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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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Clinical specialist in medical oncology and psychotherapy

Dr Reynolds起初从事肿瘤医学，后转为心理治疗领域。2003年退休，退休前从事临床诊疗，之后开始医学编辑生涯，大部分工作是为日本和中国作者编辑文章。Dr Reynolds是一位成功的作者，已在同行评审期刊上发表了13篇文章，还出版了两本书。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任撰稿人和编辑，除以临床医学为重点外，还编辑其它医疗领域的文稿。

Dr Reynolds initially practiced in Medical Oncology and then Psychotherapy. After retiring from clinical practice in 2003 she began a new career in medical editing. Most of her work has been for Japanese and Chinese authors. A successful author, Dr Reynolds has published 13 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and two books. Dr Reynolds joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2011 and, though with a clinical focus, works in a broad range of medical fields.

Dr. Rider是英国剑桥的一位研究科学家，目前在一家跨国制药公司致力于呼吸系统疾病和炎症的生物疗法。他的博士阶段是研究在类风湿性关节炎发病中T细胞炎症微环境所起到的作用。Dr. Rider的博士后阶段在英国和新加坡度过，致力于多种细胞生物学和免疫学科目的研究，包括间叶细胞和造血干细胞。他已在国际同行审阅期刊上发表过10篇文章，并且在多个国际会议上介绍过自己的研究成果。Dr. Rider于2009年开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Rider is a research scientist resident in Cambridge, United Kingdom, where he is involved in developing biological therapeutics for respiratory and inflammatory diseases for a multinational pharmaceutical company. For his PhD, he investigated the role of the inflammatory microenvironment on T cell function in rheumatoid arthritis. Dr Rider was a post-doctoral fellow in the UK and Singapore, studying a diverse range of cell biology and immunology topics, including mesenchymal and hematopoietic stem cells. He has published 10 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, and presented his research at several international conferences. Dr Rider began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.

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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.

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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.

Dr Morris拥有肿瘤学（特别是放射生物学、放射线疗法、化学疗法）专业背景。曾在牛津大学作为科研人员和首席研究员，研究癌症新药和新式放疗法的开发。近期作为医学作者和科研员，从事于生物技术的研究和著书。涉及的诊疗领域包括肿瘤、传染病、增龄性黄斑变性和肥胖。曾作为访问学者在美国Brookhaven国家实验室工作。曾在同行审查期刊杂志发表50多篇文章及专书论文。2009年开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Morris’s scientific background is oncology with an emphasis on radiobiology, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. During the period that he worked as a scientist and principal investigator at the University of Oxford, the focus of Dr Morris’s research was on the development of new drugs and novel forms of radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer. More recently, Dr Morris has worked as a medical writer and scientist in the biotechnology industry. Therapeutic areas that he has been involved with include oncology, infectious diseases, age-related macular degeneration and obesity. Dr Morris has visiting scientist status at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the US. Dr Morris has written over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Dr Morris began working with the Edanz Group in 2009.

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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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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.

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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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Peer reviewer for over 20 journals in the fields of zoology, physiology and cell biology

