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Samuel Brod, Senior Editor

Samuel Brod (crop)Prior to joining the BMC series Samuel was an Associate Editor at Scientific Reports, where he helped drive better practice in data presentation at the journal, and worked to improve systematic review and meta-analysis reporting. Before that, he was a Science Manager at the NC3Rs, working to improve the quality and reproducibility of in-vivo research. He holds an MSc in Science Communication from the University of West England and a PhD in inflammatory immunology from Queen Mary University of London. Samuel is a strong advocate for open science and better inter-disciplinary engagement across all research fields.

Maria Hodges, Executive Editor

Maria Hodges resizedDr Maria Hodges manages a team of in-house editors on the BMC Series journals, including the editors for BMC Cancer, BMC Genomics and BMC Plant Biology. She joined the BMC Series in July 2018. Previously, Maria was the Scientific Publications Manager for Cancer Research UK, managing the British Journal of Cancer. Before this, Maria was Acting Editor for Genome Medicine and an Editor for Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. Maria has a PhD in biochemistry from Cancer Research UK. 

Senior Editorial Board Members

Professor Baharudin Abdullah

Image of Dr Baharudin Abdullah, BMC Research Notes Senior Board MemberBaharudin Abdullah is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery in Universiti Sains Malaysia. He graduated with MBBS of Medicine and Surgery from Universiti Malaya (1994) and Master of Medicine (MMED) in Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery from Universiti Sains Malaysia (2002). Dr Abdullah was an Honorary Visiting Scholar at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Asian Surgical Association Clinical Fellow at University of Hong Kong and Fellow in Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at University of Graz, Austria. He is currently the President of Malaysian Society of Allergy and Immunology (MSAI). Dr Abdullah has published widely in allergy, rhinology, and head and neck surgery in several international and national journals.

Professor Ülkem Aydın

Image of Prof Ülkem Aydın, BMC Research Notes Senior Board MemberDr. Aydın currently serves as Professor and Department Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology at Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University School of Dentistry in Morphou. She teaches oral diagnosis, oral and maxillofacial radiology and oral medicine. Dr. Aydın received her PhD degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. She has served in roles within the Oral Diagnosis and Maxillofacial Radiology (ODMFR) Association in Turkey, and European Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Dr. Aydın is a board member and frequent reviewer of several professional journals.

Professor Diego A. Forero

Image of Dr Diego A. Forero, BMC Research Notes Senior Board MemberDr. Diego A. Forero, MD, PhD is currently Professor and Research Leader at the School of Health and Sport Sciences, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina (Bogotá, Colombia). He is a Medical Doctor (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia) and has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (University of Antwerp, Belgium). Dr. Forero has produced a significant amount of research in human genetics and genomics, with over 110 international scientific publications. He is a Senior Editorial Board Member for BMC Research Notes and has been a peer reviewer for numerous international publications, as well as academic and scientific institutions.

Professor Ahmed Hossain

Image of Dr Ahmed Hossain, BMC Research Notes Senior Board MemberDr. Ahmed Hossain is a Professor in the Department of Public Health at North South University (NSU), as well as the Director of the NSU Global Health Institute. In 2010, he received his Ph.D. from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and he was a Canadian Institute of Health Research Fellow at McMaster University. In 2004, he graduated from McMaster University with a master's degree in biostatistics and epidemiology. Dr. Hossain has a strong background in statistical genomics and meta analysis. He is currently interested in public health research on chronic and infectious diseases in the context of migration and disasters. Dr. Hossain has published over 60 articles in a variety of international journals.

Professor Tiziana Pandolfini

Image of Prof Tiziana Pandolfini, BMC Research Notes Senior Board MemberTiziana Pandolfini is Professor of Plant Physiology at the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Verona, Italy. She received a master’s degree in Biology at the University of Florence and a postgraduate specialization in Plant Ecology and Environmental Planning at the University of Pavia, Italy. Her field of research comprises plant molecular physiology, plant biotechnology and genetic engineering. The principal achievements in the field of plant biotechnology concern the identification of molecular factors regulating fruit initiation and parthenocarpy. Her current research activity also includes the study of bioactive molecules such as peptides and small RNA and their application to improve crop productivity and protection against pathogens. She is author of more than 100 scientific papers including publications on international peer reviewed journals, book chapters and congress proceedings. She has acted as reviewer and editor for several international scientific journals and as project reviewer for international institutions. 

