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Section Board for 'Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics'

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Section Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Mark L. Richter
Molecular Biosciences, Haworth Hall, Room 4031, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, USA
Tel. 785 864 3334
Website: http://www.molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/mark-richter
E-Mail: richter@ku.edu
Interests: ATP hydrolysis-driven motor proteins; biochemical and biophysical approaches to examining mechanisms by which protein-protein interactions lead to large conformational changes resulting in translational or rotational motion; structure and function of the photosynthetic F1-ATPase motor protein
Contribution: Special Issue: Muscle Contraction Mechanism, Motor Proteins Function and Molecular Aspects of Water
Special Issue: Advances in Muscle Contraction Studies

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Aparicio
Structural Biology Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, CP6154, CEP13084-862, Brazil
Tel. +55 19 3521 1105; Fax: +55 19 3521 3023
Website: http://www.iqm.unicamp.br/departamentos/?p=127&c=129&id=73
E-Mail: aparicio@iqm.unicamp.br
Interests: structural biology; protein crystallography; SAXS

Dr. Nicole M. Bergmann
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, 3507 Lindell, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
Tel. +1 314 977 8350
E-Mail: nbergman@slu.edu
Interests: molecular recognition; molecular imprinting; drug delivery systems

Dr. Gregor Drummen
Guest Editor for MDPI, Switzerland
Tel. +49 211 40 51 810; Fax: +49 211 47 45 476
E-Mail: drummen@mdpi.com
Interests: quantum dots; bionanotechnology; two-photon fluorescence imaging; cellular imaging; fluorescence microscopy; nucleic acids; DNA damage; cancer; cell signaling; radiation biology; oxidative stress; lipids and biomembranes; lipid peroxidation
Contribution: Special Issue: Quantum Dots: From Synthesis to Applications in Biomedicine and Life Sciences
Special Issue: Redox Signaling in Biology and Patho-Biology
Special Issue: Oxidative Stress and Ageing
In other journals:
Special Issue: Fluorophores - The Fluorescent Toolbox in Biological and Biomedical Research

Prof. Dr. Martin Gruebele
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, A220 Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Tel. +1 217 333 1624; Fax: +1 217 244 3186
Website: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/chem/faculty/Martin_Gruebele.html
E-Mail: gruebele@scs.uiuc.edu
Interests: protein folding; RNA folding; downhill folding; protein-protein interactions; biomolecular simulation; temperature jump; small angle X-ray scattering

Prof. Dr. Zhen Huang
Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Room 540 General Classroom Building, 38 Peachtree Center Ave., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083, USA
Tel. (404) 413-5535 (Office); (404) 413-5534 (Lab); Fax: (404) 413-5505
Website: http://chemistry.gsu.edu/faculty/Huang/
E-Mail: chezh@langate.gsu.edu
Interests: Nucleic acid synthesis, selenium derivatization of DNA and RNA, non-coding RNA, ribozyme, nucleic acid X-ray crystallography, RNA microchip, disease and pathogen rapid detection, cancer prevension and genetic mechamisms, new drug discovery

Prof. Dr. Lajos Kovacs
Nucleic Acids Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Universtiy of Szeged, Dóm tér 8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Tel. +36 62 54 51 45; Fax: +36 62 42 59 71
Website: http://www.mdche.u-szeged.hu/~kovacs/nal.html
E-Mail: kovacs.lajos@med.u-szeged.hu
Interests: preparative organic chemistry of carbohydrates; nucleobases; nucleosides; C-nucleosides; peptide nucleic acids; indoles; alkaloids; polyamines; heterocycles; protecting groups; chemical information management
Contribution: Special Issue: Nucleic Acid Derivatives in Emerging Technologies
In other journals:
Special Issue: Nucleic Acid Analogs

Prof. Dr. Genxi Li
Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; And School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Tel. +86 25 83593596; Fax: +86 25 83592510
E-Mail: genxili@nju.edu.cn
Interests: molecular interaction; molecular recognition; protein; biologically active small molecules; medicinal herb molecules; biosensor; nano-biotechnology; bioelectrochemistry
Contribution: Special Issue: Interaction of Biological Molecules
Special Issue: Molecular Bases of Cancer Research

Dr. Clifford Louime
FAMU BioEnergy Group, Technology Building D, Room 12, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
Tel. +1 850 412 7395; Fax: +1 850 561 2617
Website: http://www.famu.edu/cesta/main/index.cfm/research/bioenergy/
E-Mail: clifford.louime@famu.edu
Interests: biofuels; biotic and abiotic stress; genomics; computational biology

Prof. Dr. Werner E.G. Müller
Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Abteilung Angewandte Molekularbiologie, Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Tel. +49 6131 3925910; Fax: +49 6131 3925243
Website: http://www.ftn.uni-mainz.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CV_WEG-M%C3%BCller02.pdf
E-Mail: wmueller@uni-mainz.de
Interests: molecular evolution; molecular biotechnology; bio-silica; sponges; biomaterials

Prof. Dr. Bing Yan
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
Website: http://www.yanlab.net/contact.html
E-Mail: drbingyan@yahoo.com
Interests: nanomedicine; nanotoxicity; cancer therapy; drug discovery; drug resistance; combinatorial chemistry; analytical sciences
Contribution: Special Issue: Bioactive Nanoparticles
Special Issue: Bioactive Nanoparticles 2012
Special Issue: Bioactive Nanoparticles 2013

