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.

Dr Huxley obtained both her undergraduate and graduate qualifications from Oxford University in Physiological Sciences and Epidemiology, respectively. In 2002 she was appointed as a Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute at the University of Sydney, Australia. In 2007, Dr Huxley was appointed Conjoint Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney and Director of the Nutrition and Lifestyle Division within the George Institute. Over the past 10 years, she has published more than 90 research articles, many in high impact journals including The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Circulation and JAMA and is a regular invited speaker at international conferences. Dr Huxley has also been the recipient of several prestigious research awards and fellowships. Dr Huxley began work as a writer, editor and consultant with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Easteal is a chemist with particular experience in macromolecular science. His PhD topic was on the diffusion potentials in molten salts, but for the past 20 years his research has been primarily on a broad range of macromolecular science topics. Dr Easteal has been a Visiting Professor at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, United States, and from 1982 to 1986 he was a Research Fellow in the (then) Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Since 1966, he has been a staff member of the Chemistry Department, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Dr Easteal’s research expertise includes utilization of naturally occurring polymers as source materials for development of new materials, charge- and mass-transport mechanisms in polyelectrolyte gels, microfibril reinforced composites, biodegradable composites based on natural fibers, conducting polymer/thermoplastic blends and composites, high performance emulsion wood adhesives, barrier coatings, and treatment/coating systems for photostabilization of timber. Dr Easteal began working for the Edanz Group in 2008.

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

Dr Fee is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Canterbury, with expertise particularly in biotechnology, biochemical and biomolecular engineering. His PhD topic was on blood flow disturbances in the carotid artery and their links to atherosclerosis. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 1989/90, working on membrane ultrafiltration. He then returned to NZ as a lecturer at the University of Waikato, and a biochemical engineer at the Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (MIRINZ). A full-time lecturer at the University of Waikato from 1996, he was head of the Department of Materials and Process Engineering from 2003 until 2006, when he took up a chair in chemical engineering at the University of Canterbury. Dr Fee has a wide range of experience in protein purification, protein PEGylation, membrane separations and process chromatography, and has worked in controlled drug delivery, microencapsulation and high-value dairy protein purifications. He is Director of the Biomolecular Interactions Centre at the University of Canterbury and has expertise in surface plasmon resonance. Dr Fee has published over 160 journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, patents and industrial research reports across a wide range of chemical engineering topics. Dr Fee began working with Edanz Editing as an editor in fields associated with chemical engineering and biotechnology in 2008.

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.

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

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 Lundin's PhD was entitled "Electroluminescent and Photoluminescent Properties of Metal-Based Compounds". Her research has focused on the development of new materials for application in light-emitting diodes. Dr Lundin undertook a post-doctoral research project at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, that involved applying metal-coordinated graphene complexes in optoelectronic devices. Dr Lundin has experience in organic synthesis, inorganic synthesis, photophysical characterization, X-ray crystallography and the fabrication and testing of prototype light-emitting diodes. Dr Lundin is an experienced scientific writer with a number of published peer-reviewed journal articles, including a cover article in Angewandte Chemie. Dr Lundin joined the Edanz Group as a specialist science editor, writer and reviewer in 2009.

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.

Dr Clements has published 9 reports as first author in international peer-reviewed journals, such as Behavioral Neuroscience, General and Comparative Endocrinology, and Hormones and Behavior. He has written numerous professional reports and made over 25 presentations at congresses. Dr Clements has also undertaken crustacean research and established telemetry arrays and associated software. Some of his research techniques and skills involve steroid radio-immunoassay, plasma lactate and glucose and ion determination, histology, and mRNA/DNA extraction and purification. Dr Clements began editing for Edanz Editing in 2007 in areas associated with the biological sciences, especially the fisheries fields.

Dr Laage has published articles on urinary tract infection and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. He has practiced psychiatry for many years, teaching residents and medical students at the McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He now consults to medical communications companies and clinical trials and does executive coaching. Dr Laage joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2010.

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 Demarest received a BSc in Psychology and a PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her work has focused on the neuroscience and genetics of a behavioral mouse model. From her research she has authored several peer-reviewed papers. She is currently a staff scientist at the Scripps Research Institute. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2008.

Assoc Prof Michael Dewe retired in December 2006 as University of Canterbury IT Director and is currently an Adjunct Assoc Prof and a consultant to the Information and Communication Technology industry. Prior to his position as University IT Director, he was an Assoc Prof (Reader) in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Research interests focused on advanced instrumentation and data acquisition systems with specific applications to real-time power quality monitoring (harmonic analysis) and seismic earthquake measurement and recording. He lectured in engineering design, computer hardware, instrumentation, and engineering management. His early career was as an electronic systems engineer, designing flight and ground systems for satellites and launch vehicles for European Space Projects. A systems engineer, Assoc Prof Dewe has wide experience in applications of engineering to various scientific disciplines. He began working with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Maree is presently a research scientist resident in Perth, Australia, where he is involved in hydrometallurgy research. He previously was a lecturer in Analytical Chemistry at Rhodes University, South Africa. His PhD title was “Effects of axial ligands on the photosensitizing properties of silicon octaphenoxyphthalocyanines”. He has published 20 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has presented at 12 conferences. Dr Maree began working for the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Allen is a biologist with particular experience in the fields of neuroscience, developmental biology and genetics. His PhD topic involved molecular genetic analysis of mouse mutations that affect limb development. From 1996 to 2004, Dr Allen was a researcher at the Department of Neurobiology, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK. Dr Allen’s research skills and techniques include DNA/RNA manipulation and purification/isolation, electrophoreses, PCR, cloning, all blottings, library screening, genetic mapping, design and construction of transgenes, artificial chromosome engineering, design and construction of vectors for gene targeting in ES cells, cell culture, histological techniques, mouse behavioral analysis, small animal surgery, and bioinformatic tools such as sequence databases and analysis tools. Dr Allen began working with Edanz Editing as an editor in fields associated with neuroscience and genetics in 2007.

Dr Polson's chemistry career has focused on the study of ruthenium complexes. His first post-doctoral fellowship was in Canada, where he moved to larger arrays, attempting to make antennae to collect solar energy. His second post-doctoral fellowship in Italy involved time-resolved absorption studies on new iridium complexes. In his third fellowship, in New Zealand, he focused on the ruthenium complexes as catalysts for the oxidation of water and their characterization by X-ray crystallography. His current position, since June 2009, is Research Laboratory Technician at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Dr Polson's skills include the synthesis and characterization of novel complexes through NMR, mass spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, and he has extensive experience in chromatography. He also has experience with many photophysical techniques such as electronic absorption and emission spectroscopies, electrochemistry, transient absorption spectroscopy, Raman and IR spectroscopy and the spectroelectrochemistry of the above techniques. Dr Polson has written more than 30 peer-reviewed research articles for a wide variety of journals. Dr Polson began working with Edanz Editing in 2008.

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.

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

McPherson's background is in chemistry. For her PhD, “Sulfur-substituted alkyl complexes of platinum and palladium,” she investigated the synthesis and properties of sulfur-substituted organoplatinum and organopalladium complexes. She has over 25 years' experience in scientific publishing, working mainly in the physical sciences and engineering. She has been an independent publishing and editorial consultant since 2002 and began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr Smith has worked as a research scientist investigating novel marine extracts with involvement in crop and food research. Dr Smith studied as a post-doctoral researcher at the CNRS Roscoff, France. As well, she has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals, written numerous IP-protected/confidential reports, and presented at more than 20 international conferences. She is also a reviewer for several academic journals (Functional Plant Biology, Enzyme and Microbial Technology). Dr Smith’s areas of professional expertise for editing are biochemistry and biology, especially of plants, phycology (marine plants), fisheries science, and marine biology, and food and food technology. Dr Smith began working with Edanz Editing in 2007 and now works full time as a science copyeditor.

