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cross-disciplinary discussion and widening access to expert knowledge, the Community endorses the
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Hosts multi- and cross- disciplinary discussions
of all topics within the field of aging and geriatric
medicine, including mechanistic understanding and
intervention of the aging process in humans, in age-
related diseases and epidemiology.
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Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (JAAM)
The Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine was initially founded as the Academy of Anti-
Aging Medicine Japan in 2001. It was then reorganized as JAAM in April 2003, and incorporated
as a limited liability intermediate corporation in July 2006. With a membership of more than
8,000 individuals covering a wide and diverse range of basic research and clinical specialties,
JAAM has grown into one of the largest academic societies dedicated to the advancement of
anti-aging medicine in Japan.
Anti-aging medicine deals with the biological process of aging. It aims to prevent diseases,
including lifestyle-related diseases, to control factors that promote the occurrence of disease
and to promote and prolong a healthy life span. JAAM pursues the practice of anti-aging
medicine that is scientifically evidence-based.
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Professor Kazuo Tsubota MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine,
Tokyo, Japan
Professor Tsubota is an internationally recognized ophthalmologist, and was the first Japanese
recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award in 1994. He is author of
more than 600 scientific peer-reviewed articles. As most ocular diseases are related to aging,
he began to explore aging research in 1999, and now serves as a president of the Japanese
Society of Anti-Aging Medicine.
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A cross-disciplinary platform that promotes the finest research on both
microbial biofilms and microbiomes, and allows for our understanding
of mechanisms governing the social behavior of microbial biofilm
populations and communities, and their impact on life, human health,
and the environment, both natural and engineered.
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Nanyang Technological University is the fastest-rising Asian university in the world’s top 50. In
July 2011, NTU became the first university in Asia to receive 5 stars under the new QS Stars
rating system. It is home to several world-class institutes and centres, including the Singapore
Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE).
Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE)
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering is a unique interdisciplinary
ResearchCentreofExcellence(RCE),fundedbyNationalResearchFoundation,SingaporeMinistry
of Education, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS).
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Professor Staffan Normark, PhD
Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet,
Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Normark has performed pioneering work on genetic engineering, molecular biology,
and microbial pathogenesis. He has held the position of Permanent Secretary of the Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2010.
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“The study of complex microbial populations, such as those appearing in biofilms, leads to novel insights on how
communities evolve and how individual participants benefit from another. The tools to understand the underlying
mechanisms behind these microbial societies and how they interact with the environment are becoming increasingly
sophisticated. Microbes, as part of biofilms and/or present in complex microbiomes, play an increasingly appreciated role
in many engineered, as well as natural processes, including the physiology of all living organisms.
It is an extremely satisfying moment to be part of a new journal capturing the best of this exciting science. I feel that
the best is yet to come.”
Professor Staffan Normark, Editor-in-Chief

A multidisciplinary journal publishing high-quality
original research articles, reviews, editorials,
commentaries, and hypothesis generating
observations on all areas of breast cancer
research and treatment.
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Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation advances the world’s most promising research to
eradicate breast cancer. Founded by Evelyn H. Lauder in 1993, BCRF has raised more than $500
million to fuel discoveries in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, survivorship and
metastasis, making it one of the largest non-governmental funders of breast cancer research
in the world.
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Dr. Larry Norton, MD
Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Breast Cancer Programs, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center; Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center; Norna S. Sarofim Chair in
Clinical Oncology, New York, USA
Larry Norton is a board-certified medical oncologist with broad interests in cancer prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment. His research concerns the basic biology of cancer; the mathematics
of tumor causation and growth; and the development of approaches to better diagnosis,
prevention, and drug treatment of the disease.
Founding Editor: Dr. Clifford A. Hudis, MD
Clifford A. Hudis is a medical oncologist with research interests in all areas of care related to
breast cancer. His clinical practice is devoted solely to the treatment of patients with breast
cancer; his research is focused on prevention of the disease, prevention of recurrence after
surgery, and treatment of recurrences.
