English Editing and Proofreading for Life Science and Medical Papers
Dr. Cynthia Schuck-Paim received her PhD from Oxford University (UK), which was developed in the interface of Evolutionary Biology and Experimental Psychology. As a scientist Dr. Schuck-Paim published a number of articles in top international journals in her fields (e.g., PNAS, PLoS, and Nature among others), on subjects ranging from epidemiology, public health and evolutionary models of choice to the mathematical modelling of species distributions based on climatic factors. She has participated as invited speaker in universities in various countries (e.g., Cornell, Oxford, Cambridge, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) and taught statistics, data analysis and experimental design for over five years for graduate and undergraduate students.
Dr. Schuck-Paim has also worked as an independent consultant in the fields of Epidemiology, Virology, Evolution, Ecology and Experimental Psychology for various institutions in the UK and the US, providing analytical and technical solutions in the analysis of large and complex volumes of data, epidemiological time-series, the development of analytical tools and the use of geographic information systems for the understanding of infectious disease epidemiology.
She has served as a reviewer for many scientific journals for the past ten years, including Biology Letters, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, Science, Journal of Virology, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS ONE, Nature, American Journal of Epidemiology and Public Library of Science Biology (PLoS Biology).
As a scientific editor, Cynthia has edited hundreds of scientific manuscripts, grant proposals and technical reports for authors with various language backgrounds.
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Avoid beginning a sentence with an antecedent (e.g., “Its”) or a demonstrative pronoun (e.g., “this”).
When a number is used to describe a single measurement, a singular verb is used (10 ml was added). However, if the subject is considered in separate parts, a plural verb is required (10 ml drops were added one by one).
The definite and indefinite articles should be used in formal writing; however, they may be partially excluded in headings, titles, figures, and lists.
Avoid pleonasms: for example, are found to be in agreement-agree, give consideration to-consider, in order to-to.
When a sentence begins with a number, the number must be written in full.
Avoid using a split infinitive unless the sentence requires it to avoid awkwardness or confusion.
Do not use the possessive apostrophe in acronyms (Incorrect: DNA’s).
Do not begin sentences with “and”.
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