Prof. Dr. Julian Borejdo
Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Tel. +1 817 735 2106
Website: https://profile.hsc.unt.edu/profilesystem/viewprofile.php?pid=10049966&onlyview=1
E-Mail: Julian.Borejdo@unthsc.edu
Interests: muscles; interactions between actin and myosin; biochemical approach to determine the proximity of actin to myosin; physico-chemical approach to measure the orientation of myosin in vivo; molecular biology approach (cloning mutants of myosin) to establish the role of various amino acid residues in muscle functions

Dr. Walter Herzog
Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Tel. +1 403 220 8525; Fax: +1 403 284 3553
E-Mail: walter@kin.ucalgary.ca
Interests: muscle contraction mechanisms; titin; myosin; actin; optical trapping; myofibrils; single fibres; isolated sarcomeres

Prof. Dr. Richard R. Ernst *
Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Paulistrasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Tel. +41 1 632 4368; Fax: +41 1 632 1257
Website: http://www.chab.ethz.ch/personen/emeritus/rernst
E-Mail: ernst@phys.chem.ethz.ch
Interests: NMR; physical chemistry
* Winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Dr. Valdur Saks
Laboratory of Bioenergetics, INSERM U884, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France
Tel. +33 4 7663 5627; Fax: +33 4 7651 4218
E-Mail: valdur.saks@ujf-grenoble.fr
Interests: bioenergetics; systems biology; biophysics; enzymology; cell physiology
Contribution: Special Issue: Molecular System Bioenergetics
Special Issue: Quantitative Modelling in Molecular System Bioenergetics
Special Issue: Molecular System Bioenergetics 2011

Prof. Dr. Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Institute of Biochemistry, Deptartment of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)3834 86 4367; Fax: +49 (0)3834 86 80066
Website: http://www.chemie.uni-greifswald.de/~biotech/
E-Mail: uwe.bornscheuer@uni-greifswald.de
Interests: biocatalysis; protein engineering; high-throughput screening; enantioselective synthesis

Prof. Dr. Richard J. Martin
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, 50011-1250 IA, USA
Tel. +1 515 294 2470
E-Mail: rjmartin@iastate.edu
Interests: muscle contraction; cell physiology; pharmacology; C. elegans; ascaris suum; ion-channels

Prof. Dr. Paul R. Rosevear
Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Structural Biology Program, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Tel. +1 513 558 3370
E-Mail: paul.rosevear@uc.edu
Interests: contractile proteins; muscle contraction; calcium binding proteins; protein structure; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); biophysical techniques

Dr. Gianluigi Veglia
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Tel. +1 612 625 0758; Fax: +1 612 625 2163
Website: http://www.chem.umn.edu/groups/veglia
E-Mail: vegli001@tc.umn.edu
Interests: muscle contractility; membrane proteins; calcium binding proteins; protein structure; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); biophysical spectroscopy

Dr. Andrei Alexandrescu *
Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, BSP 209, 91 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3125, Storrs, CT 06269-3125, USA
Tel. +1 860 486 4414; Fax: +1 860 486 4331
Website: http://mcb.uconn.edu/fac.php?name=alexandrescuat
E-Mail: andrei@uconn.edu
Interests: protein folding; amyloids; alzheimer\'s disease; parkinson\'s disease; type II diabetes; structural biology; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; structural bioinformatics; protein misfolding; neuromuscular junction proteins; OB-fold proteins; protein dynamics; biophysics
* Former Section Editor-in-Chief of IJMS 'Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics' from November 2009 to August 2012
Contribution: Special Issue: Protein Folding

Prof. Dr. Anthony P. Davis
Professor of Supramolecular Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Website: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/staff/adavis.htm
E-Mail: anthony.davis@bristol.ac.uk
Interests: supramolecular chemistry; carbohydrate recognition; anion recognition and transport; crystal engineering; computer-aided molecular design
Contribution: Special Issue: Phospholipids: Molecular Sciences
Special Issue: Phospholipids: Molecular Sciences 2012

Dr. Lam-Son Phan Tran
Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
Tel. +81 45 503 9593; Fax: +81 45 503 9591
Website: http://www.csrs.riken.jp/en/labs/spru/index.html
E-Mail: tran@psc.riken.jp
Interests: plants; abiotic stress; hormones; transcription factors; gene identification and analysis; gene regulatory network; signal transduction

Dr. Ali Mobasheri
Division of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, College Road, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
Tel. +44 115 9516449; Fax: +44 115 9516440
Website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Vet/People/ali.mobasheri
E-Mail: ali.mobasheri@nottingham.ac.uk
Interests: quantitative immunohistochemical and immunomorhological techniques; post-genomic techniques including tissue microarray technology and proteomics in veterinary medicine
Contribution: Special Issue: The Chondrocyte Phenotype in Cartilage Biology

Dr. Mateus Webba da Silva
School of Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
Tel. +44 2870324009
E-Mail: mm.webba-da-silva@ulster.ac.uk
Interests: DNA structural nanotechnology, structural biology, nucleic acids structure; protein structure; biomolecular NMR; biophysical spectroscopy

Prof. Dr. Charles A. Collyer
School of Molecular Bioscience, G08 - Biochemistry Building, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Website: http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/charlesc.php
E-Mail: charles.collyer@sydney.edu.au
Interests: protein structure and function; anaerobic bacteria; bacterial adhesins
Contribution: Special Issue: Protein Crystallography in Molecular Biology

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