Assoc Prof Jim Cummins

1970 - PhD Reproductive Biology, University of Liverpool, UK

1967 - MSc Reproduction and Embryology, University of North Wales, UK

1969 - BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of London, UK

オーストラリア在住。西オーストラリアのマードック大学で、解剖学、ヒト生物学、生殖バイオテクノロジーを指導。生殖生物学で豊富な経験を持ち、In Vitro Fertilization（IVF）等の受精技術にも助力。Human ReproductionやReproductive Biotechnology Onlineを含む数々のトップジャーナルの編集局に在籍、西オーストラリアのthe Scientific Advisory Committee of the Reproductive Technology Council（IVFクリニックを監督している政府機関）の議長を務める。10年間、編集の専門家として活躍、約2500件の論文を手がける。アジアでの親交も多く、2005年には大阪大学遺伝情報実験センターに客員教授として来日。
Dr Cummins teaches Anatomy, Human Biology and Reproductive Biotechnology at Murdoch University in Western Australia. He has extensive experience in reproductive biology and assisted conception techniques such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). He sits on the editorial board of several top journals, including Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biotechnology Online, and chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Reproductive Technology Council of Western Australia (the government body overseeing IVF clinics). He has been involved in professional editing for 10 years and has worked on about 2500 papers. He has many colleagues and friends in Asia and was a Visiting Professor at Osaka University's Genome Information Research Center in Japan in 2005. Assoc Prof Cummins began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.
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