Professor Wing-Kin (Ken) Sun

Image of Dr Wing-Kin (Ken) Sun, BMC Research Notes Senior Board MemberProf. Wing-Kin Sung received both a B.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science from the University of Hong Kong in 1993 and 1998, respectively. He is a professor in the Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore. He is also a senior group leader in Genome Institute of Singapore. He has over 25 years of experience in Bioinformatics and Computational genomic research. Prof. Sung has published over 250 highly-cited research papers reporting original and improved (and sometimes optimal) solutions in bioinformatics and their applications in biomedical research. He was conferred the 2003 FIT paper award (Japan), the 2006 National Science Award (Singapore), and the 2008 Young Researcher Award (NUS) for his research contribution in bioinformatics and algorithm.


Senior Editor
Samuel Brod, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Editorial Quality Editors
Anastasia Broadbridge, BA, Springer Nature, UK
Arwa Tawfiq, BSc, Springer Nature, UK

Manuscript Editors
Harshal Dhondge, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Nikhil Ghate, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Vaishnavi Nimbalkar, MSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Senior Editorial Board Members
Baharudin Abdullah, MBBS, MMED, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Ishag Adam, MD,PhD, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Ulkem Aydin, DDS, PhD, Dr , Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University, Cyprus
Diego A. Forero, MD, PhD, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Bogotá, Colombia
Ahmed Hossain, PhD, North South University, Bangladesh
Tiziana Pandolfini, University of Verona, Italy
Wing-Kin Sung, PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Editorial Board Members
Antoine AbdelMassih, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University (Kasr Al Ainy), Egypt
Alemseged Abdissa, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Daba Abdissa, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Cristian Abelairas-Gómez, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Syed Haniq Abidi, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Olumide Abiodun, MPH, Babcock University, Nigeria
Randy Adiwinata, MD, Sam Ratulangi University/Prof. dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital, Indonesia
Rotimi Afolabi, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Abdul Ahad, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Hamed Akbari, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Margarate K. Akens, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada
Suhail Al-Amad, D.Clin.Dent; FRACDS-OralMed, University of Sharjah, UAE
Mohammad Al-Amri, PhD, Cardiff University, UK
Bassam Al-Naami, PhD, Hashemite University, Jordan
G M Monirul Alam, PhD, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh
Francesco Alessandri, MD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Abdelazeem Algammal, PhD, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Bassam R. Ali, PhD, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Habib Ali, PhD, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology (KFUEIT) Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, MD, The University of Jordan, Jordan
Mohammed Alsalem, University of Mosul, Iraq
Arya Aminorroaya, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, DDS (Doctorate in Dental Surgery), Universal Network of Interdisciplinary Research in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (UNIROMS), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Iran
Linda Amoah, PhD, University of Ghana, Ghana
Christophe Ampe, PhD, Ghent University, Belgium
Francis Anto, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana
Giulia Antoniali, PhD, University of Udine, Italy
Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, PhD, PhD, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Asbjørn Årøen, MD, Akers University Hospital, Norway
Usman Ashfaq, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Patricio Atanes, King's College London, UK
Nicanor Austriaco, Providence College, USA
Davood Azadi, Khomein University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Faisal Aziz, The Hormel Institute- University of Minnesota & Mayo Clinic, USA
Mohamad Nor Azra, PhD, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Tony Badrick, PhD, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs, Australia
Pantelis Bagos, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), University of Thessaly, Greece
Mohammad Amin Bahrami, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Deepanraj Balakrishnan, PhD, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Daynia Elizabeth Ballot, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Peivand Bastani, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Australia
Payam Behzadi, PhD, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Iran
Masoud Behzadifar, PhD, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Sara Bernardi, PhD, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Anshuman Bhardwaj, PhD, University of Technology, Sweden
Sourav Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Washington University in Saint Louis, USA
Showkat Ahmad Bhawani, PhD, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Prakash Bhuyar, PhD, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Serena Bianchi, MD, PhD, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Marco Bo, University of Sassari, Department of Biomedical Sciences - Microbiology and Virology, Italy
