エディター経歴一覧

Ms Katharine James

2010 - MA in Psychological Research (upgraded to PhD), University of Cape Town, South Africa

2005 - BSocSci Psychology and Organizational Psychology (Hons), University of Cape Town, South Africa

Ms James is currently in the final year of her PhD in Psychological Research in the departments of Psychology at the University of Cape Town and Clinical Neuroscience at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Her research focuses on Alzheimer's disease and risk factors for cognitive impairment in the elderly; covering the areas of cognition, psychosocial factors, neuroimaging and biomarkers. She is also currently completing her clinical training as a Neuropsychologist at Groote Schuur Hospital. Her particular interests are in the emerging fields of neuropsychology and gerontology. Ms James is also a university tutor for statistics and clinical psychology courses. She has presented parts of her research at local and international conferences and has published a paper in a set of conference proceedings. Ms James joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2012.

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Dr Alison Sherwin

注目エディター

3000稿超の日本人著者による論文を校正

1992 - PhD Biochemistry, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

1988 - BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

ニュージーランド在住。専門は骨関節炎、組織工学と細胞培養を中心とした生化学で、テストと分析のあらゆる面で豊富な経験を持つ。文書技術が非常に高く、様々なジャーナルの査読を担当すると同時に、筆頭著者として多数のジャーナル記事と科学論文を発表。2001年以来、日本人著者から寄せられた健康・生命科学関連の3000件以上の原稿を校正しているエダンズ・グループの専任エディター。

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.

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Dr Andrew Dingley

1996 - PhD Biochemistry, University of Sydney, Australia

1991 - BSc (1st Hons) Biochemistry, University of Sydney, Australia

ニュージーランド在住。研究分野は生化学全般で、特にタンパク質構造と機能の特徴づけが専門。15年以上にわたり、世界的にインパクトファクターの高いジャーナルで論文発表を続ける。科学書籍を多数執筆、現在は「Biochemical Journal」誌の編集諮問委員会のエディターも務める。

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

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Dr Conan Fee

注目エディター

160以上のジャーナル記事、本章、学会論文、特許、産業研究レポートを発表

1989 - PhD Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, NZ

1984 - BEng Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, NZ

1996 - DiplMgt in Strategic Management & Leadership, University of Waikato, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。特にバイオテクノロジー、生化学、生体分子、エンジニアリングを専門とする、カンタベリー大学(NZ)の化学工学の教授。頸動脈の血流障害とアテローム性動脈硬化症との関連について博士論文を発表。1990年までワーテルロー大学（カナダ）の博士研究員として膜限外濾過に取組む。その後、Waikato大学の講師、Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (MIRINZの生化学エンジニアとしてNZに帰国。1996からWaikato大学の講師、2006年まで、材料およびプロセス工学部の学部長就任。同時にカンタベリー大学(NZ)で化学工学の教授として勤務。パク質浄化、タンパク質PEGylation、膜分離とプロセスクロマトグラフィの分野において莫大な経験実績を持ち、制御薬物送達、マイクロカプセル化および高価値乳タンパク質浄化を研究。現在、カンタベリー大学のBiomolecular Interactionsセンターのディレクターであり、表面プラスモン共鳴の専門家。広範囲にわたる化学工学について、全部で160以上のジャーナル記事、本章、学会論文、特許、産業研究レポートを発表。化学工学とバイオテクノロジー分野関連のエディター。

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.

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Dr Rebecca Devon

注目エディター

分子生物専門家。50以上の執筆経験がある。

1996 - PhD Molecular Genetics, MRC Human Genetics Unit and University of Edinburgh, UK

1992 - MA (Cantab) Natural Sciences, Christ's College, University of Cambridge, UK

イギリス在住。神経科学と遺伝学が専門の生物学者。1996年に精神病遺伝学で博士号を取得。博士号取得後、バンクーバー（カナダ）および、エジンバラ（英国）にて、運動ニューロン疾患（筋萎縮性側索硬化症）の珍しい遺伝型の研究を行う。50以上の研究報告、章(書籍）、論評、補助金アプリケーション等の執筆経験があり、分子生物学ジャーナルの原稿の査読も担当。

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

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Dr Gabrielle David

注目エディター

ニュージーランドでMacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awardを受賞

2008 - PhD Chemistry, University of Otago, NZ

2002 - BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Otago, NZ

ニュージーランド出身、アメリカ在住。無機化学、物理化学、分析化学など、数々の分野の研究に携わっている。最近では、違法薬物の分析にアイソトープ比質量分析を法医学的に使用することについて研究。また、経験豊富なサイエンスコミュニケーター兼エディターとして、MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awardを受賞（2007年／ニュージーランド）。国連薬物犯罪事務所の実務研修を修了（タイ・バンコク）。物理化学、分析化学、法医化学の分野で数々の会議に出席し、査読誌にも論文を発表している。

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

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Dr Jim Cummins

注目エディター

世界的に著名なIn Vitro Fertilization（IVF）のエキスパート。Human ReproductionやReproductive Biotechnology Online等のトップジャーナルの編集局に在籍。

1970 - PhD Reproductive Biology, University of Liverpool, UK

1967 - MSc Reproduction & Embryology, University of North Wales, UK

1969 - BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of London, UK

オーストラリア在住。西オーストラリアのマードック大学で、解剖学、ヒト生物学、生殖バイオテクノロジーを指導。生殖生物学で豊富な経験を持ち、In Vitro Fertilization（IVF）等の受精技術にも助力。Human ReproductionやReproductive Biotechnology Onlineを含む数々のトップジャーナルの編集局に在籍、西オーストラリアのthe Scientific Advisory Committee of the Reproductive Technology Council（IVFクリニックを監督している政府機関）の議長を務める。10年間、編集の専門家として活躍、約2500件の論文を手がける。アジアでの親交も多く、2005年には大阪大学遺伝情報実験センターに客員教授として来日。

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 Natasha Lundin

注目エディター

Angewandte Chemie のcover articleの著者

2007 - PhD Chemistry, University of Otago, NZ

2002 - BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Otago, NZ

アイルランド在住。博士論文のタイトルは「金属系化合物の電界発光的・光輝的特質」。発光ダイオードに応用する新しい材料の開発が専門。アイルランドのトリニティ・カレッジ（ダブリン大学）に博士研究員として従事し、金属配位グラフェン錯体の光電子デバイスへの応用に関わった。有機合成、無機合成、光物理学的特性解析、X線結晶学的分析、プロトタイプLEDの作製・検証の経験を有する。サイエンスライティングの実績もあり、Angewandte Chemie 誌のcover articleなど、数々の査読誌に論文を発表している。

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.

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Dr Nicholas Smith

注目エディター

メディカル・ライティングのスペシャリスト、内分泌学の専門家

2006 - PhD Biochemistry/Endocrinology, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

2002 - Post-graduate Certificate “Principles of Protein Structure”, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

2000 - BSc (Hons) Physiology, University of Bristol, UK

イギリス出身、ニュージーランド在住。エダンズ・グループのコンサルタント兼エディター。就任以前は、製薬産業向け医療教育サービスとして、世界的に認められた機関「メディクスインターナショナル」でシニア・メディカル・ライターとして、有名な製薬会社の様々な医療コミュニケーションプロジェクトを成功させ、医学・科学ライティング/コミュニケーションの膨大な経験を積む。ロンドン大学クィーン・メアリー校の細胞・分子科学研究所にて研究助手として主に糖尿病関連代謝疾患の生化学を中心とする研究に携わり博士研究を行う。博士論文のタイトルは、"The Role of PPARalpha in Modulating Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Action using In Vivo Models of Insulin Resistance" 。

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

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Dr Shaun Clements

2001 - PhD Fisheries Science, Oregon State University, Oregon, US

1995 - MSc (1st Hons) Biological Sciences, Waikato University, NZ

1993 - BSc Biological Sciences (Earth Science minor), Waikato University, NZ

ニュージーランド出身、アメリカ在住。「Behavioral Neuroscience」誌、「General and Comparative Endocrinology」誌、「Hormones and Behavior」誌などの世界的ジャーナルの筆頭著者として数々のレポートを発表。多数の専門レポートを執筆、学会で25以上のプレゼンテーションを担当。甲殻類研究に携わり、遠隔測定配列と関連ソフトウェアも開発。ステロイド標識免疫検定法、血漿乳酸塩とブドウ糖とイオン測定、組織学、とmRNA/ＤＮＡ抽出と浄化等の研究技術を持つ。特に水産生物科学分野の校正を担当するエディター。

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.

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Dr Thomas Laage

注目エディター

経験豊富な精神科医。かつてハーバード大学医学部及びマックリーン病院にて診療及び指導にあたる。

1976 - MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

1973 - AB, Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University, USA

アメリカ在住。尿路感染症ならびに治療抵抗性の不安およびうつ病に関する論文を発表。長年にわたり、ハーバード大学医学部及びマックリーン病院で精神科の診療ならびにレジデントおよび医学生の指導にあたる。現在は医薬情報企業ならびに臨床試験のコンサルタントを務め、エグゼクティブコーチングを提供。

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.

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Dr Daniel McGowan

注目エディター

エダンズ科学ディレクター。Nature Reviews Neuroscienceの前副編集長。

2002 - PhD Molecular Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, NZ

1998 - MSc (1st Hons) Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Auckland, NZ

1996 - BSc Double Major in Biochemistry and Zoology, University of Auckland, NZ

ニュージーランド出身。エダンズ・グループの科学ディレクター。2003年にEU Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellowshipを受賞。レーザー顕微解剖、マイクロアレイ分析とプロテオミクスを組み合わせたハンチントン病やパーキンソン病の分子構造ラボを研究。プロテオミクス、機能的なゲノミクスと細胞イメージングを含む新旧技術の広範囲で多岐にわたる専門のラボ経験とともに、神経変性疾患、神経機能、分子細胞生物学とタンパク質生化学についての徹底的な知識を持つ。エダンズ・グループの専属エディター就任以前は、2006年10月まで「Nature Reviews Neuroscience」誌の副編集長を務める。

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

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Dr Kristin Demarest

注目エディター

神経生物学と行動学の博士

2000 - PhD Neurobiology & Behavior, SUNY Stony Brook, New York, US

1996 - BSc Psychology, SUNY Stony Brook, New York, US

2006 - Copyediting Certification, UCSD, La Jolla, California, US

アメリカ在住。ニューヨーク州立大学で心理学の理学士号を、神経生物学と行動学の博士号を取得。行動マウスモデルの神経科学と遺伝学を研究。研究について、査読付論文を数々執筆。現在スクリップス研究所の科学者。

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.

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Assoc Prof Michael Dewe

1966 - MEng Control Systems, University of Canterbury, NZ

1964 - BScEng Electrical Engineering & Physics, University of Cape Town, South Africa

ニュージーランド在住。カンタベリー大学(NZ)のITディレクター、准教授として2006年12月に引退、現在は、非常勤准教授であり、情報およびテクノロジー業界のコンサルタントとして活躍。大学のITディレクターに就任以前は、電気電子工学部の准教授を務める。実時間電力品質監視（調和解析）と地震測定・記録に適用する最新装置とデータ収集システムが研究対象。エンジニアリング設計、コンピュータハードウェア、装置とエンジニアリング管理の教鞭を執る。ヨーロッパの宇宙プロジェクトの衛星と打上げロケットの飛行、および地上システムの設計を担当する電子システムエンジニアとしてのキャリアを持つ。システムエンジニアとして、様々な科学専門分野にエンジニアリングの応用し、幅広い豊富な実績を持つ。

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 Jeremy Allen

1996 - PhD Genetics, MRC Human Genetics Unit and University of Edinburgh, UK

1991 - BSc (Hons) Biotechnology, King's College, University of London, UK

イギリス在住。神経科学、発生生物学および遺伝学の分野が専門の生物学者。博士課程では四肢発生に影響を及ぼす突然変異のマウスの分子遺伝子分析も研究。 2004年までBabraham研究所(英国ケンブリッジ)の神経生物学部の研究者を務める。DNA/RNA操作と浄化/隔離、電気泳動、 PCR、クローニング、ブロッティング、ライブラリー・スクリーニング、導入遺伝子のデザインと構築、人工染色体工学、ES細胞の遺伝子ターゲティングのベクトルのデザインと構築、細胞培養、組織学的技術、マウス行動分析、小動物手術と生物情報科学ツール（シーケンスデータベース、分析ツール等の）などの研究スキルを持つ。神経科学と遺伝学に関連した分野のエディター。

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.

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Dr Matthew Polson

注目エディター

30以上の記事を査読付ジャーナルで発表

2000 - PhD Chemistry, University of Otago, NZ

1995 - BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Otago, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。ルテニウム錯体の研究にフォーカスをあてた化学経歴の持ち主。カナダで最初の博士研究、太陽エネルギー収集用アンテナの開発へと研究を拡大。イタリアにて第2の博士研究、新イリジウム複合体の時間分解吸収研究。第3の博士研究はニュージーランドにて、水の酸化とＸ線結晶学によるその特性化の促進剤としてのルテニウム錯体について研究。2009年6月よりカンタベリー大学(NZ)研究室にて、技術者として勤務。NMRによる新種錯体の合成および特性化、質量分析、Ｘ線結晶学が専門。またクロマトグラフィに関して広範囲な経験を持つ。電子吸収、放出分光学、電気化学、過渡吸収分光学、ラマンおよびIRスペクトロスコープ、分光電気化学等の光物理技術を駆使した深遠な経験を持つ。30以上の多種多様な査読ジャーナル記事を執筆。

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.

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Dr Stacey Tobin

注目エディター

分子生物のエキスパート。13報の査読ジャーナルや招待レビュー論文、さらには2件の教科書を執筆。

2003 - PhD Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, USA

1998 - MS Molecular Physiology, Vanderbilt University, USA

1996 - BS Biology, Oglethorpe University, USA

アメリカ在住。13年にわたって査読ジャーナル、招待レビュー論文、論説、および教科書の執筆、編集、構成、および投稿の経験を持つ。13報の査読ジャーナルや招待レビュー論文、さらには2件の教科書を執筆。分子生物学、細胞生物学、および生理学における専門知識と明瞭かつ簡潔な文体で、フリーランスのライター兼エディターとして活躍。米国メディカルライター協会ならびに科学編集者評議会の会員。

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

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Dr Gregor Stewart

注目エディター

DNA/タンパク質配列データにおいて経験豊富な生物情報学のアナリスト

1989 - PhD Biotechnology, Durham University, UK

1985 - BSc (Hons) Biotechnology, Leeds University, UK

イギリス出身。エジンバラ大学およびグラスゴー大学で博士号終了研究者として酵母ゲノムプロジェクトのゲノムの一部を配列決定し、酵母の小嚢トラフィックの試験管内再現を研究。グラスゴー大学では、マウス脳の黒質で濃縮された表示シーケンスタグの配列および分析、マウス遺伝子の配列と分析において共同研究を行う。2007年まで英国のThomson ScientificのGeneseqチームのシニアアナリスト。DNA/タンパク質配列データにおいて経験豊富で、革新的な解決主導型のバイオインフォマティクスのアナリスト。著者であり作家として多数出版。

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

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Dr Helen McPherson

1981 - PhD Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, UK

1976 - BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, UK

イギリス在住。大学では化学を専攻。「プラチナとパラジウムの硫黄置換アルキル錯体」と題する博士論文では、硫黄置換有機プラチナ・有機パラジウム錯体の合成と特性を研究。科学専門誌（主に物理科学と工学の分野）での経験は25年以上に及ぶ。2002年に独立し、出版・編集コンサルタントとして活躍。

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.

