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Editor: Vasuprada Iyengar (PhD) 7/18/2018 8:48 AM Editor: Vasuprada Iyengar (PhD) 6 years of research experience (including post-doc) 5+ years of editing experience as freelancer for various companies (eg., Sci-Edit publications; Cactus Global; SPi international) 25+ years of using English for communication Member of EASE (European Association of Science Editors) Select editing acknowledgments Kesavan etal , Development (2014), 141: 685-696 Kalucka etal, Mol. Cell. Biol. (2013), 33(17): 3426-3438 Franke etal, Blood (2013) 122(7): 1122-1128 © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Tariffs and conditions THESES: first 100 pages, 2 euros/pg; Time taken: 12-15 days Longer documents: time and rate negotiable based on length and projected amount of work involved Re-editing: Free only when rejected by journal on language errors, time taken: earliest possible! Content addition: 10 € /1000 words added; time taken: @ 24 h /1000 words

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