Leelavaathy Budamakuntla, Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, India
Roberto Campagna, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
Cassio de Campos, PhD, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Plinio Casarotto, University of Helsinki, Finland
Giancarlo Ceccarelli, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy
Arup Chakraborty, PhD, National Institutes of Health, USA
Sumit Chandok, PhD,Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India
Manish Charan, PhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Ali Reza Chavshin, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
Marcio Chedid, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Medical School of UFRGS, Brazil
Bolin Chen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Thomas Chertemps, PhD, Sorbonne Universite, France
Subbulakshmi Chidambaram, Dr. rer. nat., University of Toronto and Pondicherry University, Canada
Gautam Choubey, PhD, Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research And Management Ahmedabad, (An Autonomous University, Established by Government of Gujarat), India
Rishabh Choudhary, Northwell Health, USA
Subhadip Choudhuri, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Andrea Cioffi, MD, University of Foggia, Italy
Yingjun Cui, PhD, Yale University, USA
Carmen-Lucia Curcio-Borrero, University of Caldas, Colombia
Jaya Dantas, PhD, Curtin University, Australia
Nivedita Das, Dublin City University, Ireland
Shibali Das, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Sudip Das, Butler University, USA
Sumit Datta, Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati, India
Arrigo De Benedetti, PhD, LSU Health Shreveport, USA
Ibrahima Dia, PhD, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
Mostafa Dianatinasab, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Wei-Qun Ding, PhD, University of Oklahoma, USA
Ning Ding, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Robert Djagbletey, MBchB, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana
Neda Dolatkhah, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Matthew Gavino Donadu, University of Sassari - Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Italy
Caetano Dorea, University of Victoria, Canada
Thinley Dorji, MBSS, MD, FRSPH, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Bhutan
Jonathan Duke-Cohan, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Peter Düking, University of Würzburg, Germany
Hemen Dutta, PhD, Gauhati University, India
Sathishkumar V E, PhD, Sunway University, Malaysia
Nour El-Gendy, PhD, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Egypt
Mohamed Eldeeb, McGill University, Canada
Christina Elliott, PhD, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Abdelrahman Elsayid, MBBCh, MPH, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Ofere Emeriewen, PhD, Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Germany
Raed Ennab, MD, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty Of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Shah Fahad, PhD, Leshan Normal University, China
Chengming Fan, MD, PhD, Central South University, China
Abbas Farahani, PhD, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Domenica Farci, PhD, University of Cagliari, Italy
Naureen Fatima, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Manal Fawzy, PhD, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Francesca Ferroni, PhD, University of Parma, Italy
Leah Ferrucci, Yale School of Public Health, USA
Neal Fleming, MD, PhD, University of California, Davis, USA
Seth Frietze, PhD, University of Vermont, USA
Katsuya Fuchino, Dr. phil., University of Namur, Belgium
Ezequiel Fuentes-Panana, PhD, Unidad de Investigación en Virología y Cáncer, Mexico
Jagadeeshaprasad Mashanipalya G, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
Moses Galukande, International Hospital Kampala, Uganda
Sharanabasava Ganachari, PhD, KLE Technological University, India
Olivier Gandrillon, PhD, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Latha Ganti, University of Central Florida, USA
Anjali Garg, PhD, Washington University St. Louis, USA
Gasim Ibrahim Gasim,MBBS, MD, MRCP(UK), FRCP(Glasg), ESEGH, Cert of Gastroenterology (CMSA),  Alneelain University, Sudan
Gianluca Gatta, PhD, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Seyed Mohammad Gheibihayat, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Morteza Gholami, PhD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Mehrdad Gholami, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Seifollah Gholampour, PhD, The University of Chicago, USA
Zeinab Ghorbani, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Raffaele Giancarlo, PhD, University of Palermo, Italy
Paolo Girardi, PhD, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University, Italy
Shannon Glaser, PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Rupam Goswami, Tezpur University, India
Vlasios Goulas, PhD, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Prem Kumar Govindappa, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Alex Greenwood, PhD, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany
Stefano Guadagni, MD, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Oreste Gualillo, Conselleria de Sanidade, Spain
Vikas Gupta, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, India
Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, PhD, College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Hohai University, China
Katsuyuki Hashimoto, National Institute of Infectious Diseases Tokiyo, Japan
Atif Ali Hashmi, MBBS, FRCPath (UK), FCPS (PK) ,Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Sherif T.S. Hassan, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Morteza Heidarzadeh, PhD, Koc University, Turkey
Praveen Hoogar, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Hikaru Hori, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Mohammad-Salar Hosseini, MD, MPH, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Amir Human Hoveidaei, MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Xiaoting Hua, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Zhejiang University, China
Gongping Huang, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany
Min Huang, Hunan Agricultural University, China
Shile Huang, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA
Md. Enamul Huq, Wuhan University, China
Lucian Ilie, PhD, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Dhinakarasamy Inbakandan, PhD, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, India
Muhammad Nazrul Islam, PhD, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Kamrul Islam, PhD, Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Taohidul Islam, PhD,  Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Md Shariful Islam, University of Queensland, Australia
Manish Jain, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Praveen Jaiswal, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas Tx, USA
Salma Jamal, PhD, Jamia Hamdard, India
Ziad Jaradat, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Zhou Jiang, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Michael Joachim, DMD, MSc, Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Israel
Lingsha Ju, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), University of Florida, USA
Humayun Kabir, BScN, MPH, MSc, North South University, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh
Saraboji Kadhirvel, Central University of Punjab, India
Dildar Kalhoro, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
Ramakrishnan Kannan, PhD, Boyer Centre for Molecular Medicine, Yale University, USA
Adem Kara, PhD, Bingöl University, Department of Histology and Embryology, Turkey
Sankunny Mohan Karuppayil, Dypes Kolhapur, India
David Kateete, Makerere University, Uganda
Deepak Kumar Khajuria, PhD, Penn State University, USA
Fardin Khalili, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Wajahat Ali Khan, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Danish Khan, PhD, Stanford University, USA
Imran Khan, The Hormel Institute, USA
Manzoor Khan, Dr. Ing, UAE University, Utd.Arab.Emir.
Miri Krupkin, Stanford University, USA
Sanjeewa Kularatna, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Ameya Kulkarni, PhD, AbbVie, USA
Asit Kumar, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
Binod Kumar, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Annam Pavan Kumar, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, India
Nethia Mohana Kumaran, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Satyajit Kundu, MPH, MSc, Southeast University, China
Nicholas Kurniawan, PhD, University of Technology, Netherlands
Petri Kursula, University of Oulu, Finland
Wing-Fu Lai, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China
Alvina Lai, PhD, University College London, United Kingdom
Antoine Lamer, PhD, University of Lille, Lille University Hospital, France
Cheng Foh Le, PhD, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia
Young-Sam Lee, PhD, University of Kentucky, USA
Elena Levantini, PhD, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Adam Lightfoot, PhD, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Yongfeng Liu, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Shao-Hsien Liu, PhD, University of Massachusetts, USA
Belinda Loh, Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute, China
Sandra Lopez-Leon, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA
Elisiane Lorenzini, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Yijun Lou, PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
Mahmoud Mabrok, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Isidro Machado, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologa, Spain
Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh, MD, Department of Anatomy, ChiangMai University, Thailand
Chinmaya Mahapatra, National Institute of Technology Raipur, India
Eyas Mahmoud, PhD, West Virginia State University, USA
Hossein Mahmoudvand, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
Saikat Majumder, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Abdelrahman Makram, Imperial College London, UK
Omar Mohamed Makram, MD, MPH, Houston Methodist, USA
Gianluca Malatesta, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Mahyar Malekzadeh, PhD, Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research (ICR), Iran
Prasanth Manohar, PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Amir R. Masoodi, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Deden Derajat Matra, PhD, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Indonesia
Donovan McGrowder, BSc, MSc,MA, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Daniel McWilliams, PhD, University of Nottingham, UK
Samrad Mehrabi, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, PhD, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Remedios Melero, Dr Science,Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos-CSIC, Spain
Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore, India
Vishnu Narayan Mishra, PhD, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Lalpur, India
Rajeev Mishra, PhD, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, India
Fouad Kasim Mohammad, PhD, University of Mosul, Iraq
Salahuddin Mohammed, PhD, Notre Dame of Maryland University, USA
C Gopi Mohan, PhD, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
Tapan Kumar Mohanta, PhD, University of Nizwa, Oman
Attayeb Mohsen, Nibiohn, Japan
Arnaud Monteil, PhD, Institut de Genomique Fonctionnelle, France
J.A. Moses, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), India
Seyyed Meysam Mousavi, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Amreen Mughal, University of Vermont, USA
Aziz ur Rahman Muhammad, PhD, Institute of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Naoshad Muhammad, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Sukhes Mukherjee, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India
Fiona Mumoki, PhD, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Chris Murgatroyd, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Godfrey Musuka, Columbia University, Zimbabwe
Akira Muto, PhD, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Turkey
Hamad Naeem, Neijiang Normal University, China
Gerardo M. Nava, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Anastasija Nikiforova, PhD, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, University of Latvia, Latvia
Farai Nyabadza, MSc, MSc (Honors), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Gireesh Babu P, ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad, India
Bijaya Padhi, PhD, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
Nora Padola, Dr, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, CIVETAN-UNCPBA, Argentina
Shyamsundar Pal-China, University of California, San Diego, USA
Sadanand Pandey, PhD, Yeungnam university, Korea
Abhay Pandey, PhD, Tocklai Tea Research Institute, India
Ashutosh Pandey, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Vivek Pandey, PhD, University of Kentucky, USA
Prashanth Panta, Malla Reddy Institute of Dental Sciences, India
Nikolaos Papanas, PhD, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Ashwani Pareek, PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Malitha Patabendige, Castle Street Hospital for Women, Sri Lanka
Anup Pathania, MSc , PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Shankargouda Patil, PhD, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Giovanna Pavone, University of Foggia - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Italy
Suprasanna Penna, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
Rosamaria Pennisi, Shenzhen International Institute for Biomedical Research (SIIBR), China
Alessio Filippo Peritore, University of Messina, Italy
Stefania Perrucci, DVM, Prof., PhD, EVPC, University of Pisa, Italy
Ivan Pires, PhD, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Frédérique Pitel, PhD, National Institute for Agricultural Research, France
Patrick Pithua, University of Missouri, USA
Carmine Pizzi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Kok-Siong Poon, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Uday Pratap, UT Health San Antonio, USA
Bhanwar Lal Puniya, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Chengmin Qian, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Luiz Gustavo Quadros, Kaiser Day Hospital, Brazil
Reza Rahbarghazi, PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
M. Sohel Rahman, PhD, Department of CSE, Bangladesh
Krishan Rai, University of Minnesota, USA
Sachchida Rai, PhD, University of Allahabad, India
Hazem Ramadan, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt
Rajesh Ramakrishnan, PhD, University of St. Thomas, USA
Naureen Rana, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
Ravi Ranjan, PhD, University of Illinois, USA
Redoy Ranjan, MBBS, MS, ChM, FACS, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh & PhD Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
Nihar Ranjan-Sahoo, PhD, International Centre for FMD, ICAR-DFMD, India
Komal Rathi, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Andrea Ravignani, PhD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Prashanth Ravishankar, PhD, Namida Lab, Inc., USA
Jesus Reine,Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Dr. Sci. (Immunology), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), United Kingdom
Bhagwan Rekadwad, PhD, Yenepoya Research Centre, India
Jose Requena, PhD, Centro de Biología Molecular - Severo Ocha, Spain
Wesley Ribeiro, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil
Richard Rison, MD, Neurology Consultants Medical Group, USA
Carlos Rossa Jr, PhD, State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Brazil
Subhadeep Roy, PhD,  National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, India
Fabrizio Russo, PhD, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy
Ligia Rusu, MD, University of Craiova, Romania
Bidyadhar Sa, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Dipnarayan Saha, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, India
Pranshu Sahgal, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, USA
Mohan Sakar, PhD, Laval University, Canada
Morteza Saki, PhD, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Muhammad Saleem, PhD, Jubail University College, Saudi Arabia