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Dr Jennifer Smith

注目エディター

ジャーナル「Functional Plant Biology」、「Enzyme and Microbial Technology」のベテラン査読者

1999 - PhD Botany, University of Otago, NZ

1994 - BSc (Hons) Molecular & Physiological Plant Biology, University of Otago, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。長年、農作物と食物研究を含む新海洋抽出物を調査する科学研究員を務める。CNRS Roscoff（フランス）の博士号研究員として学び、多数の研究原稿をジャーナルに執筆。またIP保護された機密報告書を多数まとめ、20以上の国際会議に出席。「Functional Plant Biology」誌や「 Enzyme and Microbial Technology」誌等の学術ジャーナルの査読者でもある。専門は生化学と生物学、特に植物、藻類学（海洋植物）、水産科学と海洋生物学、食物と食物テクノロジー。

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.

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Dr Susan Furness

注目エディター

元Thomson Scientificのメディカル・インデックスのスペシャリスト

1983 - PhD Embryonic Development, Glasgow University, UK

1980 - BA (1st Hons) Zoology, Oxford University, UK

イギリス在住。Beatson Institute(英国、グラスゴー)癌研究所で白血病等の進行に関連した血液生成幹細胞の成長に影響を及ぼす要因を調べるために様々な分子遺伝子技術を駆使、博士課程研究員を３年務める。後にグラスゴー大学の研究者として野外観察、血液サンプルからの放射性同位元素の分析、呼吸計での鳥の代謝モニタリングを通して海鳥のエネルギー要求性を分析。活発な科学研究の個人の経験と研究報告出版暦を持ち、総合内科、薬理学、遺伝学を含む広範囲にわたるテーマのアブストラクト、インデックス、科学論文の編集において多くの経験をもつ科学分野エディター。2007年までThomson Scientificのメディカル・インデックスのスペシャリストを務める。

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 David Rider

2003 - PhD Immunology, University of Birmingham, UK

1999 - MSc Immunology, University of Birmingham, UK

1998 - BSc (Hons) Biochemistry & Genetics, University of Sheffield, UK

イギリス在住。現在ケンブリッジ（英国）の研究インターン。多国籍製薬会社のために呼吸器疾患および炎症性疾患に生物学的治療学を開発。慢性関節リウマチにおけるT細胞機能の炎症性微環境の役割を研究し、博士号取得。英国とシンガポールにて博士号取得研究員時代には、間葉細胞で造血幹細胞など、細胞生物学および免疫学分野で広範囲な研究を行う。国際的な査読付ジャーナルで10論文を発表、数々の国際学会で研究を発表。

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

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Dr Ellen Knapp

2000 - PhD Developmental Medicine/Biology, Pediatrics, University of Auckland, NZ

1993 - MSc Zoology, University of Auckland, NZ

1989 - BSc Zoology & Cell Biology, University of Auckland, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。医療細胞生物学、特に小児科分析が専門。2000年より米国心臓協会フロリダ支部の博士研究員として迎えられる。文書技術が非常に高く、英語を母国語としない著者の原稿校正全般において豊富な実績を持つ。現在ニュージーランドUniversity of Auckland生理学部の講師および大学研究員兼務。

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

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Assoc Prof Andrew McKune

2005 - PhD Exercise and Sport Science, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

1997 - MMedSci Physiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

1994 - BA Hons Human Movement Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa

南アフリカ在住。クワズールー・ナタール大学（南アフリカ）生物動力学、運動・レジャー科学部の准教授。博士課程では、激しい運動に対する免疫・炎症反応について研究。South African National Research Foundationの評価を受けており、過去にはSouth African National Research Foundation Niche Areaの共同リーダーを務め、健康な成人の免疫・炎症反応に運動が及ぼす影響について研究。現在の研究は、National Research FoundationとMedical Research Councilの競合する研究助成金を受けている。研究の焦点としては、運動に対する免疫・炎症反応の反応とその生活習慣病の予防と治療への応用、筋力・調整トレーニングへの最適な応用の促進がある。また、心拍変動、高血圧、糖尿病、運動誘発性筋損傷、運動に対する免疫・炎症反応、運動が運動・認知機能に及ぼす影響などのテーマに関する論文を28本発表している。

Prof McKune is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biokinetics, Exercise and Leisure Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His PhD thesis examined immune and inflammatory responses to strenuous exercise. He is a South African National Research Foundation rated researcher and is a past co-leader of National Research Foundation Niche Area examining the effect of exercise on immune and inflammatory responses in healthy adults. Prof McKune's research is currently supported by National Research Foundation and Medical Research Council competitive research grants. His research interests include the immune/inflammatory response to exercise with applications to the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases of lifestyle, and the promotion of optimal adaptation to strength and conditioning training. He has published 28 articles on topics including heart rate variability, hypertension, obesity, exercise-induced muscle damage, immune and inflammatory responses to exercise, and the impact of exercise on motor and cognitive function. Prof McKune began working with the Edanz Group in 2011.

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Dr John Adams

注目エディター

ニュージーランド土壌科学協会の前会長

1970 - PhD Soil Science, Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, NZ

1966 - BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Canterbury, NZ

2006年にリンカーン大学（ＮＺ）の土壌学、物理学部の学部長として退職、現在、カンタベリー大学（ＮＺ）のシニア研究員。多くの査読論文、学会論文、その他の記事やレポートを筆頭著者・共著者として数多く執筆。ニュージーランド、オーストラリアのSocieties of Soil Scienceの経験豊かな会議議事録エディター。ニュージーランド土壌科学協会の前会長兼終身会員で、同協会のニュースレターのエディターとしても活躍。多量養素と微量栄養素の土壌化学、土壌肥沃度、ニュージーランド植物相の土/植物相互関係、土壌学、土壌資源評価、土壌へのバイオソリッド処分、水科学を含む土壌と環境科学の多くの領域が研究対象。

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.

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Dr Nicholas Tucker

注目エディター

査読ジャーナル論文9件、特許9件、書籍4冊、チャプター2件に加え、政府・民間企業レポート17件、雑誌記事8件、学会で48の論文発表実績

1994 - PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Bradford - IRC in Polymer Science and Technology, UK

1989 - MSc Computer Aided Engineering, Staffordshire Polytechnic, UK

1986 – BEng (Hons) Mineral Process Engineering, Camborne School of Mines, UK

ニュージーランド在住。ブラッドフォード大学のInterdisciplinary Researchセンターでポリマー技術の知識を磨き、ポリマー技術、科学、農業、工業デザイン、製造などの異分野にわたる研究を行う。現在、持続可能合成物、meiotic材料、その他の超高比表面の製造に応用可能な、農作物由来材料からのナノコンポジット製造方法の開発にフォーカスして研究。Institute of Materials Minerals and Miningの公認エンジニアであり特別研究者。RIM成形機のリアルタイムコンピュータコントロールの研究が、英国コンピューター協会の特別会員となる基盤となった。ニュージーランドの植物・食物研究所での、数々のバイオマテリアル研究で共同研究を統率。広範囲な文書スキルと豊富な論文発表経験を持つ。査読ジャーナル論文9件、特許および登録デザインアプリケーション9件、書籍4冊、チャプター2件に加え、政府と民間企業のレポート17件、雑誌記事8件の発表実績。また、学会でも48の論文発表実績を持つ。

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.

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Dr Arshad Makhdum

注目エディター

UCSD（カリフォルニア）のScripps研究所の博士研究員を務める。Elsevier誌(Oxford)の元編集長。

1997 - PhD Pharmacology, University College London, UK

1990 - MSc Chemical Research, University College London, UK

1989 - BSc (Hons) Applied Chemistry, University of Greenwich, UK

イギリス在住。University College Londonで博士課程を修了し、UCSD（カリフォルニア）のScripps研究所の博士研究員を務める。Elsevier誌の編集長(～2007年)等、様々なポジションの経験を持つメディカルライター兼エディター。

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.

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Dr Christi Kuhn

2003 - PhD Neuroscience, University of Regensburg, Germany

1995 - MSc Microbiology, Colorado State University, Colorado, US

1992 - BSc Microbiology, Colorado State University, Colorado, US

スウェーデン在住。科学研究者として広範囲な経験を持つ。筆頭著者として多数出版。神経科学、生理学、脳リハビリテーション/修復、産後成人ニューロン神経新生、記憶、学習、神経変性病気、幹細胞、PCR、クローニング、サブ・クローニング、減法交配、プラスミド準備/浄化、cDNA、RNAとゲノムＤＮＡ浄化を含む分子生物学に関連した分野で豊富な研究実験およびスキルでエダンズ・グループに提供。

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.

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Dr Jane Kondejewski

1999 - PhD Physiology, University of Alberta, Canada

1984 - BSc Zoology (1st Hons), University of Bristol, UK

カナダ在住。生理学、内分泌学、分子生物学、産科学、婦人科学および周産期医学を専門とする。特に早産および妊娠の病理に関連する遺伝子型ならびに表現型を研究対象とする。DNA／RNAの分離・操作、DNAシーケンス分析および解析、PCR、酵素免疫測定法（ELISA）、細胞培養、in situハイブリダイゼーション、免疫組織化学検査、ならびに電子顕微鏡法に精通。30報を超えるピアレビュー論文、書籍、および論文アブストラクトを執筆。現在は、グラントライターおよび一流ジャーナルへの投稿コーディネーターとして活躍。

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.

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Dr Kathleen Campbell

1995 - PhD Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, US

1989 - MSc Geological Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, US

1985 - BSc (Hons Major) Geology, University of California, Santa Cruz, US

ニュージーランド在住。NASA Ames Research Centerで博士として、古生物学、古生態学、古環境分析、堆積学、層位学、地球化学、宇宙生物学の分野においてアメリカで経験を積む。過去10年間、ニュージーランドのオークランド大学で教鞭を執りながら研究活動。専門は極限環境の生命の地質学的記録。地球の若年期の類似物として古代の温泉/冷泉を調査、また他の惑星での生命体の可能性の調査をアメリカ西部、ニュージーランドおよび南米で現在プロジェクト研究中。幅広いサイエンスの校正・編集経験を持ち、世界的な査読ジャーナルで45以上の原稿を執筆発表。数々の国内外の機関から研究資金提供を受ける。スーパーバイザー、同業者、査読者、ジャーナル委員、共同編集者として莫大な数の論文、研究報告、補助金提案を査読。

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.

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Dr Laura Kuhar

注目エディター

De Beers Science and Engineering Review誌の元アシスタントエディター

2007 - PhD Chemistry, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

2003 - MSc Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa

1998 - BSc Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa

オーストラリア在住。オーストラリア・パースにある連邦科学産業研究機構（CSIRO）の貴金属・卑金属湿式精錬グループの研究員。以前から執筆に関心を持っており、「De Beers Science and Engineering Review」誌のアシスタントエディターを務めたこともある。現在は「Minerals Engineering」ジャーナルの査読者。国際的に引用される論文を6点、査読付きの業界レポートや技術資料を40本以上発表しており、2つの国際会議にも出席している。化学、機械学、鉱物学、冶金プロセス、基礎化学の研究の経験がある。多岐にわたる分野で編集作業に携わっている。

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.

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Dr Richard Haase

注目エディター

天文学から量子力学にわたる幅広い領域で30年以上の実績をもつ数学物理学者

1983 - PhD Physics, University of Canterbury, NZ

1980 - MSc Physics, University of Canterbury, NZ

1978 - BSc (Hons) Physics, University of Canterbury, NZ

天文学から量子力学にわたる幅広い領域に関心を持ち、自然界における対称性、代数学の応用、および物理系システムのグループ理論を専門とする数学物理学者です。Universtat Wien(オーストリア)の博士号取得後、Universitat Tubingen(ドイツ)にて準結晶を研究し、1985年にAlexander von Humboldt Stiftung より特別研究員として奨学金を授与される。1990-93年にかけてコロンビアのthe Centro Internacional de Fisica in Bogotaにて研究長として、量子ドット、q変形の量子代数学に対する非コンパクト型シンプレクティック群、大量生成適用群の応用、およびフラーレンについて研究を拡大。2004までthe Universidad Nacional de Colombiaで準教授を務める。ニュージーランド帰国後も、物理学における幾何学的代数応用研究を進める。

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.

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Dr Robert Eager

注目エディター

臨床腫瘍学のスペシャリスト

2007 - MD Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Brach Galveston, USA

1997 - BFA Fine Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, USA

アメリカ在住。現在はテキサス州ダラスでホスピタリストとして内科の診療にあたっているが、過去10年にわたり、臨床および前臨床研究、主として腫瘍学の領域で豊富な経験を積んでいる。6年にわたりメアリー・クローリーがん研究センターの施設内治験審査委員会委員を務め、その間に第I相から第III相までの臨床試験計画書を多数審査。こうした臨床経験に加え、in-vitroにおける前臨床試験計画書と試験法、ならびに細胞培養、組織学的手法、動物モデル研究の経験を有し、幅広い微生物学研究技術のスキルもある。8本の論文の著者、共著者であり、4本の臨床または前臨床試験計画書を作成している。これまではパートタイムで科学論文の編集にプロとして携わっていた。

Dr Eager currently practices internal medicine as a hospitalist in Dallas, Texas, USA. Over the past decade he has amassed considerable experience in clinical and pre-clinical research, principally in the field of oncology. He was a member of the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center Institutional Review Board for six years, during which time he reviewed numerous Phase I through Phase III clinical protocols. In addition to his clinical expertise, Dr Eager has experience with in-vitro pre-clinical protocols and techniques as well as cell culture, histological methods, and animal model studies, and is skilled in a wide range of microbiology techniques. Dr Eager has authored and co-authored eight publications, and has authored four clinical or pre-clinical protocols. On a part-time basis, Dr Eager has edited scientific manuscripts professionally for the past year and began editing for the Edanz Group in 2011.

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Dr Robert McKenzie

注目エディター

Rhodes University(南アフリカ)博士研究員であり「the African Journal of Range and Forage Science」誌「Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology」誌「Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science」誌のプロダクション・エディター

2001 - PhD Botany, Department of Plant & Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, NZ

1989 - MSc (1st Hons) Botany, Department of Botany, University of Auckland, NZ

1988 - BSc Botany, University of Auckland, NZ

南アフリカ在住。Rhodes University(南アフリカ)博士研究員であり「the African Journal of Range and Forage Science」誌「Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology」誌「Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science」誌のプロダクション・エディター。広範囲な執筆経験があり、研究技術を植物DNA配列とPCR技術、植物細胞壁の顕微鏡検査、系統発生学的で表現学的なデータ分析方法、授粉生態学、組織学、細胞学、PAGE電気泳動と隔離と単糖類分析の分野をカバーするリサーチ・スキルを持つ。植物分類学、一般進化、キク科進化、生物地理学、形態学と生殖生物学（交雑）の進化、植物増殖システムと形態学の分野を担当。

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.

