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

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

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

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

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

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Immunology, physiology, anatomy and oncology specialist

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

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

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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.

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Formerly a specialist Medical Indexer at Thomson Scientific

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

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

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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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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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.

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Neurodegenerative disease expert with more than 32 peer reviewed publications

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

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

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

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

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Expert in molecular virology and biology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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. 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 Bradshaw是一位在生物医学科学和医疗保健领域有深厚研究功底的临床专家，欧洲医学作家协会成员，发表了17篇科技文章。2007-2008年间，当选为英国皇家内科医院指南开发小组和指导小组成员，负责指导《国家健康服务》指南的发表。还作为第一作者为英国皇家内科医学院撰写了关于“职业视力标准”，作为眼科的全国准则。在数家顶尖期刊从事同行评审工作，其中包括：《美国眼科学杂志》、《航空航天与环境医学》和《英国全科医疗学刊》。Dr Bradshaw 是医疗与生物科学的全面手专家编辑。于2010年加盟理文编辑，担任撰搞人和编辑。

Dr Bradshaw is a clinical specialist with a strong background in biomedical science and healthcare related research. He is a member of the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA), and has published over 17 scientific papers. In 2007/8, Dr Bradshaw sat on the board as an elected member of both the Royal College of Physicians guideline development and steering groups, leading to the publication of National Health Service guidelines. He also first-authored the UK national guidelines on “Occupational Visual Standards” for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He is a peer reviewer for several top journals including: the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine and the British Journal of General Practice. Dr Bradshaw is a specialist editor across a wide variety of medical and bioscience topics. He joined the Edanz Groups as an editor and writer in 2010.

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 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.

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.

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.

英国爱丁堡大学药理学研究员、伦敦大学和牛津大学研究助理、阿伯丁大学生理学讲师。在阿伯丁大学，她还建立了电生理实验室，用以研究药物作用与哺乳动物心室肌细胞电活动的关系。Dr Cant拥有丰富的写作和编辑经验，曾为欧共体Cordis Results and Publications数据库和BEST（英国科技专家）数据库及其在美国的姐妹数据库编辑生物和物理科学类文章。多年任Thomson Scientific医学编辑、数据库编索人，拥有心血管病学、肠胃病学、神经科学、流行病学、药理学和生理学领域的知识背景。

Dr Cant has been a Research Fellow (Pharmacology) at the University of Edinburgh and a Research Assistant at the University of London and the University of Oxford, as well as a Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Aberdeen where she also established an electrophysiology laboratory for investigation of drug effects on electrical activity in isolated mammalian cardiac ventricular cells. Dr Cant also has extensive writing and editing experience, having edited papers in biological and physical sciences for the European Community CORDIS Results and Publications databases, as well as for the BEST (British Expertise in Science and Technology) database and its sister database in the US. Dr Cant was a medical editor/database indexer for Thomson Scientific for a number of years and has a wide knowledge of various areas including cardiovascular disease, gastroenterology, neuroscience, epidemiology, pharmacology and physiology.

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.

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

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

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Experienced ophthalmology researcher: specialized in diabetic retinopathy

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

在成为医学书籍与期刊（主要是Springer Verlag）自由翻译和编辑之前，曾在德国图寅根Max Planck Institute for Immunogenetics研究所任研究助理。之后成为汉堡Springer的专职编辑，后转入Springer东京办事处。在过去20年里，主要以自由作者和编辑的身份为这些期刊杂志工作。于2010年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Mr Forster worked as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Immunogenetics in Tübingen, Germany, before leaving to work as a freelance translator and copy editor of medical books and journals, primarily for Springer Verlag. He became an in-house editor with Springer in Heidelberg before moving to Tokyo to work in Springer's Tokyo office. For the past 20 years, Stephen has worked mostly in journalism and as a freelance writer and editor for such journal publishers. Mr Forster joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

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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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.