Francesco Salustri, University College London, United Kingdom
Lydia Sam, University of Aberdeen, UK
Subhashis Sarkar, Ichnos Sciences Biotherapeutics, Switzerland
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, PhD, Neijiang Normal University, China
Hadi Sasani, MD, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Turkey
Latha Satish, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Marcello Sato, PhD, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan
Steffen Sauer, Dr. med., Aleris Hospital, Denmark
Monica Scognamiglio, University of Campania, Italy
Ugur Seker, PhD, Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey
Marie Seraphin, PhD, University of Florida, USA
Hiba Shaghaleh, PhD, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, China
Jaffer Shah, Kateb University, Afghanistan
Shazi Shakil, PhD, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Kripa Shankar, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Gaurav Sharma, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Rohit Sharma, PhD, Shoolini University, Solan, India
Kirtikar Shukla, PhD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA
Emmanuel Siddig, University of Khartoum, Mycetoma Research Center, Sudan
Jawed Siddiqui, PhD, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Muhammad Siddiqui, MBBS, MSc, PhD, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Canada
Shaktiman Singh, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Amit Kumar Singh, PhD, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi, India
Anil Kumar Singh, PhD, ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, India
Santosh Singh, Morehouse School of Medicine, USA
Yashbir Singh, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Iskandar Z Siregar, Dr. first., IPB University, Indonesia
Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi, Cochrane Iran Associate Centre, National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Tehran, Iran
Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, PhD, University of Tasmania, Australia
Himangshu Sonowal, University of California San Diego, USA
Deepak Sumbria, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary And Animal Sciences University, India
Andrew John Sutherland-Smith, PhD, Massey University, New Zealand
Barbara Szomolay, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Amirtaha Taebi, PhD, University of California Davis, USA
Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary, MD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Y-h. Taguchi, Chuo University, Japan
Vivek Tanavde, PhD, Ahmedabad University, India
Hongxun Tao, Jiangsu University, China
Mohammad Tarique, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Iman Tavassoly, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Kok-Keng Tee, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Aref Teimouri, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Gianluca Tell, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), University of Udine, Italy
Mukesh Thakur, PhD, Zoological Survey of India, India
Shivshankar Thanigaimani, James Cook University, Australia
Sundaram Thanigaivel, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, India
Claudio Tiribelli, MD, Centro Studi Fegato, Italy
Manindra Tiwari, PhD, The Hebrew University, Israel
Guangyu Tong, Yale University, USA
John Tower, PhD, University of Southern California, USA
Tuan Minh Tran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Vijay Tripathi, PhD, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, India
Tung Truong-Thanh, PhD, Pharm.D. Phenikaa University, Vietnam
Heidi Turon, PhD, University of Newcastle, Australia
Muhammad Jasim Uddin, Murdoch University, Australia
Cemal Ün, Ege University, Turkey
Jens Vanselow, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Germany
Gaurav Varshney, National Human Genome Research Institute, USA
Giuseppe Varvara, Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Nunzio Velotti, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
Narendra Verma, PhD, NYU Medical Center, USA
Shailender Kumar Verma, PhD, University of Delhi, India
Khor Waiho, PhD, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Dapeng Wang, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Gary Wang, MD, PhD, University of Florida College of Medicine, USA
Qiang Wang, PhD, China University of Petroleum (East China), China, People's Republic
Muzamil Want, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
Ahmed Waqas, MBBS, PhD, Lahore, Pakistan
Nial Wheate, PhD, DSc, The University of Sydney, Australia
Biruk Wogayehu, Arbaminch College of Health Sciences, Ethiopia
Zheng Xu, Wright State University, USA
Pramod Yadawa, PhD, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, India
Taklo Simeneh Yazie, M.Sc, Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia
Xuyi Yue, PhD, Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, USA
Ismail Zaitoun, University of Wisconsin, USA
Mohd Normanii Zakaria, PhD, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Yiqiang Zhan, PhD, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany
Tonghua Zhang, Dr. Sci. (Math.), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Jie Zhang, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Jie Zhao, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Christoph Zinner, University of Applied Sciences for Police and Administration of Hesse, Germany
Sina Zoghi, MD, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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