自1972年以来一直在新西兰坎特伯雷大学任讲师，讲授动物学、比较生理学和细胞生物学。研究兴趣涵盖了不同种群的生理系统，包括鱼类、甲壳类、软体动物、昆虫和蜘蛛。研究题目包括：气体交换和氧气输送；鳃和循环系统的形态和血流动力；渗透调节、酸碱平衡与排泄；对海洋、淡水和陆地环境的适应性；卵、胚胎和受精生理学；捕鱼、水产和水上运输带来的压力；重金属的生态毒性。Dr Taylor拥有丰富的仪器分析经验，包括：显微镜（DIC、荧光、透射电镜、扫描电镜、X射线探针）；侵蚀铸型；呼吸测量；血液气体及酸碱状态；体液和水域的渗透压、离子和代谢物浓度；原子吸收光谱；放射性跟踪、粘度、血压和流量（脉冲多普勒）；心脏与通气率；电生理学。Dr Taylor的研究小组在这些领域的主要国际期刊上发表了大量文章。Dr Taylor为多家期刊和图书系列提供咨询，是20个国际性杂志的审稿人，也是一些国家和国际科学协会的成员。2008年起为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Taylor has been a lecturer in zoology, comparative physiology, and cell biology at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, since 1972. His interests span all physiological systems across a variety of taxa, including fish, crustaceans, mollusks, insects and spiders. Research themes include: Gas exchange and oxygen transport, morphology and hemodynamics of gills and circulatory systems, osmoregulation, acid-base balance and excretion, adaptation to marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments, the physiology of eggs and embryos and fertilization, stress associated with fishing, aquaculture and live transport, and eco-toxicity of heavy metals. Dr Taylor is experienced in a range of instrumentation and analyses including: microscopy (DIC, fluorescence, TEM, SEM, X-ray microprobe), corrosion casting, respirometry, blood gas and acid-base status, osmotic, ionic, and metabolite concentrations of body fluids and waters, atomic absorption spectroscopy, radioactive tracers, viscometry, blood pressure and flow (pulsed Doppler), heart and ventilation rates, and electrophysiology. Dr Taylor’s research group has published numerous articles in the principal international journals of his field. He has served on the advisory board of journals and book series, is a reviewer for about 20 international journals, and is a member of several national and international scientific societies. Dr Taylor began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

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.

Dr Knapp的专业背景是医学细胞生物，重点是儿科研究。她的博士研究重点是各种激素对胎儿生长的迟缓作用。从2000年到2003年，被授予美国心脏协会佛罗里达州联盟博士后奖学金。出色的写作技巧、丰富的写作经历和非英语母语作者稿件的编辑经验。现任新西兰奥克兰大学生理学系讲师兼研究员。目前正在研究胎儿心脑血管对窒息的适应机制，并研究围产期治疗方案。自2003年开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Knapp’s scientific background is in medicine cellular biology with particular emphasis on the analysis on pediatrics. Her PhD research focused on the role of various hormones in the growth-retarded fetus. From 2000 to 2003, Dr Knapp was awarded an American Heart Association, Florida Affiliate, Post-doctoral Fellowship. Dr Knapp has excellent writing skills and is a widely experienced editor of non-native English-speaking authored papers. Dr Knapp is presently a lecturer and Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology, Auckland University, New Zealand. She is currently carrying out research on the mechanisms of fetal cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adaptation to asphyxia as well as investigating treatment options for perinatal asphyxia. Dr Knapp has been an editor for Edanz Editing since 2003.

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Specialist medical writer and endocrinology expert

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 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.

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.

Dr Charbonneau 在博士毕业后的10年里，其动物兽医实践工作涉及：普通外科，预防医学，行为辅导，另外还包括有关皮肤科、消化内科、内分泌和急诊的诊断和治疗。2000年，Dr Charbonneau 开始了又一个10年的研究，主要是急救药品和手术，并完成了为期一年的马运动器官疾病教学，授课对象为按摩疗法专业的学生。她在急诊医学方面的经验包括：外伤及心脏、肝、肾功能衰竭、感染性疾病等重症医治，复苏与输血，神经和内分泌急症，以及胃扩张及肠扭转、脾块破裂、胃肠异物、枪伤、骨折及创面修复等手术矫正。目前，Dr Charbonneau是一名救济兽医，研究领域主要是临床沟通。2011年加入理文，担任编辑。

After graduating, Dr Charbonneau spent 10 years involved in general surgery, preventive medicine, behavior counseling and diagnostics and treatments related to dermatology, gastroenterology, endocrine and emergency patients in an animal veterinary practice. In 2000, Dr Charbonneau began a 10 year focus on emergency medicine and surgery and completed a one-year term teaching equine locomotor diseases to students of massage therapy. Her experience in emergency medicine includes critical care of trauma patients and patients in cardiac, liver and renal failure, infectious disease, resuscitation and transfusion medicine, neurological and endocrine emergencies as well as surgical correction of gastric dilatation and volvulus, ruptured splenic masses, gastrointestinal foreign bodies, bullet wounds, fractures and wound repair. Currently, Dr Charbonneau works as a relief veterinarian, and has an interest in clinically focused communication. Dr Charbonneau joined Edanz as an editor in 2011.

