Catherine Perfect

Scientific and Medical Editing

I provide a scientific and medical editing service for researchers who are submitting their work to English-language science and medical journals and whose first language is not English. I am also able to provide this service to postgraduate students submitting Masters and Doctoral dissertations. My particular specialities are the fields of Genetics and Genomics, Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, and Biochemistry and Cell Biology. I am a native English speaker with twelve years of editing experience, as well as over nine years of laboratory experience. I am skilled in the analysis of gene expression using next-generation sequencing and microarrays, and have experience of many techniques related to the analysis of gene expression patterns and genome organization. These include: RNA and DNA FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization); chromosome painting; RNA TRAP (tagging and recovery of associated proteins); qRT-PCR. With reference to my publication history, please note that my maiden name is Catherine Moir.

Full CV available on request here.

Employment History

2018–present and 2012–2016

Freelance Editor, Edanz Group.

Editing service for scientists whose first language is not English. Specialities include Genetics and Genomics, Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, and Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

2022–present

Press Release Writer, Edanz Group.

Writing English-language press releases for institutions in Japan.

2023–present

“Excited by the Science” video podcast, Edanz Group.

Recording short videos on interesting, recently published articles.

2015

Freelance Editor, The Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery.

English language editing of all issues of JTSS from 2012–2014 that had been translated from Turkish for the purposes of assessment by NIH.

Qualifications

2004–2007

BA (Hons) in Genetics, 2.i. Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (UK).

2002–2004

A Levels: Biology (A), Chemistry (A), Physics (A) and Mathematics (A).

2000–2002

GCSEs: Biology (A*), Chemistry (A*), Physics (A*), Mathematics (A*), English Literature (A*), English Language (A*), French (A*), Latin (A*), Ancient Greek (A*), Information Technology (A*).

Scientific Publications

Trost B, Moir CA, Gillespie ZE, Kusalik A, Mitchell JA, Eskiw CH (2015). Concordance between RNA-sequencing data and DNA microarray data in transcriptome analysis of proliferative and quiescent fibroblasts. R Soc Open Sci. 2(9).

Mitchell JA, Clay I, Umlauf D, Chen CY, Moir CA, Eskiw CH, Schoenfelder S, Chakalova L, Nagano T, Fraser P (2012). Nuclear RNA sequencing of the mouse erythroid cell transcriptome. PLoS One. 7(11)

Delgehyr N, Lopes CS, Moir CA, Huisman SM, Segal M (2008). Dissecting the involvement of formins in Bud6p-mediated cortical capture of microtubules in S. cerevisiae. J Cell Sci. 121:3803–14.

A search of Google Scholar for the terms “Catherine Perfect” and “Edanz”, here, shows a small selection of the published papers I have edited.

The "Excited by the Science" podcast can be seen here.

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