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Dr Anthony Lodge

1997 - PhD Cell Biology, University of Liverpool, UK

1991 - BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Manchester, UK

イギリス在住。学術研究、早期創薬、幹細胞療法の規制関連業務に幅広い経験を有する細胞生物学者。博士研究および博士号取得後の研究では、神経系発達中の軸索ガイダンスにおけるアクチン細胞骨格および細胞粘着分子の役割について研究。2001年にはグラクソ・スミスクライン株式会社に入社し、神経変性疾患や精神疾患のターゲットバリデーションを主導する中で研究とプログラムに指導的な役割を果たしたほか、幹細胞を必要とする創薬戦略の開発にも携わった。2009～2011年には、University College London幹細胞療法科のプログラムマネジャーとして、導入されたばかりの先進治療医薬品（ATMP）指令により必要なライセンスを取得する部門の責任者を務めた。細胞生物学、分子生物学、タンパク質生化学技術、およびそれらの創薬アッセイの開発への応用など、幅広い専門知識を有する。また、筆頭著者として国際的な査読誌に数本の論文を発表しており、非臨床および臨床関連のさまざまな規制文書の執筆経験もある。現在は細胞を用いた医薬品探索（CDD）、ATMP規制関連業務、科学論文ライティング（ウェブ開発を含む）のコンサルティングサービスを提供している。

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

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Dr Brielle Rosa

注目エディター

薬物療法や手術からハードヘルスや動物保護学にまで及ぶ獣医学のスペシャリスト

2012 - PhD candidate Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Massey University, NZ

2004 - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA

1997 - BSc (Hons) Animal Science, Cornell University

ニュージーランド在住。大型動物の獣医としてコーネル大学（アメリカ）に、また馬の獣医としてマッセー大学（ニュージーランド）に勤務した後に、博士研究を開始。薬物療法や手術からハードヘルスや動物保護学にまで及ぶ獣医学の技能を有する。現在の博士研究は、健康と疾患の発達起源、とりわけラットモデルにおいて母親の運動が子の発育やその後の健康に及ぼす影響の領域である。博士研究には、内分泌学、生殖生物学、運動生理学、実験動物の筋骨格系や代謝系の健康について調べるイメージング技術がある。この研究に関する論文がAmerican Journal of Physiology誌に複数掲載されている。

Dr Rosa worked as a large animal veterinarian at Cornell University (USA) and as an equine veterinarian at Massey University (NZ) before beginning her PhD studies. Her skills in veterinary medicine range from medicine and surgery to herd health and animal welfare. Her present PhD research is in the area of developmental origins of health and disease; specifically, the effects of maternal exercise on offspring development and later-life health in a rat model. Her PhD research integrates endocrinology, reproductive biology, exercise physiology, and imaging techniques to examine the musculoskeletal and metabolic health of her trial animals. This work has led to several publications in the American Journal of Physiology. Dr Rosa joined the Edanz Group as an editor and expert reviewer in 2011.

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Dr Cathel Kerr

1984 - PhD Virology , University of Aberdeen, UK

1980 - BSc (Hons) Microbiology, University of Glasgow, UK

1990 - DipLib, Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen, UK

イギリス在住。生医学的研究の分野、特に医学と医薬品情報の分野で有名な著者・論評家。広く経験豊かな科学者・著者であり、また医学誌『Lancet』のリポーターとしても執筆。生医学のコピーライターとして、またいろいろな製薬会社と情報サービスへのアブストラクター及びインデクサーとして長年の経験をエダンズ・グループの校正に活かす。特に胃腸病学の分野で健康科学と生命科学を校正担当。

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

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Dr Diana Bowler

注目エディター

生態学／環境科学スペシャリストエディター

2006 - PhD Ecology, University of Aberdeen, UK

2002 - MSc Zoology, University of Glasgow, UK

生態学、とりわけ分散生態学と個体群動態学が専門。イギリスにおける博士課程から博士課程修了後の研究では、査読誌に一次資料に基づく調査のほか、系統的レビュー／メタ分析に関する論文を複数発表している。生態学／生物学の各種ジャーナルの査読者も務めている。京都大学のJSPS（日本学術振興会）博士研究員として、ダニ目の実験室系を使って捕食者と被食者間の相互作用を研究。

Dr Bowler’s scientific background is in ecology, particularly dispersal ecology and population dynamics. She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles of her primary research, as well as systematic reviews/meta-analyses, from her PhD and post-doctoral research in the UK. She has also acted as a peer reviewer for various ecological/biological journals. More recently, she was a JSPS post-doctoral research fellow at Kyoto University, studying predator-prey interactions using an acarine laboratory system. Dr Bowler joined the Edanz Group in 2011 as a specialist Editor in the Fukuoka office.

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Dr James Donkin

2006 - PhD Pathology, University of Adelaide, Australia

2001 - BHSc (Hons) Pathology, University of Adelaide, Australia

オーストラリア在住。博士論文のタイトルは、「The Effects of the Neuropeptide Substance P on Outcome Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats」。研究対象としては、齧歯動物モデルを用いて神経外傷と神経変性の治療用に新たな薬物療法薬を開発することがある。ブリティッシュコロンビア大学（カナダ）では、博士研究員の任期中、アルツハイマー病の予防と治療のための候補化合物の研究に従事。また、査読論文も複数発表しており、現在はサイエンスライターとして仕事をしている。

Dr Donkin's PhD thesis was entitled "The Effects of the Neuropeptide Substance P on Outcome Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats". His research interests include developing novel pharmacotherapeutic agents for the treatment of neurotrauma and neurodegeneration using rodent animal models. He has completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Canada, investigating potential prophylactic and therapeutic compounds in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Dr Donkin has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and currently works as a scientific writer. Dr Donkin joined the Edanz Group as a science editor, writer and reviewer in 2011.

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Dr Jennifer Shoemaker

2007 - PhD Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, US

1997 - BEng Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, US

アメリカ在住。神経変性疾患、内分泌障害、胃腸病学に焦点を置いた、薬理学と毒物学が専門。筋萎縮性側索硬化症の病状において第２のカンナビノイドレセプター（CB2）関与について研究、発表し博士号取得。エモリー大学の博士取得後の特別研究員として、初期の糖尿病における、消化器官の軸索の病態生理学を研究。非常に経験豊富で優秀なエディター。

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.

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Dr Kate Fox

注目エディター

オックスフォード大学で微生物学博士号取得

2003 - PhD Microbiology, University of Oxford, UK

1999 - BSc Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, UK

イギリス在住。オックスフォード大学よりインフルエンザ菌の新規フェーズ変動性LPS生合成遺伝子の研究で微生物学博士号を取得。その後University of Queensland（オーストラリア）に研究員として5年間勤務し、主に細菌性病原菌の遺伝子調節におけるDNAメチルトランスフェラーゼの役割を研究。また、獣類病原菌に対する弱毒生ワクチンの設計・開発を実施するプロジェクト等にも携わる。病原微生物学分野のハイランキングジャーナルに第1著者として多数の論文を発表。現在はフルタイムのエディター。分子生物学、微生物学、バイオテクノロジー、ゲノミクス、疫学、生化学、医学等、幅広い生物学的分野での豊富なエディター経験を持つ。

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

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Dr Leah Larkin

2002 - PhD Botany, University of Texas, Austin, USA

1991 - B.A. Biology, Swarthmore College, USA

アメリカ出身。アメリカのニューメキシコ大学とパシフィック大学で、進化、進化医学、昆虫の生態学、植物－動物間相互作用、一般生物学の教鞭を執る。同氏の研究は、植物学と昆虫学の両方にわたり、植物－授粉媒介者の相互作用の進化生態学を中心としたもの。授粉生物学、ポリメラーゼ連鎖反応（PCR）、DNA塩基配列決定法、系統発生解析、植物とハナバチの両方の分類学といった研究スキルを有する。12本の査読論文を発表しているほか、地域の会議や国際会議にも多数出席。査読誌の原稿、博士論文、分担執筆原稿、研究助成金申請書の編集経験が豊富。また、複数の学術誌をはじめ、アメリカや国際機関の研究助成金申請書の査読者でもある

Dr Larkin has taught Evolution, Evolutionary Medicine, Biology of Insects, Plant–Animal Interactions and general biology classes at the University of New Mexico and at the University of the Pacific, U.S.A. Her research bridges botany and entomology, with a focus on the evolutionary ecology of plant-pollinator interactions. Her research skills include pollination biology, PCR and DNA sequencing, phylogenetic analyses, and taxonomy of both plants and bees. She has published 12 peer-reviewed research papers and has presented at numerous regional and international conferences. Dr Larkin is an experienced editor of reviewed journal manuscripts, PhD theses, book chapters, and grant proposals. She has also been a peer reviewer for several academic journals and of grant proposals for U.S. and international agencies. Dr Larkin began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2011.

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Dr Mary Cant

1996 - MPH Statistics & Epidemiology Modules, University of Dundee, UK

1980 - PhD Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh, UK

1977 - BSc (Biol Sci) (Hons) Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh, UK

イギリス在住。University of Edinburghで研究員(薬理学)、University of London およびUniversity of Oxfordの研究アシスタントを務める。また哺乳類の心臓心室細胞で電気的活性に対する薬物影響の調査の電気生理学研究所を設立した University of Aberdeen にて生理学の講義も担当。欧州共同体CORDIS Resultsおよび出版データベースのための生物学、自然科学の校正を担当。また米国でBEST（British Expertise in Science and Technology）データベースとその姉妹データベースに関して幅広く執筆活動、校正経験を持つ。2007年まで薬物効果に関する質的・統計的情報を分析推論した英国のThomson Scientificの医療エディタ/データベースインデクサーを務める。

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 Neil Davies

2005 - PhD Biochemistry, University of New South Wales, Australia

1998 - BSc (Hons) Molecular Genetics, University of New South Wales, Australia

オーストラリア在住。特に神経科学、腫瘍学、クロマチン構造、遺伝子発現の領域の専門知識を有する生物学者で、フランス・ボルドーにあるフランソワ・マジャンディ神経科学研究所やオーストラリア小児がん研究所など、数々の研究所で博士研究員の職に就いている。博士課程では、ヒトのβ-グロビン遺伝子クラスターにおけるクロマチン構造やシスプラチン損傷の研究に携わる。複数の国際的科学誌の正規査読スタッフでもあり、英語が母国語／非母国語の研究者が執筆した数々の原稿の編集に携わっている。また、筆頭著者としてNucleic Acids Research誌、The Journal of Pharmacology誌、Experimental Therapeutics誌などの専門誌に数々の論文を発表している。急性器官型培養、アデノウイルス操作、レンチウイルス操作および脳スライスと培養神経細胞の形質導入、蛍光および共焦点顕微鏡検査、細胞顕微注入法、生体マウスモデル、ウエスタンブロット法、電気泳動ゲル移動度シフトアッセイ、ポリメラーゼ連鎖反応法（PCR）（ほとんどの改良型）、クローニングや細菌プラスミド作成など、広範にわたる検査技術の経験を有する。

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

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Dr Ryan Jefferies

2006 - Ph.D. Molecular Parasitology, Murdoch University, Australia

2002 - B.Sc. (1st Hons) Biomedical Science, Murdoch University, Australia

2001 - B.Sc. Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia

イギリス在住。分子寄生虫学において豊富な研究経験を有し、特に新興感染症を専門とする。現在、英国のブリストル大学生物科学・獣医学部研究員。これまでに20報を超える研究論文を発表し、寄生虫学ならびに獣医学分野の複数のジャーナルで査読者を務める。産学双方での研究経験があり、新しい診断法の開発、分子疫学、集団遺伝学、系統発生学、分子分類学、およびたんぱく質の特性評価に関する専門的な知識と技術を有する。Yeast Two-Hybridシステムを使ったペプチドに基づく創薬にも従事。

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

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Dr Steven Bradshaw

2006 - MRCOphth, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK

2002 - MB BChir Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK

2000 - BSc (Hons) Medical Biochemistry, University of Leeds, UK

イギリス在住。臨床の専門家で、生体医科学やヘルスケア関連の研究で素晴らしい実績がある。欧州メディカルライターズ協会（EMWA）会員で、17本を超える科学論文を発表している。2007～2008年には英国内科医師会ガイドラインの策定および運営の両グループのメンバーに選出されて議長を務め、これは後に国民保健サービスのガイドラインの発行に至る。英国眼科医師会向けの「職業の視覚基準」に関する国内のガイドライン作成の筆頭者でもある。また、「 American Journal of Ophthalmology 」、「 Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine 」、「 British Journal of General Practice 」など、一流ジャーナル数誌の査読者であり、医学や生物科学のさまざまなテーマを扱う専門のエディターでもある。

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.

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Dr Warren Raye

注目エディター

分子生物学博士であり、幹細胞生物学のスペシャリスト。エダンズ福岡オフィス勤務の生命科学シニアエディター。

2005 - PhD Molecular Virology, Murdoch University, Australia

1999 - BSc (Hons) Veterinary Biology, Murdoch University, Australia

1997 - BSc Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Australia

ウイルス研究で獣医学博士を取得し2005年にMonash University大学を卒業。博士論文は「オーストラリアにおける豚サーコウイルスの現状調査」。研究者・大学講師（大学・大学院レベル）としての実績もある。以前は、変化の激しい幹細胞生物学（stem cell biology）分野でMonash UniversityのResearch Fellowとして従事していた。また、分子ウイルス学（molecular virology）及び炎症・幹細胞生物学（inflammation and stem cell biology）の分野で独自の研究も実施している。Monash University時代に、低分子薬スクリーニングでの利用を目的とした、様々なレポーターシステムを導入した胚性幹細胞株の培養を実施。技術は他に以下を含む。哺乳類・昆虫細胞培養、胚性幹細胞培養・分化、ウイルス精製、PCR、クローニング、DNAシーケンシング・分析、DNA/RNA操作・分離精製、原核・真核システムにおける組み換えタンパク質の発現・精製、電気泳動法、ELISAの設計・最適化、真核生物タンパク質発現用組み換えウイルスの設計・作成、in situ ハイブリダイゼーション、モノクロナル抗体作製、生細胞カルシウムイメージング。2009年始めよりエダンズのエディターとして活動を始め、2010年11月から生命科学シニアエディターとして福岡オフィスに勤務。英文校正の他に、ノンネイティブの著者を対象とする論文の質を高めるための研修やセミナーを担当。

Warren Raye graduated from Murdoch University in 2005 with a PhD in Veterinary Virology. 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 was formerly employed by Monash University as a Research Fellow and Lecturer in the fast-changing field of stem cell biology. Dr Raye has also conducted independent research in the areas of molecular virology, inflammation biology and molecular biology. His former work at Monash University involved 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, before moving to Fukuoka and taking up the position of Senior Life Sciences Editor in November 2010. As well as editing, Dr Raye also gives training and education seminars for non-native speaking authors to improve their manuscript writing.

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Dr Wendy Prosser

1992 - PhD Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

1988 - BA (Hons) Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

イギリス在住。オックスフォード大学で動物学の学士号および博士号を取得後、医学教育出版部門のスタッフエディターとしてMedicine Publishing Company, Abingdon, UK（現在はElsevier Health Sciences社の一部門）に入社。1988年にはMedicine誌のマネジングエディターに昇格し、2006年まで同職を務めた後、フリーランスのサイエンスライター兼メディカルライター、論文のエディターとなる。生物医学と保健科学の分野の経験が豊富な熟練したエディター兼ライター。

After obtaining a BA and PhD in zoology from the University of Oxford, Dr Prosser joined the Medicine Publishing Company, Abingdon, UK, (now part of Elsevier Health Sciences) as a Staff Editor of medical educational publications. In 1998, she became Managing Editor of the journal Medicine, a position she held until 2006, when she began as a freelance science and medical writer and manuscript editor. Dr Prosser, an accomplished and highly experienced biomedical and health sciences editor and writer, began working with Edanz Group in 2006.