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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.

Dr Hill是一名生物学家，主要研究领域是哺乳动物神经系统发育基因。在这一研究领域，他利用人类基因来确定脑皮质发育所需的基因，利用小鼠遗传学、生物化学、显微镜技术、RNAi技术和子宫内电穿孔技术来确定这些基因的作用。研究成果已发表在临床研究和基础研究期刊上。2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

Dr Hill is a biologist who focuses on the genetics of mammalian neural development. In his research, Dr Hill uses human genetics to identify genes required for cerebral cortical development, and mouse genetics, biochemistry, microscopy, RNAi and in utero electroporation to determine the functions of those genes. He has published his research in both clinical and basic research journals. Dr Hill joined the Edanz Group in 2011.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Dr. de Boo 是一名生理学家，主要研究胎儿生长和新陈代谢。她的博士论文题为“Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Intrauterine Growth Restriction”，主要探讨了发育迟缓的人类新生儿和绵羊胎儿的尿素循环代谢障碍问题。在攻读博士后期间，完成了通过补充荷尔蒙的方法，对胎儿宫内发育迟缓而进行的子宫内治疗的研究。Dr. de Boo 对于写作和编辑学术类和非学术类稿件都具有丰富的经验，现为全职编辑。

Dr de Boo is a physiologist with a particular interest in fetal growth and metabolism. Her PhD thesis was entitled “Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Intrauterine Growth Restriction,” focusing primarily on urea cycle disorders in growth-restricted human neonates and fetal sheep. She has since completed a post-doctoral study on the development of intrauterine treatments for intrauterine growth restriction by hormonal supplementation. Dr de Boo has extensive experience in writing and editing both scientific and non-scientific manuscripts and is now a full-time freelance editor.

博士研究方向为动物生理学，重点研究心血管功能与疾病，集中观测最近发现的低分子肽对健康和患病心脏功能的影响。论文内容包括：对观测到的血流动力学反应下的细胞内信号通路的阐释方法；调节自身活性的受体和酶。已在同行评审国际刊物上发表3篇论文，并在国内、国际会议上宣读自己的研究成果。2009年起加入理文编辑。

Dr Prosser’s PhD is in animal physiology with an emphasis on cardiovascular function and disease, focusing on recently identified peptides of low molecular weight, observing their effects on cardiac function in both healthy and diseased hearts. His thesis includes techniques to elucidate the intracellular signaling pathways underlying the hemodynamic responses observed, as well as the receptors and enzymes mediating their activity. Dr Prosser has published three articles in international peer-reviewed journals, and presented his work at both national and international conferences. Dr Prosser began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

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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.

原就读格拉斯哥大学微生物学，后去阿伯丁大学疱疹病毒学攻读博士学位。之尔后主攻电子显微镜，又继续了几年超声波治疗癌症的博士后研究，后来又取得信息学文凭，自1991年起从事医疗与药品信息工作。曾为EMBase和几家医药数据库担任文摘；多家期刊杂志（其中包括Lancet Infections Diseases and Lancet Oncology）新闻撰稿人；任Springer和Society for General Microbiology编辑。除编辑工作外，还帮助数家知名药业公司建立产品文献数据库。2005年加盟理文编辑，主要编辑医学和生命科学方面文章，尤其是微生物学和传染病学。是普通微生物学会会员。

Dr Kerr originally studied microbiology at Glasgow University and went on to complete a PhD on herpes viruses at Aberdeen University. He then specialized in electron microscopy and continued for a few years in post-doctoral research on ultrasound treatment of cancer. This was followed by a diploma in information studies, and he has worked in medical and drug information since 1991. Dr Kerr has worked previously as an indexer for EMBase and other pharmaceutical databases, a news writer for several journals including Lancet Infections Diseases and Lancet Oncology, and as a copyeditor for Springer and the Society for General Microbiology. In addition to editing, he works on product literature databases for a number of leading pharmaceutical companies. Dr Kerr joined the Edanz Group in 2005 and edits in the medical and life sciences, with a particular interest in microbiology and infectious diseases. He is a member of the Society for General Microbiology.

