Section Editors

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Ishag Adam

Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sections: Cardiovascular science and medicine - Hypertension; Obstetrics and gynecology; Endocrinology - Diabetes and obesity

Keywords: Medicine and health sciences

Christof Aegerter

Universitat Zurich
Switzerland

Sections: Biophysics

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Biophysics, Biophysical simulations, Cellular types, Computational biology, Developmental biology, Metamorphosis, Morphogenesis, Pattern formation, Regeneration, Body plan organization, Growth control, Organism development, Organogenesis, Epithelial cells, Systems biology, Theoretical biology, Biomechanics, Biological fluid mechanics, Cell mechanics, Tissue mechanics, Systems science, Nonlinear dynamics, Chaotic systems, Physical sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Electromagnetic radiation, Visible light, Polarimetry, Interdisciplinary physics, Optics, Statistical mechanics, Condensed matter physics, Phase transitions, Solid state physics, Research and analysis methods, Microscopy, Light microscopy

Juan Antonio Añel 

 orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-4647

Universidade de Vigo
Spain and United Kingdom

Sections: Earth sciences - Atmospheric sciences; Earth sciences - Climate change; Computer and information sciences - General

Keywords: Computer and information sciences, Geoinformatics, Earth sciences, Atmospheric science, Atmosphere, Atmospheric chemistry, Air quality, Atmospheric physics, Atmospheric layers, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere, Climatology, Climate change, Climate modeling, Climate record, Meteorology, Marine and aquatic sciences, Oceanography, Geography, Physical geography, Hydrosphere, Geophysics, Physical oceanography, Glaciology, Ice caps, Ecology and environmental sciences, Pollution, Environmental chemistry, Energy and power, Alternative energy, Carbon dioxide, Physics

Shah Md Atiqul Haq

Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
Bangladesh

Sections: Sociology; Demography; Human geography

Keywords: Social sciences, Sociology, Social policy, Social research, Human geography, Social geography, Cultural geography, Developing nations

Vipul Bansal

orcid.org/0000-0002-3354-4317

Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory, and RMIT University
Australia

Sections: Biotechnology - Bioengineering

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Microbial growth and development, Microbial evolution, Microbiology, Microbial control, Chemical biology, Biocatalysis, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Applied microbiology, Biomaterials, Bionanotechnology, Environmental biotechnology, Environmental chemistry, Nanotechnology, Drug discovery, Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Physical chemistry, Catalysts, Materials science, Material properties, Materials, Natural materials, Materials characterization, Materials chemistry, Crystallography

Baruch Barzel

orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-4384

Bar-Ilan University
Israel

Sections: Physics and astronomy - Multidisciplinary, Mathematics - Applied mathematics, Biophysics

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Computational biology, Computer and information sciences, Network analysis, Scale-free networks, Social networks, Physical sciences, Physics, Interdisciplinary physics

Emanuele Bobbio

Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Sweden

Sections: Cardiovascular science and medicine - Arrhythmias and cardiac electrophysiology, Cardiovascular science and medicine - Heart failure and cardiomyopathies, Cardiovascular science and medicine - Interventional cardiology and cardiovascular surgery

Keywords: Medicine and health sciences, Cardiology, Cardiovascular medicine, Radiology and imaging, Clinical medicine, Critical care and emergency medicine

Luisa N. Borrell

City University of New York
United States

Sections: Public health and epidemiology - Biostatistics and methods, Public health and epidemiology - Chronic diseases

Keywords: Epidemiology, Epidemiological methods and statistics, Social epidemiology, Spatial epidemiology, Cardiovascular disease epidemiology, People and places, Research design, Survey research

Justin Brown

Pennington Biomedical research Center
United States

Sections: Cancer – Epidemiology and clinical medicine, Endocrinology – Diabetes and obesity, Public health and epidemiology – Chronic diseases

Keywords: Epidemiology, Biomarker epidemiology, Cancer epidemiology, Clinical epidemiology, Oncology, Cancer prevention, Cancer risk factors, Sports and exercise medicine, Exercise, Clinical Trials, Research design

Vladimir Brusic

University of Nottingham
China

Sections: Computational biology - General

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Immune cells, T cells, B cells, Computational biology, Genomics, Immunology, Clinical immunology, Systems biology, Proteomics, Computer and information sciences, Complex systems, Computer modeling, Computerized simulations, Mathematical computing, Medicine and health sciences, Infectious diseases, Oncology, Basic cancer research, Mathematics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied mathematics, Algorithms

Emmanuel A. Burdmann

orcid.org/0000-0002-7644-8579

University of São Paulo Medical School
Brazil

Sections: Nephrology

Keywords: Renal system, Medicine and health sciences, Nephrology, Chronic kidney disease, Renal failure, Acute renal failure, Tubulointerstitial disease, Medical dialysis, Critical care and emergency medicine, Renal critical care

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Andrea Caporali

University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom

Sections: Cell biology - Cell signalling; Signal transduction

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Cell biology, Signal transduction, Cell signaling, Apoptotic signaling, Signaling cascades, Cellular types, Gene expression, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, RNA, RNA interference, Nucleotides, Medicine and health sciences, Vascular medicine

Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung

orcid.org/0000-0002-7837-282X

The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Sections: Sociology

Keywords: Social sciences, Sociology, Social policy, Social research, Social systems, Education, Human families, Philosophy, Moral philosophy, Welfare (social security), Human geography, Social geography, Neighborhoods, Central-place theory, Human mobility

Mark Cookson

National Institutes of Health
United States

Sections: Neuroscience - Neurodegenerative diseases and dementia, Cell biology - General, Genetics - Mutation; Genetics of disease; Heredity

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Signal transduction, Signaling cascades, Protein kinase signaling cascade, Cellular stress responses, Cell death, Genetics, Gene expression, Genetics of disease, Neuroscience, Cellular neuroscience, Neuronal morphology, Neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson disease, Neurology, Neurobiology of disease and regeneration

Lee Cooper

orcid.org/0000-0001-7734-8388

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
United States

Sections: Biogeochemistry

Keywords: Carbon cycle, Earth sciences, Marine and aquatic sciences, Oceanography, Geochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Ecology and environmental sciences, Environmental chemistry, Water chemistry, Physical sciences, Physics, Particle physics, Composite particles, Atoms, Isotopes, Stable isotopes

Nils Cordes

orcid.org/0000-0001-5684-629X

Technische Universitat Dresden
Germany

Sections: Cell biology - Cytoskeleton; Cell adhesion; Cell motility, Cancer - Basic cancer research, Cancer - General

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Cell adhesion, Signal transduction, Cellular stress responses, Cell cycle and cell division, Cell death, Cell growth, Extracellular matrix, Gene expression, Radiobiology, Medicine and health sciences, Oncology, Basic cancer research, Metastasis, Oncology agents, Cancer treatment, Cancers and neoplasms, Head and neck tumors, Lung and intrathoracic tumors, Non-small cell lung cancer, Adenocarcinoma of the lung, Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Squamous cell lung carcinoma, Radiation therapy, Cancer detection and diagnosis

Angelo Brandelli Costa

orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-8152

Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil

Sections: Psychology - Social psychology, Public health and epidemiology - Health behavior, health promotion and society, Mental health and psychiatry - General

Keywords: Psychology, Psychological attitudes, Social psychology, Human performance, Social sciences, Sexual and gender issues, Gender discrimination, Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, HIV epidemiology, Public and occupational health, Preventive medicine, HIV prevention, Transgender people, Sexuality groupings, Men who have sex with men

Emanuele Dalla Torre

Bar-Ilan University
Israel

Sections: Physics and astronomy - Quantum physics, Physics and astronomy - Multidisciplinary, Physics and astronomy - Atomic and molecular physics

Keywords: Physical sciences, Physics, Particle physics, Elementary particles, Fermions, Quantum mechanics, Quantum entanglement, Quantum field theory, Quantum interference, Waves, Wave interference, Condensed matter physics, Phase transitions, Quasiparticles, Collective excitations, Condensed matter, Electron density, Low temperature phenomena, Magnetism

Bryan C. Daniels

 orcid.org/0000-0002-5870-1059

Arizona State University
United States

Sections: Physics and astronomy - Multidisciplinary, Computational biology - General, Complexity and networks

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Biophysics, Computational biology, Gene regulatory networks, Computational neuroscience, Neuroscience, Cognitive science, Cognition, Decision making, Behavior, Animal behavior, Collective animal behavior, Systems biology, Biochemistry, Proteins, Protein structure, Computer and information sciences, Information theory, Network analysis, Systems science, Adaptive systems, Dynamical systems, Nonlinear dynamics, Bifurcation theory, Complex systems, Physical sciences, Statistical methods, Statistical inference, Bayesian statistics, Physics, Statistical mechanics, Research and analysis methods, Mathematical and statistical techniques, Mathematical models

Michelle R. Dawson

Brown University
United States

Sections: Developmental biology - Cell differentiation; Cell fate determination; Stem cells; Embryology; Fertilization, Cancer - Basic cancer research, Biotechnology - General

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Biophysics, Cell motility, Actin filaments, Cellular types, Stem cells, Developmental biology, Cell differentiation, Immunology, Innate immune system, Immunity, Bioengineering, Biomechanics, Engineering and technology, Medicine and health sciences, Environmental health, Oncology, Public and occupational health

Gemma Elizabeth Derrick

 orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-8653

University of Bistol
United Kingdom

Sections: Research assessment

Keywords: Science policy, Open science, Research funding, Corporate funding of science, Research integrity, Publication ethics, Science and technology workforce, Science policy and economics, Social sciences, Sociology, Communications, Computer and information sciences, Research assessment, Publication practices

Oliver Eickelberg

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
United States

Sections: Pulmonology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Respiratory system, Medicine and health sciences, Interstitial lung diseases, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Hany A. El-Shemy

Cairo University
Egypt

Sections: Biotechnology - Genetic engineering

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Agriculture, Agricultural biotechnology, Genetics, Genomics, Plant genetics, Crop genetics, Plant science, Biochemistry, Proteins, Protein chemistry, Proteomics, Biotechnology, Plant biotechnology, Genetically modified organisms, Medicine and health sciences, Oncology, Drug discovery

Isil Ergin

Ege University
Turkey

Sections: Public health and epidemiology - Health behavior, health promotion and society

