecular processes occurring during normal aging and how these are affected by mental exercise. Dr McGowan has an in-depth knowledge of neurodegenerative diseases, neural function, marine zoology, molecular and cellular biology and protein biochemistry, along with extensive multi-disciplinary laboratory experience of contemporary and traditional techniques including proteomics, functional genomics and cell imaging. His excellent written and oral communication skills are demonstrated by several first author publications. From 2005 to October 2006, Dr McGowan was an Associate Editor at Nature Reviews Neuroscience before becoming a full-time editor for Edanz Editing. Dr McGowan is the Edanz Group Science Director.

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More than 30 years’ experience as a researcher in the biotechnology industry, with expertise in the molecular genetics and biotechnological applications of bacteriophage, bacteria, yeast and fungi

Zahn拥有30年从事学术和生物技术界研究的经验，专注于噬菌体、细菌、酵母和真菌类的分子遗传学和生物技术应用。在Frederick Blattner实验室完成博士学习后，任布朗大学任博士后研究员，与Dr Arthur Landy合作。之后在洛克菲勒大学任Sackler研究员，与Joshua Lederberg合作研究遗传学和信息学。此外，他还是日本京都RITE分子微生物小组的NEDO工业技术研究员，与Hideaki Yukawa合作研究。目前在旧金山地区生物技术业从事研究。2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Zahn has 30 years’ experience as a researcher in academia and the biotechnology industry, with expertise in the molecular genetics and biotechnological applications of bacteriophage, bacteria, yeast and fungi. After completing a PhD in the laboratory of Dr Frederick Blattner, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University with Dr Arthur Landy, and then a Sackler Fellow in Molecular Genetics and Informatics with Dr Joshua Lederberg at Rockefeller University. Dr Zahn has also worked as a NEDO Industrial Technology Fellow in the Molecular Microbiology Group at RITE, Kyoto, Japan with Dr Hideaki Yukawa. He currently works in the biotechnology industry in the San Francisco Area. Dr Zahn began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Leslie曾从事过生物化学和分子生物学研究，主要从事癌症、老化和病毒性疾病的分子生物学研究。2000年，在“日本科学与技术”基金的资助下，于神奈川县癌症研究中心研究所进行干细胞研究。次年，在东京大学进行抗癌化合物研究。随后3年内，在日本理化学研究所从事蛋白质产生与分析。2006年进入制药公司担任协调人和医学撰稿人；2010年加盟理文编辑，任撰稿人和编辑。

Dr Leslie Bestilny’s PhD was in biochemistry and molecular biology. His research focused on the molecular biology of cancer, aging and viral diseases. In 2000 he received a Japan Science and Technology (STA) scholarship to research stem cells at the Kanagawa Cancer Research Center Institute. The following year he performed research of anti-cancer compounds at The University of Tokyo. This was followed by 3 years of protein production and analysis at RIKEN Institute. He joined Pharma Inc. in 2006 as a coordinator and medical writer, and in 2010 began working with the Edanz Group as a writer and editor.

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Neuroendocrinology and tumor biology expert

Dr Cleary是生物医学科学家，专注癌症研究和慢性疾病研究。博士论文题目是“从嗜铬细胞到嗜铬细胞瘤：对交感神经链的探讨”。曾在国家神经疾病和中风研究院（NIH）任博士后研究员，作为首席研究员负责一项转移性肾脏疾病治疗新战略研究的项目。在癌肿瘤生物学和癌症发展起源研究方面积累丰富经验，特别是与von Hippel-Lindau gene抑癌基因突变相关的课题。对卫生政策有浓厚的兴趣，曾在美国国立卫生研究院福格蒂国际中心任研究员。在此期间，参与了多项全球卫生政策项目。在同行评审期刊上发表了大量文章，另外还出版了面向非技术性读者的科技文章。2010年加盟理文，从事编辑工作。

Dr Cleary is a biomedical scientist with a special interest in cancer research and chronic disease. Her doctoral thesis was entitled “From chromaffin cells to phaeochromocytoma: insight into the sympathoadrenal lineage”. Dr Cleary was a Post Doctoral Fellow with the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH), where she was the lead researcher on a project investigating novel strategies for the treatment of metastatic kidney disease. Dr Cleary has an extensive history of research in cancer tumor biology and an interest in the developmental origins of cancer, especially those related to mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau gene. Dr Cleary has an interest in health policy and was a Fellow with the Fogarty International Center at the NIH. During this time she was involved in a number of global health policy projects. Dr Cleary has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to other science writing for a non-technical audience. Dr Cleary began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

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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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Reviewer with numerous peer-reviewed journal publications across the biology field

Taylor拥有15年作为渔业、水产业和资源管理领域研究科学家和顾问的经验。2005–2008年期间，任新西兰卡森研究所科学负责人、后为Biosecurityand Biotechnology工作。曾多次受邀在国际大会和研讨会作特邀发言，曾为一些国际环境管理计划（如国际海事协会）提供建议。曾在多家同行评审期刊上发表文章、撰写客户报告和普通专业文章。此外，还是学术期刊（如Marine Ecology Progress Series）、研究生论文和基金申请书的审稿人。现在澳大利亚昆士兰任水资源顾问，2009年初开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Taylor has 15 years’ experience as a research scientist and consultant in fisheries, aquaculture and resource management. Dr Taylor was a science leader (2005–2008) at the Cawthron Institute and then Manager Biosecurity and Biotechnology. He has been a guest speaker at several international conferences and workshops and provides advice to international initiatives in environmental management (e.g. International Maritime Association). Dr Taylor has written numerous peer-reviewed journal publications, client reports and general interest articles. He is also a reviewer for academic journals (e.g. Marine Ecology Progress Series), postgraduate theses and grant applications. Dr Taylor works as a water resource consultant in Queensland, Australia, and began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

是真菌学领域研究专家。对写作有浓厚兴趣，人类学和英国文学学士学位。真菌领域的研究主要集中于子囊菌及其分类和方法问题。喜欢在新西兰野生自然区寻找新物种。2009年曾与加拿大渥太华多名丝状菌专家一起工作。曾出席两次国际大会和数次北美会议。研究兴趣包括：有机体、生物能量周期与可持续生存之间的相互关系。2010年加入理文编辑，从事编辑工作。

Dr Toni Atkinson is a research scientist specializing in mycology. Dr Atkinson’s long-standing interest in writing is evidenced by her initial degree in anthropology and English literature. Her mycological focus is ascomycete microfungi, and their taxonomic and methodological challenges. She enjoys finding new species in wild natural landscapes in New Zealand. Dr Atkinson also worked with hyphomycete specialists in Ottawa, Canada, in 2009. She has presented at two international conferences and at several North American venues. Her special interests include interrelationships between organisms, biospheric energy cycles, and implications for sustainable living. Dr Atkinson joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

