EXECUTIVE EDITORSKaren Coopman(Regenerative Medicine and Cell Based Therapies)Loughborough University, Loughborough, UKEmail : k.coopman@lboro.ac.uk

Kristiina Hilden(Biochemical and Bioprocess Engineering)University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandEmail : kristiina.s.hilden@helsinki.fi

Roger Marchant(Biofuels and Environmental Biotechnology)Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern IrelandEmail: r.marchant@ulster.ac.uk

C. Mark Smales(Animal Cell Technology)University of Kent, Canterbury, UKEmail: c.m.smales@kent.ac.uk

Rob Verpoorte(Plant Cell Technology)Leiden University, Leiden, The NetherlandsEmail: lbiotech@chem.leidenuniv.nlVesna Zechner-Krpan(Microbial and Enzyme Technology)University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaEmail: vzkrpan@pbf.hr

REVIEWS EDITORSNiall BarronUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandEmail: niall.barron@ucd.iePeter MartinUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UKEmail: p.martin@manchester.ac.uk

Qasim A. RafiqUniversity College London, London, UKEmail: q.rafiq@ucl.ac.uk

Jacqueline ShanksIowa State University, Ames, IA, USAEmail: jshanks@iastate.edu

EDITORIAL BOARDD. Ackerley, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandM. Alcocer, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKT. Altabella, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainH. Aoyagi, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Ken, JapanP. Archibald, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UKJ.A. Asenjo, University of Chile, Santiago, ChileS. Baker, Bioline Reagents Ltd, London, UKK.D. Bhalerao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USAC. Biggs, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UKR.M. Bill, Aston University, Birmingham, UKN.R. Boyle, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USAD.B. Brady, Athlone Institute of Technology, Co. Westmeath, IrelandX. Cai, Conagen Inc, St Louis, MO, USAM.J.T. Carrondo, IBET, Oeiras, PortugalR. Carter, Oxford BioMedica plc, Oxford, UKD. Charalampopoulos, The University of Reading, UKS.F. Chen, Peking University, ChinaC. Clarke, Dublin City University, Dublin, IrelandA.S. Coroadinha, iBET, Oeiras, PortugalD.A. Cowan, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaJ.M. Cregg, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, Claremont, CA, USAD.B. Das, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UKA. J. Daugulis, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, CanadaJ.R. Deslippe, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandT. Desmet, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumM.A. Diaz De Rienzo, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UKM.M. Diogo, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, PortugalJ.B. Dunn, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL, USAM.J. Ellis, University of Bath, Claverton Down Bath, UKN.T. Eriksen, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkI. Fisk, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, UKA. Franzetti, University of Milano - Bicocca, Milano, ItalyS. Ge, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaP. Gemeiner, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SlovakiaM. Georgiev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv, BulgariaM.I. Gerth, Victoria University, Wellington, New ZealandM.S. Ghatge, VCU School of Pharmacy, Richmond, VA, USAT. Granström, Aalto University, Aalto, FinlandJ. Green, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UKL.M. Grover, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UKR. Haldankar, NGM Biopharmaceuticals, San Francisco, USAP. Hanga, Aston University, Birmingham, UKR. Harrison, CATAPULT, Cell and Gene Therapy, London, UKR. Hausmann, Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Stuttgart, GermanyA. Hochkoeppler, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyD.J. Hook, San Diego, CA, USAM. Jenzsch, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, GermanyM.C. Jewett, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USAL. Jiang, Salubris Biotherapeutics Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USAS.Y. Jiang, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongT.W. Johannes, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USAG. Johansson, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenC. Kaisermann, Benchmark Vaccines Ltd., Braintree, Essex, UKZ. Kang, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, ChinaJ. Kavanagh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaM. Keane-Moore, The Biologics Consulting Group, Inc. Longmeadow, MA, USAD.H. Keating, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USAP. Khandelwal, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, West Chester, PA, USAI. Khozin-Goldberg, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelM. Kino-oka, Osaka University, Osaka, JapanT. Kobayashi, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanJ.A. Kreps, Clara Foods, San Francisco, CA, USAT. Kubo, Nat. Inst. of Advanced Indust. Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, JapanT.D. Leathers, Peoria, IL, USAG. M. Lee, KAIST, Daejon, KoreaD.W.M. Leung, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandY. Li, University of California, Davis, CA, USAJ.C. Lippmeier, Conagen Inc., Bedford, MA, USAY. Liu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USAQ. Lu, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, USAT. Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USAY. Lv, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaG.J. Lye, University College London, London, UKZ. Ma, University of California, Berkeley CA, USAM. Mäkelä, University of Helsinki, FinlandJ. Mansfeld, Martin-Luther University, Halle, GermanyL. Martínková, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Cezch RepublicB. Mattiasson, Lund University, Lund, SwedenP.S. McFetridge, University of Florida, USAA.P. McHale, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern IrelandP. Meleady, Dublin City University, Dublin, IrelandT.S. Mor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USAJ.A. Morgan, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USAR. Morgenstern, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, GermanyD. Mossialos, University of Thessaly. Larissa, GreeceC. Murphy, University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandM.W. Naing, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technogy, Agency for Science, SingaporeG.R. Nair, Alappuzha, IndiaM. Navratil, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USAP. Neubauer, TU Berlin, GermanyJ.M. Nicaud, INRA, MICALIS Institut, Jouy-en-Josas, FranceD.-K. Oh, Konkuk University, Seoul, South KoreaT. Ohshima, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, JapanT.W. Overton, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKJ.G. Owen, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandL. A. Palomares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, MexicoN. Parajuli, Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu, NepalE.Y. Park, Shizuoka University, JapanH.-W. Park, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, USAC. Pearce, Kymab Ltd., Cambridge, UKS. Picataggio, DE, USAB.I. Pletschke, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaI. Polikarpov, University of São Paulo, BrazilT. Proft, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandY. Qi, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi, ChinaO. Rackham, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, AustraliaK.F. Reardon, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USAB.H.A. Rehm, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaJ.A. Renye, USDA-ARS-NAA-ERRC, Wyndmoor, PA, USAB.C. Saha, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USAK. Saito, Chiba University, Chiba, JapanA. Schallmey, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, GermanyJ. Schrader, DECHEMA Research Institute , Frankfurt, GermanyB. Seiboth, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, AustriaC. Sellick, Kymab Ltd., Cambridge, UKL. Shao, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, ChinaA.J. Sinskey, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USAA. Skorokhodova, Res. Inst. for Genetics Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, RussiaA. Slavica, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaD. Smith, Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions, LLC, Allendale, NJ, USAK. Sode, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, JapanB.C.G. Söderberg, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USAD.K.Y. Solaiman, USDA-ARS-ERRC, Wyndmoor, PA, USAH. Spratt, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USAG. Sriram, University of Maryland, MD, USAS.M. Stocks, LEO Pharma A/S, Ballerup, DenmarkJ.A. Teixeira, Universidade do Minho, Braga, PortugalK. Theodoropoulos, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKE. Theodosiou, Aston University, Birmingham, UKS.A. Tuero, Evolva Group, Reinach, SwitzerlandB. Van Aken, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAI. Van Bogaert, University of Ghent, Ghent, BelgiumE.J. Vandamme, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumT. Varzakas, Technological Education Institute of Peloponnese, Kalamata, GreeceA.I. Vasala, University of Jyväskylä JYU, Jyväskylä, FinlandJ. Venus, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Potsdam, GermanyT.G. Villa, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, SpainA. Vlyssides, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GreeceI. Wall, Aston Univesity, Birmingham, UKC. Wang, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SARW. Kong, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USAT.P. West, Texas A M University, Commerce, TX, USAJ.W. Whittaker, Beaverton, OR, USR. Willaert, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumJ. Woodgate, GE Healthcare, Bournemouth, UKF. Wurm, EPFL SV-IGB-LBTC, Lausanne, SwitzerlandJ. Wynn, MBI International, Lansing, MI, USAX.-W. Xu, Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Hangzhou, ChinaK. Yamamoto, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Ishikawa, JapanH.Ye, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKL. Zhang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USAF. Zhuang, ViewSolid Biotech, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, USA