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Dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe
the significant and cutting-edge research that continues to
ensure the supply of clean water to populations. Coverage
reflects innovations in all areas of desalination technology
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King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals (KFUPM)
King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals (KFUPM) was officially established by Royal
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to exceed 8,000 by the 2015/2016 academic year. KFUPM aims to be a preeminent institution
known for its globally competitive graduates, cutting-edge research, and leadership in energy
discoveries. Ranked as one of the best 200 universities globally, as well as the top ranked
university in the Arab region, KFUPM’s mission is to make a difference within the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia and beyond in the fields of sciences, engineering and business.
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Professor Eric M.V. Hoek, PhD
Founder and CEO of Water Planet, Inc.
Department of Civil Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles,
USA
Professor Hoek was co-founder of the UCLA Water Technology Research Center, UC Center
for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology and the KAUST-Cornell Center for Energy
Sustainability. His UCLA research group explores the union of nanomaterials and membrane
technologies for water, energy, biomedical and environmental applications.
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havingconsultedforarangeofprivatecompanies,lawfirms,USfederal,stateandlocalagencies,
private research foundations, NGOs, and foreign national research agencies. Professor Hoek
has been involved with the formation of several water technology startup companies including
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Providing researchers, policy makers, and the public
with the latest research on weather and climate,
atmospheric chemistry and air pollution, and the
atmospheric system and its links to the oceans, the
terrestrial biosphere and the hydrological cycle.
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The Center of Excellence for Climate Change Research (CECCR)
The Center of Excellence for Climate Change Research (CECCR) was established in March
2010 at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), with a mandate to carry out state-of-the-art research in
the field of weather, climate and climate change. The CECCR specializes in studies of several
aspects of weather and climate, using a large range of numerical models to perform weather
and climate simulations and predictions, ranging from regional to global scales. The CECCR
provides technical support and scientific consultations to decision makers in the governmental
and non-governmental sectors to enhance their adaptability and resilience against adverse
impacts of weather extremes and climate change.
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Professor Roy M. Harrison, OBE, PhD, DSc, C.Chem, FRSC, FRMetS,
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Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health, School of
Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Professor Roy M. Harrison leads the Environmental Health Sciences Group in the School of
Geography, Earth Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham. His research
interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution,
from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and
effects on human health. Professor Harrison was until recently a member of Defra’s Science
Advisory Council and has served extensively as a member of advisory committees for Defra
(and its predecessor departments) and the Department of Health. He has published almost 500
papers in peer-reviewed literature.
Dr. Fred Kucharski, PhD
Research Scientist, Earth System Physics Section, The Abdus Salam International Centre
for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Dr. Fred Kucharski is currently Research Scientist in the Earth System Physics Section at the
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. Dr. Kucharski
received his PhD in atmospheric science from the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics,
University of Frankfurt, Germany in 1997. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading, UK from 1998 through 2000. Over the past 20 years, Dr.
Kucharski has published over 70 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
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Publishing high-quality original research articles,
review articles and editorials on materials by
design and integrated computational and
experimental materials research.
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Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS)
The Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, established in 1959, is
a comprehensive research organization devoted to advanced inorganic nonmetallic materials
study. With a research scope covering high performance structural ceramics, special functional
ceramics, synthetic crystals, special inorganic coatings, bio-medical materials as well as the
approaches of the analysis and testing of the inorganic materials, SICCAS has been actively
engaged in promoting technology transfer in the areas of artificial crystals, functional ceramics
as well as structural ceramics.
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Professor Long-Qing Chen, PhD
Distinguished Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA
Professor Long-Qing Chen is Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He is Distinguished Professor of
Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Mathematics at
the Pennsylvania State University, USA. Professor Chen is recipient of the Materials Research
Society 2014 Materials Theory Award for his pioneering work in computational materials science.