Keywords: Health inequalities, Social determinants of health, Non-communicable diseases, Tobacco control

Michael Ernst-Heinrich Fassbender

orcid.org/0000-0003-3784-0276

Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States

Sections: Chemistry - Analytical and inorganic chemistry, Physics and astronomy - Multidisciplinary

Keywords: Physical sciences, Chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Nuclear chemistry, Radiochemistry, Physics, Nuclear physics

Faadiel Essop

Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Sections: Cardiovascular science and medicine - Basic cardiovascular research, Cardiovascular science and medicine - Vascular diseases, Endocrinology - Diabetes and obesity

Keywords: Endocrine signaling, Cellular stress responses, Cell death, Cellular types, Endocrine system, Muscle cells, Energy metabolism, Proteomics, Endocrinology, Diabetic endocrinology, Type 2 diabetes, Cardiology, Myocardial infarction, Cardiomyopathies, Drug discovery, Echocardiography, Animal models of disease, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms

Anthony R. Fiorillo

orcid.org/0000-0002-8998-0820

Southern Methodist University, Institute for the Study of Earth and Man
United States

Sections: Paleontology - Vertebrate

Keywords: Paleoecology, Paleontology, Biostratigraphy, Paleobiology, Vertebrate paleontology, Taphonomy, Paleoclimatology, Biogeography, Earth sciences, Geology, Sedimentary geology, Stratigraphy

Ivan Florez

University of Antioquia/ McMaster University
Colombia

Sections: Pediatrics, Research assessment, Gastroenterology and hepatology

Keywords: Medicine and health sciences, Health care providers, Pediatric critical care, Pediatric infections, Pediatrics, Statistical methods, Metaanalysis, Research and analysis methods, Research assessment, Systematic reviews, Scientific publishing

Martin Frasch

Univerity of Washington
United States

Sections: Neurocience – Neural systems and circuits, Neuroscience – Neural development and plasticity

Keywords: Acidosis, Antenatal brain development, Fetal neuroimmunology, Heart rate variability, Nonlinear dynamics, Prenatal stress, Umbilical cord occlusion

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Ferenc Gallyas Jr.

orcid.org/0000-0002-1906-4333

University of Pécs Medical School
Hungary

Sections: Cell biology - Cell signalling; Signal transduction

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Signal transduction, Mechanisms of signal transduction, Cell signaling, Apoptotic signaling, Signaling cascades, ERK signaling cascade, MAPK signaling cascades, AKT signaling cascade, Cellular stress responses, Cell death, Cellular structures and organelles, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Metabolism, Metabolic pathways, Medicine and health sciences, Neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Stroke, Vascular dementia, Dementia, Neurology, Oncology, Basic cancer research, Cardiology, Heart failure, Acute cardiovascular problems, Coronary heart disease, Sepsis, Critical care and emergency medicine, Cancer detection and diagnosis, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms

Maria Gańczak

Uniwersytet Zielonogorski
Poland

Sections: Infectious diseases - Epidemiology and prevention, Public health and epidemiology - Occupational health

Keywords: Vaccination and immunization, Hepatitis B virus, Human papillomavirus, Cognitive impairment, Geriatrics, Meningococcal disease, Influenza, Vaccines, Surgical and invasive medical procedures, Young adults

Markus Geßlein

Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversitat - Nurnberg
Germany

Sections: Surgery – Orthopedic, Sport and exercise science, Rheumatology

Keywords: Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Arthoscopy, Cartilage repair, Football, Knee, Martial Arts, Meniscus, Orthopedic Surgery, Patella Dislocation, Shoulder, Sports Injury

Stephen D. Ginsberg

orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-4288

Nathan Kline Institute and New York University
United States

Sections: Genetics - Gene function, Genetics - Mutation; Genetics of disease; Heredity, Neuroscience - Cellular and molecular

Keywords: Neuroscience, Molecular neuroscience, Neurochemistry, Neurochemicals, Acetylcholine, Glutamate, Neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, Neurology, Neurobiology of disease and regeneration, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms

Lise Lotte Gluud 

orcid.org/0000-0002-9462-4468

Hvidovre Hospital
Denmark

Sections: Research assessment

Keywords: Crohn's disease, Medicine and health sciences, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Inflammatory bowel disease, Colitis, Wilson's disease, Endoscopy, Clinical trials, Metaanalysis, Systematic reviews, Clinical research design

Quanquan Gu

University of California, Los Angeles
United States

Sections: Computer and information sciences - Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Computational biology, Genomics statistics, Comparative genomics, Computational neuroscience, Neuroscience, Computer and information sciences, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Machine learning algorithms, Data mining, Information technology, Text mining, Network analysis, Social networks

Kenji Hashimoto

Chiba University
Japan

Sections: Mental health and psychiatry - Biological, Pharmacology, Neuroscience - Neurobiology of disease; Neuropathology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Dopamine, Neurochemistry, Neurochemicals, Glutamate, Amino acids, Mood disorders, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Schizophrenia, Substance abuse, Neurology, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms, Electroporation

Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; and Sharda University, Greater Noida
India

Sections: Infectious diseases - Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases

Keywords: Genome evolution, Evolutionary genetics, Evolutionary immunology, Regulons, Fungal evolution, Cryptococcus, Neurospora, DNA-binding proteins, Phosphorylation, Diabetes mellitus, Sequence motif analysis

Joshua L. Heazlewood

orcid.org/0000-0002-2080-3826

The University of Melbourne
Australia

Sections: Plant biology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Plant cell biology, Plant mitochondria, Cellular structures and organelles, Plant cell walls, Computational biology, Genetics, Plant genetics, Plant science, Biochemistry, Plant biochemistry, Proteomics, Proteomic databases, Spectrometric identification of proteins, Biotechnology, Plant biotechnology, Model organisms, Plant and algal models

Berthold Heinze

orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-9138

Austrian Federal Research Centre for Forests BFW
Austria

Sections: Genetics - Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics, Plant biology, Agriculture - Plants

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Agriculture, Forestry, Agronomy, Plant breeding, Plant cell biology, Chloroplasts, Plant cells, Genome analysis, Transcriptome analysis, Next-generation sequencing, Ecology, Ecological metrics, Species diversity, Evolutionary biology, Population genetics, Genetic polymorphism, Evolutionary processes, Hybridization, Speciation, Plant phylogenetics, Genetics, Genomics, Plant genetics, Molecular biology, Molecular biology techniques, Sequencing techniques, Genome sequencing, Organisms, Plant science, Population biology, Biochemistry, Metabolism, Metabolomics, Proteomics, Biotechnology, Plant biotechnology, Plant genomics, Phylogeography, Ecology and environmental sciences, Species colonization, Conservation science, Sequence analysis, Comparative sequence analysis

Jörg D. Hoheisel

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Germany

Sections: Synthetic biology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Computational biology, Genetics, Cancer genetics, Genomics, Synthetic biology, Theoretical biology, Chemical biology, Proteomics, Biotechnology, Oncology, Basic cancer research, Cancers and neoplasms, Gastrointestinal tumors, Pancreatic cancer, Chemistry, Microarrays

Jayani Jayawardhana

University of Kentucky
United States

Sections: Economics - Health economics, Health care - Health policy, Health care - Health services research

Keywords: Social sciences, Economics, Health care, Drug policy, Health care quality, Health statistics, Substance-related disorders, Public and occupational health, Behavioral and social aspects of health, Tobacco control

Christopher James Johnson

USGS National Wildlife Health Center
United States

Sections: Virology, Biochemistry - Proteins; Enzymes, Veterinary science

Keywords: Animal welfare, Biophysics, Radiation biophysics, Aging, Virology, Viral enzymes, Fungal biochemistry, Extremophiles, Biomineralization, Lichenology, Neurotoxicology, Veterinary diseases, Veterinary epidemiology, Veterinary diagnostics, Veterinary microbiology, Veterinary pathology, Veterinary toxicology, Veterinary virology, Animal prion diseases, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Enzyme structure, Enzymes, Proteins, Protein chemistry, Protein structure, Protein folding, Recombinant proteins, Biodegradation, Environmental chemistry, Prion diseases, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Fatal familial insomnia, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, Kuru, Viral diseases, Zoonoses, Medical physics, X-radiation, Interdisciplinary physics, Animal studies

Andrew H. Kemp

Swansea University 
United Kingdom

Sections: Psychology - Cognitive psychology

Keywords: Autonomic nervous system, Neuroimaging, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognition, Psychology, Psychometrics, Behavior, Experimental psychology, Mental health and psychiatry, Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders

Anthony Pak-Hin Kong

orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-0358

University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Sections: Linguistics

Keywords: Neurolinguistics, Psychology, Collective human behavior, Social sciences, Linguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Structural linguistics, Languages, Medicine and health sciences, Health care, Health care facilities, Community based intervention, Cerebrovascular diseases, Stroke, Neurology, Vascular medicine

Tendesayi Kufa

National Institute for Communicable Diseases
South Africa

Sections: Infectious diseases - Epidemiology and prevention, Infectious diseases - HIV, Infectious diseases - Sexually transmitted diseases

Keywords: Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, HIV epidemiology, Infectious diseases, Sexually transmitted diseases, Viral diseases, AIDS, HIV infections

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Jung Eun Lee

Seoul National University
Republic of Korea

Sections: Public health and epidemiology - Environmental health, Nutrition, Cancer - General

Keywords: Nutrition, Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, Biomarker epidemiology, Genetic epidemiology, Lifecourse epidemiology, Cancer risk factors, Nutritional correlates of cancer, Molecular epidemiology, Cancer epidemiology, Clinical epidemiology, Oncology, Cancer prevention, Cancers and neoplasms, Gastrointestinal tumors, Breast tumors, Renal cell carcinoma, Preventive medicine

Alfred S. Lewin

orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-9727

University of Florida
United States

Sections: Ophthalmology, Cell biology - Cell membranes; Vesicles; Cellular structures and organelles, Genetics - Gene expression; Epigenetics; Alternative splicing; RNA splicing; Molecular genetics

Keywords: Cell biology, Oxidative stress, Energy-producing organelles, Mitochondria, Gene expression, Genetics of disease, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Molecular genetics, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Nucleic acids, RNA, RNA processing, RNA interference, Synthetic nucleic acids, Genetic engineering, Medicine and health sciences, Corneal disorders, Retinal disorders, Macular disorders, Parkinson disease, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Heart failure, Cardiomyopathies, Huntington disease, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms

Qihong Liu

University of Oklahoma

Sections: Economics – General, Management Science

Keywords: Business and Management, Economics, Platforms and two-sided markets, Pricing

Vanesa Magar

Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada
Mexico

Sections: Earth sciences - Atmospheric sciences, Earth sciences - Oceanography

Keywords: Nonlinear dynamics, Computer modeling, Earth sciences, Climate change, Marine and aquatic sciences, Marine environments, Sea level change, Seafloor spreading, Marine geology, Sediment, Geomorphology, Erosion, Landform dynamics, Geophysics, Coastal engineering

Pirjo Mäkelä

University of Helsinki
Finland

Sections: Agriculture - Plants

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Agriculture, Crop science, Crop management, Crops, Cereal crops, Sustainable agriculture, Agrochemicals, Fertilizers, Herbicides, Agronomy, Plant products, Biofuel feedstocks, Plant growth and development, Root growth, Shoot growth, Ecology, Maximum sustainable yield, Ecophysiology, Plant science, Ecology and environmental sciences, Sustainability science, Drought

Mercedes Susan Mandell

University of Colorado
United States

Sections: Critical care and emergency medicine

Keywords: Gastroenterology and hepatology, Inflammatory bowel disease, Anesthesiology, Local and regional anesthesia, Nephrology, Gastrointestinal tumors, Transplantation, Renal transplantation

Richard Mankin

USDA ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology
United States

Sections: Agriculture - Plants, Biophysics, Entomology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Agriculture, Orchards, Insect pests, Larvae, Bioacoustics, Pheromones, Acoustics, Acoustic signals, Vibration

Limin Mao

orcid.org/0000-0003-0995-5789

Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Australia

Sections: Health care - Health services research, Infectious diseases - HIV, Public health and epidemiology - Health behavior, health promotion and society

Keywords: Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases, Sexually transmitted diseases, Public and occupational health, Behavioral and social aspects of health

David McCormick

IIT Research Institute
United States

Sections: Cancer - Basic cancer research, Toxicology

Keywords: Radiobiology, Toxicology, Toxic agents, Oncology agents, Cancer prevention, Cancer treatment, Prostate cancer, Oral mucosal cancers, Breast cancer, Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Drug research and development, Skin neoplasms, Vitamins, Electromagnetic radiation

Adina Merenlender

University of California, Berkeley
United States

Sections: Conservation science

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Biodiversity, Spatial and landscape ecology, Terrestrial ecology, Urban ecology, Ecology and environmental sciences, Conservation science, Environmental protection

Claudia Mettke-Hoffmann

orcid.org/0000-0003-3874-5035

Liverpool John Moores University
United Kingdom

Sections: Ecology - Animals

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Animal management, Animal welfare, Behavioral ecology, Evolutionary biology, Neuroscience, Animal cognition, Memory, Learning and memory, Sulfolobus, Animal behavior, Zoology, Ornithology, Ecology and environmental sciences, Conservation science

José M. Morán

 orcid.org/0000-0002-5538-182X

Sections: Nursing, Biochemistry - General, Mathematics - Statistics

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Metabolism, Bone and mineral metabolism, Medicine and health sciences, Endocrinology, Health care, Palliative care, Clinical genetics, Clinical research design

Laurent Mourot

University of Franche-Comté
France

Sections: Sport and exercise science

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Cardiovascular anatomy, Nervous system physiology, Physiology, Cardiovascular physiology, Blood circulation, Sports science, Sports and exercise medicine, Medicine and health sciences, Complementary and alternative medicine, Exercise therapy

Partha Mukhopadhyay

National Institutes of Health
United States

Sections: Cardiovascular science and medicine - Basic cardiovascular research, Molecular biology, Biotechnology - General

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Cell death, Computational biology, Gene expression, Cardiovascular anatomy, Immunology, Inflammation, Immunity, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Cellular neuroscience, Toxicology, Neurotoxicology, Toxic agents, Biochemistry, Nucleic acids, RNA, RNA interference, Proteomics, Protein engineering, Regulatory networks, Medicine and health sciences, Cancer risk factors, Genetic causes of cancer, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Hemodynamics, Stroke, Nephrology, Oncology, Basic cancer research, Breast cancer, Cardiology, Heart failure, Cardiomyopathies, Drug discovery, Sepsis, Complementary and alternative medicine, Critical care and emergency medicine, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms

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Tomoki Nakamura

Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
Japan

Sections: Cancer - Biomarkers, molecular diagnostics and screening, Cancer - Surgical oncology and imaging, Surgery - Orthopedic

Keywords: Medicine and health sciences, Cancer risk factors, Oncology, Cancer treatment, Clinical oncology, Cancer detection and diagnosis

Hiranya K. Nath

Sam Houston State University
United States

Sections: Economics - General, Economics - Econometrics

Keywords: Agricultural economics, Social sciences, Economics, Economic history, Labor history, Industrial organization, Labor economics, Employment, Labor markets, Labor mobility, Salaries, Development economics, Economic development, Economic growth, Economic analysis, Health economics, Health care sector, Health insurance, Econometrics

