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 (2019) University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Richard L. Gourse, Editor (2017) University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Tina M. Henkin, Editor (2019) Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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.
George A. O'Toole, Editor (2017) Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 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
Rebecca L. Zwadyk, Production Editor
Amber Esplin, Assistant Production Editor
Jessica C. Freeman, Editorial Coordinator
EDITORIAL BOARD
Sarah Ades (2015)
Brian Ahmer (2015)
Brian Akerley (2016)
Birgit E. Alber (2016)
Gladys Alexandre (2017)
Irina Artsimovitch (2016)
Paul Babitzke (2015)
John Battista (2017)
Anke Becker (2015)
Robert Belas (2015)
Robert Bender (2015)
Indranil Biswas (2016)
David Blair (2016)
Winfried Boos (2015)
Bob Bourret (2015)
Miriam Braunstein (2015)
Richard G. Brennan (2015)
Harald Brüssow (2017)
Wolfgang Buckel (2015)
Lori Burrows (2015)
Eric Cascales (2015)
Matthew Chapman (2017)
Dhruba K. Chattoraj (2015)
Laurie Comstock (2016)
Ciaran Condon (2015)
Michael M. Cox (2015)
Dean Crick (2017)
Sean Crosson (2015)
Antoine Danchin (2017)
Andrew J. Darwin (2016)
Heran Darwin (2015)
Wim DHaeze (2015)
Joseph Dillard (2016)
Michael S. Donnenberg (2016)
Timothy Donohue (2015)
Charles Dorman (2015)
David Dubnau (2015)
Alain C. Dufour (2015)
Paul Dunman (2016)
Gary Dunny (2015)
Jonathan Dworkin (2015)
Susan M. Egan (2016)
Patrick Eichenberger (2015)
Craig Ellermeier (2017)
Marie A. Elliot (2015)
Manuel Espinosa-Urgel (2016)
Neil Fairweather (2017)
Michael Federle (2017)
Mario Feldman (2017)
James Ferry (2015)
Alain Filloux (2015)
Steven E. Finkel (2015)
Robert Fisher (2017)
S. H. Fisher (2015)
Katrina Forest (2016)
Timothy J. Foster (2015)
Barbara Funnell (2015)
Clay Fuqua (2015)
Michael Galperin (2017)
Mikhail Gelfand (2017)
Mark Gomelsky (2016)
Susan Gottesman (2015)
Dennis Grogan (2015)
John Gunn (2016)
Ted Hackstadt (2016)
Maria Hadjifrangiskou (2017)
Patrick Hallenbeck (2017)
Brian Hammer (2016)
Klaus Hantke (2015)
Mark E. Hart (2015)
Graham Hatfull (2016)
David R. Hendrixson (2015)
Paul Hoffman (2017)
James Imlay (2015)
Daniel Kearns (2016)
Patricia J. Kiley (2015)
Lee Kroos (2015)
Joseph Lam (2017)
Beth Lazazzera (2015)
Chia Y. Lee (2016)
Petra Levin (2017)
Joe Lutkenhaus (2017)
Michael Manson (2016)
Luciano Marraffini (2016)
Julie Maupin-Furlow (2015)
Mark McBride (2015)
Linda McCarter (2015)
D. Scott Merrell (2015)
Tâm Mignot (2017)
Tohru Minamino (2017)
Rajeev Misra (2015)
Dominique Missiakas (2016)
Donald Morrison (2015)
Tarek Msadek (2015)
Conrad W. Mullineaux (2016)
Michiko Nakano (2015)
Michael Otto (2015)
Marta Perego (2015)
Andreas Peschel (2017)
Gregory J. Phillips (2015)
Jacqueline Plumbridge (2015)
David Popham (2015)
Tracy Raivio (2017)
Juan Ramos (2017)
Philip N. Rather (2016)
Manjula Reddy (2017)
Anthony Richardson (2017)
Arne Rietsch (2015)
Charles Rock (2015)
Jung-Hye Roe (2016)
Roy Martin Roop (2015)
Wilma Ross (2017)
David Rudner (2017)
Natividad Ruiz (2017)
Maria Sandkvist (2016)
Birgit Scharf (2017)
Michael Schurr (2016)
Peter Setlow (2015)
William M. Shafer (2017)
Feng Shao (2017)
Aimee Shen (2017)
Deborah Siegele (2015)
Mitchell Singer (2015)
Eric Skaar (2016)
James Slauch (2015)
Holger Sondermann (2015)
Vanessa Sperandio (2017)
Stephen Spiro (2016)
George C. Stewart (2015)
Valley J. Stewart (2015)
Jörg Stülke (2016)
Michael Surette (2016)
Rita Tamayo (2016)
David Thanassi (2015)
Teresa Thiel (2016)
Hung Ton-That (2017)
Renée Tsolis (2017)
Raphael Valdivia (2016)
Mike Vasil (2016)
Karen L. Visick (2015)
Uwe Völker (2015)
Waldemar Vollmer (2016)
Judy Wall (2015)
Karen M. Wassarman (2016)
Chris Waters (2017)
David Weiss (2016)
Roy D. Welch (2016)
Marvin Whiteley (2016)
Chris Whitfield (2015)
Malcolm Winkler (2016)
Jeffrey H. Withey (2015)
Alan Wolfe (2015)
Matthew Wolfgang (2017)
Daniel J. Wozniak (2015)
Timothy Yahr (2017)
Kevin Young (2016)
Thomas Zahrt (2017)
Cheng-Cai Zhang (2016)
Jun Zhu (2017)
Peter Zuber (2015)
Wolfram R. Zückert (2015)
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