PLoS Genetics Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Gregory S. Barsh: Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, USA
E-mail: gbarsh [at] plos.org

Deputy Editor

Gregory P. Copenhaver: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, USA

Section Editors

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis: University of Geneva Medical School
Geneva, Switzerland
Gene Expression Profiling
Natural Variation
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith: University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
Epigenetics
Greg Gibson: Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, USA
Gene Expression Profiling
Natural Variation
Harmit S. Malik: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, USA
Evolution
Michael W. Nachman: University of Arizona
Tucson, USA
Evolution
Wolf Reik: The Babraham Institute
Cambridge, UK
Epigenetics

Interviews Editor

Jane Gitschier: University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA

Reviews Editors

Elizabeth M. Fisher: Institute of Neurology
London, UK
Susan M. Rosenberg: Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, USA

Associate Editors

Gonçalo R. Abecasis: University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, USA
human complex disease: genetic mapping, computational and statistical tools
Mark Achtman: Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork
Cork, Ireland
genetically monomorphic bacterial pathogens, microbial phylogeography, comparisons of microbial genomes
Asifa Akhtar: Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology
Freiburg, Germany
dosage compensation, chromatin and transcription, epigenetics
David B. Allison: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, USA
obesity, quantitative genetics, clinical trials, and statistical and research methodology
Kaveh Ashrafi: University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA
analysis of genetic and neuronal circuits of fat and feeding, C. elegans genetics
David J. Begun: University of California Davis
Davis, USA
population genetics, evolutionary genetics, evolutionary genomics
David R. Beier: Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
mouse genetics, positional cloning, development, mutagenesis, kidney disease
Wendy A. Bickmore: Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit
Edinburgh, UK
nuclear organisation, genome organisation, chromatin
Sue Biggins: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, USA
mitosis, yeast genetics, checkpoints
Jürgen Brosius: University of Münster
Münster, Germany
RNomics, phylogenomics, functional genomics
William F. Burkholder: Stanford University
Stanford, USA
prokaryotic genetics, DNA replication, microbial stress responses, cell cycle checkpoints, prokaryotic development
Josep Casadesús: Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
prokaryotic genetics, infectious diseases, gene regulation, plasmids
Vivian G. Cheung: University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, USA
human genetics, genomics, genetics of gene expression
Andrew D. Chisholm: University of California San Diego
La Jolla, USA
genetics of neuronal and epidermal morphogenesis, C. elegans genetics
Andrew G. Clark: Cornell University
Ithaca, USA
adaptive variation in natural populations, population genetics, evolution, genetic basis of complex disease
Bruce E. Clurman: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, USA
cancer biology, cell cycle control, proteolysis
Orna Cohen-Fix: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Bethesda, USA
cell cycle regulation, mitosis/cell division, nuclear structure/nuclear architecture, yeast genetics
Gregory A. Cox: The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, USA
neuromuscular disease, mouse genetics, positional cloning
Susan K. Dutcher: Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, USA
Chlamydomonas genetics, ciliary and basal body biology, cytoskeleton, positional cloning, chloroplast genetics
Joseph R. Ecker: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
San Diego, USA
plant genetics, epigenetics, genomics, systems biology
Jonathan Flint: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
complex trait genetics (mouse and human), QTL analysis, behavioral genetics, psychiatric genetics
James M. Ford: Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, USA
cancer genetics, mammalian DNA repair, tumor suppressor genes
Wayne N. Frankel, Founding Editor: The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, USA
genetics of epilepsy, neurogenetics, complex traits
Michel Georges: University of Liège
Liège, Belgium
complex traits, QTL mapping, epigenetics
Takashi Gojobori: National Institute of Genetics
Mishima, Japan
evolutionary genetics, population genetics, bioinformatics, genomics-oriented human genetics
Miriam B. Goodman: Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, USA
sensory biology, neural basis of behavior, C. elegans genetics
Mathilde Grelon: Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA de Versailles
Versailles, France
meiosis, recombination, plant biology
David S. Guttman: University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
bacterial evolutionary genetics, evolution of virulence and host specificity, comparative genomics
James E. Haber: Brandeis University
Waltham, USA
yeast genetics, recombination, DNA repair, replication
R. Scott Hawley: Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, USA
meiosis, chromosome pairing, chromosome segregation, mutant screens and mutational analysis in Drosophila, mitosis, chromosome structure
Yoshihide Hayashizaki: RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center
Yokohama, Japan
molecular genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, post-genome technology
Marshall S. Horwitz: University of Washington
Seattle, USA
human genetics, cancer genetics, mutagenesis
Tetsuji Kakutani: National Institute of Genetics
Mishima, Japan
plant epigenetics, DNA methylation, heterochromatin
Nicholas Katsanis: Duke University
Durham, USA
ciliary structure and function, oligogenic inheritance, morphogenetic signaling
Kathleen Kerr: University of Washington
Seattle, USA
expression arrays, experimental design, statistical methods
Stuart K. Kim: Stanford University
Stanford, USA
genomics, systems biology, C. elegans genetics, aging
Leonid Kruglyak: Princeton University
Princeton, USA
genetic variation and disease, genomics, gene expression (human, dogs, yeast)
Suzanne M. Leal: Baylor College of Medicine
