Scientific writing with structural clarity

Science should not become weaker when it becomes clearer.

Iridis writes, edits, and validates scientific communication for researchers, biotech teams, and digital health products. From manuscripts and grant proposals to scientific content and evidence reviews, we help turn complex data into messages that are clear, rigorous, and defensible. The gap between evidence, interpretation, and understanding: that is where we work.

What we do

Four lines of work. One standard.

Anyone can write with AI. Few can tell you whether the science behind your message is actually clear, credible, and defensible.

Why Iridis

The colour is in the structure, not the surface.

The hummingbird's green is not pigment — it is structure. A scientific text works the same way: the same data can dazzle or go unnoticed depending on how it is built.

Structural clarityThe argument and the hierarchy of evidence are what a reviewer, an investor or a client reads first.
The gapBetween what a study says and what a headline reports. We close it without losing rigour.
Precision in flightThe hummingbird hovers perfectly still — controlled force. Rigour and clarity enable each other.
The manuscript · same finding, two texts

"A statistically significant trend towards amelioration of the evaluated parameters was observed in the intervention cohort, which could potentially suggest therapeutic implications that may warrant further exploration in subsequent investigations."

This is what we do: close the gap between the data and its reading.

The product claim · same app, two messages

"Our AI optimizes your nervous system through vagus nerve activation."

From our science validation line — claims that survive a clinician's reading.

Services

Four lines of work. One standard.

Every deliverable starts from the same principle: the structure does the work. We don't sell words — we build and verify arguments that hold up in front of a reviewer, an investor or a feed algorithm.

01

Publication support

From data to accepted manuscript. We work with your results and your team so the paper says exactly what the evidence allows — and reads the way it deserves.

  • ManuscriptsFull papers from data and protocol: IMRaD structure, results narrative, honest discussion. Substantive editing of existing drafts too.
  • ReviewsNarrative and systematic reviews: search strategy, evidence synthesis, and a structure that earns the citation.
  • Responses to reviewersPoint-by-point letters that concede what should be conceded — and defend what shouldn't.
  • Journal submission packagesCover letter, formatting to journal requirements, graphical abstract and highlights. Ready to submit.
02

Funding & grant writing

From research idea to fundable proposal. We help turn scientific rationale, work packages and expected impact into a proposal reviewers can understand, trust and defend.

  • Grant applicationsScientific rationale, objectives, methodology, work packages and project narratives built around a clear fundable argument.
  • Fellowship proposalsPersonal research statements, training plans, career development sections and host-institution fit.
  • Impact and lay summariesPlain-language and reviewer-facing sections that explain why the project matters beyond the technical niche.
  • Reviewer-facing revisionsResubmissions, rebuttals and targeted improvements after panel or reviewer feedback.
03

Scientific content & medical communications

Your team knows the science. We turn it into material that builds authority over time: for clients, for investors, for the field. Judgement, not just presence.

  • White papersResearch, argument structure and writing. The long document is where credibility is won — and it works for years.
  • Technical blogs and newslettersRecurring editorial content a scientist can read without raising an eyebrow.
  • LinkedIn ghostwritingPosts and articles for founders, researchers and company pages — written in your voice, from interviews and your own material.
  • Scientific decksPitch and conference presentations: the science first, the design in service of the argument.
04

Science validation & evidence audit

AI made building health products easy. It didn't make the science reliable. We check whether claims, references and evidence actually support what the product says — before it reaches users, investors or clinicians.

Note: This is scientific review of claims and evidence — not regulatory certification or legal assessment. We'll flag when regulatory counsel is needed.

  • Claim auditEvery claim mapped against evidence. Deliverable: claim matrix with risk levels and reformulations.
  • Evidence mappingThe science behind your product, module by module. Deliverable: evidence dossier.
  • Pre-launch reviewClaim audit + evidence mapping + user-flow review, combined, before you go to market.
About

Three people. One shared standard.

Iridis was born from the conviction that well-written science is not a concession to popularisation: it is the standard to aspire to. We are a small team on purpose — every project goes through the same hands that scope it.

The name
IRIDIS

Latin genitive of iris: "of the iris", "of the rainbow". In scientific nomenclature, the genitive is the standard form. Three readings in a single word:

Iridescence

The hummingbird's structural colour. Not pigment: construction. Like a good text.

Iris

Precision of vision. Seeing clearly what the data says — and what it doesn't.

Iris, the messenger

The bridge between science and those who need to understand it.

The team

Who we are

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Joan Martín Pérez

Co-founder · Editor-in-chief

Biologist and geneticist (UAB). Published researcher in nanoplastics and genotoxicology. Leads publication support and scientific content. Based in Terrassa, Spain.

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Michelle Morataya-Reyes

Co-founder · Science & Strategy

Biologist specialising in toxicology, genotoxicity and nanoplastics (UAB, Grupo de Mutagénesis). Leads science validation and research strategy. Based in Spain.

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Laura Bilbao Broch

Co-founder · Neuroscience specialist

MSc, Clinical Scientist in Neuropathology. Specialises in neurodegeneration, prion diseases and clinical science communication. Based in Dublin, Ireland.

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