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.

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 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.

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.

Dr Adams is a Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury, having retired as Head of the Soil and Physical Sciences Group at Lincoln University in 2006. He has authored or co-authored many peer-reviewed papers, conference papers, articles and reports. He is an experienced editor of conference proceedings for the New Zealand and Australian Societies of Soil Science. He is a past-President and Life Member of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science, and a past-editor of its newsletter. Dr Adams’ research interests cover many areas of soil and environmental science including the soil chemistry of macronutrients and micronutrients, soil fertility, soil/plant relationships in the New Zealand flora, pedology, soil resource assessment, biosolids disposal onto soils and water chemistry. Dr Adams began working with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Nick Tucker trained in polymer technology at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Bradford, and his research continues to be interdisciplinary, working across polymer technology and science, agriculture, industrial design and manufacturing. At present, his major focus is the development of methods of nanocomposite manufacture from crop origin materials for possible application in the manufacture of sustainable composites, meiotic materials, and other ultra-high specific surface areas. Dr Tucker is a chartered engineer and a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. His work in real-time computer control of reaction injection molding machines was the basis of his admission to charter membership in the British Computer Society. Currently, Dr Tucker leads a number of commercial biomaterials research collaborations at the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research. Dr Tucker has extensive writing and publication experience. He has published 9 refereed journal papers, and has 9 patent and registered design applications, 4 books, and 2 book chapters, as well as 17 government and commercial reports and 8 magazine articles. He has also presented 48 conference papers. Dr Tucker began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr Amber Sawyer’s research has involved evaluating novel polymeric and ceramic formulations of orthopedic bone cements, and investigating the mechanisms regulating mesenchymal stem cell adhesion to biomimetically-functionalized hydroxyapatite biomaterials for bone tissue engineering applications. Dr Sawyer’s training includes materials science, biomechanics, bone tissue engineering, cell culture, protein assays, histology, bone histomorphometry, and extensive animal work for orthotopic and ectopic models. She has received numerous awards for her research including Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year in Biomedical Engineering (2005). Dr Sawyer is a well-published first author and is a referee for several biomaterial-related international journals. From 2006 through 2008, she held a post-doctoral research position in Singapore with the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, studying the role of heparan sulfates in segmental bone repair. Dr Sawyer joined Edanz as an editor in early 2009.

Dr Mahkdum was a Research Fellow at the University College London before becoming a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Scripps Institute at the University of California, San Diego, in California. Since 2000, Dr Makhdum has been a medical writer and editor holding various positions including Managing Editor at Elsevier in Oxford from 2005 to 2007. Dr Makhdum began as an editor with Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji (Edanz Editing China) in 2008.

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.

Dr Campbell trained in the US, including as a post-doc at the NASA Ames Research Center, in the fields of paleontology, paleoecology, paleoenvironmental analysis, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, and astrobiology. For the past decade, she has taught and conducted research at The University of Auckland in New Zealand. Her specialty is the geologic record of life in extreme environments, with active research programs in the western US, New Zealand and South America, studying ancient hot/cold springs as analogs for early life on Earth and possible life on other planets. Dr Campbell has extensive science writing and editing experience, having published 45 peer-reviewed book chapters or papers in international journals, and successfully competed for research funding from national and international organizations. She has reviewed numerous theses, research papers and grant proposals as a supervisor, colleague, peer reviewer and journal board/associate editor. Dr Campbell began working for the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Laura Kuhar is a research scientist in the Precious and Base Metals Hydrometallurgy group of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Perth, Australia. Dr Kuhar has always displayed an interest in writing and is currently a reviewer for the Minerals Engineering journal and a former assistant editor of the De Beers Science and Engineering Review. She has published six internationally refereed papers, over 40 peer-reviewed industry reports or technical notes, and has presented at two international conferences. Her work experience has been in chemical, mechanical, mineral and metallurgical processing and fundamental chemical research. Dr Kuhar edits in a variety of fields and began work with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Haase is a mathematical physicist with diverse interests ranging from astronomy to quantum mechanics, but specializing in the area of symmetries in nature and the applications of algebras and group theory to physical systems. After a post-doctoral position at the Universitat Wien, Austria, he was awarded a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung in 1985 studying quasicrystals at the Universitat Tubingen, Germany. As principal researcher from 1990 to 1993 at the Centro Internacional de Fisica in Bogota, Colombia, his research interests extended to the applications of the non-compact symplectic group to quantum dots, q-deformed quantum algebras and groups applied to mass generation, and fullerenes. From 1994 to 2004 he became associate professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He returned to his native New Zealand to pursue research into the applications of geometric algebras in physics. Dr Haase began working with Edanz Editing as an editor in fields associated with mathematical physics in 2008.

Dr McKenzie is a research associate at Rhodes University, South Africa, and is the Production Editor of the African Journal of Range and Forage Science, Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology and Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science. Dr McKenzie has extensive writing experience and his research skills cover areas of plant taxonomy and nomenclature, DNA sequencing and PCR techniques, microscopy, phylogenetic and phenetic data analysis methods, pollination ecology, histology, cytology, PAGE electrophoresis, and the isolation and monosaccharide analysis of plant cell walls. Dr McKenzie began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2007 and his current research is focused on plant systematics and evolution, specializing in groups in the Asteraceae family, phylogenetics, biogeography, morphology and reproductive biology, hybridization, and plant breeding systems.

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

Dr Shoemaker's scientific background is in pharmacology and toxicology with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases, endocrine disorders and gastroenterology. For her PhD, she investigated and published on the involvement of the second cannabinoid receptor (CB2) in the pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. For her post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University, she studied the pathophysiology of enteric axons during the early stages of diabetes. Dr Shoemaker is an experienced editor and began working for the Edanz Group in early 2009.

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 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.

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.

Dr Mosi’s PhD studies involved the mechanism of reaction of two alpha glycosyltransferases, glycogen phosphorylase and cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase, through the use of modified substrates and inhibitors. Dr Mosi is a senior research scientist with eight years’ experience in pharmaceutical drug research. She has developed and implemented novel assays for the purpose of the identification of inhibitors of metallo-enzymes as antibacterials and inhibitors of cysteine proteases for the treatment of cancer. Dr Mosi has applied expertise in enzymology, receptor based cell biology, drug metabolism and protein purification and production. As well, she has designed and standardized systems and procedures for interpreting scientific results. She also has a sound knowledge of FDA guidelines and is trained in GLP and GMP procedures. Dr Mosi is a past member of the Drug Information Association, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, Society for Biomolecular Screening, American Society of Microbiology, and the Canadian Society of Chemistry. As first author of 10 published, peer reviewed manuscripts, and as editor of numerous other papers in fields of biology, biochemistry, chemistry and pharmacology, Dr Mosi brings an extensive writing background to her editing work for Edanz Editing.

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.

