Marie Bao

Editorial experience: Oversaw peer review of manuscripts spanning the full breadth of developmental biology.

Research experience: genetics, signaling

Current position: Director of Research Administration in the department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School

Natascha Bushati

Editorial experience: Oversaw peer review of manuscripts spanning the full breadth of the life sciences, including cell biology, stem cells, development, molecular biology and medical research.

Research experience: cell biology, developmental biology and stem cells, molecular biology, systems biology.

Sonhita Chakraborty

Editorial Experience: Oversaw peer review of papers across the life sciences, with an emphasis on plant biology.

Research Experience: botany, systems biology, microscopy, synthetic biology, signaling and development.

Illustration Experience: covers, posters.

Stacie Dodgson

Carol Featherstone

Elvira Forte

Editorial experience: Oversaw peer review of manuscripts across basic, translational, clinical, and public health research in cardiovascular biology and hematology

Research experience: translational cardiovascular and inflammatory biology; single-cell biology, transcriptomics, fibrosis, inflammation, mouse models, organoids, myocardial infarction.

Current position and expertise: Senior Science Writer – Broad/MIT; Science writer and advisor working on publications employing artificial intelligence algorithms to address biological problems at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organism levels.

Milka Kostic

Editorial experience: Oversaw peer review of manuscripts across chemical biology, structural biology, drug discovery, biotechnology, medicinal chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, material science.

Research experience: Life sciences: molecular biology, cancer biology, structural biology, chemical biology, biochemistry, biophysics. Physical sciences: analytical chemistry, physical chemistry.

Current position and expertise: Program Director, Chemical Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Christina (Kiki) Lilliehook

Michele Marass

Stephen Matheson

Brandi Mattson

April Pawluk

Anke Sparmann

Editorial experience: Oversaw peer review of manuscripts across the life sciences.

Research experience: cancer, inflammation, epigenetics, neurobiology, stem cells.

Current Position: scientific writer at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research in Würzburg, Germany.

Jenna Sternberg

Heather Van Epps

Editorial experience: Peer review oversight of manuscripts spanning clinical areas including rheumatology, oncology, diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology and hepatology, as well as basic and translational studies in immunology, cancer, stem cells, vascular biology, and infectious diseases. Highly experienced in editorial strategy, content commissioning, and publication planning. In addition to The Lancet Rheumatology, PLOS Medicine, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Heather was also at The Lancet Oncology, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (Deputy Editor), and The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Deputy Editor).

Research experience: innate and adaptive immune mechanisms, antiviral T-cell responses, infectious diseases.

Katrina Woolcock

Editorial Experience: Handled peer review of manuscripts across the life sciences.

Research Experience: cell biology, molecular biology, RNA biology, gene regulation, genomics.

Michelle Ryndak

Editorial experience: Research Development Associate at Columbia University Office for Research. Familiar with NIH mechanisms R, K, DP, etc.; BBSRC; etc. Handled all biomedical fields, basic and translational research.

Research experience: Microbiology & Disease; Bacterial pathogenesis

Diana Stafforini

Editorial Experience: Served as a referee for various journals, panel member for NIH study sections, and grant reviewer for the Department of Defense. Was the Associate Director at Huntsman Cancer Institute where she worked with the Chief Executive Officer on various projects, including strategic planning, scientific writing, and project management.

Research Experience: biochemistry, inflammatory diseases, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, and cancer. Diana was a faculty member with the University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine, trained many students and published her work in PNAS, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Cancer Research, and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Olesia North

Editorial and Writing experience: Contributed to manuscripts across all of the life sciences, including metabolism, cell and molecular biology, microbiology and immunity.

Research experience: Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Disease; bacteriophages, antimicrobial strategies, antimicrobial potentiation, high-throughput screening, functional genomics, protein assembly, molecular biology, microbiology.

Diana Walsh

Editorial and Writing Experience: First author of two publications and contributing author on multiple manuscripts across the life sciences, with a focus on clinical genetics and molecular medicine.

Research Experience: Experience in molecular genetics, clinical genetics, cancer, rare disease, translational medicine, and next-generation sequencing (NGS).

Duygu Koldere Vilain

Research Experience: planar cell polarity, fruit fly, scRNAseq.