Dr. Daniel 的博士学位论文题为“Molecular Characterization of the Hsp70/Hsp90 Organizing Protein (Hop): Phosphorylation, Subcellular Localization and Interaction with Hsp90”。熟悉各种实验室和研究技巧，包括分子生物学技术、器官培养、永生化细胞系 (哺乳动物) 的组织培养、外源蛋白的重组和纯化、重组DNA、荧光共焦显微术、哺乳动物细胞瞬时转染、定点突变、单/双向凝胶电泳、化验、蛋白质印迹、表面等离子体共 振技术、薄层高压液相色谱法 (HPLC) 等。Dr. Daniel从2008年起加入理文编辑。

Dr Daniel’s PhD thesis was entitled “Molecular Characterization of the Hsp70/Hsp90 Organizing Protein (Hop): Phosphorylation, Subcellular Localization and Interaction with Hsp90.” Dr Daniel is familiar with all standard laboratory and research techniques including molecular biological techniques, organ culture, tissue culture of immortalized cell lines (mammalian), recombinant production and purification of heterologous proteins, recombinant DNA manipulation, confocal fluorescent microscopy, transient transfection of mammalian cells, site directed mutagenesis, one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, assay techniques, Western blot analysis and surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, and thin layer and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Dr Daniel began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

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Dr. Thompson 主要致力于肾生理学/内分泌学、糖尿病和生殖学领域的科学研究。在博士研究阶段，她深入探究了类固醇代谢对肾功能的影响，并通过博士后阶段进一步研究了各种系统(包括人类胎盘和糖尿病模型鼠)中的类固醇代谢。她还研究了葡萄糖毒性对糖尿病动物模型细胞内信号传导的影响。研究技能包括：类固醇放射免疫试验，组织学，mRNA/DNA 提取和纯化，RT-PCR， 原位 RT-PCR，原代细胞培养，DNA 纯化、复制及足迹法，Northern、Southern 和 Western 免疫印迹，光学/荧光/共焦显微法等。Dr. Thompson 具有出色的写作技巧，著有大量的同行评审期刊文章，从事了五年的全职医学作者工作，写作范围涉及糖尿病学、胃肠病学、免疫学、肿瘤学和哮喘等众多领域。Dr. Thompson 从 2008 年起开始为 Edanz Editing 工作。

Dr. Thompson's scientific background is in physiology with an emphasis on renal physiology/endocrinology, diabetes and reproduction. For her PhD she investigated the effects of steroid metabolism on renal function and as a Postdoctoral Fellow she focused on steroid metabolism in various systems including human placenta and diabetic mice models. She also investigated the impact of glucose toxicity on intracellular signaling in diabetic animal models. Technical skills include steroid radio-immunoassay, histology, mRNA/DNA extraction and purification, RT-PCR, in situ RT-PCR, primary cell culture, DNA purification, cloning and footprinting, Northern, Southern and Western blots and light/fluorescence/confocal microscopy. Dr. Thompson has excellent writing skills and has written numerous peer-reviewed journal articles. She has over 5 years’ experience as a full-time Medical Writer in a wide range of topics including diabetes, gastroenterology, immunology, oncology and asthma. Dr Thompson began working with Edanz Editing in 2008.

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Experienced ophthalmology researcher: specialized in diabetic retinopathy

Dr Lutze的研究生方向是视觉科学，对因疾病和遗传基因导致的色彩视觉变化进行评估。博士后期间与眼科医生一起工作，拥有眼科临床工作与临床研究的经验。曾与一位研究糖尿病视网膜病变和其他视网膜疾病的眼科医生共同工作。目前在北京一家胃肠病学杂志担任语言编辑，2009年开始在理文编辑任编辑。

Dr Lutze's graduate work was in vision science. Her studies involved the assessment of changes in color vision with disease and the genetic basis of color vision. She worked alongside ophthalmologists during post-doctoral training and has experience with ophthalmological clinical activities and research. She later worked with an ophthalmologist studying diabetic retinopathy and other retinal diseases. Dr Lutze works as a language editor for a gastroenterology journal based in Beijing, China, and began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2009.

医学和科学编辑/撰稿人，拥有为医疗机构和药品广告研究机构进行生命科学内容开发的经验。最初任加拿大蒙特利尔戴维斯夫人医学研究院癌症研究实验室研究助理，进行分子和细胞生物学实验，内容包括：mRNA、DNA和蛋白质提纯、Northern 和Western杂交、RT - PCR、细胞运输、原代组织培养、各种药物疗效研究。还撰写了期刊杂志的投稿和向资助机构提供的实验室文件。后又从事医药广告工作8年，负责校对、审稿和事实审查；撰写了医学教育计划（向医师和护理人员传授药品标签方面的知识）。同时还是经验丰富的医学与科学自由撰稿人和编辑，为各种研究实验室和企业实体供稿。于2009年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Ms Malapetsas is a medical and scientific editor/writer with experience in the development of content in the various areas in the life sciences for both medical research institutes and pharmaceutical advertising agencies. Initially a research assistant in a cancer research laboratory at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research in Montreal, Canada, she performed molecular and cellular biology experiments—including mRNA, DNA, and protein extraction and purification, Northern and Western blots, RT-PCR, cellular transport, primary tissue culture, and various drug efficacy studies. She also developed laboratory documents for submission to journals and funding agencies. Ms Malapetsas then worked in pharmaceutical advertising, where for eight years she undertook proofreading, copyediting, and fact-checking, and wrote medical education programs delivering on-label drug information to physicians and healthcare professionals. Ms Malapetsas also has extensive experience as a freelance medical and scientific editor/writer for research laboratories and corporate entities. Ms Malapetsas began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr Kondejewski拥有生理学、内分泌学、分子生物学、产科学、妇科学和围产医学的专业背景。对早产儿和妊娠病理相关的遗传和表型有特别研究。在DNA/RNA提取和操作、DNA排序和分析、PCR、酶联免疫吸附测定（ELISA）、细胞培养、原位杂交、免疫组织化学和电子显微镜学的研究中颇有建树。曾在同行审查期刊杂志发表30多篇论文，专书论文、撰写了大量文摘。现从事基金申请撰写并为多家知名期刊杂志改写投稿。2010年加入理文编辑，从事编辑工作。