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 Raye is a molecular biologist employed by Monash University as a Research Fellow in the fast-changing field of stem cell biology. His doctoral thesis was entitled "An investigation into the status of porcine circovirus in Australia". Dr Raye is an experienced researcher and lecturer, at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. He also conducts independent research in the areas of molecular virology, inflammation and stem cell biology. His current work at Monash University involves creating embryonic stem cell lines with various reporter systems for use in small molecule drug screening assays. Other skills and techniques he possesses include mammalian and insect cell culture; growth and differentiation of embryonic stem cell cultures; purification of viruses; PCR; cloning; DNA sequencing and analysis; DNA/RNA manipulation and isolation; expression and purification of recombinant proteins in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems; electrophoresis; development and optimization of ELISAs; design and construction of recombinant viruses for eukaryotic protein expression; in situ hybridization; monoclonal antibody production; and live cell calcium imaging. Dr Raye began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

Dr Hodgson, an internationally renowned scientist and educator, is a Professor of Zoology lecturing in invertebrate biology, cell structure and function, animal reproduction, environmental physiology, marine biology and introductory microscopy. His interests are in reproductive biology, particularly in developmental processes in gametogenesis of invertebrates, structure and function of spermatozoa, comparative sperm structure and its application in taxonomy and evolutionary biology, reproductive biology/ecology of mollusks, and the physiology of spermatozoa. As well, estuarine biology, and the management of estuarine and intertidal resources, are fields in which Dr Hodgson carries out research. Dr Hodgson has published extensively, with 109 publications in peer evaluated scientific journals, a book and chapters in five other books. He is a peer reviewer for 21 international journals associated with marine biology. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the Malacological Society of London, International Society of Invertebrate Reproduction, Unitas Malacologica, Microscopy Society of Southern Africa, Zoological Society of Southern Africa, Royal Society of South Africa, Californian Malacological Society, American Microscopical Society, and Marine Biological Association of Plymouth.

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.

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.

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 Morben has six years of experience in veterinary medicine. She currently works as a general practitioner in the United States. In addition, Dr Morben has extensive experience editing and proofreading a wide variety of research manuscripts and is a member of the American Medical Writers Association. Dr Morben began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Kraabel’s PhD was in experimental condensed matter. Since 1995 he has worked in research and development in both academia and industry. His specialties are condensed matter physics, optics (linear and nonlinear), and materials science. His interests include conjugated polymers, nanocrystals, ultrafast pulsed lasers, nonlinear optics, light-matter interactions, and object-oriented programming. He has both authored and edited numerous reports for publication in peer reviewed scientific journals, as well as grant applications, patent applications and white papers. Dr Kraabel began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

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 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 Price has a background in the field of environmental science and her research interests cover soil trace gas exchange (methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide), soil biology and biochemistry and the cycling of major elements such as carbon and nitrogen. Her PhD studies, which involved intensive field, laboratory and modeling, focused on understanding methane oxidation in a pristine indigenous forest soil. Dr Price was awarded a New Zealand Science and Technology Post-doctoral Fellowship, being involved in regular field measurements as well as modelling of soil methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide exchange from a regenerating sequence of native scrub. Dr Price has experience in writing for many different formats including journal articles, has edited for the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal, and has presented data at numerous conferences. Dr Price began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.

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.

Mr Art Riddle has over 10 years of experience in neuroscience research and writing and is currently in the final stages of his MD/PhD. His research has focused on neuro-development and mechanisms of neurological injury. He has performed studies on neurotoxicology and experience-dependent plasticity in the developing rodent. For his doctoral research Mr Riddle is studying glial injury in small and preclinical animal models of hypoxic-ischemic preterm brain injury. In his studies he has become technically proficient in immunohistochemistry, slice culture, primary-cell culture, immunoblotting, protein purification, animal surgery, animal physiology, blood flow measurement, light/fluorescence/confocal microscopy, medical imaging and high-field magnetic resonance imaging. Mr Riddle is trained as a clinician and is familiar with human anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and epidemiology. He has written numerous peer-reviewed articles published in the Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Child Neurology, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, and Stroke. He also has experience as a scientific writer in a range of topics including cerebral palsy, neurodegeneration, neurotoxicology, gliosis and cerebral blood flow. Art Riddle began working with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Mr Knight’s Master’s research focused on cognitive neuroscience and biopsychology research paradigms and techniques, including electroencephalography (EEG) and functional neuroimaging such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). At Auckland University, he tutored undergraduate general psychology, neuroanatomy, cognitive and perceptual psychology, and biopsychology courses, and acted as EEG lab manager. In 2008, he was employed by the University of Otago as an editor and writer of research papers from 11 years of collected data in the fields of biology, zoology, climatology, marine systems and ecology. Mr Knight is currently involved in PhD research at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, focusing on evolutionary and comparative psychology, and branching into zoology, anthropology, developmental psychology, animal behavior and human ecology. Mr Knight has presented research at several international conferences and has published peer-reviewed papers in psychology, zoology and ecology. Mr Knight began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

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.

Dr Fredieu has over 25 years’ experience in basic science research and education. He has published journal articles and text chapters that examine topics of neural development and tissue morphogenesis in a wide variety of animal models. His particular interests are inductive signals and tissue interactions in early development. Dr Fredieu has over 10 years of experience editing for publication manuscripts written in English by non-English-speaking researchers. Dr Fredieu began editing for Edanz in 2008.

Dr Gorman is an active research geophysicist with both academic and industrial experience. A major focus of his research is the use of seismic imaging techniques to investigate geological processes and structures. Since 2003, Dr Gorman has been a lecturer at the Geology Department of the University of Otago. His current research involves the investigation of seafloor geology using a range of geophysical techniques. Through his active, collaborative research and publishing record, Dr Gorman has extensive experience in technical writing and editing. Dr Gorman began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

Dr Smith lectured in Mathematics at the University of Auckland from 1970 until 2008. He served for five years as Editor for the Mathematical Chronicle (now the New Zealand Journal of Mathematics) and for eight years as Editor of the quarterly NZMS Newsletter. His research interest has been in the area of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, and more recently in the specialized topic of multiplication modules. He has authored or co-authored some 15 research articles in refereed international journals together with one undergraduate textbook on linear algebra.

Dr Gautam Bijur is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The focus of 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 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 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 is a university computer science lecturer in the theory of computing, focusing on all programming languages, including C++ and object-oriented programming as well as distributed and parallel programming. Dr Bradshaw has several published reports and is an experienced editor of manuscripts in all fields with aspects of computer science and mathematics. She began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2007.

Dr Hughes is currently a project environmental scientist at ENSR Australia, a consulting firm that advises the mineral exploration industry. He was previously a lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Geographic Information Systems at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Dr Hughes’ PhD research was focused on the effects of past climate change on landscape evolution and ecosystem dynamics, while his Masters research was based on quantitative modeling of soil landscapes. He has presented at several conferences and is presently publishing in several peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Humphries is a mathematician whose research areas include phylogenetics, graph theory, matroid theory, and number theory. His research also involves theoretical, discrete and general mathematics, along with combinatorics. Dr Humphries brings excellent writing and editing skills from his work experience as an English teacher, and more recently as an instructor and lecturer for university-level mathematics students. Dr Humphries began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

Dr Forth is a physiologist with unique credentials in extreme environment physiology. She worked as Physiologist at the European Space Agency in international multi-disciplinary projects. She has dived with the British Marines, and conducted research in simulated microgravity on parabolic flights from Star City, Russia, for which she won the MIR award in 2003. She has won many other awards including the Colt Foundation fellowship. Her thesis, “Chemoreceptor Renin-Angiotensin System Activity and the Ventilatory Response to Acute Hypoxia, Hypercapnia and Exertional Hypoxia,” investigated associations between genetic polymorphisms and control of ventilation. Rebecca is a former Director for the final year UCL BSc course, Space Medicine and Extreme Environment Physiology. She was a research fellow between 2002 and 2008, and a consultant for the Science Media Centre since 2005. Dr Forth began working for the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Devenish's current research examines the role of quaternary structure in enzyme function. His PhD was obtained in organic chemistry, in the field of natural products isolation and hemisynthesis, and also involved significant amounts of peptide synthesis as well as polymer chemistry. Dr Devenish’s recent research has been in the field of enzymology, where he has worked on biochemical and biophysical characterization of enzymes, molecular cloning techniques and site-directed mutagenesis. Dr Devenish continues in active research, and has a successful publication record. Dr Devenish started working with the Edanz Group in 2009.

