Writing Tips

Offered by Prof. Babatunde A. Ogunnaike; organized by Yu Luo; last updated: 2021-03-06

Grammar

Description
“Approach to”approach to identify the effectapproach to identifying the effect
Articlesuch tasksuch a task
 … are glycosylated with glycan M8 inside endoplasmic reticulum… are glycosylated with glycan M8 inside the endoplasmic reticulum
 the usage of finite difference methodthe usage of the finite difference method
 We only need steady-state glycan profileWe only need the steady-state glycan profile
 Conditions in fed-batch process are different from …Conditions in the fed-batch process are different from …
 12 out of total 15 data sets12 out of a total of 15 data sets
 … identify effect of …… identify the effect of …
 The mesenchymal PDAC tumors are considered …Mesenchymal PDAC tumors are considered …
 The goal is to develop a strategy for realizing the EMT inhibitionThe goal is to develop a strategy for realizing EMT inhibition
 We obtained the time series data of the response of …We obtained time series data of the response of …
 from the experiments conducted at the University of Virginiafrom experiments conducted at the University of Virginia
 a reduced-order model based on the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD)a reduced-order model based on proper orthogonal decomposition (POD)
 in the Materials and Methodsin the Materials and Methods section
“Compare to/with”He compared children with young trees, both still growing and able to be shapedHe compared children to young trees, both still growing and able to be shaped
 Individual schools compared their facilities to those of others in the areaIndividual schools compared their facilities with those of others in the area
 a 2% increase in galactosylation compared to those grown in non-supplemented culturesa 2% increase in galactosylation compared with those grown in non-supplemented cultures
Plural… the dynamics was assumed … compared with that of …… the dynamics were assumed … compared with those of …
Preposition… approximates a system of PDEs as a series of systems of ODEs… approximates a system of PDEs with a series of systems of ODEs
 … were added in the culture… were added to the culture
 … make predictions against new conditions… make predictions under new conditions
 contribution of predicting process dynamicscontribution to overall model prediction
 … corrects the process/model mismatch… corrects for the process/model mismatch
 setpoints on the bioreactorsetpoints for the bioreactor
 runtime error of the coderuntime error in the code
 actuators of the outer loopactuators in the outer loop
 in this stageat this stage
 in the initial experimentduring the initial experiment
 In our latest experiment, that procedure was replacedFor our latest experiment, that procedure was replaced
 the effects fromthe effects of
 … used throughout the study… used in the study
“Resulted/resulting”the resulted distributionthe resulting distribution

Style

Description
Adverb placementWe can readily extend the model to …We can extend the model readily to …
 without structurally changing the modelwithout changing the model structurally
 … cannot accurately predict the process outputs… cannot predict the process outputs accurately
 We therefore simulate …Therefore, we simulate …
 We first used …First, we used …
 We again followed …Again, we followed …
 The NRMSE value, however, is …However, the NRMSE value is …
 … is separately calculated for each …… is calculated separately for each …
 … to the Golgi apparatus where it directly inhibits FucT… to the Golgi apparatus where it inhibits FucT directly
AnthropomorphismFigure 4 superimposes the model prediction and measurementsFigure 4 shows the model prediction superimposed on measurements
 Figure 6 plotsFigure 6 is a plot of
 Figure 8 plotsFigure 6 shows a plot of
 Table 3 listsTable 3 shows
 The validation process can complete within a reasonable timeframeThe validation process can be completed within a reasonable timeframe
“As well as”Copper has been shown to affect lactate metabolism and increase oxidative phosphorylation as well as shifting glycosylation profiles.Copper has been shown to affect lactate metabolism, increase oxidative phosphorylation, and shift glycosylation profiles.
“For/since/because”… that captures the effect of media … in a CHO cell culture process, for media composition has been shown to affect …… that captures the effect of media … in a CHO cell culture process since media composition has been shown to affect …
Future tense in scientific writingWe will introduce more …We plan to introduce more …
“Include”The manipulated variables include feed rate and temperature 1The manipulated variables are feed rate and temperature
Split infinitiveto quantitatively capture such effectsto capture such effects quantitatively
“That/which”This structurally simple model that approximates … is used to …This structurally simple model, which approximates …, is used to …
VerbWe followed a … strategyWe developed a … strategy
 We simulatedWe testedin simulation