Dr Kondejewski’s scientific background is in physiology, endocrinology, molecular biology, obstetrics, gynecology, and perinatology. She has a special interest in the genotypes and phenotypes associated with preterm labor and pregnancy pathologies. Dr Kondejewski has research skills including DNA/RNA isolation and manipulation, DNA sequencing and analysis, PCR, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), cell culture, in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy. Dr Kondejewski has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and abstracts. She presently works as a grant writer and manuscript coordinator for publishing in high-impact journals. Dr Kondejewski began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

科技与医学作家，编辑经验涉及广泛的医学和生命科学领域。硕士论文涉及抗微生物制剂的开发，用以防治抗药性细菌。曾执教于North Carolina-Greensboro大学，讲授生物学和微生物学，同时还研究肥胖、炎症、胰岛素抵抗之间的联系。曾与他人合作撰写了7份在同行评审期刊上发表的科技文章以及一篇专书论文。持有生物医学研究生写作证书，是生命科学认证编辑（ELS）。作为编辑，编辑了数以百计的研究文章；作为作家，为药业和生物技术业编写了有关健康与医疗的文章。自2010年起为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Ms LaPoint is a science and medical writer-editor with experience in a wide range of medical and life science topics. Her master’s thesis involved the development of antimicrobial agents to prevent and treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Ms LaPoint has taught biology and microbiology at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, where she also conducted research investigating links between obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance. She has co-authored seven scientific manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals and one scientific book chapter. Ms LaPoint also has a post-graduate biomedical writing certificate and is a board-certified editor in the life sciences (ELS). As an editor she has edited hundreds of research manuscripts, as a writer she has written about health and medical topics for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. She began working as an editor and writer with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Rogers目前任瑞士日内瓦大学科学交流与写作讲师，此前曾任生物技术行业的一个研究实验室主任一职，专门从事蛋白质组学研究，同时还从事食品行业内的初级材料研究。在巴黎大学从事博士后研究，并作为皇家学会研究员在苏塞克斯大学从事研究。发表的文章内容广泛，是七份生物技术专利的联合撰稿人。于2010年开始在理文担任编辑。

Dr Rogers presently is a lecturer in scientific communication and writing at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has previously held research positions as a laboratory head within the biotechnology industry, specializing in proteomics research, and within the food industry, conducting research in primary materials. He completed post-doctoral research within the University of Paris, as a Royal Society Fellow, and at the University of Sussex. He has published widely and is joint author to seven biotechnology patents. Dr Rogers began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Hackett女士从事科学期刊编辑工作15年，最初在Elsevier Science出版公司旗下的Current Science期刊从事科学出版工作，。1997至2007年间，在极具影响力的评审期刊Current Opinion in Structural Biology独挑管理与编辑大梁。2002年，出任Current Opinion生命科学评审期刊选集责任编辑，在Elsevier药物发现小组内部组织评审期刊精选活动。在出版公司担任编辑期间，还曾为Trends in Biochemical Science、Trends in Pharmacological Science、Trends in Cell Biology、International Journal of Infectious Diseases、Development和Drug Discovery Today担任文章编辑。现为全职撰稿人和编辑顾问。于2009年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Ms Hackett has been a science journal editor for 15 years, beginning her science publishing career in the Current Science group, which became part of Elsevier Science. Between 1997 and 2007, she had sole responsibility for managing and editing the high-impact review journal Current Opinion in Structural Biology. In 2002, Ms Hackett became Managing Editor of the portfolio of Current Opinion life science review journals and helped launch a collection of review journals within Elsevier’s Drug Discovery group. During her publishing career as an editor, Ms Hackett has edited articles for Trends in Biochemical Science, Trends in Pharmacological Science, Trends in Cell Biology, the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Development, and Drug Discovery Today. She now works as a full-time publishing and editorial consultant. Ms Hackett began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Wallace先生的专业背景是生物化学和遗传学。后曾从事生物医学和生物工程研究，特别是周围神经系统和中枢神经系统的神经再生。博士期间的研究主要涉及脊髓损伤的组织工程学，结合采用新型神经导管作为细胞载体，促使神经系统轴突再生。该项目还研究了对神经干细胞采取最佳的细胞分离方法，利用水凝胶优化神经导管。在以下领域经验丰富：组织提取和细胞培养、病毒转导、电纺丝、扫描电子显微镜、荧光显微镜、骨架冻干处理、骨胶原分离、RT-PCR、SDS-PAGE、核酸杂交技术和组织学。2004–2006年期间，曾作为科学信息专家，服务于Thomson Scientific & Healthcare。期间，负责分析已发表的生命科学和生物医学文章并从中筛选所需信息，从而实现与Web of Science数据库约8,700种知名研究杂志中的多学科信息的无缝对接。曾作为BIOSIS Previews质量控制小组成员，负责撰写科学文章摘要。2009年加入理文编辑，从事编辑工作。

Mr Wallace’s background is in biochemistry and genetics. Later he focused on biomedical science/bioengineering, in particular nerve regeneration in both the peripheral and central nervous systems. His PhD focuses on tissue engineering for spinal cord injury and combines the use of novel nerve guides as cell carriers for the promotion of axonal regeneration. This project also looks at optimal cell isolation protocols for neural stem cells and optimization of nerve conduits using hydrogels. He is experienced in tissue extraction and cell culture, viral transduction, electrospinning, scanning electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, freeze-dry processing of scaffolds, collagen isolation, RT-PCR, SDS-PAGE, Southern blotting and histology. He has also worked as a Scientific Information Specialist for Thomson Scientific & Healthcare during 2004–2006. In this position he was responsible for analyzing and extracting information from life science and biomedical articles to allow for seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 high-impact research journals from the Web of Science. He also worked as part of the quality control team for BIOSIS Previews, where he was required to write abstracts for scientific articles. Mr Wallace began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2009.