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.

Ms Weidow is a freelance scientific and medical editor with over 6 years experience as a writer and editor in academia, healthcare, and industry. Ms Weidow has degrees in microbiology, statistics, and English from The University of Tennessee, with additional training in scientific writing at Vanderbilt University. She did her thesis research in a multidisciplinary cancer biology laboratory, where she designed small peptide therapeutics for the adjuvant treatment of some cancers. She has worked in academic laboratories for many years, and has contributed in various capacities (writing, editing, data analysis) to hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, funded grant proposals, patents, abstracts, posters, standard operating procedures, media releases, and many other types of technical literature. Ms Weidow is a member of the Council of Science Editors, the American Medical Writers Association, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing. She edits and writes in a wide range of subject areas – most notably microbiology, cancer biology, oncology, cell biology, matrix biology, bioengineering, immunology, biostatistics, and method development. She began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Following the completion of her PhD in biochemistry, Dr Bell was a post-doctoral fellow in the department of Medical Biochemistry at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and then in the department of Behavioural Neuroscience at OHSU, USA. Her postgraduate research focused on the isolation, regulation, action and biological effects of constitutively active MAPK molecules in a eukaryotic yeast model with reference to mammalian MAPKs. Her first post-doctoral post investigated the regulation of the transcription factor FoxC2 and the role of the PKA regulatory subunit RIIβ in adipocyte metabolism. This research had direct relevance to obesity and Type II diabetes. Following this research she then moved into the field of biochemical neuroscience, studying the signaling pathway of the D2 dopamine receptor in relation to receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and MAPK in primary neuronal cultures and in vivo. Throughout her career Dr Bell gained experience with a wide range of molecular biology techniques including genetic manipulation, yeast and mammalian cell culturing, animal breeding and dissection, DNA and mRNA analysis, molecular staining, imaging and protein biochemistry. Dr Bell has published 6 peer-reviewed papers, 3 as first author. Dr Bell also holds a patent related to her development of constitutively active MAPKs. Her current interests include the fields of scientific communication and education. Dr Bell joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

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.

Dr Lai qualified in medicine and underwent training in internal medicine, followed by specialization in oncology. Dr Lai was later responsible for clinical research programs of novel signal disrupting agents for solid tumors and hematological malignancies at a global pharmaceutical company. He has extensive experience in the process of drug development, from phase 1 dose-escalation studies to large-scale, phase 3 randomized controlled trials and post-marketing surveys. In addition, he is also experienced in regulatory and health economic issues related to pharmaceutical products. Dr Lai is an experienced editor and began editing for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Wright has been editing scientific manuscripts for non-native authors since 1997 and has been an editor for Edanz Editing since 2004. His scientific background is diverse, with the main scientific fields being in chemistry (organic, organometallic, inorganic and surface), semiconductors, biosensors (transducers, DNA and protein arrays) and nanotechnology. In 1996/7, Dr Wright was a Post-doctoral Fellow at The University of Tokyo, Japan, investigating novel catalytic pathways capable of generating ammonia under milder conditions than presently used in industry. As well as working for Edanz Editing, Dr Wright, now based in the UK, continues as a research scientist in the field of bionanosensors.

Dr Werry works for GlaxoSmithKline Ltd in the Neurosciences Centre of Excellence in Drug Discovery in Harlow, UK. Dr Werry studied G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) pharmacology and cellular signaling as part of his PhD in a thesis entitled "The effects of crosstalk on GPCR-mediated calcium signaling pathways". He has also worked in one of the premier pharmacology labs in the world with Prof Arthur Christopoulos at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, studying cellular signaling by variants of the serotonin 5HT2C receptor and the pharmacology and cell biology of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. Dr Werry's work has produced numerous publications including original research papers and authoritative reviews on calcium and ERK signaling and 5HT2C receptor RNA editing. His areas of expertise include pharmacology, neuroscience, G protein-coupled receptors and cellular signaling. Dr Werry began working with the Edanz Group as a writer and editor in 2010.

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.

Dr Nairn has over 15 years of research experience in Materials Science, Chemistry and Materials Engineering, mostly at Monash University and CSIRO, Australia. Her current research covers two main areas: Understanding and exploiting molecular mobility in materials, and Biological Materials Science. Her specific expertise is in the characterization of complicated materials. She collaborates with Synthetic Chemists, Molecular Biologists, Food Scientists, Mathematicians, Physicists and Chemical and Materials Engineers, and has published over 30 refereed papers. She has previously studied concrete, corrosion and corrosion monitoring, solid electrolytes and light metal alloys. She joined Edanz Group Japan as an editor in 2010.

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 Young’s research interests are in surface chemistry and interface science, particularly spectroscopy at surfaces/interfaces and the chemistry/reactivity of adsorbed species. His PhD thesis, entitled ‘Chemistry at Cadmium Sulfide Surfaces’, investigated the surface chemistry of synthetic inorganic particles, and explored factors important for their use in biological imaging applications. His current post doctoral research includes quantum dot based solar energy generation, and novel photo-catalytic nanotechnologies for marine antifouling applications. Dr Young's publication record includes papers from the fields of inorganic coordination polymers, nanoparticle synthesis and optical properties, adsorption kinetics and equilibria, structural properties of proteins at surfaces, and a comprehensive review entitled 'Square planar silver(I) complexes: A rare but increasingly observed stereochemistry for silver(I)', published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews. Dr Young began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Forbes’s PhD thesis topic was physico-chemical processes at the aqueous/iron oxide interface for micronutrient and toxic heavy metal species, with special emphasis on the role of coordinated inorganic ligands in the adsorption process. He has published in international journals in the diverse fields of soil science, micronutrient cycling in grazed pastoral systems, physicochemical adsorption processes and modeling, environmental and analytical chemistry, and textile chemistry and processing. He was the co-recipient of a Silver Research medal from the respected Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of London for a scientific paper on aspects of wool processing. He also has an MBA from Canterbury University and currently provides administrative, copyediting and science-related expertise to the Head, Centre for Soil & Environmental Quality, Lincoln University in New Zealand. Dr Forbes began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr MacEwen has 26 years experience in the IT field as a faculty member in the Department of Computing and Information Science at Queen's University in Canada. During this time he has published numerous journal and conference papers, published a textbook on computer systems, and acted as a reviewer for several research journals. He has supervised numerous PhD dissertations and served on many engineering and natural science examination committees. Dr MacEwen also co-founded a software company, Andyne Computing Limited, and became a director when it became a successful public company. Since leaving Queen’s University 10 years ago, Dr MacEwen has been a technical editor and writer. The fields he focuses on include computer security, computer systems, software engineering, computer science, formal methods, requirements specification, electrical engineering, engineering, mathematics, information technology, telecommunications, computer networks, and operating systems. Dr MacEwen joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2010.