Boston, USA
methods in statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology, population and family-based association studies, linkage analysis
Jeannie T. Lee: Massachusetts General Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Boston, USA
noncoding RNA, gene silencing, heterochromatin, sex chromosome biology, imprinting, transgenerational inheritance
Michael Lichten: National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, USA
meiosis, recombination, chromosome structure/function
Jason D. Lieb: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, USA
genomics, chromatin, transcription
Marcy E. MacDonald: Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, USA
human genetics, genetic mouse models, genotype-phenotype correlations
Trudy F. C. Mackay: North Carolina State University
Raleigh, USA
complex trait genetics, QTL mapping, LD mapping, evolutionary genetics
Hiten D. Madhani: University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA
control of gene expression, signaling, yeast
Nancy Maizels: University of Washington
Seattle, USA
immunoglobulin genes, genomic instability, repair and mutagenesis mechanisms
Susan E. Mango: Harvard University
Cambridge, USA
C. elegans genetics, promoter analysis, genomics, organogenesis and development, epithelium formation
Jonathan Marchini: University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
association mapping, statistical methods, human complex disease, population structure
Ivan Matic: Université Paris V, INSERM U571
Paris, France
prokaryotic genetics, recombination, DNA repair, mutagenesis, evolution, infectious diseases
Rodney Mauricio: University of Georgia
Athens, USA
plant population genetics, plant ecological genetics, genetic basis of complex traits
Mark I. McCarthy: Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism
and Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
diabetes, obesity, and metabolic disease, genetic mapping, genetics of complex diseases
Michael T. McManus: University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA
RNA expression arrays, mouse transgenics, mechanisms of small RNA biology
Gil McVean: University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
evolutionary biology, population genetics
Nancy A. Moran: University of Arizona
Tucson, USA
evolution of biological complexity, symbiosis
Mary C. Mullins: University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, USA
zebrafish genetics, positional cloning, developmental genetics
Harry T. Orr: University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
mammalian genetics, neurodegeneration, triplet repeat diseases
Christopher E. Pearson: The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
disease-associated repeat instability, DNA replication, repair, recombination, mutagenesis, epigenetics
Norbert Perrimon: Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Boston, USA
Drosophila developmental genetics, signal transduction
Dmitri A. Petrov: Stanford University
Stanford, USA
inference of evolutionary patterns from molecular data, genome evolution, molecular population genetics, eukaryotic transposable elements
Jonathan K. Pritchard: University of Chicago, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chicago, USA
population genetics, human population structure, association mapping
Molly Przeworski: University of Chicago, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chicago, USA
population genetics, molecular evolution, human evolution, human linkage disequilibrium studies
Li-Jia Qu: Peking University
Beijing, China
plant gametogenesis, leaf development, transcription factors
Bing Ren: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California San Diego
La Jolla, USA
epigenomics, eukaryotic transcription, embryonic stem cells
Paul M. Richardson: Progentech
Emeryville, USA
microbial genomics, sequencing technology
Derry C. Roopenian: The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, USA
immunogenetics, mouse genetics
Susan M. Rosenberg: Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, USA
prokaryotic genetics, genome instability, mutagenesis, DNA repair, recombination, evolution
Eric Rulifson: University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA
Drosophila developmental genetics, endocrine system organogenesis and biology
Mikkel H. Schierup: University of Aarhus
Aarhus, Denmark
molecular evolution, comparative genomics, population genetics
Patrick S. Schnable: Iowa State University
Ames, USA
plant/crop genetics and genomics, cytoplasmic male sterility, meiotic recombination, heterosis
Nicholas J. Schork: University of California, San Diego and The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, USA
the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases, computational and statistical tools
Dirk Schübeler: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Basel, Switzerland
DNA methylation, chromatin structure, genomics approaches to studying transcriptional regulation
Michael Snyder: Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, USA
yeast and human genomics and proteomics, chromosome segregation, morphogenesis, cell cycle
David L. Stern: Princeton University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Princeton, USA
evolutionary developmental biology, genetics in non-model insects, evolutionary genetics
John D. Storey: Princeton University
Princeton, USA
gene expression, computational and statistical tools, integrative genomics
Lisa Stubbs: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, USA
mammalian genetics, comparative genomics, genome evolution, gene regulation
Joseph S. Takahashi: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dallas, USA
mouse genetics and genomics, molecular neuroscience, genetics of behavior, circadian biology
Veronica van Heyningen: Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit
Edinburgh, UK
developmental genetics, human disease and mutational mechanisms, regulation of gene expression, genomic organisation, model organisms, gene-environment interactions
Peter M. Visscher: Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Brisbane, Australia
quantitative genetics, methods in statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology, complex disease genetics
Bruce Walsh: University of Arizona
Tucson, USA
quantitative genetics, complex traits, evolution
Jianzhi Zhang: University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, USA
molecular evolution, genome evolution, evolutionary systems biology