博士论文的内容是利用原代颗粒细胞培养来监测凋亡性损伤后（兴奋性毒性、氧化应激和营养缺乏）线粒体功能的变化和细胞动态平衡。该项目研究了对一系列损伤的神经元细胞反应，重点研究凋亡路径上下游凋亡蛋白的激活和补充。出生于澳大利亚，目前在Florey Neuroscience Institutes神经肽实验室从事博士后研究，监测胎儿发育期的神经形成、确定记忆形成的信号途径。目前正在参与一项缺血性损伤体内体外模型的神经保护研究。自2009年起为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Diwakarla’s PhD thesis involved the use of primary cerebellar granule cell cultures to monitor changes in mitochondrial function and cellular homeostasis after apoptotic injury (excitotoxicity, oxidative stress and trophic factor withdrawal). Her project examined the cellular responses of neurons to a range of insults focusing largely on the activation/recruitment of apoptotic proteins involved both upstream and downstream of the apoptotic pathway. Currently, Dr Diwakarla, who was born in Australia, is a post-doctoral scientist in the Neuropeptides Laboratory at the Florey Neuroscience Institutes were she is monitoring neurogenesis during fetal development and determining the signaling pathways involved in memory formation. She is also contributing to the investigation of neuroprotection in in vitro and in vivo models of ischemic damage. She began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Emily Morris曾在加州大学戴维斯分校、百慕达海洋科学中心和洪堡州立大学进行研究工作。主要专注于珊瑚礁及其共生藻系群的分子多样性和生理学。拥有海洋学和生命科学领域的深厚背景，曾在美国《国家科学院院刊》上成功发表硕士研究论文。于2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Emily Morris has studied at UC Davis, the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science and Humboldt State University. Her research has focused on the molecular diversity and physiology of coral reefs and their symbiotic dinoflagellates. She has a broad background in oceanography and the life sciences and successfully published her master's research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. Ms. Morris joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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.

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.

Dr Zagami的主要研究领域是神经系统的正常发育和功能、以及神经系统疾病的异变过程。早期研究涉足运动神经元病肌萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS）脊髓薄片器官型培养模式的开发。曾对肌萎缩性侧索硬化症中的两个过程 — 谷氨酸转运体功能和细胞死亡中神经兴奋性毒性和氧化应激的作用进行分析。主要专注于星形胶质细胞的研究及其在调节谷氨酸转运体中的作用、以及这些机制对运动神经的影响。Dr Zagami的博士后研究在加拿大麦吉尔大学蒙特利尔神经科学研究所完成，通过研究在神经元系亚类分化中以及其它神经领域的轴突靶向中发挥重要作用的蛋白质，从而深入了解某些脑干神经元群的发育。2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

Dr Zagami's scientific research has focused on the study of the normal development and function of the nervous system and the aberrant processes underlying neurological diseases. Her early studies involved the development of an organotypic spinal cord slice culture model of the motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Dr Zagami's PhD studies examined the roles of excitotoxicity and oxidative stress, two processes implicated in ALS, on glutamate transporter function and cell death. Particular attention was focused on astrocytes and their role in regulating glutamate transporters, as well the effect of these mechanisms on motor neurons. Dr Zagami’s postdoctoral work at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada, aimed to gain a better understanding of the development of certain brainstem neuronal populations by focusing on a protein with an important role in neuronal subtype specification and axon targeting in other areas of the nervous system. Dr Zagami joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Currently pursuing an MSc in Science Communication at Otago University, New Zealand.

Granville先生的研究工作包括大鼠海马立早基因表达，大量使用了引物设计和序列分析；凝胶电泳和量化PCR。另外，还研究科技传播学，主要攻非小说写作；研究19中至20世纪的科学史和理念，领域包括心理学、神经科学、药理学、生物化学、分子和细胞生物学。于2010年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑和撰搞人。

Mr Granville's research has included work on the expression of immediate early genes in the rat hippocampus, and involved extensive use of primer design and sequence analysis, gel electrophoresis, and quantitative PCR. He has also studied Science Communication specializing in non-fiction writing, and has studied the history and philosophy of science over a wide range of disciplines including psychology, neuroscience, pharmacology, biochemistry, and molecular and cell biology, focusing on developments from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. He joined Edanz Group in 2010 as a science editor and writer.

Dr Rice曾在纽约西奈山医学院血液/肿瘤科以及西北大学Robert H. Lurie 综合性肿瘤中心工作。博士后期间主要研究转路抑制机制，致力于t(11;17) APL中发现的PLZF和PLZF-RARa是如何通过此机制对融合癌蛋白基因表达进行调控，且在其失调后如何最终导致白血病的形成。Dr Rice曾进行过全基因筛选和相关通路及候选染色体的判定，以便针对有选择性的治疗靶向做出可检验的假设。此外，还曾与Dana-Farber癌症研究所（波士顿）和麦吉尔大学（蒙特利尔）的独立研究人员多次进行项目合作，试验癌蛋白转化细胞对特定药物配方的敏感度。曾在Blood、Genes and Development以及Blood Cancer Journal等多家国际知名期刊上发表文章，并为PNAS、Blood、Oncogene和Leukemia担任审稿人。与他人合作撰写了两篇专书论文，并在美国血液病学会的多个会议场合发表。自2011年起开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Rice worked within the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Northwestern University. Dr Rice’s Post-Doctoral studies focused on transcriptional mechanisms by which PLZF and the PLZF-RARa fusion oncoprotein found in t(11;17) APL regulate gene expression, and ultimately how their dysregulation contributes to leukemogenesis. Dr Rice has experience in performing whole genome screens and identifying relevant pathways and candidate genes to formulate testable hypothesis with the aim of selective, therapeutic targeting. She was also involved in several collaborative projects with independent researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) and McGill University (Montreal) testing the sensitivity of oncoprotein-transformed cells to specific drug compounds. Dr Rice has published in internationally recognized journals including Blood, Genes and Development and Blood Cancer Journal and has reviewed for PNAS, Blood, Oncogene and Leukemia. She has also written two book chapters and presented her work on several occasions at American Society of Hematology meetings. Dr Rice began editing for the Edanz Group in 2011.

Dr Nana的研究课题是亨廷顿氏舞蹈症中人类大脑皮层细胞消失的方式。她拥有人类组织研究的经验，擅长人脑库建立、脑组织细胞研究（组织学和免疫组织学）、分子生物学（蛋白质印迹和原位杂交）、显微镜学（明视野、荧光和共焦）及量化分析（体视学和形态分析）。她的研究重点是神经退行性疾病，目前任博士后研究员。Dr Nana曾在同行评审期刊中发表文章并多次出席国际会议。2011年开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Nana's PhD research focused on the pattern of cell loss in the human cerebral cortex in Huntington's disease. Dr Nana has experience in human tissue studies with skills in human brain banking, cellular studies of human tissue (histology and immunohistochemistry), molecular biology (western blotting and in-situ hybridization), microscopy (brightfield, fluorescence and confocal) and quantitative analysis (stereology and morphometric analyses). Her research focus is neurodegeneration and she is currently a post-doctoral research fellow. Dr Nana has published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at many international conferences. She 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.