Dr Wadsworth’s scientific background is pharmacology/microbiology with experience in both basic and clinical research. Dr Wadsworth worked in areas of basic research at Temple University Hospital, Section of Infectious Diseases, as well as working on a clinical protocol and grant for the study of antibiotics on mitochondrial protein synthesis. Dr Wadsworth’s technical skills include fluorescence technology, microbiological and molecular biological techniques, sub-cellular fractionation and immunological techniques. She has written 20 peer-reviewed articles, and prepared clinical protocols and informed consents for clinical trials. Dr Wadsworth began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Mr MacDonald is an experienced information scientist in the electronic and electrical engineering field. Following post-graduate research in optical fiber laser gyroscopes, he worked for Thomson Scientific from 1994 to 2007 as an indexer and abstractor of academic and scientific papers for the Inspec database, specializing in electronics, optoelectronics and semiconductor electronics, and later telecommunications. He then worked in a patent analyst role for Thomson, providing content for the Derwent World Patent Index, covering electronic materials and manufacturing, semiconductor devices and circuits and their manufacture, and electronic display technology including liquid crystal and electroluminescent displays. He began working as an editor for Edanz Editing in 2008.

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.

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.

Daniel H. Broaddus completed his PhD in Applied & Engineering Physics at Cornell University in June 2010. He has eight years of experience in optical science. While at Cornell, Dr Broaddus has been associated with the Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems and led research projects in nanophotonics and nonlinear optics. His dissertation research has applications in ultra-high-bandwidth telecommunications, material science, and laser physics. During his tenure at Princeton, Dr Broaddus was a research intern at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he gained a familiarity with plasma and high-field physics. His undergraduate thesis focused on high-density plasma generation in gases. Dr Broaddus joined the Edanz Group as a writer and editor in 2010.

Dr Juarros is a physicist with research experience in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics and has published papers in various international peer-reviewed journals, as well as presented at international conferences. Her research has involved examining light-matter interactions in highly quantum mechanical systems, specifically the formation of ultracold polar molecules. Samples of these molecules could be used to probe physics beyond the standard model and it has been proposed that ultracold polar molecules could be used to aid in the realization of a quantum computer. Dr Juarros also has several years of undergraduate teaching experience at the University of Connecticut in the USA and has held a Teaching Fellowship at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. She has been involved in the implementation of new teaching techniques, including group problem solving laboratories and interactive learning methods for lectures. Dr Juarros began working as a writer and editor for Edanz group in 2010.

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.

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 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.

Mr Pennycook was a member of a Japanese – New Zealand astrophysics project called "MOA" (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics), which essentially looked for dark matter candidates using various techniques. Mr Pennycook’s part of the project was published in the journal Astronomy. His postgraduate papers were in modern physics—astrophysics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics and relativity. Mr Pennycook has taught astronomy and mathematics at university. As well, he has a background of studies in psychology and education at postgraduate levels. He has published in science education magazines and climbing magazines. Indeed, he is an accomplished mountaineer, being co-founder and editor of New Zealand's most visited mountaineering information website, www.mountainz.co.nz. Mr Pennycook has been a full-time editor for Edanz Editing since the beginning of 2007, and edits in fields related to physics, mathematics and the physical sciences.

Dr Bertram’s PhD thesis was entitled 'Effects of cow urine and its constituents on soil microbial populations and nitrous oxide emissions'. This study encompassed soil chemical analyses, assessment of the soil microbiological community including phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis, and measuring greenhouse gases. Dr Bertram is an author of several papers published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at national and international conferences. She began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

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 Steen’s experience is related to anything to do with the brain; from human behavior to molecular biology and everything in between. He has done brain imaging research, using MRI to study pediatric stroke (particularly hematologic and genetic risk factors for stroke). Dr Steen has held Associate Professor positions in Psychiatry, as well as in Radiology, Pediatrics, and Biomedical Engineering. He has published 80 papers in refereed scientific literature, as well as 6 books and many book chapters. His specialties are brain imaging and clinical neurology, but Dr Steen has also written in the fields of epidemiology, genetics, exercise physiology, psychology, allergy, cardiology, sleep medicine, pulmonology, orthopedics, research ethics, and even invertebrate zoology. Dr Steen joined the Edanz Group as a writer and editor in 2010.

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.

Ms Seminara has helped authors prepare manuscripts for international medical journals for over 22 years. Her career began at W.B. Saunders Company (Elsevier) in 1988, where she started as a Production Editor, soon becoming the Operations Manager of the Journals Department. Since 1993, she has been a freelance editor helping clients in the fields of medical communications, publishing, and advertising. Ms Seminara also writes and develops for clients an array of biomedical materials, including scientific posters, abstracts, slide kits, monographs, dossiers, competitive analyses, feature articles, formulary kits, publication plans, CME/USMLE materials, author biographies, web content, and product training materials. She works across a multitude of therapeutic areas, including oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, surgery, pharmacology, digital imaging, and pain management. Ms Seminara is a Member of the American Medical Writers Association and serves as Senior Editor for the International Scleroderma Network. She is the creator of Senior Sez Games for senior citizens, which are appropriate for people in various stages of Alzheimer's disease. Ms Seminara joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2010.

Ms Buckley is an award-winning medical writer with 13 years of experience writing and editing for some of the world’s leading, authorities in the fields of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, nutrition, weight loss surgery, obstetrics, epidemiology, public health, and minimally invasive surgery. She specializes in the delivery of publication-ready manuscripts being involved in a combination of writing, editing, and proofreading services. Ms Buckley has edited and/or authored over 200 publications. Her work has been published in textbooks and top-tier peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nature, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Journal of Nutrition, and Nature Cardiovascular. Ms Buckley graduated summa cum laude in three years from Boston University (Boston, MA, USA) with a degree in Communications. She recently edited Obesity Epidemiology (Oxford University Press) by Frank B, Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA). Ms Buckley joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2010.

Dr Hanton undertook post-doctoral research in intertidal ecology including the spatial and temporal dynamics of intertidal and coastal species. She has a strong academic background and skills in database management, having maintained, compiled and developed bibliographic databases with a focus on aquatic biology, water science and technology, African natural and cultural history, and ornithology. She currently teaches in the fields of mathematics, biology, and computer studies. Dr Hanton has published extensively and began editing for Edanz Editing in 2007, editing in a variety of areas.

Dr Robinson is a Senior Fellow in Mathematics at the University of Canterbury, where he has lectured since 1962. His publications range from pure graph theory to combinatorial optimization with applications to operations research, engineering, architecture and medicine. Dr Robinson has also written in major journals on the architecture of plants. He began working with Edanz Editing in 2008.

Dr Murnane is a biologist with particular experience in neuroscience and pharmacology. His PhD dissertation topic was an examination of the in vivo pharmacology of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”). Dr Murnane is currently a post doctoral fellow at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, the United States. He has received numerous prestigious honors and awards for his research. Dr Murnane is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. His present research interests include studying the in vivo effects of psychostimulants using behavioral pharmacology, neurochemistry, and neuroimaging techniques. Dr Murnane also has significant experience in the fields of addiction, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, cognition, comparative psychology, and animal behavior. In 2010 he joined Edanz Group, where he applies his research background and expertise as a writer and editor to assist clients achieve their publication goals.