Professor Lidong Chen, PhD
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Professor Lidong Chen is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Professor Chen was a chief engineer
and postdoctoral at Riken Cooperation and Japan National Aerospace Laboratory. He then
worked at the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, as research associate and
Associate Professor. He has won the People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Science and Technology
Awards for his great contribution to the design and synthesis of high performance
thermoelectric materials.
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“Materials science and engineering is undergoing a paradigm shift from largely trial-and-error experimentations to materials
design guided by theory, computation, data mining and to an integrated experimental and computational approach to the
fundamental understanding of materials. The launch of this journal is very timely. I am excited to take on this new venture
as the Editor-in-Chief. I am looking forward to working with the outstanding Editorial Staff as well as the entire materials
community to make this journal a high-impact one in materials.”
Professor Long-Qing Chen, Editor-in-Chief

Flexible Electronics
Publishing the latest high-quality breakthrough research and
developments in all aspects related to interdisciplinary flexible
electronics topics, with a primary focus on advanced flexible
materials, flexible optoelectronic devices, novel phenomena
related to flexible devices, advanced fabrication techniques of
flexible devices and applications of electronics that are flexible.
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Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing Tech University, a comprehensive university with engineering as its focus, has a history of
more than one hundred years as a hub of education.
Nanjing Tech University has a strong contingent engaging in scientific research. In recent years,
the University has undertaken 5,000 scientific research projects, including those of the 973
Program, the 863 Program, and the State Natural Science Foundation. A great number of its
scientific achievements have won more than 100 awards at national, ministerial and provincial
levels, including 3 Second National Awards for Scientific Progress and Technological Innovation,
and 3 Second National Awards for Technical Innovation.
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Professor Huang Wei, PhD
Nanjing Tech University, China
The Editor-in-Chief of npj Flexible Electronics is Professor Huang Wei, an academician of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences and an expert in Organic Optoelectronics. He is a chair professor
of the “Thousand Talents Program” and the “Cheung Kong Scholars Program”, winner of the
“National Outstanding Youth Fund”, chief scientist of the “National 973 Programs”, visiting
professor of National University of Singapore, and honorary professor and part-time professor
of Peking University and the Chemistry Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Dedicated to publishing high impact original research
in all aspects of genomics – encompassing studies
of individuals, families and populations – and its
application in the practice of medicine.
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Based at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and established in 2007, the Center
of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research is a comprehensive genomics research center
devoted to conducting basic and applied research to the highest international standards in
medical genomics.
CEGMR is a leader in its field with a vision to study genetic and complex disorders, in both Saudi
Arabia and internationally. CEGMR has a number of major research programs in the areas of
cancer genomics, neurogenetics, pharmacogenomics, stem cells and regenerative medicine,
reproductive medicine and developmental genomics driven by a dedicated research team.
Through their research programs, CEGMR’s goal is to alleviate diseases’ burden by discovering
novel therapies that address unmet medical needs and help to improve human health.
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Professor Stephen W. Scherer, PhD, DSc, FRSC
Director, The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and
the University of Toronto McLaughlin Centre, Canada
Professor Scherer is a renowned scientist, whose research has transformed the understanding
of human genetic variation and its role in disorders such as autism.
Founder, together with Professor Lap-chee Tsui, of Canada’s first human genome center, The
Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) at The Hospital for Sick Children, Professor Scherer
continues to serve as Director of TCAG, as well as the University of Toronto McLaughlin Centre
having the mandate of ‘research and education in genomic medicine’.
Professor Scherer founded the Database of Genomic Variants used by clinical diagnostic
laboratories worldwide.
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A multidisciplinary journal highlighting the most
important scientific advances in the life sciences,
physical sciences, and engineering fields that are
facilitated by spaceflight and analogue platforms.
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The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
The Biodesign Institute plays a critical role in advancing the research mission of Arizona State
University, a comprehensive metropolitan university that is the second largest in the US. To
advance its bio-inspired research mission, the Biodesign Institute has established 11 different
researchcentersandhasmorethan200activeresearchprojectsongoing.Its65tenuredresearch
faculty, who include one Nobel Laureate and four National Academy members, publish in top-
tier, high impact scientific journals and collaborate with research and commercial enterprises
around the world.
