EDITOR IN CHIEF (2016)
Thomas J. Silhavy
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
EDITORS
Judith P. Armitage, Editor (2015) University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
Peter J. Christie, Editor (2016) University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Tex.
Piet de Boer, Editor (2017) Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Victor J. DiRita, Editor (2014) University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Richard L. Gourse, Editor (2017) University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Roberto Kolter, Cover Editor (2018) Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
William Margolin, Minireview Editor (2016) University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Tex.
William W. Metcalf, Editor (2016) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill.
Charles P. Moran, Jr., Editor (2014)
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
George A. O'Toole, Editor (2017) Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.
John S. Parkinson, Editor (2015) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Olaf Schneewind, Editor (2015) The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Ann M. Stock, Editor (2016) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, N.J.
Igor B. Zhulin, Editor (2018) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Thomas E. Shenk, Chairman, Journals Board
Barbara M. Goldman, Director, Journals
Stefanie Kowalski, Production Editor
Amber Esplin, Assistant Production Editor
Jessica C. Freeman, Editorial Coordinator
EDITORIAL BOARD
Sarah Ades (2015)
Brian Ahmer (2015)
Birgit E. Alber (2013)
Gladys Alexandre (2014)
Paul Babitzke (2015)
John Battista (2014)
Andreas Bäumler (2013)
Anke Becker (2015)
Robert Belas (2015)
Robert Bender (2015)
Peter Bergquist (2013)
Harris D. Bernstein (2013)
Indranil Biswas (2013)
David Blair (2013)
Winfried Boos (2015)
Bob Bourret (2015)
Miriam Braunstein (2015)
Richard G. Brennan (2015)
Harald Brüssow (2014)
Wolfgang Buckel (2015)
Lori Burrows (2015)
Eric Cascales (2015)
Matthew Chapman (2014)
Dhruba K. Chattoraj (2015)
Ciaran Condon (2015)
Michael M. Cox (2015)
Dean Crick (2014)
Sean Crosson (2015)
Antoine Danchin (2014)
Andrew J. Darwin (2013)
Heran Darwin (2015)
Diego de Mendoza (2013)
Wim DHaeze (2015)
Michael S. Donnenberg (2013)
Timothy Donohue (2015)
Charles Dorman (2015)
Adam Driks (2013)
David Dubnau (2015)
Alain C. Dufour (2015)
Gary Dunny (2015)
Jonathan Dworkin (2015)
Susan M. Egan (2013)
Patrick Eichenberger (2015)
Marie A. Elliot (2015)
Scott Ensign (2014)
Manuel Espinosa-Urgel (2013)
Neil Fairweather (2014)
Michael Federle (2014)
Michael Feiss (2014)
James Ferry (2015)
Alain Filloux (2015)
Steven E. Finkel (2015)
Robert Fisher (2014)
S. H. Fisher (2015)
Katrina Forest (2013)
Timothy J. Foster (2015)
Georg Fuchs (2013)
Barbara Funnell (2015)
Clay Fuqua (2015)
Michael Galperin (2014)
Mikhail Gelfand (2014)
Mark Gomelsky (2013)
Susan Gottesman (2015)
Dennis Grogan (2015)
John Gunn (2013)
Klaus Hantke (2015)
Mark E. Hart (2015)
Michael Hecker (2013)
John Helmann (2013)
Roger Hendrix (2013)
David R. Hendrixson (2015)
Antonia Herrero (2014)
Darren E. Higgins (2014)
Paul Hoffman (2014)
James Imlay (2015)
Robert Kelly (2014)
Patricia J. Kiley (2015)
Karl Klose (2013)
Theresa M. Koehler (2014)
Ken Kreuzer (2014)
Lee Kroos (2015)
Joseph Lam (2014)
Robert LaRossa (2013)
Beth Lazazzera (2015)
Chia Y. Lee (2013)
Petra Levin (2014)
Joe Lutkenhaus (2014)
Michael Manson (2013)
Esperanza Martinez Romero (2014)
Julie Maupin-Furlow (2015)
Mark McBride (2015)
Linda McCarter (2015)
D. Scott Merrell (2015)
Bénédicte Michel (2014)
Rajeev Misra (2015)
Donald Morrison (2015)
Tarek Msadek (2015)
Conrad W. Mullineaux (2013)
Michiko Nakano (2015)
Justin Nodwell (2013)
Michael Otto (2015)
Marta Perego (2015)
John Perkins (2014)
Gregory J. Phillips (2015)
Jacqueline Plumbridge (2015)
David Popham (2015)
James Preston (2013)
Steven Projan (2013)
Tracy Raivio (2014)
Juan Ramos (2014)
Philip N. Rather (2013)
Christopher Rensing (2014)
Arne Rietsch (2015)
Charles Rock (2015)
Jung-Hye Roe (2013)
Roy Martin Roop (2015)
Wilma Ross (2014)
Maria Sandkvist (2013)
Peter Setlow (2015)
William M. Shafer (2014)
Deborah Siegele (2015)
Mitchell Singer (2015)
James Slauch (2015)
Lotte Sogaard-Andersen (2014)
Holger Sondermann (2015)
Vanessa Sperandio (2014)
Stephen Spiro (2013)
George C. Stewart (2015)
Valley J. Stewart (2015)
Jörg Stülke (2013)
Michael Surette (2013)
David Thanassi (2015)
Teresa Thiel (2013)
Hung Ton-That (2014)
Nicolas Toro (2013)
Burkhard Tuemmler (2014)
Mike Vasil (2013)
Karen L. Visick (2015)
Joerg Vogel (2014)
Uwe Völker (2015)
Gerrit Voordouw (2014)
Judy Wall (2015)
Karen M. Wassarman (2013)
David Weiss (2013)
Roy D. Welch (2013)
Robert White (2014)
Marvin Whiteley (2013)
Chris Whitfield (2015)
Malcolm Winkler (2013)
Jeffrey H. Withey (2015)
Alan Wolfe (2015)
Matthew Wolfgang (2014)
Daniel J. Wozniak (2015)
Timothy Yahr (2014)
Cheng-Cai Zhang (2013)
Jun Zhu (2014)
Peter Zuber (2015)
Wolfram R. Zueckert (2015)
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