Ju Lee Oei

Royal Hospital for Women and the University of New South Wales
Randwick

Sections: Pediatrics

Keywords: Drug addiction, Prescription drug addiction, Recreational drug addiction, Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, Child abuse, Pediatric epidemiology, Health care, Health care policy, Drug policy, Neonatal care, Mental health and psychiatry, Substance-related disorders, Pediatrics, Sudden infant death syndrome, Neonatology, Breast feeding, Women's health, Maternal health, Preterm birth, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications

Olivier Neyrolles

orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-5885

Institute of Pharmacology & Structural Biology, CNRS at University of Toulouse
France

Sections: Infectious diseases - Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, Microbiology - Host-pathogen interactions, Microbiology - Bacteriology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Immune cells, Granulomas, Functional genomics, Toxin-antitoxin modules, Immunology, Immune response, Inflammation, Immune system, Innate immune system, Immunity, Immunopathology, Microbiology, Microbial physiology, Bacterial physiology, Microbial pathogens, Bacterial pathogens, Mycobacteria, Medicine and health sciences, Infectious diseases, Bacterial diseases, Typhoid, Bacterial pneumonia, Host-pathogen interactions

Joseph P.R.O. Orgel

orcid.org/0000-0002-1050-9391

Illinois Institute of Technology
United States

Sections: Biochemistry - Proteins; Enzymes, Structural biology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Biophysics, Integrins, Extracellular matrix, Transmembrane proteins, Biochemistry, Enzymes, Collagenases, Proteoglycans, Proteins, Extracellular matrix proteins, Protein structure, Protein folding, Crystallography

Alexander Panfilov

Universiteit Gent
Belgium

Sections: Cardiovascular science and medicine - Basic cardiovascular research

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Biophysics, Biophysical simulations, Computational biology, Musculoskeletal system, Cardiovascular anatomy, Electrophysiology, Systems biology, Biomechanics, Tissue mechanics, Nonlinear dynamics, Computer modeling, Computerized simulations, Medicine and health sciences, Medical physics, Cardiology, Arrhythmia, Myocardial infarction, Physics

Wayne A. Phillips

orcid.org/0000-0002-7961-638X

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Australia

Sections: Cancer - Basic cancer research, Cell biology - Cell signalling; Signal transduction, Gastroenterology and hepatology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Signal transduction, Phosphoinositide signal transduction, Cell signaling, Oncogenic signaling, Signaling cascades, Phospholipid signaling cascade, AKT signaling cascade, Cellular types, Esophagus, Epithelial cells, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Oncology, Basic cancer research, Cancers and neoplasms, Gastrointestinal tumors, Rectal cancer, Esophageal cancer, Ovarian cancer, Breast tumors, Colon adenocarcinoma, Animal models of disease, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms, Microarrays

José M. Riascos

 orcid.org/0000-0001-8631-8877

Universidad de Antioquia
Colombia

Sections: Marine biology, Ecology - Animals, Ecology - Urban ecology

Keywords: Ecology, Ecophysiology, Macroecology, Marine ecology, Population ecology, Coastal ecology, Aquatic environments, Marine environments, Coasts, Ecology and environmental sciences, Environmental impacts

Cheryl S. Rosenfeld

orcid.org/0000-0002-4137-3933

University of Missouri Columbia
United States

Sections: Endocrinology - General

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Cell biology, Signal transduction, Cell signaling, Membrane receptor signaling, Hormone receptor signaling, Developmental biology, Modes of reproduction, Morphogenesis, Sex determination, Genetics, Animal genetics, Bird genetics, Genomics, Animal genomics, Bird genomics, Organisms, Archaea, Physiology, Biological locomotion, Animal flight, Bird flight, Behavior, Animal behavior, Animal communication, Bird song, Zoology, Ornithology, Animal physiology, Bird physiology, Biochemistry, Hormones, Sex hormones, Proteins, Interferons, Research and analysis methods, Mouse models, Model organisms

Diego Rybski

 orcid.org/0000-0001-6125-7705

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Germany

Sections: Urban studies

Keywords: Computer and information sciences, Systems science, Complex systems, Earth sciences, Geography, Geographic areas, Urban areas, Ecology and environmental sciences, Sustainability science, Physical sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, Statistical theories, Scaling theory

Luis Schang

orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-8590

University of Alberta
Canada

Sections: Infectious diseases - Viral diseases

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Signal transduction, Cell signaling, Signaling cascades, Protein kinase signaling cascade, Cell death, Chromatin, Histone modification, Epigenetics, Microbiology, Animal models of infection, Virology, Viral persistence and latency, Viral replication, Immediate-early promoter, Viral structure, Viral envelope, Viral transmission and infection, Emerging viral diseases, Viral classification, Antivirals, Biochemistry, Chemical biology, DNA modification, Biotechnology, Small molecules, Medicine and health sciences, Infectious diseases, Prion diseases, Herpes simplex, Viral diseases, Hepatitis, Virulence factors, Drug research and development, Drug discovery, Clinical medicine