Igelstrom 女士现任奥塔哥大学电生理学研究人员，拥有生物化学和生理学专业背景，现从事神经科学专业。她的博士研究内容主要是癫痫发作的脑片模型，目前正在研究抗癫痫药物治疗中采用的离子通道调制剂。在电生理技术领域经验丰富，其中包括全细胞电压/电流钳，细胞贴附式密封电流钳，场电位记录，单细胞电位记录等。以往和目前的研究范围：行为激励制约，嗅觉处理，非突触神经递质，癫痫发作，抗癫痫药物，抗抑郁药物等。Igelstrom女士还对替代疗法/补充疗法的生理作用有着浓厚的兴趣，如中医和瑜伽。除了在电生理学领域的经验外，Igelstrom女士还拥有细胞培养、免疫印迹、显微镜技术、大鼠行为训练和免疫组化等方面的经验。Igelstrom 女士2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Ms Igelstrom currently works as an electrophysiologist at the University of Otago. She has a background in biochemistry and physiology, and is now specializing in neuroscience. Her PhD research focused on brain slice models of epileptic seizures, and she is currently investigating ion channel modulators for antiepileptic drug treatment. She has experience with a variety of electrophysiological techniques, including whole-cell voltage/current clamp, cell-attached tight-seal current clamp, field potential recording, and single-unit recording. Her past and current research interests include behavioral reward conditioning, olfactory processing, non-synaptic neurotransmission, epileptic seizures, antiepileptic drugs, and antidepressant drugs. Ms Igelstrom also has a special interest in the physiological effects of alternative and complementary therapies, such as Chinese medicine and yoga. Apart from her electrophysiological skills, Ms Igelstrom also has experience with cell culture, western blotting, microscopy, behavioral rat training, and immunohistochemistry. Ms Igelstrom joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

法国巴黎科尚研究所博士后研究员。专注于癌生物学和分子信号领域的研究，曾以第一作者身份发表多篇研究肿瘤中信号传导异常的文章。最近完成的研究是肿瘤微环境中不同类型细胞之间的分子对话，主要是癌细胞与内皮细胞之间信号的传递。由此，Dr Dwyer对内皮屏障稳态和研究内皮细胞特性所使用的技术（如：渗透性和肾小管增生化验）有着深入的了解。此外，她还掌握多项分子生物学方法，包括RT-PCR技术、蛋白质表达/相互作用分析及显微镜检查。此外，还参与同行评审和初稿审校。2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

Dr Julie Dwyer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Cochin Institute, Paris, France. Her expertise is in cancer biology and molecular signaling, and has published several first author articles examining altered signaling in cancer. More recently, she has investigated the molecular crosstalk between different cell types in the tumor microenvironment, especially cancer cell signaling to endothelial cells and vice versa. As a result, Dr Dwyer has an in-depth understanding of endothelial barrier homeostasis and techniques used to study endothelial cell properties such as permeability and tubulogenesis assays. In addition, she is competent in numerous molecular biology methods, including RT-PCR, protein expression/interaction analysis and microscopy. Dr Dwyer has also been involved in the peer-review process for reviews as well as primary articles. Dr Dwyer joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

O’Neill女士是一位拥有广泛专业知识的信息科学资深专家，所涉领域包括：制药学、药物学、药理学、普通内科、生物化学、分子生物学、保健管理和环境生物学等。从1993年到2007年，为数家知名药业公司工作，从事EMBASE数据库、BIOSIS 数据库和定制药物数据库的专业化医疗文摘索引。在写作定向药业文摘方面经验丰富。2007年起成理文编辑的一名编辑，与此同时，目前仍在一些大型制药公司从文摘事索引工作，主要涉及药理学和肠胃病等领域。

Ms O’Neill is a highly proficient information scientist and indexer with extensive experience in a wide range of disciplines, including pharmaceutics, pharmacy, pharmacology, general medicine, biochemistry, molecular biology, health care management and environmental biology. From 1993 to 2007, Ms O’Neill was a specialist medical indexer working on the EMBASE database, BIOSIS database and customized drug-based databases for a number of leading pharmaceutical companies. She is also experienced at writing customized abstracts for the pharmaceutical industry. Ms O’Neill began working as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2007. As well as the work carried out for Edanz, Ms O’Neill is currently still performing indexing work, mainly in the fields of pharmacology and gastroenterology, for a variety of major drug companies.

Dr McAlpine的博士研究课题是炎症（特别是肿瘤坏死因子）对神经退行性疾病进展的影响，该项研究主要集中在阿尔茨海默氏症，部分工作涉及帕金森氏症。Dr McAlpine针对这些疾病大量使用了啮齿动物模型，并对染疫动物大脑的施药和基因治疗载体进行了研究。已发表了这一领域的研究文章以及评审文章。博士毕业后，在英国完成了一项有关自噬的奖学金博士后研究。2011年加入理文编辑。

Dr McAlpine's PhD research focused on the effects of inflammation, specifically Tumor Necrosis Factor, on the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. This research focused mainly on Alzheimer's disease, with some work on Parkinson's disease. She made extensive use of rodent models of these diseases, and administered both drugs and gene therapy vectors to the brains of affected animals. She has published both primary research articles and reviews on this topic. After her PhD, Dr McAlpine completed a postdoctoral fellowship studying autophagy in the UK. Dr McAlpine joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Doherty女士的专业背景是水生生态学，研究重点是海洋入侵物种。Doherty女士目前获得新西兰维多利亚大学博士奖学金，集中研究爱尔兰和新西兰入侵贻贝的生态。Doherty 女士熟练掌握DNA提取、PCR、电泳、基因测序、组织学、图像分析以及其他各种实验室技术，多篇文章发表在3家同行评审科学期刊上，具有深厚海洋和淡水生态知识，特别是在生态入侵、物种形成、杂交和进化等领域。Doherty 女士2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Ms Doherty's background is in aquatic ecology focusing on marine invasive species. Ms Doherty is presently the recipient of a Victoria University, New Zealand, doctoral scholarship for research focused on the ecology of invasive mussels in both Ireland and New Zealand. Ms Doherty is skilled in DNA extraction, PCR, electrophoresis, gene sequencing, histology, image analysis and various other laboratory techniques. She has published in 3 peer-reviewed scientific journals and has an in-depth knowledge of marine and freshwater ecology, particularly in the areas of bioinvasion, speciation, hybridization and evolution. Ms Doherty joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

夸祖鲁纳塔尔大学实验室医学与医学科学学院人体生理系副教授,并在健康科学学院和纳尔逊曼德拉医学院教授人体生理学和人类遗传学，同时还负责基因表达实验室的运作。研究重点：高血压病以及利用药用植物进行控制高血压；先兆子痫的病因与治疗。Mackraj教授的博士后研究工作内容是基因突变近肾端小管细胞模型的生成与表征，用于肾转运机制的研究。目前的研究项目是：降血压植物的研究（重点是血管紧张素系统）、先兆子痫和当地人群的发病机制。另外，还参与了一些新药输送系统的研究项目。经常在ISI列表刊物上发表作品，是多个研究项目基金的主要获奖人。Mackraj教授2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑和专家评审。

Prof Mackraj is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal. She teaches Human Physiology and Human Genetics at the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. She is responsible for running a gene expression laboratory. Her main research focuses are hypertension and its management using medicinal plants; and the etiology and treatment of pre-eclampsia. Prof Mackraj’s postdoctoral work involved the generation and characterization of a gene-disrupted proximal tubular cell model for the investigation of transporter mechanisms in the kidney. Her current research projects involve the investigation of blood pressure lowering plants with a focus on the renin-angiotensin system; and the etiopathology of pre-eclampsia in the local population. She is also a participant in projects involving novel drug delivery systems. She is a well-published author in ISI-listed journals, and is the Principle grant-holder for her research projects. Prof Mackraj joined the Edanz Group as an editor and reviewer in 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 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.