Prof Michael Scurrell

2001 - DSc Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK

1972 - PhD Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK

1969 - BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK

南アフリカ在住。ウィットウォーターズランド大学（南アフリカ、ヨハネスブグル）化学学部名誉教授、元化学学部物理化学教授。不均一触媒作用、界面化学、材料化学の研究に積極的に携わり、エネルギー変換プロセス、環境浄化触媒、石炭や天然ガス、太陽光（バイオマスを利用）を液体炭化水素燃料に変換するオプションに焦点をあてる。ナノメタル－ポリマー複合材、その合成と特性に強い関心をもつ。40年以上にわたってイギリス、アメリカ、デンマーク、イタリア、南アフリカの産業界、大学、研究機関のさまざまな職を歴任し、現在は南アフリカ、中国、中東でのコンサルティング業務に関心を寄せている。出版物は150点以上に上る。

Professor Emeritus in Chemistry and former Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Professor Scurrell is actively involved in research into heterogeneous catalysis, surface chemistry and materials chemistry, with emphasis on applications in energy conversion processes, environmental catalysis and options for the conversion of coal, natural gas and solar (via biomass) into liquid hydrocarbon fuels. He has a strong interest in nanometal-polymer composites, their synthesis and properties. Professor Scurrell has held various positions over the past 40 years in industry, academia and research institutes in the UK, the USA, Denmark, Italy and South Africa, and presently has consulting interests in South Africa, China and the Middle East. Professor Scurrell has over 150 publications and joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr Alan Hodgson

2004 - DSc, Manchester University, UK

1980 - PhD Marine Biology, Manchester University, UK

1976 - BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, Liverpool University, UK

南アフリカ在住。世界的に有名な科学者であり教育者、また無脊椎動物生物学、細胞構造と機能、動物の繁殖、環境生理学、海洋生物学と導入顕微鏡検査の講義をする動物学の教授でもある。専門は生殖生物学で、特に無脊椎動物の配偶子形成の発達プロセス、精子構造と機能、分類学上の比較精子構造とその適用、進化生物学、軟体動物の生殖生物学/生態環境、精子生理学。また、河口性生物学と河口性および潮間資源の管理が研究分野。科学ジャーナルに105の出版物があり、他にも書籍と本文執筆。海洋生物学に関する21の国際ジャーナルの査読者でもある。多数の国際的な専門ソサエティのメンバーでもある。(Malacological Society of London, International Society of Invertebrate Reproduction, Unitas Malacologica, Microscopy Society of Southern Africa, Zoological Society of Southern Africa, Member of the Royal Society of South Africa, Member of the Californian Malacological Society, American Microscopical Society, and the Marine Biological Association, Plymouth)

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.

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Dr Barry Patel

注目エディター

精神病の分子遺伝学のエキスパート

2001 - PhD Neuroscience, McGill University, Canada

1993 - BSc Neurobiology, McGill University, Canada

1990 - Diploma of College Studies, Health Sciences, Vanier College, Montreal, Canada

カナダ出身。中枢神経系の変性や精神疾患に関心を寄せる神経科学者。博士課程の研究では、ヒト神経疾患の無セルロプラスミン血症を研究するためにマウス遺伝子ノックアウトモデルを開発。続いて、Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School の研究員として、神経細胞移動に関与する分子シグナル伝達系について研究。最近ではモントリオールのDouglas Mental Health Instituteにおいて準学士として、精神病の分子遺伝学の研究に専心している。研究の中心は、大うつ病や自殺行為にかかわるミクロRNAのシグナル伝達ネットワーク。「The Journal of Biological Chemistry誌」や「The Journal of Neuroscience誌」など、影響力の強いジャーナルに筆頭著者として数々の論文を発表している。

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

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Dr Judy Horsburgh

2005 - BSc (Hons) Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia

1984 - MBBS, University of Auckland, New Zealand

1974 - BA Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

オーストラリア在住。医薬と生命科学に幅広い知識を有する。オークランド（ニュージーランド）で医学の学位を取得した後は、一般開業医として、また学校の保険医として活動しており、特に小児科学、青年期医学、女性の健康に関心を有する。1993年に北京（中国）に赴任し、そこではパートタイムで開業医を続けるかたわら、メディカルライター兼エディターとしても活動。1998年にはシンガポールに移り、医療コミュニケーションの分野で仕事を続ける。会議やシンポジウムの報告書作成、医学出版のさまざまな分野のレビュー論文の執筆なども手掛けている。南極大陸を訪れた後、2004年にオーストラリアに戻り、南極科学を研究。主として海氷と海況の変化が海洋捕食動物に及ぼす影響について研究している。衛星追跡機やリモートセンシング技術を用いてミナミゾウアザラシの採餌活動の成功をモニターし、潜水データから獲物との遭遇を特定する指標を開発。その研究結果は複数の国際的査読ジャーナルに掲載されている。

Dr Horsburgh has a broad background in medicine and the biological sciences. After completing her medical degree in Auckland, New Zealand, she worked as a general practitioner and student health doctor with particular interest in Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Women's Health. In 1993 Dr Horsburgh moved to Beijing, China, where she continued to practice medicine part-time and also worked as a medical writer and editor. In 1998 she moved to Singapore where she continued to work in the field of medical communications. Her work included producing conference and symposium reports and writing review articles for a range of medical publications. After travelling to Antarctica, Dr Horsburgh returned to Australia to study Antarctic Science in 2004. Her research focused on the impacts of changing sea-ice and oceanographic conditions on marine predators. Dr Horsburgh has used satellite trackers and remote sensing technology to monitor the foraging success of southern elephant seals and developed an index to identify prey encounters from dive data. The results of her research have been published in international peer-reviewed journals. Dr Horsburgh joined the Edanz group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr Shanti Diwakarla

2006 - PhD Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Australia

2002 - BApplSc (Hons) Biochemistry, Swinburne University, Australia

2001 - BApplSc Biochemistry/Chemistry, Swinburne University, Australia

オーストラリア在住。博士論文のテーマは、小脳顆粒細胞の初代培養を利用した、アポトーシス障害後のミトコンドリア作用と細胞恒常性の変化（興奮毒性、酸化的ストレス、栄養因子除去）の観測。このプロジェクトでは、さまざまな障害に対するニューロンの細胞応答を調べたが、特にアポトーシス経路の上流と下流の両方に関与するアポトーシス蛋白の活性化／動員に焦点を当てている。オーストラリア生まれで、現在はフローリー神経科学研究所の神経ペプチド研究室の博士科学者として、胎生期のニューロン新生の観測や記憶形成に関与するシグナル経路の究明に取り組む。また、虚血性障害のin vitro／in vivoモデルにおける神経防護作用の研究にも貢献。

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.

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Ms Marla Brunker

1996 - MSc Biology, New York University, US

1992 - BSc Biochemistry, Montclair State College, New Jersey, US

1981 - BA Political Science, City College of New York, US

アメリカ在住。査読ジャーナルへの投稿、論文全般、アメリカ規制機関（食品医薬品局、登録商標特許庁など）への出願書類、さまざまな製薬会社の広告、ウェブサイト、スライドを使ったプレゼンテーション、会議などのスクリプトやその他のサポート、および多種多様な医学教材等、20年以上にわたり生医学関係の論文を編集。修士論文のテーマは、HIV+ CD4+細胞の中にアポトーシス。また乳がんと環境医学の研究経験を持つ。

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

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Dr Alissa Nana

2009 - PhD Neuroanatomy, University of Auckland, NZ

2004 - BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, University of Auckland, NZ

ニュージーランド出身。博士研究のテーマは、ハンチントン病におけるヒト大脳皮質の細胞消失パターン。ヒト脳バンク、ヒト組織の細胞研究（組織学および免疫組織化学）、分子生物学（ウエスタンブロット法および原位置ハイブリッド形成法）、顕微鏡法（明視野、蛍光発光、共焦点）、定量分析（立体学および形態学的分析）の技能でヒト組織について研究した経験を有する。現在は博士研究員として神経立体学に焦点を当てた研究を行っている。

Dr Nana's PhD research focused on the pattern of cell loss in the human cerebral cortex in Huntington's disease. Dr Nana has experience in human tissue studies with skills in human brain banking, cellular studies of human tissue (histology and immunohistochemistry), molecular biology (western blotting and in-situ hybridization), microscopy (brightfield, fluorescence and confocal) and quantitative analysis (stereology and morphometric analyses). Her research focus is neurodegeneration and she is currently a post-doctoral research fellow. Dr Nana has published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at many international conferences. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr Angela Morben

注目エディター

外科及び獣医学のスペシャリスト

2004 - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA

2000 - BS Biology, University of North Dakota, USA

米国在住。外科及び獣医学において6年の経験を有し、現在は一般開業医として従事している。幅広い研究論文の編集／校正の経験が豊富であり、American Medical Writers Association の会員でもある。

Dr Morben has six years of experience in surgery and 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.

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Dr Anna Sharman

1997 - PhD, Zoology, The University of Reading, UK

1992 - BA (Hons) Natural Sciences, Cambridge University, UK

イギリス出身。Peter Hollandの研究所で博士課程を修了し、脊椎動物の初期進化期のホメオボックス遺伝子の複製について研究。Micheal Brandと共同でゼブラフィッシュの神経発生に関する博士研究を行う。その間、筆頭著者の論文3本と総説を3本出版。その後はジャーナルの編集者に転身。「Trends in Biochemical Sciences誌」のエディター、「Current Biology誌」のアシスタントエディター、後に「Genome Biology誌」のシニアエディターを務める。ジャーナルの社内エディターとしての7年間の経験から、ジャーナルの出版について、また査読誌の査読者が原稿に何を求めるかを理解している。2010年にはSociety for Editors and Proofreadersの上級会員に昇格し、生物学や薬物療法のあらゆる領域の出版物の編集を行う。中でも進化、発生生物学、ゲノミクスに関する原稿を執筆。

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

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Dr Brett Kraabel

注目エディター

凝縮物質物理学、光学、材料科学の専門家

1995 - PhD Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, US

2005 - MBA Technology Management, Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France

フランス在住。実験凝縮物質でPhD取得。1995年以降、学界と産業界の研究開発に従事。凝縮系物理学、光学（線形・非線形）と材質科学。共役ポリマー、ナノクリスタル、超高速のパルス状レーザー、非線形光学、光と物質の相互作用とオブジェクト指向プログラミングなどが研究対象。補助金申請、特許出願、白書等のほか、査読付科学ジャーナルでも、編集者そして著者、両方の立場で多数の論文を発表。2008年よりエダンズのエディター。

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.

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Dr Evan Burkala

注目エディター

分子ウイルス学と生物学のエキスパート

2001 - PhD Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Australia

1996 - BSc (Hons) Veterinary Biology, Murdoch University, Australia

1995 - BSc Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Australia

アメリカ在住。現在University of OklahomaのDepartment of Microbiology and Immunologyに勤務。分子ウイルス学と生物学での長年の経験を基に近年ではHIV免疫学と進化論を専門とする。多数の論文および研究助成金申請書のレビュー経験に加えて、癌生物学や免疫学を含む幅広い研究分野でのピアレビュー論文の発表実績を持つ。クローニング、PCR、リアルタイムPCR、組み換えタンパク質精製等の基本的なスキルに加え、ヘテロ2本鎖トラッキングアッセイや質量分析法など最先端の分子生物学的手法のスキルを持つ。免疫学のスキルとしては、フローサイトメトリー、ELISA、ウエスタン免疫ブロット法、ELISPOTなど。細胞培養では、初代細胞・細胞株培養、ウイルス培養と精製、トランスウェルマイグレーションアッセイ、共焦点顕微鏡法など。動物実験の分野では、免疫付与や免疫学的分析を目的としてマウス、ヒツジ、牛、ウサギを用いての研究経験がある。

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

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Dr Gregory Hillhouse

1999 - PhD Physics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

1990 - MSc Physics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

1987 - BSc (Hons), Stellenbosch University, South Africa

香港在住。ステレンボッシュ大学（南アフリカ）とUniversity for Information Science and Technology（マケドニア）で物理学の正教授を務めた後に、科学・数学学部長としてEdge Learning Center（香港）に勤務。研究テーマは、中性子星（パルサー）の特性研究と、中間エネルギーで測定した原子核上のレプトンと核子誘起偏極観測量の解釈とを目的とした相対論的核模型（構造および拡散）の開発。また、50本以上の科学論文を発表しているほか、研究員として複数の大学（インディアナ大学、北京大学、大阪大学、九州大学）に在籍。リーダーとしては、ステレンボッシュ大学の核物理学部長、iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciencesの核物理学ユーザーグループ長、South African Institute of Physicsの核・粒子・放射線物理学スペシャリストグループ長を務める。「Central European Journal of Physics」誌の編集者でもある。

Before joining The Edge Learning Center (Hong Kong) as Head of Science and Mathematics, Dr Hillhouse held the position of Full Professor of Physics at Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and the University for Information Science and Technology (Macedonia). His research focuses on the development of relativistic nuclear models (structure and scattering) for studying the properties of neutron stars (pulsars) and for the interpretation of lepton and nucleon-induced polarization observables on nuclei measured at medium energies. Dr Hillhouse has published more than 50 scientific papers and has been a research scholar at several universities (Indiana University and Peking University, and at Osaka and Kyushu Universities in Japan). His leadership roles include: Head of the Nuclear Physics at Stellenbosch University, Chairperson of Nuclear Physics User Group at the iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences, and Chairperson of the Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics Specialist Group of the South African Institute of Physics. He is also an editor of the Central European Journal of Physics. Dr Hillhouse began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2011

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Dr Kim Rice

2004 - PhD Molecular Biology, Murdoch University, Australia

1998 - BSc, Murdoch University, Australia

オーストラリア在住。Mount Sinai School of Medicine（ニューヨーク）とノースウェスタン大学のRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Centreの血液学／腫瘍学部に勤務。博士号取得後の研究では、t(11;17) APLで発見されたPLZFとPLZF-RARa融合腫瘍タンパク質が遺伝子発現を調節する転写機構と、その異常調節の白血病発現における最終的な寄与に焦点を当てている。選択的治療標的化を目的に、全ゲノムスクリーンを行い、関連経路と候補遺伝子を同定した上で検証可能な仮説を立てた経験を有する。また、Dana-Farber Cancer Institute（ボストン）とマギル大学（モントリオール）では、独立研究者との複数の共同プロジェクトにも参加して、腫瘍タンパク質形質転換細胞の特定薬剤化合物に対する感度の分析を行う。「Blood, Genes and Development」誌、「Blood Cancer Journal」誌など、国際的に認知されたジャーナルに論文を発表しているほか、「PNAS」誌、「Blood」誌、「Oncogene」誌、「Leukemia」誌の査読も行っている。共著書も2冊あり、アメリカ血液学会では数回、自身の研究について発表している。

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

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Dr Ludovic Croxford

2000 - PhD Medical Immunology, University College London, UK

1994 - BSc Biochemistry and Toxicology, University of Surrey, UK

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

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Dr Margaret Lutze

注目エディター

眼科学において経験豊かな研究者。特に糖尿病性網膜症を専門とする。

1988 - PhD Biopsychology, University of Chicago, US

アメリカ在住。学位論文のテーマは視覚科学。研究は疾患による色覚の変化の評価と色覚の遺伝的根拠に関するもの。博士課程修了後の研修中には、眼科医としての活動と同時に眼科の臨床活動と研究でも経験を積む。その後は糖尿病性網膜症をはじめ、他の網膜疾患の研究を行う眼科医として仕事に取り組む。現在は中国・北京を拠点とする胃腸病学のジャーナル誌の英文エディターとして活動中。

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.

