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Prof. Dr. Simon J. Conway
Prof. Dr. Simon J. Conway
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Editor-in-Chief
Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, 1044 West Walnut Street, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Interests: birth defects; developmental basis of congenital and acquired cardiopulmonary diseases; neonatal lung alveolar septation; transgenic mouse modelling; cell lineage tracing; neural crest; fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition; extracellular matrix
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Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University and Developmental BIology Program, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Interests: cell-fate determination; cell lineage; organ development; fibrotic disease; microRNAs
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Dr. Robin C. Muise-Helmericks
Dr. Robin C. Muise-Helmericks
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Associate Editor
Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Interests: Akt family of kinases; angiogenesis; wound healing; mitochondrial function and control
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Prof. Dr. Jose M. Perez-Pomares
Prof. Dr. Jose M. Perez-Pomares
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Associate Editor
1. Department of Animal Biology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
2. Visiting Scientist, National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), 29071 Madrid, Spain
Interests: heart development and regeneration; epicardium; coronary blood vessels; heart valves; cardiac mesenchymal tissues; cardiac cell differentiation
Prof. Dr. Mohammed Akaaboune
Prof. Dr. Mohammed Akaaboune
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Interests: synaptic development and dynamics of synaptic components in living mice
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Alibardi
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Alibardi
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Comparative Histolab and Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: skin development in all vertebrates, especially reptiles AND nervous; organ regeneration in vertebrates, especially reptiles and amphibians
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Prof. Dr. Kristin Bruk Artinger
Prof. Dr. Kristin Bruk Artinger
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Department of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Interests: neural crest development; craniofacial development; zebrafish
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Dr. Brian L. Black
Dr. Brian L. Black
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Editorial Board Member
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Interests: cardiovascular development; heart regenerationl; transcriptional control; enhancers; gene regulatory networks
Dr. Cynthia Bradham
Dr. Cynthia Bradham
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Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Interests: dorsal-ventral specification; pattern formation; signal transduction; cell migration; diversification; ECM; bioelectricity; biomineralization; systems biology; sea urchin
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brand
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brand
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National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Interests: heart development; proepicardial development; left-right asymmetry; cardiac pacemaker development; popeye genes
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Prof. Dr. Thomas L. Brown
Prof. Dr. Thomas L. Brown
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Laboratory of Cell Death, Differentiation, and Development, Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 011 Medical Sciences Building, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
Interests: placental development; trophoblast stem cells; hypoxia; apoptosis; lineage analysis
Dr. Claire Chazaud
Dr. Claire Chazaud
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GReD Institute, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Inserm, Faculté de Médecine, CRBC, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Interests: early mouse development; developmental biology; cell differentiation; stem cell maintenance and differentiation
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INSERM U636, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 06108 Nice, France
Interests: diabetes; mouse pancreas development; Arx; Pax4
Prof. Dr. Bryan D. Crawford
Prof. Dr. Bryan D. Crawford
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partment of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
Interests: cell–matrix interactions; extracellular matrix remodeling; morphogenesis; tissue architecture; matrix metalloproteinases; microscopy and image processing; zebrafish
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Immunobiology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Interests: lymphocyte development; thymus; Hedgehog signalling; T-cell differentiation
Prof. Dr. Thomas G.H. Diekwisch
Prof. Dr. Thomas G.H. Diekwisch
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Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University, Dallas, TX 75246, USA
Interests: chromatin; epigenetics; microRNAs; stem cells; tissue engineering; development; evolution; enamel formation; biomineralization; history of science; periodontics; orthodontics and tooth movement
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IBPS - Biologie du Développement, Induction and Différentiation au Cours du Développement Embryonnaire des Vertébrés, Bureau 714, CNRS UMR7622, ERL INSERM U1156, Sorbonne Université, Campus Jussieu, Bâtiment C 7ème étage, boîte 24, 9 Quai Saint Bernard, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05, France
Interests: development; signaling; proliferation; Wnt; hedgehog; stem cell; forebrain; cerebellum
Dr. Ioannis Georgiou
Dr. Ioannis Georgiou
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1. Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Human Reproduction, Medical School, Ioannina University, Ioannina, Greece
2. Medical Genetics and Assisted Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ioannina University, Ioannina, Greece
Interests: inherited and acquired genetic disorders; mutagenesis in reproduction; mosaicism of the pre-embryo and the placenta; epigenetics of pre-embryo development and during the gamete maturation; retroelement and junk DNA in human development; recombination hotspots in meiosis and mitosis; cell cycle control in gamete development
Prof. Dr. Angela Giangrande
Prof. Dr. Angela Giangrande
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IGBMC Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
Interests: glia; nervous system; transcription factors; immune system; Drosophila
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Department of Oral Biochemistry, Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, SE-40530 Göteborg, Sweden
Interests: developmental biology; cell signalling; congenital malformations; mouse models; craniofacial development
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Institut für Physiologische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Waldeyerstrasse 15, 48149 Münster, Germany
Interests: heparan sulfate; proteoglycans; hedgehog signaling; proteases; fly development; mouse development; extracellular matrix
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Dr. Clarissa Henry
Dr. Clarissa Henry
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1. School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
2. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Interests: skeletal muscle development and disease; zebrafish; extracellular matrix; morphogenesis; metabolism; microscopy
Prof. Dr. Paul J. Higgins
Prof. Dr. Paul J. Higgins
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Center for Cell Biology & Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, NY 12208, USA
Interests: EGFR transactivation; TGF-β signaling; gene regulation; tumor progression; fibroproliferative disease; EMT; skin cancer; cell motility; PAI-1
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Department of Rural Clinical Sciences, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Victora 3690, Australia
Interests: spermatogenesis; testis; retinoic acid; epididymis; spermatogonia; spermatogonial stem cells
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Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Interests: muscle stem cells; musculoskeletal tissue regeneration and repair; angiogenesis; fibrosis
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Prof. Dr. Paul W. Huber
Prof. Dr. Paul W. Huber
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Interests: RNA localization; developmental proteomics; oogenesis; RNA processing
Dr. Junichi Iwata
Dr. Junichi Iwata
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Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Interests: craniofacial development; cell signaling; membrane trafficking; cellular metabolism; noncoding RNAs; muscle development and regeneration
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Prof. Dr. Jianhang Jia
Prof. Dr. Jianhang Jia
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Markey Cancer Center, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40356, USA
Interests: developmental biology; biochemistry; cell signaling; drosophila
Dr. Christopher A. Johnston
Dr. Christopher A. Johnston
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Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Interests: mitotic spindle orientation; cell division; stem cells; cell cycle regulation; tissue development and homeostasis
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