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.

Brunker 女士具有二十余年生物医学领域稿件的编辑经验，包括向同行评审期刊投稿的文章、学位论文和学术文章、向美国监管机构（食品和药品管理局以及美国专利商标局）递交的申请材料；各种药物广告、网站内容、演讲稿、论文以及会议等场合所需的材料；同时还包括广泛的医学教学资料。她的硕士学位论文探讨了HIV+ CD4+ 细胞的凋亡。还曾参与过乳癌和环境医学的实验室工作。

Ms Brunker has been editing biomedical documents for over two decades, including submissions to peer-reviewed journals, dissertations and other academic papers, applications to US regulatory agencies (the Food and Drug Administration and the Patent and Trademark Office), pharmaceutical advertisements of all types, Web site content, slide presentations, scripts and other support pieces for conferences and similar events, and a wide variety of medical education materials. Her master’s thesis was on apoptosis in HIV+ CD4+ cells. She has also done laboratory work in breast cancer and environmental medicine.

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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.

Dr Dawes的博士研究课题是视网膜神经保护药物以及对视网膜缺血的影响。攻读博士之前，就已在伦敦国家医学研究院任高级研究助理长达15年，从事两栖类视觉系统中视神经可塑性的研究。此后开始在伦敦St Bartholomew医院医学院研究，研究经全身照射后食物抗氧化剂对动物组织中形成的脂质过氧化物的作用。参与了15篇同行评审论文的写作，曾在国家和国际科学会议上发言。专业经验涵盖：辐射生物学、生物化学、解剖学、组织学、神经生理学和神经药理学。在研究工作的同时，38年来一直任英国开放大学助教，讲授神经生物学、心理学和基础科学。现从事英国与中国的交流，自2010年起开始在理文编辑担任编辑。

Dr Dawes’ PhD focused on neuroprotective drugs and their effects on retinal ischemia. Before undertaking her PhD, Dr Dawes spent 15 years as a senior research assistant at the National Institute for Medical Research, London, studying neuronal plasticity in the amphibian visual system. Dr Dawes’ then began research at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, London, studying the effects of dietary antioxidants on lipid peroxide formation in animal tissue after whole body irradiation. She has been an author on 15 peer reviewed papers and has given presentations at national and international scientific meetings. Dr Dawes’ experience has covered techniques in radiation biology, biochemistry, anatomy, histology, neurophysiology and neuropharmacology. Concurrent with her research, for 38 years Dr Dawes has been an assistant lecturer at the Open University, UK, teaching neurobiology, psychology and foundation sciences. Dr Dawes now works between the UK and China, and began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

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.

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Previously a Senior Commissioning Journal Editor: Ecology and Environment expert

Dr Richford的博士研究课题是英国威尔士西海岸某一小岛上寒鸦筑巢的生态和种群动态。之后曾作为自然历史和鸟类学领域的专家，在Academic Press、Poyser和Elsevier多年高级责任编辑。曾作为杂志出版人，成功管理了多个生命科学类杂志，包括很多知名学会的杂志，如： Association for the study of Animal Behaviour、Linnean Society of London、Fisheries Society of the British Isles和Zoological Society of London。现作为编辑服务顾问和作家，为英国科学出版界和生命科学作家们提供顾问服务。作为生态和环境领域的作家，拥有动物、植物、海洋生物和农业等领域的丰富经验。2010年起供职于理文编辑。

Dr Richford’s doctoral research concerned the ecology and population dynamics of Jackdaws nesting on an island off the west coast of Wales, UK. He then spent many years as a senior commissioning editor for Academic Press, Poyser and Elsevier as a specialist in natural history and ornithology. As a journal publisher, he managed many life science titles including a number for learned societies such as the Association for the study of Animal Behaviour, the Linnean Society of London, the Fisheries Society of the British Isles, and the Zoological Society of London. Dr Richford now works as an editorial services consultant and writer for the UK scientific publishing industry and authors publishing in the life sciences. As a specialist in ecology and the environment, he has wide expertise in zoology, botany, marine biology, and agriculture. Dr Richford began editing for 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.