Carlotta Shearson曾有两年参与小分子合成研究的经验，主要进行神经毒素研究。毕业实习在伯克利加利福尼亚大学Clayton Heathcock教授的实验室，从事HMG-CoA还原酶抑制剂合成研究。之后作为农药合成有机药剂师，负责新型杀虫剂的合成。自1991起一直在做图书和科学期刊类自由编辑工作，涉及化学、生物化学和分子生物等内容。过去 15年里，她一直为英语非母语作者撰写的科学期刊文章提供编辑服务。于2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Carlotta Shearson did two years of undergraduate research on the synthesis of small molecules for neurotoxicity studies. Her graduate work was in the laboratories of Professor Clayton Heathcock at the University of California at Berkeley, where she worked on the synthesis of a potential HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. She then spent four years working as a synthetic organic chemist in the agricultural chemicals industry, synthesizing novel pesticide candidates. She has been a freelance editor of books and scientific journal articles since 1991, working on a wide range of topics spanning chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology. For the past 15 years, she has specialized in editing scientific journal articles by authors for whom English is a second language. Ms Shearson joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Donkin的博士论文题目是“神经肽P物质对大鼠创伤性脑损伤后果的作用”。研究兴趣还包括利用啮齿动物模型开发用于治疗脑外伤和神经退行性疾病的新药物治疗剂。已完成在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学的博士后研究，研究在预防和治疗阿尔茨海默氏病中采用防治化合物的可能性。Dr Donkin已发表多篇同行评审期刊文章，目前的职业是科研作家。2011年加入理文，担任科技编辑、撰稿人和审稿人。

Dr Donkin's PhD thesis was entitled "The Effects of the Neuropeptide Substance P on Outcome Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats". His research interests include developing novel pharmacotherapeutic agents for the treatment of neurotrauma and neurodegeneration using rodent animal models. He has completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Canada, investigating potential prophylactic and therapeutic compounds in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Dr Donkin has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and currently works as a scientific writer. Dr Donkin joined the Edanz Group as a science editor, writer and reviewer 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 Wilhelmi博士研究课题为受污染矿废水重金属的生物修复。之后进入掺杂控制研发实验室，从事皮质激素类检测免疫法研究。重返学术界后，一直从事各生物化学领域的研究，包括P450药物代谢、DNA条形码、连续发酵和生物修复。目前开展的研究包括：肝微粒体的分离、克隆、P450对碘氧基苯甲醚的表现和特性。该研究的目的是确定各种新型复合物和药物滥用的新陈代谢。另一个研究领域是：利用DNA标志物确定南非禁猎区稀有危险食草动物习性的可能性，尤其研究了rbcL基因作为这些食草动物之食物的生物标志物。Dr Wilhelmi是罗德斯大学的一名高级讲师，教授的课程包括：新陈代谢、分析法和法医生物化学。曾多次出席色谱法和分析生物化学、保护生物化学和酶学的学术会议并发表多篇论文。2012年加盟理文，担任编辑。

For his PhD, Dr Wilhelmi researched the bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated mine waste waters. He then worked in a doping control Research and Development laboratory investigating immunological techniques for the detection of corticosteroids. On returning to academia his research has been in a number of biochemical fields, including P450 drug metabolism, DNA barcoding, continuous fermentation and bioremediation. His current research involves the isolation of liver microsomes, cloning, expression and characterization of P450 isoforms. This research is aimed at determining the metabolism of various novel compounds and drugs of abuse. A second research interest investigates the potential of using DNA markers for determining the diet of elusive and dangerous herbivores on South African game reserves. In particular the work has investigated the rbcL gene as a biomarker for plants consumed by these herbivores. Dr Wilhelmi is a senior lecturer at Rhodes University, where he teaches metabolism, analytical techniques and forensic biochemistry. He has presented at conferences and has published in the areas of chromatography and analytical biochemistry, conservation biochemistry, and enzymology. Dr Wilhelmi joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2012.

博士学习期间研究神经解剖学和神经药理学，主要涉及神经退化性疾病中氧化应激的作用。研究过程中，曾对促氧化酶、髓过氧物酶、死后脑组织和神经原纤维病理中细胞模型的表达和活动情况进行调查。曾在国际同行审查期刊杂志上发表过两篇论文，现为新西兰Otago大学人类生物学讲师。2010年开始为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Byrne’s PhD studies in neuroanatomy and neuropharmacology have centered on the role of oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases. In her research she investigated the expression and activity of the pro-oxidant enzyme, myeloperoxidase, in post-mortem human brain tissue and in cellular models of neurofibrillary pathology. She has published two papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is currently a teaching fellow in human biology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

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.

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.

Dr Takemoto，堪萨斯州立大学荣誉退休教授，从事生物化学教学与研究32年。曾在国家卫生研究院全国眼科研究所的经费下对缺血在眼晶体和视网膜疾病中的作用进行研究。专业领域：生物化学、分子生物学、蛋白质化学、细胞信号传导、代谢、眼睛与神经紊乱、药理学、生物学、酶学。为多家期刊杂志担任评审，其中包括Journal of Biological Chemistry、Current Eye Research、Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences、Biochemistry。还曾为国立卫生研究院的“小型企业：视觉系统研究”项目工作过8年，负责审阅SBIR和STTR基金申请书。已发表100多篇同行评审文章，包括专书论文、原创文章，还出版过一本教科书和一本非理工专业学生实验室手册。2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

Dr Takemoto is a Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at Kansas State University, where she has taught and conducted research for 32 years. Her research on the role of ischemia in lens and retinal diseases is funded through the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Areas of expertise include biochemistry, molecular biology, protein chemistry, cell signaling, metabolism, eye and neural Ddisorders, pharmacology, biology and enzymology. Dr Takemoto has reviewed for numerous journals, including the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Current Eye Research, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Biochemistry.  She also served, for eight years, on the Small Business: Visual Systems Study Section for the National Institutes of Health, where she reviewed both SBIR and STTR grant proposals. Dr. Takemoto has published over 100 peer-reviewed works, including book chapters, original works, and a textbook and lab manual for non-science majors. She joined the Edanz Group since as an editor in 2011.