Dr Pipe’s PhD research focused on biological modeling; investigating colony growth dynamics of two species of bacteria on high-nutrient agar with a view to developing a mathematical model based on fundamental physical processes to mimic observed growth behavior. She then tested the model by numerical simulation. During her PhD research, Dr Pipe developed numerical techniques to simulate nutrient flows, and worked on reaction-diffusion equations and their applications. She has also studied biological science topics at the postgraduate level, including bioinformatics and structural biology. Dr Pipe has a broad range of academic interests related to biophysics, and subjects ranging from food science to microbial ecology. Specialized areas include modeling of tumor growth, environmental aspects of bacterial growth in foods, and biofilm development. Dr Pipe joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2010.

Dr Stevenson is a chemist who has served as principal investigator on a variety of projects in areas of organic and polymer chemistry. His PhD research on hypervalent organosilicon compounds involved both synthetic and mechanistic work as well as extensive use of spectroscopy. After graduation he was employed at Owens-Corning Fiberglas from 1984–1986, synthesizing organosilicon compounds for use as coupling agents in fiberglass reinforced composites. He then worked on projects dealing with the synthesis, formulation, and testing of energetic compounds in propellants and explosives. A former chairman of the North Alabama Section of the American Chemical Society, he has published a number of articles in prestigious journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Dr Stevenson began work as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Mündermann’s scientific background is biomechanics with an emphasis on degenerative joint disease and joint loading. For her PhD, she investigated mechanics of running with different types of foot orthoses and received the Chancellors' Gold Medal for her dissertation. As a Post-doctoral Fellow at Stanford University, she focused on mechanical and biological factors in the initiation and progression of osteoarthritis. Dr Mündermann is currently a part-time Senior Research Fellow at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Dr Mündermann's technical skills include motion analysis, inverse dynamics, force measurements, electromyography, pressure measurements, MR imaging and Western blots. She has written numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, acted as a reviewer for several journals and has experience in medical writing in a wide range of topics including sport science, rheumatology, orthopedics, biomedical engineering, biomechanics, obesity, rehabilitation, physiotherapy and sport injuries. Dr Mündermann began working with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr O'Sullivan has been an active researcher in the field of aquaculture, as well as being involved practically in the development of several aquaculture industries in both Ireland and Australia. Widely published in his field, Dr O’Sullivan is now a full-time copyeditor. From 1994 to 2000 undertaking English correction of journals and book editing for Elsevier Science BV (Amsterdam), Dr O’Sullivan worked in the fields of science and medicine. Dr O’Sullivan has also copyedited for Taylor & Francis, Oxford. Dr O’Sullivan began working with Edanz Editing in 2006.

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.

Dr Juren has extensive experience in research and editing in the biological science fields. She is currently the editor of the Canadian Contemporary Acupuncture Association’s quarterly publication “The AcuPoint.” During her undergraduate degree, Dr Juren worked with rats to publish behavioral neuroscience research. Dr Juren continued to perform research into human biomechanics and multiple sclerosis in chiropractic college, and graduated Summa Cum Laude as the valedictorian of her class. She is currently a practicing sports physician in Connecticut. Dr Juren joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010 and works on papers related to human biology, kinesiology, and neuroscience.

Patrick is a recent Applied Linguistics graduate with a particular focus on Asian studies, Sanskrit literature, and endangered languages. Patrick speaks Hindi and Sanskrit. In the last few years Patrick has worked as a research assistant on the history of psychiatry and pharmacology. He began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Mr Betzel is currently a doctoral student at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he is investigating the use of synthetic diamonds as X-ray detectors for clinical applications. Mr Betzel has over six years of experience authoring medical, accelerator, and detector physics research in peer-reviewed journals and other publications. He has laboratory experience at both the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory in the United States. He worked previously for three years in a professional engineering research and manufacturing environment. Mr Betzel began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

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

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.

Ms Roberts is a university tutor in chemistry and soil science. She previously worked as an environmental scientist specializing in contaminated site remediation. She has also been an analytical chemist, specializing in GC/MS. She is currently involved in research associated with teaching science at a tertiary level. Ms Roberts began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Frost is a licensed psychologist with extensive teaching and clinical experience. For the past 20 years she has worked closely with reproductive endocrinologists providing psychological evaluations of oocyte donors and gestational carriers. She also provides infertility counseling for assisted reproduction patients. Prior to her clinical practice, she was Professor of Psychology at Tarrant County College and served two years as Chair of the Psychology Department. She has also provided training for businesses and organizations in the areas of personality type and management style, conflict resolution, communication, and team building. Dr Frost began editing for the Edanz Group in 2008.

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.

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.

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.

John Kristiansen has worked as a pharmacist since 1990. From 1992-2007 he held clinical positions in NZ and UK pediatric hospitals, including seven years as the Children’s Health Pharmacist Team Leader at Starship/Auckland City Hospital. Mr Kristiansen has worked clinically in a range of pediatric sub-specialties: hematology and oncology, solid organ transplantation, intensive care, respiratory disease, and total parenteral nutrition. Since 2007 he has been working as a Quality Use of Medicines Pharmacist/Project Manager for initiatives focused on the primary health care sector. He writes and edits pharmaceutical educational materials for health professionals and evaluates interventions that promote the safe and effective use of medicines. He joined the Edanz Group in 2010 and is a specialist editor in the fields of pharmacy practice, drugs and therapeutics, and allied health fields.

Ms 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.

Geoff Cardwell has over 35 years experience in the electrical power industry, mainly in quality systems and technology development; including being Project QA Coordinator for a South African nuclear power station team. He later became Group QA and Technology Manager for the ABB companies in South Africa. After moving to New Zealand in 1993 he worked as a consulting electrical engineer and also studied business systems and IT as well as lecturing post-graduate engineering management students on quality systems and business processes. Mr Caldwell has also researched delivery systems for health care. He was inaugural Chairman of the New Zealand National Committee of CIGRE, the Paris based International Council on Large Electric Systems. Mr Cardwell has presented papers at conferences in South Africa, the United States and New Zealand. His publications, including one in Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, have focused on TQM, but have also discussed failure prevention and transformer oil testing. Mr Cardwell began as an Edanz Group editor in 2010 and edits in fields related to engineering, business systems, information technology and health research topics.

Mr Kamen’s original research was into the presence of freshwater archaea in New York State Lakes using PCR and DNA sequencing. He conducted fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) as part of his Master’s thesis. He also analyzed water samples for Chl A, Nitrogen, Phosphorous and TOC according to the APHA Standard Methods. Mr Kamen has also worked on environmental assessments of soil and groundwater contamination and the monitoring of chemicals in waterways. Mr Kamen gained over five years of experience as a senior microbiology analyst in New York using traditional microbiology techniques as well as GC, real time-PCR, and fluorescence microscopy various microbiological and biochemical techniques as well as the MIDI system. He was also in charge of all Legionella analysis, which was conducted in accordance with CDC guidelines. He has worked as a science editor for non-native authored manuscripts since 2006. Mr Kamen began as an editor with Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji (Edanz Editing China) in 2008.

After graduating, Dr Dobinson worked as a preclinical research scientist for Sandoz (Switzerland) for four years in the area of neurophysiology. Since then, he has been a senior lecturer in anatomy and physiology and pathology for 23 years (with particular strengths in endocrinology and reproductive physiology). For the last four years he has been working as an independent consultant specializing in written and visual communication, principally in the area of biomedical science.