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Dr Moira Desport

2000 - PhD Molecular Virology, University of London, UK

1985 - HNC Applied Biology, Reading College, UK

オーストラリア在住。動物の健康に関心を抱く分子ウイルス学者。王立獣医カレッジで獣医ウイルス学の博士号を取得したが、その論文のタイトルは、「ウシウイルス性下痢症ウイルスの遺伝的多様性と細胞指向性（Genomic Variation and Cell Tropism of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus）」。マードック大学（オーストラリア）での博士課程修了後の研究では、バリ島の畜牛におけるジェンブラナ病を抑制する組み換えタンパク質ワクチンの開発と試験に焦点を当てる。同氏の技能と手法には、細胞培養、ウイルスの精製、リアルタイムRT/PCR法、クローン作成、DNA塩基配列決定法および分析、DNA/RNA操作および単離法、原核細胞系における組み換えタンパク質の発現および精製、ELISA法の開発および最適化、in situハイブリダイゼーション、免疫染色、組織病理学、ペプチドマッピングがある。筆頭著者として8本の論文をジャーナルに発表しているほか、国内外の複数の学会に出席している。複数の国際的ジャーナルの査読者でもあり、最近では『レンチウイルスとマクロファージ：分子レベルおよび細胞レベルの相互作用（Lentiviruses and Macrophages: Molecular and Cellular Interactions）』という書籍の編集に携わっている。

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

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Dr Nikki March

2006 - PhD Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Cambridge, UK

2001 - Bsc (1st Hons) Medical Biology, Brunel University, London, UK

細胞シグナリングや腸腫瘍学に特別な関心を寄せる癌生物学者。博士研究では、MAPキナーゼ経路による活性化タンパク質1（AP-1）の調節について研究。現在はCancer Research UK Cambridge Research Instituteの上級博士研究員で、結腸直腸癌における新規ドライバー遺伝子の同定と特性解析に革新的モデルを応用することに焦点を当てた研究を行っている。その前はイギリスのバブラハム研究所で博士研究員として、抗てんかん薬の作用機序についてUCBファーマ社と共同研究を行っていた。バイオテクノロジー業界で仕事をした経験もある。国内外で招待講演を行っているほか、国際的な査読誌に複数の論文も発表している。

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

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Dr Sally Price

注目エディター

New Zealand Science and Technology Post-doctoral Fellowshipを受賞

2001 - PhD Soil Science, Lincoln University, NZ

1996 - BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, Lincoln University, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。環境科学が専門。土壌微量ガス交換（メタン、二酸化炭素、亜酸化窒素）、土壌生物学、生化学、炭素・窒素等の主要素の循環を研究。集約的な分野・実験・モデリング、原始林土壌におけるメタン酸化の解析に集中した研究で博士号取得。野生の低木の再生連鎖からの、土壌メタン・二酸化炭素・亜酸化窒素のモデリング同様に、定期的なフィールド測定を行い、New Zealand Science and Technology Post-doctoral Fellowshipを授与される。ジャーナル記事などの様々なフォーマットでの文書作成に豊富な経験があり、多数の学会でデータを発表。

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.

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Dr Sandra Cheesman

注目エディター

熱帯病のスペシャリスト。25点以上の原著論文(内多数の筆頭著者)を発表。

1998 - PhD Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

1993 - BSc (1st Hons) Biology and Organic Chemistry, Open University, UK

イギリス在住。熱帯病の研究に特別な関心を持ち、主として分子生物学と遺伝学の分野に従事。博士課程では、抗マラリア剤の標的としてヒトマラリア原虫である熱帯熱マラリア原虫のDNAトポイソメラーゼII、すなわち寄生虫の生活環全体における発現プロファイルと酵素活性を調べ、抗トポイソメラーゼ剤の阻害能を確認する研究に従事。最近では、宿主に感染防御免疫を誘発する遺伝子など、生物医学的に重要な寄生遺伝子を同定することを目的に、遺伝学とゲノミクスのアプローチを応用。マラリアに対する株特異的免疫に関与する主要な寄生遺伝子を同定した研究は、ワクチン研究における重要な躍進となる。宿主病原体相互作用の進化に関心が高い。25点の原著論文を発表し（多くは筆頭著者として）、数々の会議にも招待講演者として出席。大阪大学（2007年）と長崎大学（2009年）でサバティカル研修に従事。

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

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Dr Trish Reynolds

注目エディター

内科腫瘍学と心理療法士を専門とする臨床スペシャリスト

1976 - Royal Australasian College of Physicians - admitted as a Fellow

1970 - MBBS, University of Western Australia, Australia

オーストラリア出身。当初は内科腫瘍学の医師として、次に心理療法士として診療に当たっていたが、2003年に臨床診療の現場を退いた後、メディカルエディターとして新たなキャリアをスタートさせた。これまでの仕事の大半が日本人と中国人の著者の文章の編集である。自らも著者として成功しており、査読ジャーナルに13本の論文を発表。著書も2点ある。主として臨床的な観点から医療分野で幅広い仕事をこなしている。

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

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Dr William Rogers

1989 - PhD Plant Membrane Transport, University of Sussex, UK

1985 - BSc (1st Hons) Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

フランス在住、イギリス出身。現在はスイス・ジュネーブ大学で科学コミュニケーションとライティングの講師を務めている。以前はバイオテクノロジー業界におり、研究所所長としてプロテオミクスを専門に研究し、食品業界では原材料の研究を行う。パリ大学では王立科学学士院特別研究員として博士研究を終了し、サセックス大学にも籍を置く。また、幅広く著作を発表しており、バイオテクノロジー関連の7件の共同特許権者でもある。

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.

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Dr William Yajima

注目エディター

プロテオミスク、分子生物学、植物病理学の知識を有し、査読科学誌に掲載された多数の論文および書籍、総説の著者。エダンズ常勤のスペシャリスト。

2009 - PhD Plant Science, University of Alberta, Canada

2004 - MSc Plant Science, University of Alberta, Canada

2000 - BSc Biology, University of Waterloo, Canada

プロテオミスク、分子生物学、植物病理学の知識を有する。査読科学誌に掲載された数多くの論文の筆頭著者。さらに、書籍、オンライン百科事典、オンライン技術ガイド／雑誌、その他幅広い総説の共著者でもある。エダンズに参加する前にはフリーランスの編集者／校正者として経験を積む。国際的な科学雑誌の査読者としても活動。

Dr Yajima's background is in proteomics, molecular biology, and plant pathology. He is the first author of numerous manuscripts published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Additionally, he is a co-author of a book chapter, an online encyclopedia chapter, an online technical guide/magazine, and an extensive review article. Prior to joining Edanz, he gained experience in editing/proofreading through freelance work. He has also served as a reviewer for international scientific journals. Dr Yajima joined the Edanz Group as a Senior Editor in the Fukuoka office in November 2011.

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Mr Art Riddle

2002 - BA (Magna Cum Laude) Biology & Chemistry, Whitman College, US

アメリカ在住。神経科学の研究とライティングの経験は10年以上におよび、現在は医学博士課程の最終段階に入っている。研究のテーマは神経発達と神経損傷のメカニズムについて。発達過程のげっ歯類における神経毒性学と経験依存的可塑性の研究を実施。博士課程では、低酸素性虚血性早期産脳損傷の小型前臨床動物モデルでのグリア損傷について研究。習得したスキルとしては、免疫組織化学、スライス培養、初代細胞培養、免疫ブロット法、タンパク質精製、動物手術、動物生理学、血流測定、光学・蛍光・共焦点顕微鏡検査法、医用画像、高磁場MRIなど。臨床医としても訓練を受けており、人体の解剖学、生化学、生理学、薬学、疫学にも詳しい。「Journal of Neuroscience」「Journal of Child Neurology」「Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism」「Stroke」上で多数のピアレビュー論文を発表。また、脳性麻痺、神経変性、神経毒性学、グリオーシス、脳血流などの分野でサイエンスライターとしての経験がある。

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.

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Mr Benjamin Knight

注目エディター

進化心理学および比較心理学の専門家

2007 - MSc (1st Hons) Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Auckland, NZ

2005 - BA (combined 1st Hons) Psychology & Anthropology, University of Otago, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。修士研究は、fMRI順応法の基礎となる錯視に焦点をあてたもの。認知神経科学研究パラダイム、脳波記録法（EEG）や機能的磁気共鳴画像法（fMRI）などの脳イメージング技術、データ分析、神経科学の実験計画、認知科学、知覚科学、行動科学に幅広い経験を有する。オークランド大学では、学士課程で心理学概論、神経解剖学、認知・知覚心理学、生体心理学の講座を担当。セントアンドルーズ大学（スコットランド）ではコモンウェルス奨学生として進化心理学や比較心理学、動物学、人類学、発達心理学、動物行動学、人間生態学を研究。2008年には、11年間にわたり収集した生物学、動物学、気候学、海洋システム、生態学のデータを基にした研究報告書のエディター兼ライターとしてオタゴ大学（ニュージーランド）に勤務。複数の国際会議で研究発表を行い、心理学、動物学、生態学の査読論文を発表。

Mr Knight’s Master’s research focused on the neuronal adaptation underlying a visual illusion. He has extensive experience with cognitive neuroscience research paradigms, brain-imaging techniques (including electroencephalography; EEG, and functional magnetic resonance imaging; fMRI), data analysis, and experimental design in neuroscience, cognitive, perceptual and behavioural science. At the University of Auckland, he tutored undergraduate general psychology, neuroanatomy, cognitive and perceptual psychology, and biopsychology courses. Mr Knight studied as a Commonwealth Scholar at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, undertaking research involving evolutionary and comparative psychology, zoology, anthropology, developmental psychology, animal behaviour and human ecology. In 2008, Mr Knight was employed by the University of Otago as an editor and writer of research papers from 11 years of collected data in biology, zoology, climatology, marine systems and ecology. Mr Knight’s research has been presented at several international conferences, and he has published peer-reviewed papers in psychology, zoology and ecology. Mr Knight began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

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Ms Nancy Schatken

1960 – MT (ASCP) Medical Technology, Albany Medical Center School of Medical Technology, USA

1959 - BS Medical Technology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

アメリカ在住。大学の研究では医療技術をテーマとした。卒業後は6年にわたりアルバニー（ニューヨーク）医療センター、マロリー研究所（ボストン）、タフツ大学医学部（ボストン）、アップステート医学センター（ニューヨーク市シラキュース市ニューヨーク州立大学）、ユダヤ医療センター（ニューヨーク）などの研究所で血液学の研究を続ける。その後、ハーパー＆ロウ社で医学出版に携わり、やがてメディカル・ワールド・ニュース社に移り、雑誌の仕事に係わる。1970年にメディカルライター兼エディターとして独立し、医師の報告書、製薬会社のパンフレット／小冊子、医学論文の抄録、会議の発表原稿の作成などの仕事に携わっている。シュプリンガー社（ニューヨーク、東京）、オックスフォード大学出版局、リトルブラウン社、ラーベン出版、ハーパー＆ロウ社、アップルトン・センチュリー・クロフツ社、チャーチル・リビングストン社など、多数の出版社の医学誌や科学誌、書籍の編集やリライトなども行っている。

Ms Schatken’s university studies focused on medical technology. After graduation she worked for six years in specialized hematology and research laboratories: the Albany (NY) Medical Center, Mallory Institute (Boston), Tufts Medical School (Boston), Upstate Medical Center (State University of New York, Syracuse, NY), and the Jewish Medical Center (New York). She then went into medical publishing at Harper & Row, later moving to the magazine Medical World News. In 1970 she began working as an independent medical editor and writer. Her work has included preparing reports for physicians, pamphlets/booklets for pharmaceutical houses, abstracts of medical articles, and conference presentations. She has also copyedited medical and scientific journals and books for a variety of publishers, including Springer (New York and Tokyo), Oxford University Press, Little Brown, Raven Press, Harper & Row, Appleton-Century Crofts, and Churchill Livingstone. Ms Schatken began working as an editor and writer with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Ms Vanessa Hammond

2008 - DPH (distinction) Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Otago, NZ

2003 - BA Psychology, University of Otago, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。現在はオタゴ大学の生態学の博士課程の最終学年。博士論文のテーマは、水文条件や化学的条件の変化に対する生物学的反応を含む生態学的課程のモデリングと、侵入生物種における将来の拡散と繁殖の予測。博士候補者になる前は、オタゴ大学医学部で教職に就いていた。皮膚がんの疫学とビタミンD欠乏症に関する研究の経験が豊富。紫外線線量測定と分析のスキルを有する。疫学と生態学の両方で幅広い統計的知識と経験を持つ。「Cancer Epidemiology誌」や「Biomarkers & Prevention誌」など、査読誌に論文を発表している。科学や技術に関するレポートを数多く執筆しているほか、会議や産業研究会にも何度も出席している。

Ms Hammond is currently in her final year of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Ecology at the University of Otago. Her doctoral thesis involves modeling ecological processes, including biological response to changes in hydrological and chemical conditions, and predicting future spread and proliferations of invasive species. Prior to her doctoral candidacy, Ms Hammond held academic positions at the University Of Otago School Of Medicine. She has extensive experience in research relating to the epidemiology of skin cancer and vitamin D deficiency. Ms Hammond is skilled in ultraviolet radiation dosimetry and analysis. She has extensive statistical knowledge and training in both epidemiology and ecology. Ms Hammond has published papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. She has written numerous scientific and technical reports, and presented at many conferences and industry workshops. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr Fiona McAlpine

2008 - PhD Integrative Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

2002 - BSc Biology, Southern Methodist University, USA

イギリス在住。博士論文では、炎症、特に腫瘍壊死因子が神経変性疾患に及ぼす影響を取り上げている。この研究では、主にアルツハイマー病に焦点をあてた、パーキンソン病も一部取り上げた。これらの疾患の齧歯類モデルを多用し、罹患した動物の脳に対する薬物治療と遺伝子治療のベクターの投与実験を行った。このテーマに関する一次資料に基づく研究論文やレビューの発表も行う。博士号取得後は、イギリスで自食作用の研究で博士研究員の任期を終えた。

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

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Dr Gerard Morris

1987 - PhD Radiation Biology, University of London, UK

1982 - MSc Electron Microscopy, University of Keele, UK

イギリス在住。放射線生物学、放射線療法、化学療法に重点を置いた腫瘍学を学ぶ。科学者また「principal investigator」としてオックスフォード大学に在籍中は、がん治療へ向けての新薬や新たな放射線療法の開発に取り組む。近年ではバイオテクノロジー産業の分野で科学者・メディカルライターとして活躍。腫瘍学、感染症、加齢性黄斑変性症、肥満症等を含む様々な疾患の治療の研究に関与。Brookhaven National Laboratory（米国）の客員研究員であり、50件以上におよぶピアレビュージャーナル論文・本の章の執筆経験を持つ。

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 Paul Marrow

1992 - DPhil Mathematical Biology, University of York, UK

1989 - BA (Hons) Pure and Applied Biology, University of Oxford, UK

Dr Marrow’s doctoral thesis “The evolution and dynamics of interacting populations” investigated biological evolution in an ecological context and used mathematical and computational modeling. These skills were further applied during a research fellowship at the University of Leiden and a postdoc at the University of Cambridge. With this background Dr Marrow was recruited by BT (British Telecom, UK) to apply insights from biology to computing and other technology relevant to the business. Over more than 10 years with the company, Dr Marrow researched and developed new technology, drawing inspiration from other complex systems such as economic and social systems as well as those in nature. During this time he led collaborations with universities and other companies and published many papers. Dr Marrow has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and is an internationally recognized computer science expert. He has also reviewed grant applications, journal papers and been an invited speaker at conferences and universities. He maintains a multidisciplinary view of technology. His current focus is on novel computing, especially for networked systems, where it intersects with new media products and services, telecoms, biology and complex systems. Dr Marrow joined he Edanz Group as an editor in 2012.