Since its inception in 2003, the Biodesign Institute has attracted more than $300 million in
external funding from competitive grant awards as well as support from philanthropic and
industry sources. In FY2012, the Biodesign Institute researchers received $58 million in award
funding for research activities. Working in an entrepreneurial culture, its researchers have
generated 50 annual invention disclosures and patents and fostered more than a dozen spinout
companies. In 2009, the Institute won Arizona’s “Excellence in Economic Development Award”
for its innovative contributions to the state’s economic growth.
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Dr. Cheryl A. Nickerson, PhD
Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State
University, Arizona, USA
Dr. Nickerson is internationally recognized for her pioneering research in utilizing the
microgravity environment of spaceflight as a unique biomedical research platform to provide
novel insight into how physical forces dictate the outcome of host-pathogen interactions that
lead to infectious disease. Her landmark spaceflight experiments aboard the NASA Space
Shuttle and International Space Station, along with use of NASA designed ground-based
microgravity analogues, laid the foundation for use of the microgravity platform.
With the support of NASA
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Dedicated to publishing the finest articles on the emerging field
of phenomics, the study of physical and chemical expression
of gene-environment interactions, its relationship with the
underlying genomic architecture and regulatory networks and of
the relationship between molecular phenotypes and individual
and population disease risk as well as response to therapy.
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Fudan University
Fudan University was established in 1905 as Fudan Public School. It was the first institution of
higher education to be founded by a Chinese person, renowned modern educator Ma Xiangbo.
Merged with Shanghai Medical University in 2000, Fudan has developed into a comprehensive
research university, with Departments of philosophy, economics, law, education, literature,
history, science, engineering, medicine, and management.
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Professor Li Jin, PhD
Vice President, Fudan University, China
Professor Jin received his doctoral degree in genetics from the University of Texas, and is an
academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is one of the founders of CAS-MPG
Partner Institute of Computational Biology, National Center of Human Genome at Shanghai,
and Fudan Taizhou Institute of Health Sciences. Professor Jin assumed his current position of
Vice President of Fudan Unversity in 2007. His research interests lie in medical genetics and
genetic epidemiology, computational biology, human population genetics and genomics.
Professor M. Arthur Moseley, PhD
Director, Proteomics for the School of Medicine, Duke University, USA
Professor M. Arthur Moseley is responsible for the development and application of proteomic
technologies for open (unbiased) qualitative and quantitative UPLC/MS/MS analyses using
high resolution, accurate mass tandem mass spectrometers coupled with ultra-performance
nanoscale capillary liquid chromatographs, and for targeted protein quantitation using UPLC/
MS/MS with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM).
Professor Jeremy Nicholson, PhD
Chair in Biological Chemistry, Head of Department of Surgery and Cancer of Imperial
College London, UK
Professor Nicholson obtained his PhD from London University in Biochemistry working on
the application of analytical electron microscopy and the applications of energy dispersive
X-Ray microanalysis in molecular toxicology and inorganic biochemistry. In 2012 he became
the Director of world’s first National Phenome Centre specializing in large-scale phenotyping
and omics data fusion.

Promoting the most important scientific advances in
Parkinson’s disease research, spanning the motor and non-
motor disorders of Parkinson’s disease, including anatomy,
genetics, neurophysiology, epidemiology, and therapeutic
development and treatments.
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Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF)
The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation is a leading national presence in Parkinson’s disease
research, education and public advocacy. They are working for the nearly one million people
in the US who live with Parkinson’s by funding promising scientific research while supporting
people living with Parkinson’s through educational programs and services. Since its founding in
1957, PDF has dedicated over $105 million to fund the work of leading scientists throughout the
world and over $44 million to support national education and advocacy initiatives.
