timbp bioscience editor

I have been working as a professional editor since 1996, and have specialised in editing biological and medical science since 1998.

In 1998 I started editing scientific articles for authors with English as a second language. I also started working as a manuscript editor for the Medical Journal of Australia in that year.

I have a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in biochemistry and genetics, and research experience in pharmacology and in microsatellite analysis for population genetics of endangered species.

My editing qualifications are a Diploma in Book Editing and Publishing, and Certification from the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS).

Major editing and proofreading projects

Most of my editing has involved scientific research articles, either as an author’s editor or as mansucript editor for the Medical Journal of Australia. Nevertheless, I have also been involved in producing some larger works.

• Recoding Nature: Critical perspectives on genetic engineering edited by Richard Hindmarsh and Geoffrey Lawrence (Sydney: UNSW Press; 2004).
• Copyeditor and proofreader for this collection of essays about genetic engineering.
• Drugs: From discovery to approval by Rick Ng (Singapore: Wiley; 2004).
• Copyeditor for this book about the drug development process.
• Reshaping Australian local government: Finance, governance and reform edited by Brian Dollery, Neil Marshall and Andrew Worthington (Sydney: UNSW Press; 2003).
• Proofreader for this book about local government in Australia.
• HIV Management in Australasia: a guide for clinical care edited by Jennifer Hoy and Sharon Lewin (Sydney: ASHM; 2003).
• One of several copyeditors of this monograph on managing HIV.
• Constructing RSI: Belief and desire by Yolande Lucire (Sydney: UNSW Press; 2003).
• Copyeditor and proofreader for this book about the epidemic of repetitive strain injury in the 1980s.
• Design Handbook for Reinforced Concrete Elements (2nd edition) by Argeo Beletich and Paul Uno (Sydney: UNSW Press; 2003).
• Proofreader for this edition.
• Principles of Structure (4th edition) by Richard Hough and K J Wyatt (Sydney: UNSW Press; 2003).
• Proofreader for this edition.
• Seeds of Concern: The genetic manipulation of plants by David Murray (Sydney: UNSW Press; 2002).
• Copyeditor and proofreader for this book, which is aimed at a general readership.
• Pharmacology for Health Professionals by Bronwen Bryant, Kathleen Knights and Evelyn Salerno (Sydney: Elsevier (Australia); 2003).
• One of two copyeditors for this Australian edition of this textbook.

Peer-reviewed publications

• Badgery-Parker T, Lovas S, Conlon JM, Burcher E. Receptor binding profile of neuropeptide γ and its fragments: comparison with the nonmammalian peptides carassin and ranakinin at three mammalian tachykinin receptors. Peptides 1993; 14: 771-775.
• Badgery-Parker T, Zeng X-P, Lavielle S, Burcher E. A novel, selective radioligand, [¹²⁵I]-[Lys⁵,Tyr(I₂)⁷,MeLeu⁹,Nle¹⁰]neurokinin A-(4–10), for the tachykinin NK-2 receptor. Regulatory Peptides 1993; 46: 455-457.
• Black JL, Diment LA, Alouan LA Johnson PRA, Armour CL, Badgery-Parker T, Burcher E. Tachykinin receptors in rabbit airways-characterization by functional, autoradiographic and binding studies. British Journal of Pharmacology 1992; 107: 429-436.
• Burcher E, Badgery-Parker T, Zeng X-P, Lavielle S. Characterization of a novel, selective radioligand, [¹²⁵I]-[Lys⁵,Tyr(I₂)⁷,MeLeu⁹,Nle¹⁰]neurokinin A-(4–10), for the tachykinin NK2 receptor in rat fundus. European Journal of Pharmacology 1993; 233: 201-207.
• Wang Y, Badgery-Parker T, Lovas S, Chartrel N, Vaudry H, Burcher E, Conlon JM. Primary structure and receptor-binding properties of a neurokinin A-related peptide from frog gut. Biochemical Journal 1992; 287: 827-832.