Company Profile
SciMedit, based in The
Netherlands, provides English-language writing, editing
and proofreading services for the scientific, medical and
pharmaceutical communities.
Dr Melissa Geijp PhD, the founding editor of SciMedit, is a
native-English speaker. Dutch-born, she was raised and educated to
post-graduate level in Sydney, Australia.
Dr Geijp completed her undergraduate Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons)
degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. She went on to earn
a Doctorate in cell biology/oncology from the University of New
South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Dr Geijp has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, U.S.A. and the University of Cape Town,
South Africa.
During her years as a researcher she wrote, co-authored and edited
scientific manuscripts published in renowned international journals.
She produced and presented posters and papers at scientific
conferences.
In 2000 Dr Geijp became a Clinical Research Associate and worked for
the international contract research organisations, Parexel and
Covance, where she gained in-depth knowledge of clinical trial
requirements and procedures.
In 2004 Dr Geijp completed a Diploma of Professional Writing
(Professional Editing and Proofreading) from the Australian College
of Journalism, Sydney which provided her with the necessary
foundation for a career as an editor and proofreader.
Publications
Fenhalls, G., Geyp, M., Dent, D.M. and Parker,
M.I. (1999) “Breast tumour cell-induced down-regulation of Type I
collagen mRNA in fibroblasts.” British Journal of Cancer 81(7):
1142-1149
Alford, D., Baeckstrom, D., Geyp, M., Pitha, P. and
Taylor-Papadimitriou, J. (1998) “Integrin-matrix interactions affect
the form of the structures developing from human mammary epithelial
cells in collagen or fibrin gels.” Journal of Cell Science 111:
521-532
Pittman, S., Geyp, M., Fraser, M., Ellem, K., Peaston, A. and
Ireland, C. (1997) “Multiple centrosomal microtubule organising
centres and increased microtubule stability are early features of
VP-16-induced apoptosis in CCRF-CEM cells.” Leukemia Research
21(6):491-499
Geyp. M., Ireland, C.M. and Pittman, S.M. (1996) “Resistance to
apoptotic cell death in a drug resistant T cell leukaemia cell line.”
Leukemia 10:447-455
Geyp, M., Ireland, C.M. and Pittman, S.M. (1995) “Increased tubulin
acetylation accompanies reversion to stable ploidy in
Vincristine-resistant CCRF-CEM cells.” Cancer Genetics and
Cytogenetics 87:117-122
Pittman, S.M., Ireland, C.M., Geyp, M., Tynan, S.J., Gramacho, C.M.
And Strickland, D.H. (1993) Tubulin in apoptotic cells. In:
Programmed Cell Death: The Cellular and Molecular Biology of
Apoptosis. M. Lavin and D. Watters (Eds.) Harwood Academic
Publishers, New York, pp315-323