EDITOR IN CHIEF (2015)
Diana Downs
University of Georgia
Specialties: Biochemical genetics, bacterial physiology, thiamine biosynthesis
Thomas E. Shenk, Chairman, Journals Board
Barbara M. Goldman, Director, Journals
Charles Brown, Production Editor
Michael E. Lerman, Assistant Production Editor
EDITORS
Stephen D. Bell, Editor (2015)
Indiana University
Specialties: Archaea, DNA replication, DNA-protein interactions
Michael J. Buchmeier, Editor (2015)
University of California, Irvine
Specialties: Viral pathogenesis, viral immunology, emerging viruses, biodefense
Orna Cohen-Fix, Editor (2016)
NIH, NIDDK
Specialties: Cell cycle regulation, nuclear architecture, yeast genetics
Roger Innes, Editor (2016)
Indiana University
Specialty: Molecular plant-microbe interactions
Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Editor (2014)
Yale University
Specialty: Bacterial cell biology
Richard J. Kuhn, Editor (2017)
Purdue University
Specialties:Structural biology, virology
Martin F. Polz, Editor (2015)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Specialties: Microbial ecology, environmental genomics, evolutionary genomics, symbiosis
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Editor (2016)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Specialties: Metabolic engineering, synthetic biology
Michele S. Swanson, Editor (2015)
University of Michigan Medical School
Specialties: Molecular microbial pathogenesis, cellular microbiology
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews considers for publication both solicited and unsolicited reviews and monographs dealing with all aspects of microbiology. Proposals and correspondence regarding editorial matters should be addressed to the Editor in Chief, Diana Downs, Department of Microbiology, 527 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, GA 30602-2605; phone, (706) 542-2677; fax, (706) 542-2674; email, mmbr@uga.edu.
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