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Assoc Prof Simon Watts

注目エディター

大気化学、気象学、気候学、政策を専門とする大気生物地球化学者

1986 - PhD Hydrometallurgy, Imperial College, University of London, UK

1981 - BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Bradford, UK

イギリス出身／ニュージーランド在住。イギリスとニュージーランドで大気化学、気象学、気候学、政策を教えていた大気生物地球化学者。20年以上にわたり、大気環境とそれが健康、歴史的遺物、気候に及ぼす影響について研究している。「Atmospheric Environment」など複数の主要ジャーナルの査読者を務める他、大気環境とその測定に関する英国と欧州連合（EU）の政府および政府間作業部会／技術委員会のメンバーを兼任している。さまざまな国際会議にも講演者として頻繁に招待され、30本以上の査読論文の発表、特許権所有（日本の特許を含む）、教科書の執筆などの実績がある。日本、中国、タイの研究者たちともネットワークを通じて緊密に仕事をしている。

Dr Watts is an atmospheric biogeochemist who has taught Atmospheric Chemistry, Meteorology, Climatology and Policy in both the UK and New Zealand. He has spent over 20 years working in the area of air quality and its affect on health, historic artifacts and climate. He is a referee for several major journals including Atmospheric Environment, and has been a member of both UK and EU government and inter-government working groups and technical committees on air quality and its measurement. Dr Watts, a frequent invited speaker at congresses, has published over 30 peer reviewed papers, has patents (including Japanese patents), and has authored textbooks. He works closely with a network of colleagues in Japan, China and Thailand, and began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

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Dr Andrew Gorman

注目エディター

地球物理学のエキスパート。海底地質調査の経験が豊富。

2001 - PhD Geophysics, University of British Columbia, Canada

1987 - BSc Geophysics, University of Calgary, Canada

ニュージーランド在住。地球物理学者として活発に研究に従事。産学双方の分野で実績を持つ。専門は地質プロセス・地質構造調査における地震学的描像技術の活用。2003年からUniversity of OtagoのGeology Departmentで講師として勤務。現在は様々な地球物理学的技術を駆使した海底地質調査に携わっている。積極的な研究や論文発表の実績を通し、技術文書の執筆・編集の経験が豊富なエディター。

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.

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Dr Annabel Murphy

2008 - PhD Chemistry, University of Canterbury, NZ

2002 - Mchem, University of Sheffield, UK

イギリス在住。化学と生物学の学際研究を行い、競合する分子よりも進化上優位に立つために有機体によって生成される、小さいが複雑な分子が関与する天然産物に着目している。博士課程では、天然産物の全合成と、天然産物の構造を説明するツールとしての有機合成の利用に関する研究に従事。その後英国のブリストル大学でシンプソングループに参加し、天然産物の抗生物質の生合成、そして一次代謝産物の成分からその抗生物質を生成する複雑な酵素についてより深く理解することを目的とした学際的プロジェクトに携わる。有機合成、分析化学、生物学の分野で豊富な経験を持つ。

Dr Murphy researches at the interface of chemistry and biology, focusing on natural products involving small, but complex, molecules produced by organisms to gain an evolutionary advantage over their competitors. Her PhD investigated the total synthesis of natural products and the use of organic synthesis as a tool in natural product structure elucidation. She then joined the Simpson group at the University of Bristol, UK, working on a multidisciplinary project aiming to understand more about the biosynthesis of natural product antibiotics, and the complex enzymes that produce them from simple primary metabolite building blocks. She has significant experience in the areas of organic synthesis, analytical and biological chemistry. Dr Murphy began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

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Dr Daniel Broaddus

注目エディター

以前はコーネル大学、プリンストン大学に在籍。ナノテクノロジー、光学及び応用物理学の専門エディター。Applied Physics Letters誌にて論文を発表。

2010 - PhD Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, USA

2008 - MSc Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, USA

2004 - AB Physics, Princeton University, USA

アメリカ在住。2010年6月、コーネル大学で応用・工学物理学の博士号を取得。 Applied Physics Letters誌にて論文“Self-phase modulation at visible wavelengths in nonlinear ZnO channel waveguides” を発表。その他にも５本の論文の著者／共同著者でもある。光科学分野で8年の経験を有し、コーネル大学のナノスケールシステム研究センターにて、ナノフォトニクスならびに非線形光学の研究プロジェクトを率いる。学位論文研究は、超高帯域通信、材料科学、およびレーザー物理学での応用性がある。プリンストン大学在学中は、同学のプラズマ物理学研究所でリサーチインターンとしてプラズマおよび高強度場物理学を学ぶ。学士号論文のテーマは気体中での高密度プラズマ生成。

Daniel H. Broaddus completed his PhD in Applied & Engineering Physics at Cornell University in June 2010. Dr Broaddus has been an author or co-author on five manuscripts, including "Self-phase modulation at visible wavelengths in nonlinear ZnO channel waveguides", published in Applied Physics Letters. 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.

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Dr David Smith

1970 - PhD Mathematics, Washington State University, US

1967 - MA Mathematics, Washington State University, US

1965 - BA, Portland State University, US

ニュージーランド在住。2008年までオークランド大学で、数学を教授。「MathematicalChronicle」誌（現「the New Zealand Journal of Mathematics」誌）のエディターとして5年、また季刊誌「NZMS Newsletter」のエディターとして8年間活躍。可換代数学と代数幾何学が専門で、近年は乗算モジュールの分野でも専門研究を行う。線形代数の大学の教科書、ならびに世界的な査読付ジャーナルに約15の研究記事を執筆、もしくは共同執筆。

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.

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Dr Dean O'Connell

2009 - PhD Ecology, University of Otago, NZ

2004 - BSc Ecology, Unoversity of Otago, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。研究領域は、植物と節足動物の相互作用。博士論文では「Plant-arthropod interactions: Domatia and mites in the genus Coprosma (Rubiaceae)（植物と節足動物の相互作用―コプロスマ属（アカネ科）のダニ室とダニ）」というテーマで、植物の葉裏にあるダニ室の生成に影響する因子とハダニ群との関係について研究。現在は博士研究員として、農業システムにおいて花資源を昆虫社会に付加した影響を評価した上で生態系生物間にどのような相互作用があるかを研究している。出版物としては、炭素ストレスに対する植物の生理学的反応、ハダニ集団の微小生息域構造、ダニ室媒介3栄養性共生に伴う利益についての論文がある。

Dr O’Connell’s research interests are in plant-arthropod interactions. His PhD thesis, ‘Plant-arthropod interactions: Domatia and mites in the genus Coprosma (Rubiaceae)’, examined factors that influenced leaf domatia production and their relationship with foliar mite groups. His current postdoctoral research investigates multitrophic interactions by assessing the consequences of adding floral resources to insect communities in agricultural systems. Dr O’Connell’s publication record includes papers discussing plant physiological responses to carbon stress, microhabitat structure on mite assemblages, and benefits associated with domatia mediated tritrophic mutualisms. Dr O’Connell joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

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Dr Elizabeth Finnie

2005 - PhD Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, University of York, UK

2001- Bsc (Hons) Medical Biology, Brunel University, UK

イギリス在住。幹細胞生物学者。同氏の博士研究は、臍帯血中における希少幹細胞集団の同定および単離をもたらした。これは骨および軟骨組織の再生医学への応用可能性を秘めている。続いてSmith & Nephew's research center（イギリス）に上席博士研究員（senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist）として勤務し、再生医療、すなわち骨置換術や骨関節炎治療のために成人の幹細胞治療を臨床利用が可能なものとするべく、研究・開発の両段階の中心となって研究を行う。国際的な査読ジャーナルに研究の成果を発表している。現在は生物学のさまざまな領域をカバーするサイエンスライター兼エディターで、欧州メディカルライターズ協会（EMWA）会員。

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

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Dr Harry Taylor

注目エディター

20誌を超える動物学、生理学、細胞生物学系ジャーナルのレビュアーを務める

1970 - PhD Zoology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

1965 - BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

1972年以降、カンタベリー大学（ニュージーランド）の動物学、比較生理学、細胞生物学の教授。魚類、甲殻類、軟体動物、昆虫類、クモ類を含む様々な分類群にわたる生理的システムが研究対象。その他の研究課題としては、ガス交換と酸素輸送、えらと循環系の形態学と血流力学、浸透度調節、酸塩基バランスと排出、海水、淡水、地球環境への適応、卵細胞、胚芽、受精の生理学、漁業、水産養殖とライブ・トランスポートに関連するストレス、重金属の生態毒性等がある。顕微鏡検査（DIC、蛍光、TEM、SEM、Ｘ線マイクロプローブ）、腐食鋳造物、呼吸計測、血液ガスと酸塩基状態、浸透性、イオン、体液と水の代謝物質濃度、原子吸光分光学、放射性トレーサー、粘度計、血圧と血流（パルスドプラー）、心臓と通気度、電気生理学等の器具使用および分析の分野で豊かな経験を持つ。該当分野の主要な国際ジャーナルで多数論文発表。数多くのジャーナルやシリーズ書籍の顧問委員会に属し、およそ20誌の世界的ジャーナルのレビュアーを務める。数々の国内外の学会メンバー。

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.

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Dr Justin Dean

2006 - PhD Physiology, University of Auckland Medical School, NZ

1996 - MSc and Technology (1st Hons) Chemistry, University of Waikato, NZ

1994 - BSc and Technology Chemistry, University of Waikato, NZ

ニュージーランド出身、アメリカ在住。博士論文のタイトルは「Endogenous Neural Excitation and Inhibition and the Evolution of Preterm Brain Injury」。現在、神経科学関連の分野の博士課程研究員。マイクロダイアリシスとレーザー・ドップラー・プローブ定位配置での、カテーテル、電極配置、動物の検視および解剖を含む大動物と胎児手術技術に携わる。電気生理学で皮質のEEGスパイク波と発作活動（脳のインピーダンス、脳の近赤外分光学（NIRS）、脳のレーザードップラー、温度、ECG、EMG、血圧、超音波血流測定と胎児の呼吸運動）など生体内で電気生理学のデータの計装、レコーディングおよび分析のエキスパート。またシステム生理学での研究はもとより複雑で独特な心血管および中枢神経系反応にも精通。様々なブロット分析技術、プライマー構造とシーケンス分析、mRNAとタンパク質抽出、RT-PCRとジェル電気泳動をなどの分子分野専門。脳組織の染色と分析、イメージングおよび付随する研究所技術を含む組織学の専門家。エダンズ・グループの化学および神経科学分野担当。

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 Karen Bradshaw

注目エディター

数学、コンピューターサイエンスのエキスパート

1990 - PhD Computer Science, Cambridge University, UK

1986 - MSc Computer Science, Rhodes University, South Africa

1984 - BSc (Hons), Rhodes University, South Africa

1983 - BSc, Rhodes University, South Africa

南アフリカ在住。C++とオブジェクト指向プログラミングを含むすべてのプログラミング言語と分散・並列型プログラミングに焦点をあてたコンピューティング理論の大学コンピューターサイエンス講師。数々の報告書を執筆しており、コンピューターサイエンスと数学のあらゆる分野の原稿の経験豊かなエディター。

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.

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Dr Marina Komolova

注目エディター

高血圧症分野においてのスペシャリスト。「Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting」及び「Charles Best Canada Doctoral Award」の受賞者。

2010 - PhD Pharmacology & Toxicology, Queen’s University, Canada

2005 - BSc (Hons) Life Sciences, Queen’s University, Canada

カナダ在住。博士論文では、さまざまな病態（高血圧、食塩感受性、肥満）における血圧調節果たす腎臓の役割を明らかにすることをテーマとする。降圧薬や生活習慣の変化が心血管機能や代謝機能に及ぼす影響についても研究。分子レベルから全個体を使用した方法論まで、数々の研究技術に精通している。「Hypertension」「Journal of Hypertension」「International Journal of Obesity」などの科学ジャーナルに論文を発表。現在はクイーンズ大学の薬理学・毒物学部で非常勤教授兼研究ファシリテーターを務めている他、フリーランスのメディカルライターとしても活躍している。

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

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Dr Matthew Roth

1991 - PhD Molecular Immunology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

1986 - BS Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, US

アメリカ在住。T細胞生物学、遺伝子再配列、造血、発生生物学、神経生物学、核内受容体生物学における分子機構に関する論文を発表。遺伝子導入動物モデルに関する幅広い経験を持ち、ゲノム学・プロテオミクスに基づく技術を開発し、また遺伝子とタンパク質の発現プロファイリング手法を糖尿病や肥満、血液疾患、腫瘍学などの治療領域へ応用した。影響力のあるジャーナルに13本の論文を共著者として発表し、5件の交付済み特許を持つ共同発明者でもある。新たなプラットフォーム技術や製品開発に関して、バイオ医薬品、医療機器、ライフサイエンス企業と協議中。米クイニピアック大学の非常勤教授として、数年前から大学のオンライン講座で生物学の教鞭を執っている。ノースウェスタン大学で米国癌協会の博士研究員として奨励金を獲得する一方で、ニューヨークのコールドスプリングハーバー研究所で神経発生生物学を研究。

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

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Dr Peter Humphries

注目エディター

特別研究分野：系統発生学、グラフ理論、マトロイド理論、整数論

2008 - PhD Mathematics, University of Canterbury, NZ

2001 - BPhEd Exercise Prescription, University of Otago, NZ

2000 - BSc Mathematics, University of Otago, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。系統発生学、グラフ理論、マトロイド理論、整数論が専門の数学者。組み合わせ理論とともに、理論数学、離散数学、一般数学も研究。英語教師および大学数学講師として培われた、優れた文書力と校正技術を持つ。

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.

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Dr Sean Devenish

注目エディター

酵素学の専門家

2005 - PhD Chemistry, University of Canterbury, NZ

1999 - BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Canterbury, NZ

イギリス在住。酵素機能における四次構造の役割を研究。博士号は天然物単離・半合成、また、高分子化学や相当レベルのペプチド合成を含む有機化学の分野で取得。現在は酵素学が専門で、分子クローニング技術や特定部位の突然変異誘発法などを用いて酵素の生物化学的、生物物理学的特性解析に取り組んでいる。活発な研究活動に従事しつつ、論文発表の実績も優秀である。

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.

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Dr Seth Roberts

2007 - PhD Physical Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK

2002 - MPhys Physics, The University of Edinburgh, UK

タイ在住。広範囲にわたる研究分野の知識を有する。博士研究では、光ピンセットと電気泳動細胞を併用した非水コロイド系の有効電荷の測定に焦点を当てる。博士課程修了後は、ブリスベン（オーストラリア）のクイーンズランド大学バイオ・ナノテク研究所（AIBN）に博士研究員として2年間勤務。調節可能なナノ細孔を使った研究では、シンプルで応用が簡単なバイオアッセイ技術の開発を目的に、ナノ粒子の生体内修飾を発見。現在はチェンマイ大学（タイ）物質科学研究センターの博士研究員で、より強固なカーボンナノチューブ網の開発を目指すナノテクノロジーの領域で研究を続けている。

Dr Roberts has experience in a wide range of research fields. His PhD research focused on measuring effective charges in nonaqueous colloidal systems using optical tweezers in combination with an electrophoretic cell. After completing his PhD, he worked for two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the AIBN, in the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. His research used tunable nanopores to detect the biomodification of nanoparticles, aiming to develop a simple, easily applied bioassay technique. Dr Roberts is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Materials Science Research Centre at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He works in the area of nanotechnology attempting to create stronger carbon nanotube networks. Dr Roberts joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr Tim Cooper

2003 - PhD Chemistry, University of Reading, UK

1996 - BSc Chemistry, University of Otago, NZ

1996 - BA Mathematics, University of Otago, NZ

イギリス在住。博士論文のタイトルは、“A Computer Simulation Study of the Interaction of Surfactants with Mineral Surfaces”。博士研究員としてニュージーランドのIndustrial Research Ltd.に1年間勤務し、金表面での長鎖チオールの自己吸着単分子層をコンピューターで研究。続いてケンブリッジ大学に勤務したが、このとき有機分子固体の熱力学特性を調べるため、製薬業界から資金援助を受けた。査読誌に14本の論文を発表しているほか、数々の国際科学会議で自らの論文を発表している。計算材料科学の領域に専門知識を有し、固体材料の研究に使用される計算方法に豊富な経験がある。

Dr Cooper's PhD thesis was entitled "A Computer Simulation Study of the Interaction of Surfactants with Mineral Surfaces". He spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Industrial Research Ltd. in New Zealand, computationally studying self-adsorbed monolayers of long-chain thiols on gold surfaces. He then worked at the University of Cambridge where he was funded by the pharmaceutical industry to investigate the thermodynamic properties of organic molecular solids. Dr Cooper has published 14 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has presented his work at numerous international scientific conferences. His expertise is in the area of computational materials science and he has considerable experience in the computational methods that are used to study solid-state materials. He joined the Edanz group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr William Alexander

2009 - PhD Physical Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

2005 - BS Chemistry (with Honors), Marshall University, USA

アメリカ在住。現在はモンタナ州立大学の博士研究員として、分子線装置でガス／表面、ガス／ガスの反応動力学を研究中。研究対象としては、実験・計算化学物理学などがあり、表面分光学、超高真空、原子／分子線技術にも詳しい。10本以上の科学論文を執筆しており、筆頭著者として執筆した論文は、「Journal of Chemical Physics」誌、「Journal of Physical Chemistry」誌、「Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics」誌、「Faraday Discussions」に掲載されている。また、国内や地域の会議にも定期的に出席しており、最新の教育技術を化学教育に取り入れることにも関心がある。

Dr Alexander is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Montana State University's Molecular Beam Facility where he studies gas/surface and gas/gas reaction dynamics. His research interests include experimental and computational chemical physics, and he has experience in surface spectroscopy, ultra-high vacuum, and atomic/molecular beam techniques. He has authored more than 10 scientific papers, with first-authored papers accepted to the Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Faraday Discussions. He regularly presents at national and regional conferences. Dr Alexander is also interested in the incorporation of modern pedagogical techniques in chemical education. Dr Alexander began working an editor for the Edanz Group in 2011.

