Director

Julia Slone-Murphy, PhD

​Certified Editor | translator

I've been editing research papers for more than ten years. During that time I’ve helped hundreds of authors publish their research, and many remain regular clients. I'm a certified Editor in the Life Sciences and an Advanced Professional member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP). I also spent eight years in the research environment (UCL, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi and CNRS), where I started editing and translating for colleagues and friends, before eventually choosing this as my career. Helping others publish gives me even more satisfaction than my own days in the lab. NeuroEdit provides exceptional editorial and scientific assistance to neuroscience researchers all over the world, and I am personally committed to my responsibility of ensuring we maintain the highest possible standards.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Editorial (links go to professional profiles)
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS)
Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)
European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
​Mediterranean Editors and Translators (MET)
Council of Science Editors
Scientific
British Neuroscience Association (BNA)
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)

CV

​​2011–present: Director, editor and translator, NeuroEdit.
2012–2016: Scientific specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP.
2010–2012: Postdoctoral research: role of the subthalamic nucleus in the motivation to take drugs of abuse, INCIA, CNRS, University of Bordeaux 2.
2006–2010: PhD in Neuroscience: role of the neurokinin-1 receptor in behavioural and molecular responses to amphetamine, UCL (University College London). 
2005–2006: Bench scientist: effect of maternal isolation on neurotransmission in the forebrain, GlaxoSmithKline.
2004–2005: MSc in Neuroscience: effects of phencyclidine on excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission in the forebrain, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry  and GlaxoSmithKline. 
2000–2004: BSc in Pharmacology with Industrial Experience: clinical trial simulation, University of Manchester and Sanofi.

our team

Malini Devadas, PhD

Editor

After completing her PhD in neuroscience at the Australian National University in the 1990s, Malini worked as a medical researcher in Japan for 4 years. She has been editing professionally since 2004 and became accredited with the Institute of Professional Editors (Australia) in 2009. Malini specialises in topics relating to health and medicine, and also gives academic writing workshops at universities around Australia.

Andreas Schober, Dr Rer Nat Habil

Illustrator

Founder of our partner company pfs (professional figure service), Andreas has a wealth of hands-on scientific illustration and digital artwork experience, having worked as an artwork executive in the editorial office of Springer Heidelberg. In this role, he was responsible for editing and quality control of artwork submitted to Cell and Tissue Research, including cover illustrations for the journal. In addition, Andreas has had a highly successful career as a neurobiology researcher for more than three decades. Your figures couldn't be in better hands!

Raul de la Flor, MSc

translator

Raùl uses his native Spanish and extensive experience from 15 years as a neuropharmacology researcher (at UCL, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Takeda and Pharmidex, where he is now head of CNS) to help Spanish-speaking researchers present their work in English. Raùl's excellent translations are combined with our editors' expertise to make the version you receive polished and publication-ready.

Elaine Seery, MSc

translator, editor

Elaine is the founder of our partner company International Science Editing. British-born and now based in Toulouse, France, Elaine has a background in computing science (in which she holds her Master’s degree) as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and had a long and varied career in many different fields before becoming a full-time translator and editor. Her specialisms are translating and editing in the fields of computing, social sciences and psychology.

About NeuroEdit

We're a small company with a strong focus: we help neuroscientists present their research effectively. Founded by Julia in 2011 as a geeky passion project, NeuroEdit has developed into a respected company, growing slowly and selectively, with the passion for our work remaining at our core. Based in the UK, we receive work from clients all over the world, from individual researchers and universities to world-leading author-services companies and publishers including Springer Nature. Contact us to see how we can help you publish your work in high-impact journals with a global readership.

Freelancer? Join us! We're looking for a few more excellent freelancers. If you are a qualified and experienced editor or translator, with a background in neuroscience research and a love for your job, please get in touch by email, Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn to see if we can work together.