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Editor and proofreader of scientific documents. Clear and concise English. Efficient and personalised service.

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Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

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Work Experience

Freelance editor, Online English teaching and coaching for scientists

RebeccaEnglishTeaching for Scientists

October 2021 - Present

Manager, INRAE Centre for Vegetable Germplasm

INRAE

January 2021 - Present

Research Scientist

INRAE

January 2004 - December 2020

Education

Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches

Avignon University

September 2010 - June 2011

PhD

John Innes Centre

September 1994 - September 1997

B.A.

Cambridge University

September 1991 - July 1994

Certifications

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

TEFL Pros

July 2021 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Rebecca Stevens, Jérémy Salinier, Véronique Lefebvre, Didier Besombes, Hélène Burck, Mathilde Causse, Marie-Christine Daunay, DOGIMONT Catherine, Juliette Goussopoulos, Christophe Gros, et al. (2022). The INRAE Centre for Vegetable Germplasm: Geographically and Phenotypically Diverse Collections and Their Use in Genetics and Plant Breeding . Plants.

Conservation of horticultural genetic resources in France @article{rouxcuvelier:hal-03372865, TITLE = {{Conservation of horticultural genetic resources in France}}, AUTHOR = {Roux-Cuvelier, Michel and Grisoni, Michel and Bellec, Arnaud and Bloquel, Emmanuel and Charron, Carine and Delalande, Magalie and Delmas, Marine and Didier, Audrey and Durel, Charles-Eric and Duval, Charles-Henry and Esnault, Florence and Feugey, Laurence and Geoffriau, Emmanuel E. and Khadari, Bouchaib and Lepers-Andrzejewski, Sandra and Fran{\c c}ois, Luro and Marchal, C{\'e}cile and Pernet, Alix and Salinier, J{\'e}r{\'e}my and Seguin, Marc M. and Stevens, Rebecca and van Issum-Groyer, Bernice and Kahane, R{\'e}mi}, URL = {https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-03372865}, JOURNAL = {{Chronica Horticulturae}}, VOLUME = {61}, NUMBER = {2}, YEAR = {2021}, MONTH = Jun, PDF = {https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-03372865/file/French-Hort-BRC-published-in-Chronica-Hort-61022021.pdf}, HAL_ID = {hal-03372865}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } . Chronica Horticulturae.

Rebecca Stevens, Karima F. Abdelgawad, Mohamed El-Mogy, Mohamed I. A. Mohamed, Cecile Garchery (2019). Increasing Ascorbic Acid Content and Salinity Tolerance of Cherry Tomato Plants by Suppressed Expression of the Ascorbate Oxidase Gene . Agronomy.

Rebecca Stevens, Guillaume Decros, Pierre Baldet, Bertrand Beauvoit, Amélie Flandin, Sophie Colombie, Yves Gibon, Pierre Pétriacq(2019). Get the Balance Right: ROS Homeostasis and Redox Signalling in Fruit . Frontiers in Plant Science.

Rebecca Stevens, Jérémy Salinier, Marie-Christine Daunay, Victor Talmot, Christophe Lecarpentier, Loïc Pagès, Amelie Bardel, Christine Fournier, Marie Torres(2019). Root Architectural Trait Diversity in Aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) and Related Species and Correlations with Plant Biomass . Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants.

Rebecca Stevens, Pierre Baldet, Jean-Paul Bouchet, Mathilde Causse, Catherine Deborde, et al.. A systems biology study in tomato fruit reveals correlations between the ascorbate pool and genes involved in ribosome biogenesis, translation, and the heat-shock response. Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers, 2018, 9 (137), 16 p. <a target="_blank" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00137">⟨10.3389/fpls.2018.00137⟩</a>. <a target="_blank" href="https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01721265">⟨hal-01721265⟩</a> .

