Editorial Board
Editor in Chief
Youming Zhang
Shandong University - Qingdao Campus, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Research Interest: DNA recombineering technology, Bioactive natural products, Natural product biosynthesis, Genome-mining, Synthetic biotechnology
Executive Editor
Shengying Li
Shandong University - Qingdao Campus, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Research Interest: DNA recombineering technology, Bioactive natural products, Natural product biosynthesis, Genome-mining, Synthetic biotechnology, Biocatalysis and biotransformation, Cytochrome P450 enzymes, Natural product biosynthesis, Industrial microbiology
Qunxin She
Shandong University - Qingdao Campus, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Research Interest: Genome editing, Antiviral systems, CRISPR biology, Archaeal genetics, Archaeal cell cycle and regulation, DNA damage repair
Associate Editors
Linquan Bai
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Research Interest: Natural product biosynthesis, Functional genomics, Synthetic biology
Cheng-Ming Chiang
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Research Interest: HPV, DNA tumor virus, Molecular virology, Cancer biology, Transcription, Gene regulation, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Chromosome biology, Post-translational modification
David Sherman
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Research Interest: Synthetic chemistry, Natural products, Drug discovery, Marine microorganisms, Biosynthetic pathways, Polyketides
A. Francis Stewart
Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Research Interest: Recombineering, Site specific recombination, Transposition, Genome engineering, Molecular evolution
Editorial Board Member
Ikuro Abe
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
Research Interest: Natural product biosynthesis, Synthetic biology, Engineered biosynthesis, Natural product chemistry
Edward A. Bayer
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Research Interest: Avidin-biotin technology, Cellulosome research, Microbial biotechnology, Synthetic biology
Yizhi (Patrick) Cai
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Research Interest: Computer assisted design for synthetic biology, NeoChromosome design and synthesis in yeast, DNA assembly automation
Matthew Chang
National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
Research Interest: Synthetic biology, Synthetic microbes, Biomolecular engineering
Shi Chen
Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Research Interest: Epigenetics, DNA modification, Synthetic biology, Microbial metabolism, Microbial biochemistry
Donatella Cimini
University of Campania, Italy
Research Interest: the engineering of microorganisms for the production of molecules with biotechnological applications; the development of fermentation and purification processes from lab to pilot scale;media as well as on renewable resources-based media;the production and characterization of probiotics and postbiotics
Patrizia Contursi
University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Research Interest: Extremophiles, Virus-host interaction, Antimicrobial peptides, Thermophlic enzymes
Junbiao Dai
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Research Interest: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Synthetic biology, Synthetic genomics, Genome engineering, DNA synthesis technology
Xiuzhu Dong
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Research Interest: Bacterial antioxidative mechanisms, Anaerobes, Archaeal post-transcription regulation and transcription termination mechanisms, Archaea cold adaptation
Chunyi Hu
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Research Interest: CRISPR-Cas, Gene Editing, Prokaryotic Immune Systems, Structural Biology, Microbiology, Protein Engineering/Design
Wei Huang
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Research Interest: Synthetic biology, Systems biology, Single cell Raman biotechnology
Yoshizumi Ishino
National University Corporation Kyushu University, Fukuoka Nishi Ward, Japan
Research Interest: Archaea, DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA related enzymes, DNA polymerase, Nuclease, CRISPR-Cas, Genetic engineering, Genome editing
Masahiro Ito
Toyo University, Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
Research Interest: Extremophiles, Alkaliphiles, Halophiles, Microbial physiology, Microbial membrane transport protein, Microbial bioremediation, Cesium-Resistant Microorganisms, Microbial metabolic engineering, Biofuel Production
Eung-Soo Kim
Inha University, Michuhol-gu, Republic of Korea
Research Interest: Actinomycetes genome mining, Natural product biosynthetic gene cluster, Streptomyces artificial chromosome, Microbial cell factory
Maria Lara-Tejero
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, Type III protein secretion systems, The cell biology of Salmonellainfection, Typhoid toxin, Campylobacter jejuni
Bing Li
Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Division of Energy & Environment, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Research Interest: Antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes, Microbial ecology, Environmental microbiology, Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, Microbial biotransformation of environmental contaminants
Jian Li
Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Research Interest: Antimicrobial resistance, Drug discovery, Antimicrobial pharmacology, Computational biology, Bioinformatics
Yuezhong Li
Shandong University - Qingdao Campus, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Research Interest: Myxobacteria, Functional divergence, Kin discrimination, Bioresource, Biosynthesis, Epothilones
Min Lin
Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Research Interest: Gene sources of special microbes, Synthetic biology, Biological nitrogen fixation, Microbial cell factory, Future foods
Huiqiang Lou
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Research Interest: Yeast, Cell cycle, DNA replication, Metabolism, Genome stability
Rolf Müller
Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
Research Interest: Microbial natural products, Myxobacteria, Genetic engineering, Antibiotics
Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
University of Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia
Research Interest: Microbial biotechnology, Biocatalysis, Novel materials, Bacterial bioactive secondary metabolites
Yan Ni
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Research Interest: Pediatric cancers and metabolic diseases (obesity, diabetes); Systems biology (Metagenomics and Metabolomics); Bioinformatics
Wei Niu
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Research Interest: Metabolic engineering, Synthetic biology, Protein engineering, Bio-based chemical, Genetic code expansion
Zhongjun Qin
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Research Interest: Synthetic biology, Genome biology, Microbial genetics, Streptomyces
Jeongmin Song
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Research Interest: Bacteria-Host Interaction, Bacterial AB toxins, Vaccines and Therapeutics, and Salmonella Typhi
Vlada Urlacher
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Research Interest: Enzyme engineering, Enzyme immobilization, Multi-enzyme cascades, Biocatalysis, Biotransformation
Xiaoxue Wang
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Research Interest: Toxin-antitoxin system, Biofilm, Stress responses
Xiaolei Wu
Peking University, Beijing, China
Research Interest: Microbial community, Microbial degradation, Petroleum microorganisms, Environmental pollution control
Ruifu Yang
Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
Research Interest: Bacterial genomics, Evolution and pathogenesis, Source-tracing database for microbial forensics
Yong Zhang
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Research Interest: Bacterial genomics, Evolution and pathogenesis, Source-tracing database for microbial forensics Stringent Response (SR) Pathway & Bacterial Stress Adaptation; Phage-Bacteria Interactions & Evolutionary Arms Races; Translational Applications
Jizhong Zhou
University of Oklahoma Institute for Environmental Genomics, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
Research Interest: Microbiome, Climate change, Ecosystem ecology
Sergey B. Zotchev
University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
Research Interest: Bacterial genetics, Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, Metabolic and biosynthetic engineering, Synthetic biology