2002至2009年在中国浙江大学生命科学学院担任研究员和讲师，讲授撰写和发表科技论文原则的研究生课程。2009年起，为日本一所大学的Global Center of Excellence for Asian Conservation Ecology项目提供编辑支持。研究并发表报告的领域包括与含铁血黄素沉着症（铁贮积症）有关的人类和动物医学，主要集中在生态学、农业和保护生物学领域。Wood先生还在中国第一家国家湿地公园 — 西溪国家湿地公园生态顾问小组担任组长。赴中国工作前，曾是一位灵长类动物学家，最初研究马达加斯加狐猴，后来研究旧大陆猴。一直在英国牛津布鲁克斯大学担任定期客座讲师。自2010年起在理文编辑从事编辑工作。

From 2002 to 2009, Mr Wood was a researcher and lecturer for the College of Life Sciences of Zhejiang University in China. He taught post-graduate level principles of how to write and publish scientific papers. In 2009, he began providing editorial support at a Japanese university for the Global Center of Excellence for Asian Conservation Ecology program. Mr Wood has researched and published in various fields including Hemosiderosis (Iron Storage Disease) linking human and animal medicine, his published reports have focused on ecology, agriculture and conservation biology. Mr Wood has also worked as a team leader for the ecological consultancy of China’s First National Wetland Park, Xixi Wetlands. Prior to moving to China, Mr Wood was a primatologist focusing initially on the lemurs of Madagascar but later on old world monkeys. He has been a regular visiting lecturer for Oxford Brookes University in the UK. Mr Wood began editing for the Edanz Group in 2010.

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.

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作为自然疗法医生，拥有6年以上医学写作和科学编辑经验。临床经验包括草药医学、营养学、内分泌学和女性健康。一直担任健康信息顾问，已发表的研究成果进行分析并开发了风险分析软件。Dr Cornforth是美国医学作家协会会员，2010年起为理文编辑工作，担任编辑。

Dr Cornforth is a Naturopathic Physician with over six years of medical writing and scientific editing experience. Her areas of clinical expertise include herbal medicine, nutrition, endocrinology, and women's health. She has also worked as a health informatics consultant analyzing published research and building risk analysis software. Dr Cornforth is a member of the American Medical Writers Association. Dr Cornforth began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

McKune 教授为南非夸祖鲁•纳塔尔大学生物运动学、运动和休闲娱乐学系副教授。博士研究课题是剧烈运动对免疫力的影响及炎症反应。任南非国家研究基金会的研究员、National Research Foundation Niche Area的联合代表，负责研究运动对成年人免疫力的影响和炎症反应。McKune的研究现由国家研究基金会和医学研究理事会提供经费支持。研究兴趣包括：运动对免疫力的影响和炎症反应及其在预防和治疗慢性疾病中的作用，以及对体能训练的最佳适应。曾发表28篇文章，涉及的主题包括：心率变异性、高血压、肥胖、运动引发的肌肉拉伤、运动对免疫力的影响和炎症反应，以及运动对动作和认知功能的影响。2011年起为理文编辑工作。

Prof McKune is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biokinetics, Exercise and Leisure Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His PhD thesis examined immune and inflammatory responses to strenuous exercise. He is a South African National Research Foundation rated researcher and is a past co-leader of National Research Foundation Niche Area examining the effect of exercise on immune and inflammatory responses in healthy adults. Prof McKune’s research is currently supported by National Research Foundation and Medical Research Council competitive research grants. His research interests include the immune/inflammatory response to exercise with applications to the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases of lifestyle, and the promotion of optimal adaptation to strength and conditioning training. He has published 28 articles on topics including heart rate variability, hypertension, obesity, exercise-induced muscle damage, immune and inflammatory responses to exercise, and the impact of exercise on motor and cognitive function. Prof McKune began working 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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Milazzo先生自康奈尔大学毕业后，在一家临床前合同研究组织工作了10年，在那里负责一系列面向生物技术、制药和医疗器械企业的跨学科项目。后来在一家从事开发眼科、骨科、心血管用控释药物植入的生物技术公司任临床前研究主任，参与了多项向美国FDA提交的IND和NDA应用项目。后去新西兰攻读博士学位，曾与多家从事开发肽治疗肌肉萎缩疾病和癌症检测与监测分子诊断产品的生物技术企业合作。2010年提交了博士论文，题为“羊脂的发现 —  对皮下脂肪间充质干细胞和髌下脂肪间充质干细胞进行羊模型软骨缺损修复软骨能力方面的比较”。Milazzo先生的实验室经验涵盖了各种大型和小型研究动物模型的技术和手术技巧（尤其是骨科），其中包括：干细胞和软骨细胞的分离和培养、免疫组织化学、生化分析、组织病理标本制备与评估、显微镜技术、RNA提取和cDNA制备、基因芯片等。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