Rebecca Stevens, Fedia Rebah, Chayma Ouhibi, K. H. Alamer, Najoua Msilini, Mouhiba Ben Nasri, Houneida Attia(2018). Comparison of the responses to NaCl stress of three tomato introgression lines . Acta Biologica Hungarica.

Rebecca Stevens, Mohamed Zaki Elmogy, Cecile Garchery(2018). Irrigation with salt water affects growth, yield, fruit quality, storability and marker-gene expression in cherry tomato . Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science.

Rebecca Stevens, Vincent Truffault, Stephen C. Fry, Hélène Gautier(2017). Ascorbate degradation in tomato leads to accumulation of oxalate, threonate and oxalyl threonate . Plant Journal.

Rebecca Stevens, Vincent Truffault, Gisele Riqueau, Cecile Garchery, Hélène Gautier(2017). Is monodehydroascorbate reductase activity in leaf tissue critical for the maintenance of yield in tomato? . Journal of Plant Physiology.

Rebecca Stevens, Vincent Truffault, Noé Gest, Cecile Garchery, Alexandra Florian, Alisdair R Fernie, Hélène Gautier(2016). Reduction of MDHAR activity in cherry tomato suppresses growth and yield and MDHAR activity is correlated with sugar levels under high light . Plant, Cell and Environment.

Rebecca Stevens, V Truffault, N Gest, C Garchery, M Causse, R Duboscq, G Riqueau, C Sauvage, H Gautier, Pierre Baldet(2014). Variation in Tomato Fruit Ascorbate Levels and Consequences of Manipulation of Ascorbate Metabolism on Drought Stress Tolerance . Acta Horticulturae.

Rebecca Stevens, Christopher Sauvage, Vincent Segura, Guillaume Bauchet, Phuc Thi Do, Zoran Nikoloski, Alisdair R Fernie, Mathilde Causse(2014). Genome-wide association in tomato Reveals 44 candidate loci for fruit metabolic traits . Plant Physiology.

Decreased monodehydroascorbate reductase activity reduces tolerance to cold storage in tomato and affects fruit antioxidant levels @article{elairaj:hal-03371232, TITLE = {{Decreased monodehydroascorbate reductase activity reduces tolerance to cold storage in tomato and affects fruit antioxidant levels}}, AUTHOR = {El Airaj, Hicham and Gest, No{\'e} and Truffault, Vincent and Garchery, C{\'e}cile and Riqueau, Gis{\`e}le and Gouble, Barbara and Page, David and Stevens, Rebecca}, URL = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03371232}, JOURNAL = {{Postharvest Biology and Technology}}, VOLUME = {86}, PAGES = {502 - 510}, YEAR = {2013}, MONTH = Dec, DOI = {10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.07.035}, HAL_ID = {hal-03371232}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } . Postharvest Biology and Technology.

Rebecca Stevens, Capucine Massot, Doriane Bancel, Félicie Lopez Lauri, Vincent Truffault, Pierre Baldet, Hélène Gautier(2013). High temperature inhibits ascorbate recycling and light stimulation of the ascorbate pool in tomato despite increased expression of biosynthesis genes . PLoS ONE.

Rebecca Stevens, Noé Gest, Cecile Garchery, Hélène Gautier, Ana Jimenez(2013). Light-dependent regulation of ascorbate in tomato by a monodehydroascorbate reductase localized in peroxisomes and the cytosol . Plant Biotechnology Journal.

Gest, Noe(2013). Ascorbate as seen through plant evolution: the rise of a successful molecule? . Journal of experimental botany. 64. (1). p. 33-53.

Garchery, Cecile(2013). A diminution in ascorbate oxidase activity affects carbon allocation and improves yield in tomato under water deficit . Plant Cell and Environment. 36. (1). p. 159-175.

Massot, Capucine(2012). Light affects ascorbate content and ascorbate-related gene expression in tomato leaves more than in fruits . Planta. 235. (1). p. 153-163.