Christian Schönbach

orcid.org/0000-0002-0693-7617

Nazarbayev University
Kazakhstan

Sections: Computational biology - Genomics; Sequence analysis

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Cellular structures and organelles, Antigen-presenting cells, T cells, Computational biology, Genome analysis, Transcriptome analysis, Genome expression analysis, Gene ontologies, Genomic databases, Biological data management, Evolutionary immunology, Genetics, Gene expression, Gene regulation, Gene identification and analysis, Retrotransposons, Genomics, Functional genomics, Molecular genetics, Immunology, Acquired immune system, Immunoregulation, Antigen processing and recognition, Major histocompatibility complex, Viral immune evasion, Viral vaccines, RNA processing, Sequence analysis, Microarrays

Albert Schriefer

Universidade Federal da Bahia (Federal University of Bahia)
Brazil

Sections: Infectious diseases - Parasitological diseases, Genetics - Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics, Molecular biology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Population genetics, Genetic polymorphism, Genetics, Gene expression, DNA transcription, Reverse transcription, Gene identification and analysis, Genetic complementation, Mutation detection, Genetic code, Genetic loci, Alleles, Molecular genetics, Molecular biology, Parasitology, DNA, DNA amplification, DNA electrophoresis, Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, Molecular epidemiology, Leishmaniasis, Protozoan infections

Guy J-P. Schumann

orcid.org/0000-0003-0968-7198

University of Bristol and Remote Sensing Solutions Inc.
United Kingdom and United States

Sections: Earth sciences - Multidisciplinary, Earth sciences - Physical geography

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Terrestrial ecology, Computer and information sciences, Geoinformatics, Remote sensing imagery, Computer modeling, Earth sciences, Atmospheric science, Climatology, Climate change, Marine and aquatic sciences, Geography, Physical geography, Geophysics, Hydrology, Ecology and environmental sciences, Environmental geography, Terrestrial environments, Environmental engineering, Water management, Microwave radiation

Debjani Sihi

Emory University
United States

Sections: Soil science, Earth sciences - Climate change, Environmental microbiology

Keywords: Earth sciences, Aquatic environments, Soil science, Earth, Geochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Ecology and environmental sciences, Sustainability science, Terrestrial environments

Neil R. Smalheiser

orcid.org/0000-0003-1079-3406

University of Illinois-Chicago
United States

Sections: Bioinformatics, Computer and information sciences - Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science, Library and information science

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Computational biology, Biological data management, Genomics, Neuroscience, Synaptic plasticity, Developmental neuroscience, Learning and memory, Molecular neuroscience, Biochemistry, Neurochemistry, Nucleic acids, RNA, RNA interference, Science policy, Computer and information sciences, Information technology, Databases, Natural language processing, Text mining, Medicine and health sciences, Mental health and psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Research and analysis methods, Animal models, Mouse models, Research assessment, Research validity, Peer review, Reproducibility, Research errors, Scientific publishing, Publication practices

Michael B. Steinborn

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
United States

Sections: Psychology - Cognitive psychology, Psychology - General, Psychology - Social psychology

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Neuroscience, Cognitive science, Cognitive psychology, Sensory perception, Psychophysics, Attention, Vigilance, Psychology, Pain psychology, Psychological adjustment, Applied psychology, Military psychology, Relaxation (psychology), Experimental psychology, Gender identity, Social sciences, Research and analysis methods, Mathematical and statistical techniques, Research design, Simulation and modeling

Gloria Su

Columbia University
United States

Sections: Cancer - Genetics and screening, Pathology, Cell biology - Cell signalling; Signal transduction

Keywords: Pancreatic cancer

Liou Sun

University of Alabama at Birmingham
United States

Sections: Nutrition, Endocrinology – Epidemiology, Neuroscience – Neurodegenerative diseases and dementia

Keywords: Aging, Alzheimer, Diabetes, Growth Hormone, IGF-I, Insulin Sensitivity and Resistance, Longevity

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Hirokazu Taniguchi

Shimonoseki City University
Japan

Sections: Psychology - Social psychology, Psychology - Clinical psychology, Psychology - Developmental psychology

Keywords: Social sciences, Psychology, Psychological adjustment, Psychological stress, Collective human behavior, Interpersonal relationships

Christian Taube

Essen University Hospital
Germany

Sections: Immunology - General

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Immune cells, T cells, Immunology, Clinical immunology, Pulmonary immunology, Allergies, Immune physiology, Medicine and health sciences, Asthma, Pulmonology, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Animal models, Mouse models

Kok Keng Tee

University of Malaya
Malaysia

Sections: Infectious diseases - HIV, Microbiology - Virology, Evolutionary biology - Evolutionary genetics; Genomics

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Evolutionary biology, Viral evolution, Phylogenetic analysis, Microbiology, Virology, Emerging viral diseases, HIV, Medicine and health sciences, Infectious diseases, Co-infections, Viral diseases, Emerging infectious diseases

Joseph Telfair

Georgia Southern University
United States

Sections: Public health and epidemiology - Health policies, systems and management, Health care - Health services research, Public health and epidemiology - Health behavior, health promotion and society

