EDITOR IN CHIEF (2021)
Thomas J. Silhavy
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
EDITORS
Anke Becker, Editor (2025)
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Yves V. Brun, Editor (2022)
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Laurie E. Comstock, Editor (2024)
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Michael J. Federle, Editor (2023)
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Michael Y. Galperin, Editor (2023)
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Tina M. Henkin, Editor (2024)
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Roberto Kolter, Cover Editor (2023)
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
William Margolin, Minireview Editor (2021)
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Tex.
William W. Metcalf, Editor (2021)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill.
Conrad W. Mullineaux, Editor (2025)
Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
George A. O'Toole, Editor (2022)
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, N.H.
Ann M. Stock, Editor (2021)
Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
Patrick D. Schloss, Chairman, Journals Committee
Stefano Bertuzzi, Chief Executive Officer
Melissa Junior, Director, Journals
Rebecca L. Zwadyk, Production Editor
Jeff Herring, Assistant Production Editor
Heather Drought, Editorial Coordinator
EDITORIAL BOARD
Sarah Ades (2021)
Brian Akerley (2022)
Birgit E. Alber (2022)
Sonja Albers (2021)
Gladys Alexandre (2023)
Francis Alonzo III (2023)
Daniel Amador-Noguez (2021)
Irina Artsimovitch (2022)
Harujuki Atomi (2021)
Paul Babitzke (2021)
Gert Bange (2023)
Melanie J. Barnett (2023)
Blanca Barquera (2022)
Ivan Berg (2022)
Indranil Biswas (2022)
Thomas Bobik (2022)
Bob Bourret (2021)
Cara C. Boutte (2021)
Jeff Boyd (2022)
Miriam Braunstein (2021)
Richard G. Brennan (2021)
Yana Bromberg (2023)
Wolfgang Buckel (2021)
Lori Burrows (2021)
Mark Buttner (2022)
Eric Cascales (2021)
Patricia Champion (2021)
Peter Chien (2022)
Ciaran Condon (2021)
Michael M. Cox (2021)
Alison K. Criss (2023)
Sean Crosson (2021)
Andrew J. Darwin (2022)
Heran Darwin (2021)
Lars Dietrich (2022)
Joseph Dillard (2022)
Alain C. Dufour (2021)
Paul Dunman (2022)
Gary Dunny (2021)
Jonathan Dworkin (2021)
Patrick Eichenberger (2021)
Craig D. Ellermeier (2023)
Marie A. Elliot (2021)
Neil F. Fairweather (2023)
Mario F. Feldman (2023)
James Ferry (2021)
Steven E. Finkel (2021)
Katrina Forest (2022)
Sara Fortune (2023)
Nancy Freitag (2021)
Michael Glickman (2021)
Susan Gottesman (2021)
David E. Graham (2023)
Dennis Grogan (2021)
Angelika Gründling (2021)
John Gunn (2022)
Ted Hackstadt (2022)
Maria Hadjifrangiskou (2023)
Patrick C. Hallenbeck (2023)
Brian Hammer (2022)
Leendert W. Hamoen (2023)
Mark E. Hart (2021)
Graham Hatfull (2022)
David R. Hendrixson (2021)
Jennifer K. Herman (2023)
Kelly Marie Hines (2023)
Deborah M. Hinton (2023)
Kou-San Ju (2021)
Daniel Kearns (2022)
Thomas E. Kehl-Fie (2023)
Cesar Khursigara (2022)
Michael Koomey (2021)
Tino Krell (2021)
Lee Kroos (2021)
Beth Lazazzera (2021)
Chia Y. Lee (2022)
Vincent T. Lee (2023)
Luciano Marraffini (2022)
Eric Martens (2022)
Jyl Matson (2021)
Mark McBride (2021)
Shonna McBride (2021)
Linda McCarter (2021)
Stephen B. Melville (2021)
D. Scott Merrell (2021)
Tâm Mignot (2023)
Tohru Minamino (2023)
Dominique Missiakas (2022)
Donald Morrison (2021)
M. A. Motaleb (2021)
Michiko Nakano (2021)
Amanda G. Oglesby (2023)
Karen M. Otteman (2021)
Michael Otto (2021)
Marta Perego (2021)
Andreas Peschel (2023)
Gregory J. Phillips (2021)
Jacqueline Plumbridge (2021)
David Popham (2021)
Tracy Lynn Raivio (2023)
Christopher Rao (2023)
Manjula Reddy (2023)
Anthony R. Richardson (2023)
Arne Rietsch (2021)
Charles Rock (2021)
Roy Martin Roop (2021)
Jason Rosch (2022)
David Z. Rudner (2023)
Natividad Ruiz (2023)
Gary Sawers (2022)
Birgit E. Scharf (2023)
Mark A. Schembri (2021)
Michael Schurr (2022)
Kimberley Seed (2021)
Peter Setlow (2021)
Feng Shao (2023)
Aimee Shen (2023)
Joshua Shrout (2022)
Lyle A. Simmons (2023)
Eric Skaar (2022)
Holger Sondermann (2021)
Vanessa Sperandio (2023)
Stephen Spiro (2022)
Eric Stabb (2021)
Nicola Stanley-Wall (2021)
George C. Stewart (2021)
Jörg Stülke (2022)
Rita Tamayo (2022)
Teresa Thiel (2022)
Kai M. Thormann (2023)
Hung Ton-That (2023)
Renée M. Tsolis (2023)
Raphael Valdivia (2022)
Cari Vanderpool (2022)
Patrick Videau (2022)
Karen L. Visick (2021)
Waldemar Vollmer (2022)
Daniel M. Wall (2021)
Jue D. Wang (2021)
Christopher M. Waters (2023)
David Weiss (2022)
Annegret Wilde (2021)
Jeffrey H. Withey (2021)
Daniel J. Wozniak (2021)
Timothy L. Yahr (2023)
Thomas C. Zahrt (2023)
Jun Zhu (2023)
Peter Zuber (2021)
Wolfram R. Zückert (2021)
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