Ms Victor is currently in her final year of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Medical Genome Sciences at The University of Tokyo. Her doctoral thesis involves Influenza A vaccine research and development. Prior to her doctoral candidacy, Ms Victor was a part of the Life Science Accelerator (LSA) Technology Development Group at RIKEN Yokohama Institute. She has extensive laboratory experience in genomics research and pharmacodiagnostics, dairy protein chemistry, cancer biology and therapeutics, nutrition in cancer, zebrafish developmental biology, and plant antimicrobial agent research. She also has a working knowledge of most laboratory techniques including: primer design and optimization, protocol development, next-generation sequencing, cell culture, reverse genetics, virus amplification, purification & titration, animal experiments, SDS-PAGE, 2D-PAGE, PCR & RT-PCR, affinity HPLC, gas filtration chromatography, surface plasmon resonance, ELISA, enzyme activity assays, western blotting, EMSA, DNA/RNA extraction, fluorescence/whole-mount in-situ hybridization, microscopy, molecular cloning & plasmid preparation, and bacterial culture. Ms Victor is also interested in the interface of science with business, particularly in the field of bioentrepreneurship, and she has an MBA in Finance. Ms Victor began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Alfaro is a marine biologist with special interests in invertebrate ecology and aquaculture. Her research is inter-disciplinary (i.e., chemistry, physiology, microbiology, genetics, geology, statistics), and aims to elucidate the complex interactions among organisms and their environments. Current projects include the ecology and cultivation of mussels, and estuarine community ecology (i.e., food web dynamics). She is skilled in the design and implementation of field and laboratory experiments that incorporate tools and approaches from a variety of fields. Dr Alfaro is a Senior Lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Dr Alfaro began working as an editor for Edanz Editing in 2008.

Dr Vocadlo is a chemist with six years’ experience in medicinal chemistry and drug product development in biotech companies. As a researcher she was involved in multi-step synthesis and spectroscopic analysis of compounds, including experiment planning, execution, compound isolation, purification and identification. Dr Vocadlo has also gathered and evaluated information, and then prepared regulatory submissions for NDA (New Drug Applications of the US FDA). As well as being a published first author, Dr Vocadlo has extensive experience in technical writing and editing (theses, manuscripts, protocols and reports). Dr Vocadlo began working with Edanz Editing in 2007.

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.

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.

Mr Froese is a plasma physicist who specializes in particle-in-cell simulation of experimental plasma devices. His Master's thesis was an examination of the nonlinear effects in inductively coupled plasmas. His current PhD studies focus on parallel heat transport in the scrape-off layer of tokamaks. He has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is an experienced editor of scientific papers and presentations. Mr Froese began working for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Rory graduated with first-class honors in physics at the University of Otago, and is currently a PhD candidate in upper atmospheric and space physics. His PhD uses the combination of satellite- and ground-based measurements to study the effect of atmospheric electron precipitation during geomagnetic disturbances. During his post-graduate research, he has published four papers in refereed journals (one as first author) and presented at four international conferences. The work from his PhD has been covered by mass media including Physics Today, Pour la Science and ABC News. Rory began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Ryan Balis is a writer and with five years of professional experience analyzing public policy issues in a Washington, DC, research organization (“think tank”). He has published articles in major US and international newspapers and written on such diverse policy topics as the environment, health care, and regulation. Ryan began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

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.

Mr White’s MSc research centered on the organometallic chemistry of various platinum group metals. His research focused on the synthesis and characterization of various cyclometalated gold and palladium compounds, using {Pt2S2} as a bridging and stabilizing ligand. Major characterization techniques used were ESMS, 13C nmr and x-ray diffraction studies. Mr White has worked in a number of jobs in industry in the UK ranging from metal recovery and catalysis studies through to environmental consultancy. He is currently a technical specialist for the Europe, Middle East and Asia region for a leading water microbiology testing company. Mr White began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr Elgin has specialized in Emergency Medicine and has undertaken the New Zealand Postgraduate Diploma in Community Emergency Medicine. As well as having wide experience in general surgical procedures, Dr Elgin’s career has had a special focus on the emergency management of trauma as well as pediatric and cardiac life support. Dr Elgin began editing for Edanz Editing in 2006 and edits in fields related to both research and practical medicine.　

Ms McAuley has worked as a research scientist and lecturer focusing on large animals in areas of genetics, reproductive endocrinology, molecular biology, pregnancy and parturition, sexual differentiation and development, and artificial breeding technologies. Ms McAuley’s Laboratory Skills include protein assays (RIA, ELISA), molecular biology techniques (DNA cloning, plasmid preparation and purification, electrophoresis), cell culture, transfection, in-vitro production of embryos, oocyte aspiration, and embryo grading and vitrification. Her veterinary skills include artificial insemination, embryo transfer, uterine flushing, and necropsy. She began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2007.

From 1993 to 2006, Dr Helliwell held positions in several research organizations as a Research Fellow in the areas of Anatomy with Radiology, Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Molecular Endocrinology. Dr Helliwell is a highly regarded and well published (12 first authored reports and numerous abstracts) scientist in her field; as well she is an invited peer reviewer for many international journals. She has strong analytical skills that she brings to the editing of manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals. She joined Edanz Editing in late 2006. Her fields of editing can best be described by the following areas of competence: basic molecular and cell biology techniques, in situ hybridization, cell and tissue culture, immunocytochemistry, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, Western blotting and zymography, receptor autoradiography and receptor binding assays, mammalian neuroanatomy and neuroendocrinology.

Ms Chambers specializes in Geochemistry and Earth System Science, investigating the changing relationship between the Asian monsoon and the El Nino phenomenon and completing a research project on the effects of Antarctic sea ice on climate entitled "The Palaeoceanography of the Weddell Sea." Ms Chambers works in Beijing as a writer and editor, and began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Mr Hoisak’s scientific background is in medical physics and medical imaging with an emphasis on imaging and therapy with ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. He is currently completing his PhD at the University of Toronto, where he is developing image analysis methods for assessing response of tumors to radiation therapy. His MSc work investigated the stability and time-dependent variability of the correlation between external surrogates of breathing and lung tumor motion, using X-ray fluoroscopy. He is experienced with many image analysis techniques including pattern recognition, texture analysis, rigid and deformable image registration. In addition, Mr Hoisak has conducted research with medical imaging systems such as magnetic resonance (MR), 4D computed tomography (CT), megavoltage and cone-beam CT, and positron emission tomography (PET), and has developed imaging phantoms and quality assurance procedures for both imaging and therapy systems. His research has investigated clinical problems in brain, lung, prostate and head and neck carcinomas, as well as sarcoma and lymphoma. Mr Hoisak has written several peer-reviewed journal articles in Medical Imaging. Mr Hoisak began working with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Ms Bradshaw has been an Assistant Research Fellow at the University of Otago (New Zealand), and more recently, a Scientific Writer and Research Associate at Queen's University (Canada). Ms Bradshaw's Master's thesis was an evaluation of the effects of a lifestyle-based intervention for overweight and obese women. She has several peer-reviewed publications and also has experience writing government reports and policy briefs. Ms Bradshaw began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

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

Ms Gignac is a biologist and biology teacher with a wide range of experience, including immunology and diabetes research, forestry and biodiversity research, and wildlife habits and habitats. Her editing experience includes MSc and PhD theses, peer-reviewed manuscripts and conference presentations for East Asian authors. Ms Gignac began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Mr Grove has worked as a research scientist with the University of Otago (New Zealand) and the University of Western Australia, focusing on marine benthic ecology, marine environmental impact assessment, marine invertebrate taxonomy and underwater habitat mapping. He has had several reports published in peer-reviewed journals, particularly those relating to the multivariate statistical analysis of marine communities. He also has experience with the application of video technology for underwater research and a background in physiology and human health science. Mr Grove began working with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Webster’s research has elucidated the biochemical and physiological mechanisms controlling the uptake and assimilation of free amino acids and the influence of Na+ and K+ ion gradients on these mechanisms. Since 1993, Dr Webster has been a Biomedical Indexer for Crossaig/Thomson and Derwent/Thomson Scientific. This work has included the therapeutic use of drugs, details of dosages and frequency of administration, drug comparisons and combinations, drug pharmacology and pharmacokinetic parameters, adverse effects/toxicity and treatment outcome. Dr Webster began working with Edanz Editing in 2006, editing in the fields of biological and environmental sciences.