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Ms Dalia Lahav Jones

1991 - MSc Earth Science–Seismology, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA

1985 - BSc Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, Israel

ニュージーランド在住。研究者としてScripps Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics（IGPP）に6年間勤務し、太平洋海底の地震データの記録と分析、海底の地震観測装置の開発に携わる。また海洋学的構造地質研究にも参加し、Scrippsの学術調査船上でラウ海盆（南西太平洋）の地図作成と深海浚渫に従事。スマトラ島の地球力学探査計画の現地調査にも参加し、インドネシアの地殻運動の調査を行う。現在はニュージーランドを拠点に、常勤のサイエンスエディターとして活動。数学、物理学、地質学並びに技術知識を活かして、地球・環境科学のさまざまな分野の原稿の編集に携わっている。

Ms Jones spent six years carrying out research at the Scripps Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), recording and analyzing seismic data from the Pacific Ocean floor and developing underwater seismic observation instruments. She was also involved in oceanographic tectonic research, mapping the Lau Basin (SW Pacific) and deep-ocean dredging on Scripps' research vessels. She took part in field work with the Geodynamic Project in Sumatra, examining crustal motion in Indonesia. Ms Jones is now a full-time science editor based in New Zealand. She uses her background in math, physics, and geology, as well as her technical knowledge, to edit manuscripts in a wide range of fields in the earth and environmental sciences. Ms Jones joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Prof Cameron McLeod

1977 - PhD Chemistry, University of London (Imperial College), UK

1973 - BSc Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, UK

イギリス在住。シェフィールド大学の名誉教授（化学）で、分析科学センター長（1995～2011）、地球科学科長（1997～2000）を務めた。微量元素分光化学、レーザーとプラズマの分光分析の研究に焦点をあててきた同氏は、これらの領域に加えて、原子質量の分光分析、レーザー切断の分野でも幅広く論文を発表しており、同氏の研究は環境科学、物質科学、生命科学の分野に影響を与えている。複数の主要な分析科学ジャーナルの編集委員会にも名を連ねている。

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

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Dr Andrew Slaughter

2011 - PhD Water Resource Science, Rhodes University, South Africa

2004 - MSc Zoology, Rhodes University, South Africa

1998 - BSc Zoology and Computer Science, Rhodes University, South Africa

南アフリカ在住。水資源の分野の幅広い学術研究に関心をもつ。南洋の植物プランクトンの生物地理学的分布について研究し、淡水大型無脊椎動物を対象とした急性・慢性生態毒性試験に豊富な経験を有する。博士課程での研究は、新たな統計学的・機構的水質モデルを開発し、南アフリカの河川における流量と水質との関連を明らかにすること。現在は博士研究員として、南アフリカの水を対象に気候変動適応ツールを開発中。また、水文地質学モデルと水質モデルに用いるため、小型版の大気大循環モデルの雨量と蒸発のデータを利用している。慢性毒性試験、水質ガイドライン、急性－慢性外挿技術、水資源にとっての気候変動シナリオ作成の分野で論文を発表している。水資源科学科関連の分野で活動。

Dr Slaughter has broad academic and research interests within the field of water resources. He has investigated the biogeographical distribution of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, and has extensive experience running acute and chronic ecotoxicity tests on fresh water macroinvertebrates. Dr Slaughter’s PhD work involved the development of new statistical and mechanistic water quality models to link flow to water quality in South African rivers. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow developing climate change adaptation tools for water boards in South Africa. Dr Slaughter has utilized downscaled Global Circulation Model rainfall and evaporation data for use in hydrology and water quality models. His publications are within the fields of chronic toxicity testing, water quality guidelines, acute – chronic extrapolation techniques, and modeling climate change scenarios for water resources. Dr Slaughter began as an editor for Edanz Group in 2011, and works in fields related to water resource science.

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Dr Alexandre Lewalle

2003 - PhD Physics, Cambridge University, UK

1998 - BA (Hons) MSci Physics, Cambridge University, UK

イギリス在住。半導体と凝縮系物理学の知識を有する多分野に精通した物理学者。博士研究では、超清浄低次元シリコンMOSFETとGaAのヘテロ構造における電子相関物と関連する量子現象について研究。低温下度で極低温装置や高感度電子計測を多く用いた実験を行う。博士課程修了後から最近の研究では、細胞や単一分子レベルでの生物系の物理に焦点を当て、King's College Londonでは、光ピンセットシステムを開発して、単一ミオシン分子や、筋肉の張力を生み出すタンパク質の機械的剛性を測定。現在はUniversity College Londonで走化性細胞の力発生機構について研究している。

Dr Lewalle is a multidisciplinary physicist with a background in semiconductor and condensed-matter physics. His PhD research examined quantum phenomena related to electron correlations in ultra-clean low-dimensional silicon MOSFETs and GaAs heterostructures. Dr Lewalle's experiments made extensive use of cryogenic equipment and high-sensitivity electronic measurements at low temperatures. His post-doctoral study and recent research has focused on the physics of biological systems at the cellular and single-molecule levels. At King's College London, Dr Lewalle built and used an optical-tweezer system to measure the mechanical stiffness of single myosin molecules, the proteins that give rise to tension in muscle. Currently, at University College London, he studies the force-producing mechanisms in chemotactic cells. Dr Lewalle joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Catherine Blanchard

2005 - D Litt et Phil (Psychology), University of South Africa, South Africa

2001 - Masters Research Psychology, University of South Africa, South Africa

南アフリカ在住。クワズール・ナタール大学（南アフリカ）、農村健康センター（Centre for Rural Health）の上級健康研究員であり、リーダーシップとマネジメントに特に関心を抱いている。心理学の分野に関する幅広い知識を有することから、現在は質的（定性）調査のデザインや方法論を研究の中心にすえている。マネジメントや公衆衛生の分野に豊富な経験を有するエディター。

Dr Blanchard is a senior health researcher at the Centre for Rural Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with a special interest in leadership and management. With a comprehensive background in the field of psychology, her current focus lies in qualitative research design and methodology. Dr Blanchard is an experienced editor in the fields of management and public health. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011

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Dr Hillary Noyes

2007 – DVM, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, USA

2002 - BS Zoology (Concentration Animal Behavior/Neurobiology), Michigan State University, USA

アメリカ在住。米国ミシガン州立大学で動物学の理学士号と獣医学の博士号の両方を取得し、現在は小動物専門の獣医として実務研修中。動物行動学、家畜福祉学、人と動物の絆についての研究経験がある。米国の複数の主要動物園にて動物医療についての訓練も受けている。「Journal of Herpetological Medicine」「Surgery」「Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association」などのジャーナルに論文を発表している。米国獣医師会（AVMA）の「人と動物の絆」委員会メンバー。

Dr Noyes obtained both her BS in Zoology and her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Michigan State University, and is currently an internship-trained small animal practitioner. She has research experience in animal behavior, farm animal welfare science and the human-animal bond. Dr Noyes received additional training in zoological medicine at several major US zoos. She has published in journals such as the Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. She is a member of the AVMA Committee on the Human-Animal Bond. Dr Noyes began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010

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Dr Kathryn Piatek

1997 - PhD Forestry, North Carolina State University, USA

1991 - MS Forestry, University of Maine, USA

1984 - BS Biology, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Dr Piatek’s scientific background is in forest ecology and soils. Her research interests are on the effects of disturbance on nutrient cycling in forests and nutrient exports from forested watersheds. She has conducted research in conifer and broadleaf natural and plantation forests using a combination of field and lab approaches including isotopic techniques, modeling, and survey instruments. Dr Piatek is the author of several scientific manuscripts on nutrient cycling processes in forest floors, and element dynamics in export waters. Dr Piatek also has a research interest in understanding the effects of nutrition on human health and well-being. She has lectured courses in Soils, Forest Soils, Forest Management, and Global Forest Resources. Her research findings are frequently presented at the annual meetings of the Soil Science Society of America—an organization in which she was elected and served as Chair for the Division of Forest Range and Wildland Soils. She is also a frequent reviewer for several soils, water, and forest ecology journals. Dr Piatek joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011

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Dr Margaret Biswas

注目エディター

24本の論文を国際的査読雑誌で発表、科学関係の著作の共著者でもある。分子生物物理学のスペシャリスト。

1982 - PhD Molecular Biophysics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

1975 – Biochemistry, Birmingham University, UK

イギリス在住。DNA／タンパク質データベースの注釈付け、配列解析、分子モデリングの経験を有する生物情報学者。博士研究員として7年間、分子モデリング技法を用いたタンパク質リガンド結合の研究に携わる。その後、新設されたインド科学大学のバイオインフォマティクスセンターに上席研究員として参加し、訓練コースや研究プロジェクトの開発を担当。1998年にはケンブリッジにある欧州バイオインフォマティクス研究所のデータベースキュレーターとして英国に戻り、データベースの作成、注釈付け、研究に携わる。2002から2009年には、生物情報学者としてニュージーランドの民間企業に勤務。さまざまなプロジェクトに参加し、遺伝子やその他の因子がどう相互作用し、動植物の複雑な生物学的特徴に影響するかを究明することを目指している。スコットランド生まれで英語を母国語とし、執筆や出版に幅広い経験を有する。国際的な査読雑誌に24本の論文を発表しており、科学関係の著作の共著者でもある。

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

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Dr Robert Barrett

2011- PhD Physiology, University of Auckland, NZ

2007 - BSc (Hons 1st class) Biomedical Science, University of Auckland, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。博士論文のタイトルは、「Therapeutic hypothermia and its effects on the preterm fetal sheep」。ポスドク研究では、胎児の生理学と神経科学に焦点を当てた。カテーテルや電極設置、動物の死後解剖など、大型動物や胎児手術の技術に詳しく、脳波発作活動、体温、心電図、筋電図、血圧、血流など、in vivoにおける電気生理学的データの解析にも熟練している。さらに、体系生理学のトレーニングを受けていることに加え、心血管系および中枢神経系の複雑かつ独特な反応についての理解ももつ。組織学の知識としては、脳組織の立体的染色と解析、またそれに関連する顕微鏡検査技術を有する。査読誌への論文発表、共著書の出版のほかに、国内外の会議にも出席。

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

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Ms Brandy Weidow

2007 - MS Microbiology/Statistics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

2003 - BS Microbiology/English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

2009 - N/A Writing Biomedical Research Articles Coursework, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

アメリカ在住。フリーランスのサイエンス／メディカルエディターで、学会、ヘルスケア業界、産業界でライター兼エディターとして6年以上の経験がある。テネシー大学で微生物学、統計学、英語の学位を取得した後、ヴァンダービルト大学でさらにサイエンスライティングの教育を受ける。集学的がん生物学研究所で論文研究を行い、いくつかのがんの補助療法に使用する小ペプチド治療をデザイン。大学の研究室に長年勤務し、多彩な才能（執筆、編集、データ分析）で数百もの査読誌の記事や書籍の共著、研究助成金申請、特許、抄録、ポスター、SOP（標準作業手順書）、プレスリリース、その他多くの技術文献にも貢献。CSE（科学編集者会議）、米メディカルライター協会、学術出版協会の会員。幅広い主題領域で編集および執筆を行っている。最も注目に値するのは、微生物学、がん生物学、腫瘍学、細胞生物学、マトリクス生物学、生物工学、免疫学、生物統計学、方法開発である。

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.

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Assoc Prof Randolph Larsen

2002 - PhD Marine, Estuarine & Environmental Science, University of Maryland, USA

1997 - MS Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma, USA

1991 - BE Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA

アメリカ在住。環境化学の多数の領域で研究を行い、栄養素、パラアミノ馬尿酸塩（PAH）、バイオマーカー、ポリ塩化ビフェニル（PCB）の輸送や分布などを対象としてきた。ごく最近の研究では、メタン水和物と結合した北極堆積物コアの化合物レベルの同位体分析を行った。現職はメリーランド州のセント・メアリーズ・カレッジの准教授で、一般化学、分析化学、環境化学の講座を担当している。以前にアメリカの国立標準技術研究所（NIST）とアメリカ海軍研究所（NRL）の客員研究員を務めていた。環境化学を含む領域で、会議に出席するほか査読論文も発表している。

Dr Larsen has conducted research in many areas of environmental chemistry including the transport and distribution of nutrients, PAHs, biomarkers and PCBs. His most recent research involves the compound specific isotope analysis of Arctic sediment cores associated with methane hydrates. Dr Larsen is an Associate Professor at St. Mary's College of Maryland where he teaches general, analytical, and environmental chemistry courses. He has been a visiting scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Dr Larsen has presented at conferences and has also peer-reviewed publications in areas such as environmental chemistry. Dr Larsen joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr Gautam Bijur

注目エディター

神経変性疾患におけるエキスパート。これまでに32報を超えるピアレビュー論文を執筆。

1997 - PhD Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Ohio State University, USA

1987 - BS Biology, Rutgers University, USA

アメリカ在住。アルツハイマー病およびパーキンソン病などの神経変性疾患、ならびに脳代謝機能の研究に取り組む。精神医学（統合失調症、双極性障害など）、代謝障害（糖尿病など）、および腫瘍形成と発癌の分野において豊富な経験を有する。細胞培養技術、分子生物学技術、および齧歯類動物モデルに精通。米国立衛生研究所（NIH）および統合失調症およびうつ病研究のための全国連合（NARSAD）より研究助成金を受ける。これまでに、32報を超えるピアレビュー論文を執筆し、北米神経科学学会、米国癌学会をはじめとする多数の学会で発表。複数の生物医学系ジャーナルおよび助成機関の査読者を務める。

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

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Dr Joanne Davy

2007 - PhD Marine Biology, University of Queensland, Australia

2000 - MSc Applied Marine Science, University of Plymouth, UK

1996 - BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, University of Wales, Swansea, UK