Massot, Capucine(2010). Fluctuations in sugar content are not determinant in explaining variations in vitamin C in tomato fruit . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 48. (9). p. 751-757.

Rebecca Stevens, Noé Gest, David Page, Simona Birtic, Barbara Gouble, Louise Gilbert, Cecile Garchery, Mathilde Causse(2010). Response of the fruit antioxydant system to the post-chilling period in two different tomato lines . Functional Plant Science and Biotechnology.

Garcia, Virginie(2009). An integrative genomics approach for deciphering the complex interactions between ascorbate metabolism and fruit growth and composition in tomato . Comptes Rendus Biologies. 332. (11). p. 1007-1021.

Gilbert, Louise(2009). GDP-d-mannose 3,5-epimerase (GME) plays a key role at the intersection of ascorbate and non-cellulosic cell-wall biosynthesis in tomato . Plant Journal. 60. (3). p. 499-508.

Gautier, H.(2009). Regulation of tomato fruit ascorbate content is more highly dependent on fruit irradiance than leaf irradiance . Annals of Botany (Lond). 103. (3). p. 495-504.

Stevens, R.(2008). Tomato fruit ascorbic acid content is linked with monodehydroascorbate reductase activity and tolerance to chilling stress . Plant, Cell & Environment. 31. (8). p. 1086-96.

De Muyt, Arnaud(2007). AtPRD1 is required for meiotic double strand break formation in Arabidopsis thaliana . Embo Journal. 26. (18). p. 4126-4137.

Stevens, R.(2007). Candidate genes and quantitative trait loci affecting fruit ascorbic acid content in three tomato populations . Plant Physiology. 143. (4). p. 1943-53.

Stevens, R.(2006). Technique for rapid, small-scale analysis of vitamin C levels in fruit and application to a tomato mutant collection . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54. (17). p. 6159-6165.

Stevens, R.(2004). A CDC45 homolog in Arabidopsis is essential for meiosis, as shown by RNA interference-induced gene silencing . Plant Cell. 16. (1). p. 99-113.

NtKIS2, a novel tobacco cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor is differentially expressed during the cell cycle and plant development @article{jasinski:hal-02924897, TITLE = {{NtKIS2, a novel tobacco cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor is differentially expressed during the cell cycle and plant development}}, AUTHOR = {Jasinski, Sophie and Leite, Cynthia Saraiva and Domenichini, S{\'e}verine and Stevens, Rebecca and Raynaud, C{\'e}cile and Perennes, Claudette and Bergounioux, Catherine and Glab, Nathalie}, URL = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02924897}, JOURNAL = {{Plant Physiology and Biochemistry}}, PUBLISHER = {{Elsevier}}, VOLUME = {41}, NUMBER = {6-7}, PAGES = {667-676}, YEAR = {2003}, MONTH = Jun, DOI = {10.1016/S0981-9428(03)00082-2}, HAL_ID = {hal-02924897}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

Jasinski, S.(2003). NtKIS2, a novel tobacco cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor is differentially expressed during the cell cycle and plant development . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 41. p. 667-676.

Luisa Mariconti, Barbara Pellegrini, Rita Cantoni, Rebecca Stevens, Catherine Bergounioux, et al.. The E2F Family of Transcription Factors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2002, 277 (12), pp.9911 - 9919. <a target="_blank" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m110616200">⟨10.1074/jbc.m110616200⟩</a>. <a target="_blank" href="https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03371244">⟨hal-03371244⟩</a> .

Stevens, R.(2002). Two E2F sites in the Arabidopsis MCM3 promoter have different roles in cell cycle activation and meristematic expression . The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277. (36). p. 32978-84.

Rebecca Stevens, P. Rossignol, C. Perennes, Sophie Jasinski, R. Cella, D. Tremousaygue, Catherine Bergounioux(2002). AtE2F-a and AtDP-a, members of the E2F family of transcription factors, induce Arabidopsis leaf cells to re-enter S phase . Molecular Genetics and Genomics.