After graduation from Cornell University, Mr Milazzo worked for 10 years at a preclinical contract research organization where he was in charge of multi-disciplinary programs for biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Later Mr Milazzo became the director of preclinical research for a biotechnology company developing controlled-release drug implants for ophthalmic, orthopedic, and cardiovascular use, contributing to several IND and NDA applications to the US FDA. Mr Milazzo moved to New Zealand for his PhD studies, and has been working with biotechnology companies developing peptide therapies for muscle wasting disease and molecular diagnostic products for cancer detection and monitoring. His PhD thesis submitted in 2010, was entitled "Sheep Fat Bingo - A Comparison of Subcutaneous Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Infrapatellar Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Regard to their Chondrogenic Ability in a Sheep Model of Osteochondral Defect Repair". Mr Milazzo’s laboratory expertise includes techniques and surgical skills (particularly orthopedic) associated with a variety of large and small research animal models. These include stem cell and chondrocyte isolation and culture, immunohistochemistry, biochemical assay, histopathology specimen preparation and evaluation, microscopy, RNA extraction and cDNA preparation, and gene microarray. Mr Milazzo 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.

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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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Expert in the molecular genetics of psychiatric illness

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

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

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 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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

Dr Barber，细胞生物学家，在小G-蛋白信号方面拥有丰富经验。最初的研究领域是：全身免疫反应患者白血细胞基因的不同表达模式。Dr Barber在英国剑桥大学的博士研究课题中描述了RAC - GEF P Rex1的调节，并由此发表了两篇文章，均为第一作者。最近的研究集中在细胞信号通路领域。在英国著名科研院所工作期间，发表了有关癌症RAC信号的短篇同行评审文章。Dr Barber在生物化学和基于细胞的检测方面拥有丰富经验，包括重组蛋白技术和免疫荧光显微镜技术。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Dr Barber is a cell biologist with experience in small G-protein signaling. His initial research investigated the differing patterns of gene expression in the white blood cells of patients diagnosed with a systemic immune response. Dr Barber’s PhD research from the University of Cambridge described the regulation of Rac-GEF P Rex1 and resulted in two first author publications. More recent studies have focused on cell-signaling pathways. While working in a prominent research institutes in the UK he published a mini-review on Rac-signaling in cancer. Dr Barber has experience with a wide range of biochemical and cell-based assays including recombinant protein techniques and immunofluorescence microscopy. Dr Barber 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.

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Edited more than 3,000 manuscripts for Japanese authors

Dr Sherwin的专业背景是生物化学，主攻骨关节炎、组织工程和细胞培养。积累了细胞和分子生物学技术方面的大量经验，写作经验丰富，在英国和新西兰博士后工作期间，作为第一作者和辅助作者发表了大量同行评审期刊文章和科学报告。2002年起成为理文编辑的全职编辑，已为日本作者编辑了3000多篇用于研究领域的文章和有关生命与健康的期刊投稿。

Dr Sherwin’s scientific background is in biochemistry with an emphasis on osteoarthritis, tissue engineering and cell culture. She has wide experience in both cell and molecular biology techniques. Dr Sherwin has excellent writing skills and has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and scientific reports as both lead author and supporting author during her post-doctoral work in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Dr Sherwin has been a full-time editor with Edanz Editing since 2002. During that time, she has edited over 3000 manuscripts in the Health and Life Sciences for Japanese and Chinese authors, with a wide range of research fields and target journals.

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.

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Expert in models and diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

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

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

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.