Manuscripts and grant proposals

IMPROVENCE has a well-established expertise in the linguistic correction of scientific documents written in English (articles, book chapters, letters to the editor, grant proposals, etc.). The specific focus is on medical research and biology (neurobiology, insect biology, health, plant biology, bacteriology, etc.) although manuscripts intended for other fields can be considered (on a case-by-case basis).

Competitive scientific writing needs to captivate a reader, in addition to being grammatically accurate. My goal, beyond correcting linguistic errors, is to ensure that your manuscript can be submitted as a clear, concise text that tells a story. For this, I offer suggestions in the corrected manuscript on how to rephrase your text, while respecting your message.

Numerous French and international research teams have called upon IMPROVENCE to correct their scientific manuscripts, including: research organizations (CNRS, CEA, INSERM, INRAE…), universities (Paris, Aix-Marseille, Nîmes, Toulouse, Montpellier, Dijon, Guasave-Mexico…), university hospitals (AP-HP, Marseille), and research institutes (IGH-Montpellier, CIIDIR-IPN in Mexico…).

Our scientific manuscript correction services include the correction of scientific documents, as well as associated figures, letters to the editor, and reviewer response letters. We can also provide assistance with peer review reports.

Finally, we also have recognized expertise in the field of grant proposal corrections for European programs (ERC Starting / Consolidator / Advanced; Marie Curie fellowships) and national programs (ANR-France; EMERGIA-Spain; Andalusia research program – Spain).

Several examples in this area:

Below is a selection of themes covered by IMPROVENCE, as well as a number of targeted journals corresponding to these areas (non-exhaustive list):

Medical research: epidemiology, pathology (sleeping sickness, trypanosomiasis…), occupational medicine, memory control, sleep disorders, neural development, cell biology, food safety…
Publications in: Animal cognition, BMJ Open, Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, Cell Reports, Cell Research, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Gut Microbes, Journal of Neuroscience, Neuron, Neuropharmacology, Parasites and vectors, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Parasite, Science advances, Scientific Reports, Sleep, Sleep Medicine…
Plant biology: photosynthesis, development, plant pathology, symbiosis, membrane studies, imaging, forest ecology, cell biology, nutrition
Publications in: The Plant Cell, Plant Physiology, Biological invasions, Crop Protection, eLIFE, European Journal of Plant Pathology, Functional Plant Biology, Journal of Experimental Botany, New Phytologist, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant and Cell Physiology, Plant Signaling and Behavior, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Journal, PLOS One, Frontiers in Plant Science…
Insect biology: neurobiology, behavioral studies, memory, parasitology
Publications in: Cell Research, Current biology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology…
Developmental biology: development in Drosophila, plants, rats, mice, Zebrafish. Spermatogenesis, neural development…
Publications in: Cell Reports, Neuron…
Microbiology: Population studies, biotechnology, gene regulation, pathogenesis, transcriptomics…
Publications in: Frontiers in Microbiology, IMA fungus, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Basic Microbiology, Journal of Proteomics, OpenMicrobiology, PLOS One…
Biotechnology: Synthetic biology, microbial fuel cells…
Publications in: Biochimica and Biophysica Acta, Bioelectrochemistry, BMC Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry…
Imaging: electron microscopy, light microscopy, image analysis, new probes
Publications in: Journal of Microscopy, Journal of Structural Biology…