ニュージーランド在住。博士論文のタイトルは、「Characterisation of White Patch Syndrome, a putative disease affecting corals in the genus Porites on the Great Barrier Reef」。漂白やサンゴの病気を含むサンゴ礁の生態系の研究に幅広い経験を有し、その専門知識は、海洋ウイルス学、海洋保護、磯の生態環境、応用海洋科学（水産資源学や沿岸防衛など）の領域に及ぶ。分子の領域では、プライマー設計と配列分析、DNA抽出、蛍光in situハイブリッド形成法、各種ゲル電気泳動法（DGGE法、PFGE法、SSCP分析）、組織病理学、透過電子顕微鏡法、共焦点顕微鏡法などを担当。査読誌に12本の論文を発表。国内外の学会にも何度か出席している。また、クリエイティブライティングで文学修士号を取得しており、2011年にはRandom House New Zealand社からノンフィクションの著作を出版。現在はフリーランスのライター兼エディターとして活動するほか、科学コンサルタントを務めている。

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

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Dr Kenneth Zahn

注目エディター

研究者としてバイオテクノロジー業界で30年に及ぶ経験を有する。特に分子遺伝学、バクテリオファージ／バクテリア／酵母菌／菌類のバイオテクノロジーへの応用を専門とする。

1987 - PhD Genetics, University of Wisconsin, USA

1975 - BS Biology, State University of New York, USA

アメリカ在住。研究者としてバイオテクノロジー業界で30年に及ぶ経験を持ち、分子遺伝学、バクテリオファージ／バクテリア／酵母菌／菌類のバイオテクノロジーへの応用に関する専門知識を有する。Frederick Blattner博士の研究室で博士課程を終了後、博士研究員としてブラウン大学のArthur Landy博士に師事。その後はロックフェラー大学のJoshua Lederberg博士のもとで分子遺伝学と情報科学のサックラー特別研究員として研究を続ける。また、京都のRITE（地球環境産業技術研究機構）分子微生物学グループでNEDO（独立行政法人新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構）産業技術特別研究員として湯川英明博士とともに研究した経験もある。現在はサンフランシスコのバイオテクノロジー業界で仕事をしている。

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

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Dr Lesley Benyon

1999 - PhD Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

1994 - MSc Animal Science, North Carolina State University, USA

1998 - BA East Asian Studies, University of Virginia, USA

アメリカ在住。米農務省農業研究局の研究者として、柑橘類と特殊農作物の改良に注力するアメリカ園芸研究所で活動。現在の研究は、柑橘類における柑橘グリーニング病、病原菌、媒介昆虫に対処するための遺伝的標的の同定。ハワード・ヒューズ医療研究所で抗微生物ペプチドの研究をするなど、科学的経歴は多岐にわたっている。中国の福建農林大学出身の科学者と共に東アジアにて、また日本の岡山大学では博士研究員としても活動。

Dr Benyon is a researcher for the USDA-ARS in the US Horticultural Research Laboratory, which concentrates on improving citrus and specialty crops. His current research involves identifying genetic targets for combating Huanglongbing/Citrus greening in citrus, the bacterial pathogen, and the insect vectors. Dr Benyon has a diversified science background, including having researched antimicrobial peptides at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr Benyon has also worked in East Asia with scientists from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China, and was a post-doctoral associate at Okayama University in Japan. Dr Benyon began editing for the Edanz Group in 2011.

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Dr Michal Bell

注目エディター

多岐にわたる分子生物学的手法の経験を積む（遺伝子操作、酵母および哺乳類細胞の培養、動物の飼育・解剖、DNAおよびmRNA解析、分子染色、画像撮影、蛋白生化学検査など）

2003 - PhD Biochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

2000 - MSc Biochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1998 - BSc Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

ニュージーランド出身／在住。生化学の博士号を取得後、スウェーデンのイェーテボリ大学医療生化学科、続いて米国のオレゴン健康科学大学行動神経科学科で、ポスドクフェローとして研究に従事。大学院での研究テーマは、真核細胞の酵母モデルにおける構成的に活性なMAPK分子の単離、制御、活性および生物学的作用（哺乳類MAPKを参照。最初のポスドク研究のテーマは、転写因子FoxC2の制御と、脂肪細胞代謝におけるPKA制御サブユニットRIIβの役割。同研究は、肥満症および2型糖尿病と直接的な関連がある。その後、生化学神経科学分野で、初代神経細胞培養系およびin vivoでの受容体チロシンキナーゼ（RTK）およびMAPKとの関連におけるD2ドーパミン受容体のシグナル伝達経路の研究に従事。経歴全般を通して、多岐にわたる分子生物学的手法の経験を積む（遺伝子操作、酵母および哺乳類細胞の培養、動物の飼育・解剖、DNAおよびmRNA解析、分子染色、画像撮影、蛋白生化学検査など）。査読済み論文6報を発表（うち3報は筆頭著者）。構成的に活性なMAPKの開発に関連する特許を保有。現在は科学コミュニケーションと科学教育の分野に関与。

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.

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Dr Nina de Boo

2005 - PhD Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands (in collaboration with the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, NZ)

1997 - MSc Medical Biology, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

ニュージーランド在住。胎児の成長および新陳代謝が専門の生理学者。主に成長制限された人間の新生児と羊の胎児の尿素サイクル障害に焦点をあてた「Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Intrauterine Growth Restriction」が博士論文。ホルモンの補足により子宮内成長制限の治療法開発の博士研究を完了。科学/非科学の原稿のライティングおよび校正では幅広い経験を持つエディター。

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.

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Dr Sarah Williams

2001 - PhD Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK

1997 - BA Hons Biological Sciences, University of Oxford, UK

Dr Williams’ PhD investigated the role of non-viral delivery in gene therapy. She then spent three years working as a postdoctoral researcher on the gene regulation of cystic fibrosis. Dr Williams’ main areas of expertise are genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, plant sciences, medicine, surgery, microbiology and biotechnology. Dr Williams has published several first-author articles in peer-ranking journals and presented her work at international conferences. She has also been a finalist in the (UK) Young Science Writer of the Year award with a report on the role of a speech and language gene in the evolution of humans. Dr Williams joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2012.

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Dr Adam Brotchie

2010 - PhD Physical Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia

2005 - Bachelor of Science (Hons), The University of Melbourne, Australia

Dr Brotchie is actively researching the modification and functionalization of metal surfaces. His PhD was in the field of acoustics and sonochemistry. Dr Brotchie is the author of 10 high-impact peer review journal publications and two book chapters, and has given numerous presentations at international conferences. He joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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Dr Brendan Wilhelmi

1998 - PhD Biochemistry, Rhodes University, South Africa

1989 - BSc Hons Biochemistry, Rhodes University, South Africa

1988 - BSc Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, South Africa

南アフリカ在住。博士課程では、汚染された鉱山廃水から重金属を除去するバイオレメディエーションについて研究。その後、ドーピング管理に関する研究開発研究所に勤務し、コルチコステロイドの検出を目的とした免疫学的技術を研究。大学に戻ってからは、P450薬物代謝、DNAバーコーディング、連続培養およびバイオレメディエーションなど、化学のさまざまな分野の研究に取り組む。現在の研究では、肝臓ミクロソームの単離、クローン作成、P450アイソフォームの発現と特性解析を行っている。この研究の目的は、各種新規化合物および乱用薬物の代謝を明らかにすること。2つ目の研究対象としては、南アフリカの動物保護区に生息する、すばしこく危険な草食動物のエサを確認する際にDNAマーカーを使用できるかどうかを調査。研究では特に、これらの草食動物が摂取する植物のバイオマーカーとしてのrbcL遺伝子を調査している。ローズ大学では上級講師を務めており、代謝、分析技術、法医学の生化学を教えている。学会にも出席し、クロマトグラフィー、分析生化学、保全生化学、酵素学の領域で論文を発表。

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

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Dr Chrissandra Zagami

2007 - PhD Neuropharmacology, The University of Melbourne, Australia

2001 - BSc (Hons) Biomedicine, Pharmacology, Monash University, Australia

オーストラリア在住。科学研究においては、神経系の正常な発達と機能、ならびに神経系疾患の基礎にある異常なプロセスに焦点をあてている。初期の研究では、運動ニューロン疾患である筋萎縮性側索硬化症（ALS）の器官型脊髄のスライス培養モデルを開発した。博士研究では、ALSに関与する2つのプロセスである興奮毒性と酸化ストレスが、グルタミン輸送体の機能と細胞死において果たす役割を調べ、特に星状膠細胞、およびこの細胞がグルタミン輸送体の調節に果たす役割と、これらの機序が運動ニューロンに及ぼす作用に焦点をあてた。博士課程修了後はマギル大学のモントリオール神経学研究所（カナダ）で研究を続け、脳幹における特定の神経細胞集団の発達についてさらなる解明を目指し、神経系の他の部位で神経細胞サブタイプの特定と軸索の標的化に重要なタンパク質に焦点を当てた。

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

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Professor Larry Takemoto

1974 - PhD Biochemistry, Colorado State University

1968 - MS Physical Chemistry, Yale University

1968 - BA Chemistry, Hartwick College

アメリカ在住。カンザス州マンハッタン（アメリカ）にあるカンザス州立大学の高名な名誉教授。30年以上にわたり研究を続けている眼の細胞生物学とタンパク質化学の分野での幅広い経験を有する。継続的にアメリカの国立衛生研究所より研究資金を提供される。アメリカの国立眼研究所（NEI）科学相談役会、国立眼研究所（NEI）水晶体・白内障委員会、視覚眼科学研究協会（ARVO）理事会など、視力研究に関連する国内外の数々の委員会に名を連ねている。アメリカ生まれだが、日系人の同氏は、日本学術振興会の特別研究員として日本の各地で研究を行っている。150本以上の査読論文を発表。

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

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Assoc Prof Irene Mackraj

2000 - PhD Physiology, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa

Prof Mackraj is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal. She teaches Human Physiology and Human Genetics at the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. She is responsible for running a gene expression laboratory. Her main research focuses are hypertension and its management using medicinal plants; and the etiology and treatment of pre-eclampsia. Prof Mackraj’s postdoctoral work involved the generation and characterization of a gene-disrupted proximal tubular cell model for the investigation of transporter mechanisms in the kidney. Her current research projects involve the investigation of blood pressure lowering plants with a focus on the renin-angiotensin system; and the etiopathology of pre-eclampsia in the local population. She is also a participant in projects involving novel drug delivery systems. She is a well-published author in ISI-listed journals, and is the Principle grant-holder for her research projects. Prof Mackraj joined the Edanz Group as an editor and reviewer in 2011

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Dr Alan Robinson

2009 - PhD Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK

2005 - MSc (1st hons) Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK

イギリス在住。農業界で活動する上級プロセス化学者。研究には化学領域全般にわたる深い知識が求められる。有機化学と物理有機化学、とりわけ合成、機構、速度論で豊富な経験がある。2005年には、国際的にも高く評価されているLloyd-Jones博士とともにジエンとエニンメタセシスの新規触媒の開発および解釈で博士課程を修了。数々のシンポジウムでも、賞を受賞したポスター講演や発表を行っており、最近では「Chemistry – A European Journal」誌に重要な共著論文を発表している。

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

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Dr Clinton Lai

2009 - MBA Master of Business Administration, INSEAD

2003 - MRCP (UK) Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK

1999 - MB ChB Medicine, University of Birmingham School of Medicine, UK

オーストラリア在住。医学を修め、内科の訓練を受けた後、腫瘍学を専門にする。その後は、国際規模の製薬企業で、固形腫瘍や血液悪性腫瘍の新規シグナル阻害剤の臨床研究プログラムを担当。第１相の用量漸増試験、第3相の大規模ランダム化比較試験や市販後調査まで、医薬品開発プロセスに幅広い経験を有する。また、医薬品規制や医療経済の問題にも精通している。

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 Jeremy Hoisak

2004 - PhD Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada

2004 - MSc Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada

2000 - BEng Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

カナダ在住。電離および非電離放射線医用画像・治療技術に重点をおいた医学物理学と医用画像技術を学ぶ。現在University of Torontoで博士課程に在籍し、放射線療法に対する腫瘍の反応の評価に用いる画像解析方法の開発に取り組んでいる。修士課程では、X線透視法を用いつつ、エクスターナルブリージングサロゲートと肺腫瘍運動の相関関係の安定性と時間依存変動性を研究。パターン認識、テクスチャ解析、剛体・可変画像レジストレーション等を含む画像解析技術の知識が豊富。また、MR、4DCT、高エネルギーコーンビームCT、PET等の医用画像診断システムを用いての研究経験もあり、画像診断や治療で用いるファントム画像や品質保証手順を開発した実績もある。脳、肺、前立腺、頭頸部の癌に加えて肉腫やリンパ腫等における臨床的問題にも取り組んでいる。医用画像の分野でピアレビュージャーナル上での論文発表の実績もある。

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.

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Dr Jon Wright

1995 - PhD Chemistry, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK

1991 - BSc (1st Hons), University of Essex, UK

2004 - Graduate Certificate in Trademark Law & Practice, University of Technology, Australia

オーストラリア在住。1997年より非ネイティブ著者の科学原稿の校正を担当。メイン専門分野は（有機物、有機金属化合物、無機および表面）化学、半導体、バイオセンサー（変換器、DNAとタンパク質配列）とナノテクノロジーなど多岐にわたる科学分野。現在の業界使用より軽度の状況下のアンモニア精製の新しい触媒経路の調査で1997年まで、東京大学の博士研究員。エダンズ・グループの校正以外にも、現在英国に拠点を置き、バイオナノセンサー分野の研究専門の科学者として活躍中。

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.

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Dr Matthew Barnett

注目エディター

20稿以上の生命科学に関する論文を査読誌に発表

2005 - PhD Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, NZ

1997 - MSc (1st Class Hons) Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, NZ

1994 - BSc Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Auckland, NZ

ニュージーランド在住。博士論文“Effect of variation in maternal protein intake during gestation and lactation on fuel metabolism in the offspring – studies in the rat”は、幼児期の栄養が膵臓機能とインスリン代謝に及ぼす効果を調べたもの。博士号取得後の研究では、マイクロアレイやプロテオミクスといったオミクス（OMICS）技術を用いて、オメガ3とオメガ6という脂肪酸がマウスモデルの腸炎に果たす役割について研究。現在はニュージーランドのAgResearch社の研究員。最近ではエピジェネティクス（後成的遺伝学）、とりわけDNAメチル化の分野で活動している。また、査読誌に20本の論文（2010年以降は11本）、共著者として査読書を1冊発表しているほか、数々の国際会議にも講演者として招かれている。生理学、ゲノミクス／プロテオミクス／メタボロミクス、エピジェネティクス、腸炎、免疫の編集を専門とするエディター。

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

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Dr Rogan Tinsley

注目エディター

パーキンソン病のモデルや診断のエキスパート

2003 - PhD Neuroscience, Flinders University, Australia

1998 - Bachelor of Biotechnology (Hons), Flinders University, Australia

School of Medicine at Flinders University of South Australiaで博士課程を修了。論文のタイトルは「Non-Viral Glial Cell Transfection: A Therapeutic Strategy for CNS Regeneration」。博士課程修了後は、ヒト成人の脳におけるニューロン新生を初めて実証したPeter Eriksson教授の神経幹細胞研究室で研修を受ける。その後はオーストラリアに帰国し、ハワード・フローリー研究所でパーキンソン病のモデルや診断の研究に従事。10年以上に及ぶ医学研究の経験を有するほか、「Annals of Neurology誌」など、同氏の領域では主要なジャーナルに幅広く論文を発表している。

Dr Tinsley completed his PhD at the School of Medicine at Flinders University of South Australia. His thesis title was "Non-Viral Glial Cell Transfection: A Therapeutic Strategy for CNS Regeneration." His post-doctoral training was in the neural stem cell laboratory of Prof Peter Eriksson, the first to demonstrat

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