Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Dr. Christian Bronner, Professor
Department of Functional Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg, France
Interests: DNA Methylation and Histone Variants
Dr. Zhaobo Lang, Professor
Institute of Advanced Biotechnology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Interests: Optimization of New Gene Editing Tools, Research on the Molecular Mechanism of Plant DNA Methylation "Life clock" and Aging Intervention Technology
Section Editors
Environmental and Nutritional Epigenetics
Dr. Dana Dolinoy, Professor
School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA
Interests: Epigenetics and the Developmental Origins of Disease, Nutrition - Toxicant Interactions, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, Neurodevelopment and Neuropathology, Epigenome Editing and Precision Environmental Health
Evolutionary Epigenetics
Dr. Maximiliano Portal, Professor
Cancer Research UK – Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, UK
Interests: Phenotypic Plasticity in Cancer Cell Populations and Its Impact on Tumor Adaptation
Cancer Epigenetics
Dr. Maximiliano Portal, Professor
Cancer Research UK – Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, UK
Interests: Phenotypic Plasticity in Cancer Cell Populations and Its Impact on Tumor Adaptation
Neuroepigenetics
Dr. Jonathan Turner, Professor
Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxemburg
Interests: Genetic, Epigenetic, Transcriptional, Translation and Post-translational Mechanisms Underlying Environmental Control of the Stress Reaction
Epigenetic Regulation of Plant Development
Dr. Xinjian He, Associate Investigator
National Institute of Biological Sciences, China
Interests: DNA Methylation and Histone Modification-induced Chromatin Changes,Utilizing the Model Plant Arabidopsis thaliana as Research Material, and Employing Genetic, Molecular Biological, and Biochemical Approaches to Deeply Explore the Pathways of RNA-directed DNA Methylation and Histone Modification
Epigenetic Regulation of Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Dr. Chengguo Duan, Investigator
CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Physiology and Ecology, China
Interests: Catalysis, Recognition and Action Mechanism of Plant Epigenetic Information (DNA Methylation, Histone Modification), The Role of Non-Coding RNA and RNA Modification in Plant-Pathogenic Microorganism Interactions, Pathogenic Mechanism of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Development of Disease Resistance Strategies
Associate Editors
Dr. Mahmoud Alhosin, Professor
Department of Biochemistry, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Interests: Epigenetic Mechanisms of Royal Jelly, Cancer Cell Signaling
Dr. Richard Bucala, Professor
School of Medicine, Yale University, USA
Interests: Regulation of the Immune System
Dr. Steve Jacobsen, Professor
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Interests: DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Gene Regulation, Develop More Effective Cancer Therapies and Improved CRISPR-based Tools for Gene Editing
Dr. Gallusci Philippe, Professor
Laboratory of Grape Ecophysiology and Functional Biology, Bordeaux University, France
Interests: Regulatory Functions of Plant Epigenetic Mechanisms
Dr. Yunpeng Feng, Professor
School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, China
Interests: The Role of Epigenetic Regulation in Cell Metabolism and Genome Stability Maintenance
Dr. Qin Gu, Professor
College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Pathogenic Mechanism and Biological Control of Wheat Scab
Dr. Tingting Gu, Professor
College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms of Strawberry Fruit Development and Ripening
Dr. Huiquan Liu, Professor
College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, China
Interests: Conduct Research on A-to-I RNA Editing, RNA Silencing and Histone Modification in the Sexual Reproduction Stage of Fusarium Graminearum
Dr. Qikun Liu, Professor
School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China
Interests: Molecular Mechanisms and Applications of Plant Regeneration, Plant Epigenetic Regulation
Dr. Qingfeng Niu, Professor
School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, China
Interests: Tomato and Soybean were used as Materials for Identification and Functional Analysis of the Epigenetic Meta-Control Group
Dr. Guodong Ren, Professor
School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China
Interests: A Combination of Genetic, Biochemical, Genomic and Other Approaches are Used to Investigate the Molecular Basis of Gene Expression/Silencing Caused by Small RNAs, RNA Degradation Mechanisms and Other Epigenetic Mechanisms
Dr. Haifeng Wang, Professor
Yazhou Bay National Laboratory, China
Interests: Epigenomics and Genomics
Dr. Yun Chen, Professor
College of agriculture and biotechnology, Zhejiang University, China
Interests: Fungal epigenetics, Epigenetic mechanisms in fungal-host interactions, Epigenetic-mediated fungal-bacterial interactions
Dr. Zhengyi Xu, Professor
School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, China
Dr. Jianhua Zhao, Associate Researcher
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, China
Interests: Focusing on Non-Coding RNA, Combining Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology Experiments