Keywords: Science policy, Science and technology workforce, Science education, Social sciences, Sociology, Medicine and health sciences, Health care, Health care providers, Health care quality, Health economics, Health risk analysis, Health services research, Health statistics, Communication in health care, Socioeconomic aspects of health, Veteran care, Hematology, Hemoglobinopathies, Medical humanities, Medical education, Mental health and psychiatry, Public and occupational health, Health promotion, Sickle cell disease, Women's health, People and places, Population groupings, Research and analysis methods, Research assessment, Research design, Qualitative studies, Quantitative analysis

Praveen Thumbikat

orcid.org/0000-0002-5454-4172

Northwestern University
United States

Sections: Immunology - Autoimmune diseases

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Immune cells, T cells, Cytokines, Immunology, Immune response, Inflammation, Immune system, Acquired immune system, Innate immune system, Immunity, Immune activation, Immune tolerance, Immunopathology, Infectious disease immunology, Microbial pathogens, Immune physiology, Medicine and health sciences, Bacterial diseases, Pathology and laboratory medicine, Host-pathogen interactions, Urology, Prostate diseases, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Urologic infections, Animal models of disease, Mouse models

Rochelle Tractenberg

orcid.org/0000-0002-1121-2119

Georgetown University
United States

Sections: Public health and epidemiology - Biostatistics and methods, Education research, Mathematics - Statistics

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Aging, Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive neurology, Cognitive psychology, Literacy, Psychophysics, Physiological processes, Psychology, Applied psychology, Science policy, Open science, Research integrity, Publication ethics, Scientific misconduct, Science and technology workforce, Careers in research, Science education, Social sciences, Sociology, Education, Teaching methods, Lectures, Pedagogy, Medicine and health sciences, Alzheimer's disease, Academic medicine, Medical education, Open access medical journals, Dementia, Neurology, Clinical trials, Statistics, Biostatistics, Statistical methods, Longitudinal studies, Prospective studies, Qualitative studies, Clinical research design, Survey research, Open access publishing, Simulation and modeling

J Trinidad Segovia

orcid.org/0000-0002-5017-2615

University of Almeria
Spain

Sections: Economics - Financial, Economics - General, Economics - Econometrics

Keywords: Social sciences, Economics, Economic history, Experimental economics, Finance, Environmental economics

Edison Iglesias de Oliveira Vidal

orcid.org/0000-0002-1573-4678

São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Brazil

Sections: Geriatrics, Palliative care, Public health and epidemiology - General

Keywords: Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, Epidemiology of aging, Clinical epidemiology, Geriatrics, Health care, Patient advocacy, Medical humanities, Medical education, Public and occupational health, Clinical trials, Research and analysis methods, Research assessment, Systematic reviews

 I-Jong Wang

National Taiwan University Hospital 
Taiwan

Sections: Biomechanics, Ophthalmology

Keywords: Biophysics, Cell biology, Hypoxia, Cell adhesion, Signal transduction, Cell signaling, Cell motility, Cell migration, Directed cell migration, Cell physiology, Cellular stress responses, Cell death, Cellular structures and organelles, Developmental biology, Angiogenesis, Molecular development, Adhesion molecules, Cytokines, Morphogens, Biomechanics, Biological fluid mechanics, Cell mechanics, Tissue mechanics, Medicine and health sciences, Geriatric ophthalmology, Eye diseases, Corneal disorders, Eye infections, Keratitis, Glaucoma, Inherited eye disorders, Lens disorders, Cataracts, Retinal disorders, Uveitis, Ophthalmology, Visual impairments, Myopia

Gayle E. Woloschak

Northwestern University
United States

Sections: Biotechnology - General

Keywords: Biology and life sciences, Cellular structures and organelles, Computational biology, Genetics, Gene expression, Gene regulation, Gene identification and analysis, Genetics of disease, Molecular genetics, Immunology, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Radiobiology, Biochemistry, Nucleic acids, DNA, Biotechnology, Bionanotechnology, Nanotechnology, Medicine and health sciences, Motor neuron diseases, Neurology, Oncology, Basic cancer research, Cancer treatment, Radiology and imaging, Diagnostic radiology, Magnetic resonance imaging, Radionuclide imaging, Materials science, Animal models of disease, Animal models, Mouse models, Model organisms, Immunohistochemical analysis, Microarrays, Immunologic techniques, Clinical research design

Shin Yamazaki

orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1531

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Sections: Chronobiology, Neuroscience - Behavioral and cognitive

Keywords: Cell cycle and cell division, Chronobiology, Circadian rhythms, Genetic oscillators, Phenotypes, Suprachiasmatic nucleus, Biological locomotion, Circadian oscillators, Luciferase, Pacemakers

Rubeena Zakar

University of the Punjab
Pakistan

Sections: Public health and epidemiology - General, Public health and epidemiology - Global health, Public health and epidemiology - Health behavior, health promotion and society

Keywords: Social sciences, Sociology, Medicine and health sciences, Epidemiology, Health care, Public and occupational health, Women's health

Jie V Zhao

University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Sections: Cardiovascular science and medicine - Epidemiology and prevention, Nutrition, Endocrinology - Epidemiology

Keywords: Nutrition, Medicine and health sciences, Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Clinical genetics

Mingming Zhou

University of Macau
Macau

Sections: Education research, Psychology - General, Psychology - Cognitive psychology

Keywords: Psychology, Social sciences, Surveys