Mr Walker was awarded a United States Fulbright Fellow Scholar for study and research in Japan, 1996–1997, and then a Monbushou (Monbukagakushou) Research Scholarship from Japan’s Ministry of Education, 1998–2003. He has also been awarded a Korea Foundation Scholarship for Language Training at the Yonsei University, Korean Language Institute, Seoul, 2005–2006. Mr Walker is a linguistics expert and fluently reads and speaks Japanese and Korean, as well as reading and speaking Mandarin. He has worked as a part-time manuscript editor for Edanz Editing since 2003, becoming full-time in 2006, and specializing in areas of psychology, and social and environmental studies. Mr Walker is presently the Chief Editor and Director of Edanz Editing’s Beijing office, Liwen Bianji.

Ms Korndoerfer's academic training is diverse. As well as studies in the health and environmental sciences, she also has experience in the fields of nutrition, urban planning, physical and human geography, and ecology. For her Master’s thesis she investigated the natural resource dependence of a rural Nigerian village, using a combination of social sciences, ecological, and remote sensing techniques. Ms Korndoerfer began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

A skilled musician, Mr Rogers first specialized in the field of acoustics, at EMI Ltd (London) and then at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand (until 1977). He also worked as Senior Medical Physicist at the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, from 1962 until 1993. Mr Rogers has authored 15 reviewed papers in journals in medical physics and medicine. These were in fields including oncology, nuclear medicine, ophthalmology and endocrinology. He has also worked with applications of dedicated computers to areas of medicine. He has been a Member of the Australasian College of Medical Physical Scientists and Bioengineers in Medicine since 1969. Mr Rogers began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Mr Bann’s academic background is in psychology, the life sciences, and ecology. He has taught sciences and English to non-native speakers. He currently works for Springer, as a Technical/Language Editor for a general clinical medicine journal. He applies his strong understanding of statistics, along with his knowledge of the peer-review and publication process to help improve the clarity and content of manuscripts written by non-native English speakers. Mr Bann began working with Edanz Editing in 2008.

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.

Mr Janiszewski is a PhD candidate in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University in Canada. His MSc thesis focused on the alterations in body composition and metabolic/endocrine profiles of adult survivors of childhood leukemia. His recent studies and publications have involved topics including abdominal obesity, physical inactivity, cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, sexual dysfunction, diet, exercise, and obesity management. Mr Janiszewski has published 12 papers (six as first-author) in journals such as Diabetes Care, Archives of Internal Medicine, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Sexual Medicine, Diabetologia, and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He has also first-authored a book chapter by the title, "Physical Activity in the Management of Visceral Obesity and Related Cardiometabolic Risk." Mr Janiszewski’s current project is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and focuses on the effect of lifestyle modification on erectile dysfunction among obese and sedentary men. Mr Janiszewski started working with the Edanz Group in 2009.

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.

Mr Muller's research has included work on the geochemistry and adsorption properties of arsenic in natural waters, and on the long-range transportation of persistent organic pollutants, particularly to alpine environments. His history study focused primarily on the 20th century, with particular emphasis on US, USSR, and Australasian issues. Mr Muller began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

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.

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.

Ms DesBrisay is resident in Halifax, Canada, where she works as a proof-editor and childbirth support professional. She writes and edits in the fields of individual and community health and well-being, and community development theories and models. Her Health Education degree included a strong focus on effective and accurate writing for scientific reports. She has also worked in the disease prevention field in the Dominican Republic, and has conducted HIV-AIDS prevention adolescent-focused field research in poor neighborhoods in Lima, Peru. She began work as an editor in medical and health-related fields for the Edanz Group in 2006, and is now also part of our quality control team.

Mr Campbell initially worked at the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratories at the University of Cambridge in the UK, working with highly innovative microelectronic devices. He worked in the mobile telecommunications industry specializing in the design and implementation of test and monitoring systems for mobile telephony networks. Currently he is undertaking a Graduate Diploma in Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Ms Olson has served as a production editor in the social science journals department at SAGE Publications, where she was responsible for production deadlines and consistency in articles' language and style. Her work has focused on the areas of communication, psychology, cultural studies, ethnography, gender studies, attention disorders, education, and the armed forces. Ms Olson is currently a graduate student in the journalism and mass communication program at Point Park University, where she is completing her thesis work with an emphasis on print publications. She began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Mr Frew is presently a Master of Applied Science candidate in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research interests include medical image processing and ultrasonic transducer hardware, with applications to medical diagnosis and prostate brachytherapy. Previously, Mr Frew worked at Victoria University of Wellington as a research assistant and spent two and a half years at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, developing medical devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. He has experience in a diverse range of topics, including biomedical engineering, microtechnology, electronics and risk management. Mr Frew began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

Mr Kulapaditharom is currently a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) candidate at McGill MBA Japan. Mr Kulapaditharom has two and a half years of structural engineering experience and has worked as an editor for scientific journal papers authored by non-native English authors. Mr Kulapaditharom began working with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Mr Allday is an economic consultant specializing in Chinese economics and industries. He has worked in Australia in various economic and business analyst roles. He also has extensive experience editing and rewriting research reports. Mr Allday began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2008, in fields associated with economics, business, commerce, management, strategy, history and politics.

Mr Ewen-Street is a retired Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Besides politics, his areas of expertise include earth sciences, ecology, agriculture and education. His Master’s thesis “Ecology and Experiential Learning: Education for a Healthy Planet” was an exploration of the role that self-esteem plays in behavioral change, with particular reference to environmental issues. Mr Ewen-Street has also worked as a geologist, a certified organic farmer and a teacher of mathematics and outdoor education.

Mr Hodgson completed his science degree in 2007 with a major in computer science and specialization in logic and computation. This course of study gave him a background in linguistics, philosophy and mathematics. His law degree focused on intellectual property rights with a particular emphasis on law in the IT field. He also covered topics on taxation and company law. Mr Hodgson worked in a development role for a software firm in Auckland, New Zealand, before joining the Edanz Group in 2009.

Ms Griffin has worked for an environmental consultancy specializing in ecology. As well as undertaking field surveys, her work included the preparation of reports on ecological issues such as renewable energy schemes (hydro-electric and wind energy), river and estuarine projects, and commercial and residential developments. Editing and auditing of environmental assessments were also part of her work. Her degree dissertation focused on the morphological development of salt marshes, and used analysis techniques including radiometric analysis and assessment of particle size. Prior to her environmental work career, Ms Griffin worked as a nurse and midwife in a variety of health care settings.

After graduating from Melbourne University, Mr Parris entered the IT development industry and for six years was involved in a variety of programming, systems analysis, and technical writing, editing and documentation roles. Mr Parris, who also speaks and writes German and Chinese, worked with language and editing fields before joining the Liwen Bianji (Edanz Editing – China) office in 2007 as an editor and IT staff. With his diversified science, IT and philosophy background, Mr Parris edits in fields related with chemistry, engineering, information technology, robotics, software development, philosophy and physics.