Dr Ao 已完成生物化学与分子生物学博士学位研究，研究的主要内容是癌症生物学和抗雌激素治疗耐受性。目前任范德比尔特大学博士后研究员，在再生化学生物学交叉学科领域开展研究。曾创作并发表了同行评审查文章、评论文章以及科普专书论文，内容包括：表观遗传学对癌症生物学的影响、再生医学中的化学生物学、以及癌症干细胞在抗雌激素治疗耐受性中的作用等。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑工作。

Dr Ao completed her PhD studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with a focus on cancer biology and anti-estrogen therapy resistance. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, conducting research in the interdisciplinary field of regenerative chemical biology. She has composed and published a number of peer-reviewed articles, a review article, and a book chapter for a broader scientific audience. The topics ranged from the influence of epigenetics on cancer biology, chemical biology in regenerative medicine, and the role of cancer stem cells in anti-estrogen therapy resistance. Dr Ao joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Hendry教授的主要研究领域包括RNA昆虫病毒的分子生物学。此外，曾在南非格雷厄姆斯敦的罗德斯大学从事教学工作，教授病毒学、分子生物学和免疫学课程。拥有广泛的国际研究经验，曾是美国威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校、台湾台中国立中兴大学、美国加州大学戴维斯分校和澳大利亚堪培拉联邦科工组织的访问学者。担任了10年的国际病毒分类委员会（ICTV）委员，同时还是美国微生物学会（ASM）、英国普通微生物学会（SGM）和国际无脊椎动物病理学会（SIP）会员。从事了7年的南非国家研究基金会研究拨款申请审查工作。曾在国际期刊上发表25篇论文，出席各种国际大会，并为多家期刊评审稿件。2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

Prof Hendry main research was in the molecular biology of RNA insect viruses. He also taught virology, molecular biology and immunology at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Prof Hendry has wide international research experience, having been a Visiting Scientist at the University of Madison – Wisconsin, USA, at National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan, at the University of California – Davis, USA, and at the CSIRO in Canberra, Australia. He was an appointee to the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) for 10 years, and was a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the Society for General Microbiology (SGM), UK, and the Society for Invertebrate Pathology (SIP), USA. He spent seven years as a referee for research grant applications sent to the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. Prof Hendry has published over 25 papers in international journals, has presented at numerous international congresses, and has served as referee for scientific manuscripts submitted to several journals. Prof Hendry joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Kardashyan女士具有代表性的研究项目是 “纹状体氨基丁酸能神经元中神经元凋亡和线粒体功能：从机械的角度看亨廷顿舞蹈症”。2005-2008年期间，曾作为墨尔本大学Howard Florey Institute的研究助理，研究新生大鼠缺氧缺血性脑损伤预处理对缺氧和模拟低氧化合物的影响。一直从事有关神经形成方面的研究工作。2008年开始加入理文编辑，担任编辑。

Ms Kardashyan's honors project was “Neuronal apoptosis and mitochondrial function in striatal GABAergic neurons: mechanistic insights into Huntington’s disease.” From 2005 to 2008, she was a research assistant at the Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, where she investigated the effects of preconditioning with hypoxia and hypoxia-mimetic compounds in neonatal rat brain with hypoxic-ischemic injury. She has also worked in the field of neurogenesis. Ms Kardashyan began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Davy的博士论文题目是“Characterisation of White Patch Syndrome, a putative disease affecting corals in the genus Porites on the Great Barrier Reef”。在珊瑚礁生态（包括珊瑚白化和珊瑚疾病）研究方面经验丰富。此外还涉足海洋病毒学、海洋生态保护、岩岸生态以及海洋应用科学（包括渔业资源评估和海防）等领域的研究。在分子领域，Dr Davy一直在从事引物设计和序列分析、DNA抽提、荧光原位杂交和各种类型的凝胶电脉，包括变性梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE）、脉冲场凝胶电泳（PFGE）和单链构象多态性（SSCP）、组织病理学、透射电镜和共聚焦显微术等方面的研究。曾在同行评审期刊上发表12篇论文，多次出席国家级和国际级会议。此外，Dr Davy还获得了创意写作硕士学位，她的一本非小说类书籍于2011年由兰登出版社新西兰分社出版。现为自由撰稿人和编辑，学术顾问。自2011年起开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Davy’s PhD thesis was entitled “Characterisation of White Patch Syndrome, a putative disease affecting corals in the genus Porites on the Great Barrier Reef”. She has extensive experience of the ecology of coral reefs, including bleaching and coral disease. Her expertise also extends to the areas of marine virology, marine conservation, rocky shore ecology, and areas of applied marine science, including fish stock assessment and coastal defenses. In molecular fields, Dr Davy has undertaken primer design and sequence analysis, DNA extraction, fluorescent in situ hybridization and various types of gel electrophoresis, including DGGE, PFGE and SSCP, histopathology, transmission electron microscopy and confocal microscopy. Dr Davy has published 12 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at several national and international conferences. Dr Davy has also completed an MA in Creative Writing and had a non-fiction book published by Random House New Zealand in 2011. Dr Davy is presently a freelance writer and editor, and scientific consultant. She began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Anderson的博士研究主要集中在锰毒性和缺铁对神经递质GABA和去甲肾上腺素的生物学影响。Dr Anderson现于美国弗吉尼亚大学补充与替代疗法研究中心从事博士后研究。研究领域包括：预防和控制神经退行性疾病（如阿尔茨海默氏病和老年痴呆症）中饮食疗法和身心疗法的应用。Dr Anderson在基础科学以及临床研究方面拥有丰富经验。攻读博士之前，曾在维克森林大学医学院的两个癌症研究实验室任实验室管理人。另外，还拥有体外培养技术的专业经验，包括：细胞研究、分子生物学（免疫印迹、RT – PCR、免疫细胞化学）、显微镜分析（明视野、荧光）、微生物学、分析化学、小鼠和大鼠体内模型（包括定向手术和微透析）等。Dr Anderson 已在同行评审期刊上发表了几十篇文章以及专书论文，曾多次出席国家级和国际级学术会议。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Dr Anderson’s PhD research focused on the effects of manganese toxicity and iron deficiency on the biology of the neurotransmitters GABA and norepinephrine. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies at the University of Virginia. His research interests include the use of dietary and mind-body therapies for the prevention and management of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Dr Anderson has experience in basic science in addition to his current clinical research. Before his PhD, he was the laboratory manager of two cancer research labs at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr Anderson has expertise in various in vitro techniques, including cellular studies, molecular biology (western blotting, RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry), microscopy (brightfield and fluorescence), microbiology, and analytical chemistry, as well as in vivo work with mouse and rat models including stereotaxic surgery and microdialysis. Dr Anderson has over a dozen publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters, and has presented at national and international conferences. He joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Eager目前是美国德克萨斯州达拉斯的一名住院部医师。在过去10年里，已积累了丰富的临床研究和临床前研究经验，重点是肿瘤学领域。曾任玛丽克劳利癌症研究中心机构审查委员会成员6年，在此期间，审阅了大批I阶段到III阶段临床试验协议。除临床经验外，Dr Eager 还在体外临床前协议与技术、细胞培养和组织学方法等领域拥有丰富经验，拥有广博的微生物技术知识。Dr Eager撰写并合作撰写了8份出版物，起草了4份临床/临床前研究协议。Dr Eager去年一直兼职科技稿件专业编辑，2011年起加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Dr Eager currently practices internal medicine as a hospitalist in Dallas, Texas, USA. Over the past decade he has amassed considerable experience in clinical and pre-clinical research, principally in the field of oncology. He was a member of the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center Institutional Review Board for six years, during which time he reviewed numerous Phase I through Phase III clinical protocols. In addition to his clinical expertise, Dr Eager has experience with in-vitro pre-clinical protocols and techniques as well as cell culture, histological methods, and animal model studies, and is skilled in a wide range of microbiology techniques. Dr Eager has authored and co-authored eight publications, and has authored four clinical or pre-clinical protocols. On a part-time basis, Dr Eager has edited scientific manuscripts professionally for the past year and began editing for the Edanz Group 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.