Mariconti, L.(2002). The E2F family of transcription factors from Arabidopsis thaliana - Novel and conserved components of the retinoblastoma/E2F pathway in plants . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277. (12). p. 9911-9919.

Rossignol, P.(2002). AtE2F-a and AtDP-a, members of the E2F family of transcription factors, induce Arabidopsis leaf cells to re-enter S phase . Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 266. (6). p. 995-1003.

Stevens, R, Creissen, G & Mullineaux, P, 2000, 'Characterisation of pea cytosolic glutathione reductase expressed in transgenic tobacco', Planta, vol. 211, no. 4, pp. 537-545 .

Rebecca Stevens, G P Creissen, P M Mullineaux(2000). Characterisation of pea cytosolic glutathione reductase expressed in transgenic tobacco . Planta.

Stevens, R. G.(2000). Characterisation of pea cytosolic glutathione reductase expressed in transgenic tobacco . Planta. 211. (4). p. 537-45.

Rebecca Stevens, G P Creissen, P M Mullineaux(1997). Cloning and characterisation of a cytosolic glutathione reductase cDNA from pea (Pisum sativum L.) and its expression in response to stress . Plant Molecular Biology.

Rebecca Stevens, G Creissen, P Broadbent, a R Wellburn, P Mullineaux(1996). Manipulation of glutathione metabolism in transgenic plants . Biochemical Society Transactions.

BOOK CHAPTER

Rebecca Stevens, Vincent Truffault, Pierre Baldet, Hélène Gautier(2017). Ascorbate oxidase in plant growth, development and stress tolerance .

Rebecca Stevens, Mathilde Causse, Besma Ben Amor, Mireille Faurobert, Stephane Munos(2011). Breeding for fruit quality in tomato .

Rebecca Stevens, Mondher Bouzayen, Mathilde Causse, Christelle Etienne, Christophe Rothan(2007). Tomato: a model plant for Solanaceae genomics .

Rebecca Stevens, Stephane Munos, Mathilde Causse, Abdelhafid Bendahmane, Véronique Lefebvre(2007). Characterization of major genes and QTLs by a candidate gene approach .

CONFERENCE PAPER

A systems biology study in tomato fruit reveals signaling from the ascorbate pool and links with translation and the heat-shock response @inproceedings{stevens:hal-02744048, TITLE = {{A systems biology study in tomato fruit reveals signaling from the ascorbate pool and links with translation and the heat-shock response}}, AUTHOR = {Stevens, Rebecca and Baldet, Pierre and Bouchet, Jean-Paul and Causse, Mathilde}, URL = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02744048}, BOOKTITLE = {{Annual Conference COST FA1106 ``Quality Fruit''}}, ADDRESS = {Porto, Portugal}, PAGES = {36 p.}, YEAR = {2016}, MONTH = Oct, HAL_ID = {hal-02744048}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } .

Vitamin C and cell wall metabolisms in tomato: GDP-D-mannose epimerase (GME) a key actor of these interrelated pathways @inproceedings{gilbert:hal-02739180, TITLE = {{Vitamin C and cell wall metabolisms in tomato: GDP-D-mannose epimerase (GME) a key actor of these interrelated pathways}}, AUTHOR = {Gilbert, Louise and Dumont, Marie and Ferrand, Carine and Bournonville, Celine and Monier, Antoine and Jorly, Joana and Atienza, Isabelle and Hernould, Michel and Stevens, Rebecca and Lehner, Arnaud and Mollet, Jean-Claude and Rothan, Christophe and Lerouge, Patrice and Baldet, Pierre}, URL = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02739180}, BOOKTITLE = {{The 12th Solanaceae Conference SOL 2015}}, ADDRESS = {Bordeaux, France}, YEAR = {2015}, MONTH = Oct, PDF = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02739180/file/Stevens%202015%2012th%20Solanaceae%20Conference%2050_1.pdf}, HAL_ID = {hal-02739180}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } .

A multilocus mixed model for GWAS reveals associations for metabolic traits in the tomato, [i]Solanum lycopersicum[/i] @inproceedings{sauvage:hal-01268525, TITLE = {{A multilocus mixed model for GWAS reveals associations for metabolic traits in the tomato, [i]Solanum lycopersicum[/i]}}, AUTHOR = {Sauvage, Christopher and Segura, Vincent and BAUCHET, Guillaume and Stevens, Rebecca and Do, P.T. and Fernie, A. and Causse, Mathilde}, URL = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01268525}, BOOKTITLE = {{XVIIIth Eucarpia Meeting, Vegetable section, Tomato Working group}}, ADDRESS = {Avignon, France}, PAGES = {1 p.}, YEAR = {2014}, MONTH = Apr, PDF = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01268525/file/Sauvage%20Christopher_P015_Eucarpia%20tomato%202014_1.pdf}, HAL_ID = {hal-01268525}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } .

Metabolic profiling of transgenic lines silenced for an MDHAR gene and impact on ascorbate redox state and carbon metabolism @inproceedings{truffault:hal-02799822, TITLE = {{Metabolic profiling of transgenic lines silenced for an MDHAR gene and impact on ascorbate redox state and carbon metabolism}}, AUTHOR = {Truffault, Vincent and Costagliola, Guy and Gautier, H{\'e}l{\`e}ne and Stevens, Rebecca}, URL = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02799822}, BOOKTITLE = {{18. EUCARPIA Meeting of the Tomato Working Group}}, ADDRESS = {Avignon, France}, PAGES = {1 p.}, YEAR = {2014}, MONTH = Apr, PDF = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02799822/file/Stevens%20Rebecca%20_%20T009_Eucarpia%20tomato%202014_1.pdf}, HAL_ID = {hal-02799822}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } .

Variation in tomato fruit ascorbate levels and consequences of manipulation of ascorbate metabolism on drought stress tolerance @inproceedings{truffault:hal-02740997, TITLE = {{Variation in tomato fruit ascorbate levels and consequences of manipulation of ascorbate metabolism on drought stress tolerance}}, AUTHOR = {Truffault, Vincent and Gest, No{\'e} and Garchery, Cecile and Causse, Mathilde M. and Duboscq, Renaud and Riqueau, Gis{\`e}le and Sauvage, Christopher and Gautier, H{\'e}l{\`e}ne and Baldet, Pierre and Stevens, Rebecca}, URL = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02740997}, BOOKTITLE = {{2. International Symposium on Biotechnology of Fruit Species}}, ADDRESS = {Nelson, New Zealand}, PUBLISHER = {{International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)}}, SERIES = {Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Biotechnology of Fruit Species}, VOLUME = {1048}, YEAR = {2012}, MONTH = Mar, KEYWORDS = {water ; diversity ; adaptation ; growth ; Solanum lycopersicum ; vitamine C}, HAL_ID = {hal-02740997}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } .

Deciphering ascorbic acid regulation in tomato fruit ripening @inproceedings{bournonville:hal-02800985, TITLE = {{Deciphering ascorbic acid regulation in tomato fruit ripening}}, AUTHOR = {Bournonville, Celine and Ferrand, Carine and Just, Daniel and Garcia, Virginie V. and Jacob, Daniel and Stevens, Rebecca and Gautier, H{\'e}l{\`e}ne and Rothan, Christophe and Baldet, Pierre}, URL = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02800985}, BOOKTITLE = {{18. EUCARPIA Meeting of the Tomato Working Group}}, ADDRESS = {Avignon, France}, PAGES = {1 p.}, YEAR = {2014}, MONTH = Apr, PDF = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02800985/file/Stevens%20Rebecca_%20T021_Eucarpia%20tomato%202014_1.pdf}, HAL_ID = {hal-02800985}, HAL_VERSION = {v1}, } .