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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.

Dr Barrett的博士论文题目是“低温治疗以及在早产绵羊上的效果”，博士后研究主要集中在胎儿生理和神经科学领域。Dr Barrett拥有大型动物和胎儿外科手术方面的经验，包括导管与电极置放、动物屠宰后解剖。另外还擅长对体内电生理数据的分析，包括：癫痫发作脑电图、温度、肌电图、心电图、血压和血流量图等。曾接受过系统生理学培训，对复杂而独特的心血管和中枢神经系统反应有深入的理解。组织学领域的经验包括：脑组织的体视学方法染色与分析、相关的显微镜技术。已在多家同行评审期刊上发表文章，与人合作撰写了一篇专书论文，多次出席国家级和国际级学术会议。2011年开始供职理文，担任编辑一职。

Dr Barrett’s PhD thesis was entitled “Therapeutic hypothermia and its effects on the preterm fetal sheep”. His post-doctoral research focuses on fetal physiology and neuroscience. Dr Barrett has experience in large animal and fetal surgery techniques, including catheter and electrode placement and animal post-mortem dissections. Dr Barrett is also skilled in analysis of electrophysiological data in vivo, including EEG seizure activity; temperature, ECG, EMG, blood pressure and blood flow. He has training in systems physiology, as well as an understanding of the complex and unique cardiovascular and central nervous system responses. Dr Barrett’s histology skills include, stereological staining and analysis of brain tissue, and associated microscope skills. Dr Barrett has published papers in peer reviewed journals, co-authored a book chapter and presented at national and international congresses. Dr Barrett began work as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2011.

Dr Eve McCutchen Vick的研究内容包括：海马突触可塑性、海马胆碱能神经支配的变性、神经营养因子对神经信号的调制等。专业经验包括：学习与记忆、突触可塑性、海马生理学与细胞内信号、胆碱与肾上腺素受体、电生理和免疫组化。曾在高水平刊物上发表文章，编辑的稿件跨越了多个学科：神经科学、药理学、毒理学和心脏病学。另外还在美国多家院校讲授心理学和解剖生理学本科课程。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Dr Eve McCutchen Vick’s research has included studies of hippocampal synaptic plasticity, degeneration of hippocampal cholinergic innervation, and modulation of neuronal signaling by neurotrophic factors. Her expertise includes learning and memory, synaptic plasticity, hippocampal physiology and intracellular signaling, cholinergic and adrenergic receptors, electrophysiology and immunohistochemistry. Dr Vick is well published in high-ranking journals, and has edited manuscripts across a variety of subject areas, including neuroscience, pharmacology, toxicology, and cardiology. She has also taught undergraduate courses in both Psychology and Anatomy and Physiology at several institutions in the US. Dr Vick joined the Edanz Group as an editor 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.

Ms Davis曾在美国、德国和丹麦的几所学术机构从事生物化学和分子生物学的研究与开发。过去20年里，曾受聘于加州几家生物技术企业，从事酵母异质基因表达和诊断方法的开发，负责实验室管理。此期间，还负责科学论文和生物技术的商业文件的编辑。2010年加盟理文编辑。

Ms Davis has worked in research and development in the areas of biochemistry and molecular biology at several academic institutions in the U.S., Germany, and Denmark. For the last 20 years, she has been employed in biotechnology companies in California where she was involved in heterologous gene expression in yeast and diagnostic assay development as well as laboratory operations. During this time, she was also responsible for editing scientific articles and biotech business documents. She joined the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Finnie是一名干细胞生物学家。博士研究课题为脐带血中干细胞种群的判定和隔离，以及在骨骼和软骨组织工程中应用的可能性。之前曾任英国施乐辉研究中心高级博士后研究员，工作在研究和开发第一线，从事成人干细胞治疗在再生医学（即骨置换和骨关节炎）中商业化应用研究。曾在国际同行评审期刊中发表研究成果。现任多个生物领域的撰稿人和编辑、欧洲医学作家协会（EMWA）会员。2011年9月加入理文编辑。

Dr Finnie is a stem cell biologist whose PhD research led to the identification and isolation of rare stem cell populations within umbilical cord blood, with the potential for bone and cartilage tissue engineering applications. Dr Finnie was then a senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Smith & Nephew's research center in the UK, where she worked at the forefront of both research and development stages to commercialize adult stem cell therapies for regenerative medicine, namely bone replacement and Osteoarthritis. Dr Finnie has published her research in international peer-reviewed journals. She is currently a science writer and editor across diverse biological areas and is a member of the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA). Dr Finnie joined Edanz as an editor in November 2011.