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Dr. David Sulzer, PhD
Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Neurology, Columbia University,
New York, USA
David Sulzer is a member of the PDF Research Center at Columbia and is a member of the
Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board. His laboratory investigates the interaction between
the synapses of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, including the dopamine system, in
habit formation, planning, decision making, and diseases of the system. His lab has developed
the first means to optically measure neurotransmission methods, and has introduced new
hypotheses of neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease and habit learning.
Professor K Ray Chaudhuri, MD, FRCP, DSc
National Parkinson Foundation International Centre of Excellence, King’s College
London, UK
K Ray Chaudhuri is a Professor in Neurology/Movement Disorders at King’s College Hospital
and King’s College London. He is the Medical Director of the National Parkinson Foundation
International Centre of Excellence at King’s College London. He sits on the Nervous Systems
Committee of UK Department of Health, National Institute of Health Research, and serves as a
memberoftheScientificProgrammeCommitteeoftheInternationalParkinson’sandMovement
Disorders Society having been Chairman of the Liaison and Appointments Committee since 2010.
Advisory Editor: Dr. Stanley Fahn, MD
Dr Fahn is a world renowned leading neurologist, working with the journal’s Editors-in-Chief.
He is H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurology at Columbia University and Scientific Director
at the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, New York, USA.
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Dedicated to publishing original and high-quality research
results in the broad area of environmental science and
engineering as it relates to the prevention, control, monitoring
and mitigation of environmental pollution. The major topics
of interest to the journal include water and air quality,
environmental chemistry and biology, and toxicology.
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Tongji University
Tongji University is one of the leading universities in China under the direct administration of
Ministry of Education, and is included in the prestigious “Project 985” and “Project 211”. It has
particular strengths in the applied sciences and engineering. With a history of over a century,
Tongji University has valued the balanced development of four functions: education, research,
outreach, and culture inheritance and innovation.
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Dr Wei-xian Zhang, PhD
Tongji University, China
Dr. Zhang graduated from Tongji University in 1984 and earned his PhD in Environmental
Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1996. His professional experience also
includes six years as a consulting engineer in the Ministry of Electronic Industry of China from
1984-1990.Hisresearchhasfocusedonchemicalandbiologicaltransformationofenvironmental
contaminants such as chlorinated organic solvents, pesticides, PCBs and heavy metal ions.
Dr. Zhang has published more than 70 peer-reviewed research publications in the area of
environmental engineering. His publications on environmental nanotechnology are among the
most cited ones in the world. His research group published the first synthesis of nanoscale
iron particles in 1997, and conducted the first field application of iron nanoparticles for site
remediation in 2000. Zero-valent iron invented in his laboratory has quickly become one of the
most used nanomaterials in the world.
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Dedicated to publishing high-quality research covering
all aspects of precision oncology, from basic science to
translational applications to clinical medicine.
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The Hormel Institute at the University of Minnesota
Started in 1942 by Jay C. Hormel, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota is comprised
of a group of highly successful medical scientists who are focused on determining the basic
molecular mechanisms of cancer development to create new anti-cancer agents. The Hormel
Instituteisanemergingleaderincancerresearchandisfocusedonfindingbetterwaystoprevent,
detect and treat cancer to extend lives. With the opening of sister labs in Zhengzhou, China,
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and collaborators working together worldwide to accelerate discoveries for improved health,
especially cancer prevention and treatment. The Institute also has extensive collaborations with
The Mayo Clinic, the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Rochester Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Program and IBM (Rochester).
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Dr. Ann M. Bode, PhD
The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, USA
Dr. Ann M. Bode is the Associate Director of The Hormel Institute and leader of Biomarkers
and Drug Resistance and co-leader of Molecular and Cellular Biology research sections at The
Hormel Institute. Dr. Bode received her B.S. and M.S. from Southern Illinois University and her
PhD from the University of Oregon. Her current research is focused on molecular and cellular
mechanisms of cancer development and the identification of biomarkers that could determine
whether a certain drug will be effective for preventing or treating cancer.
Dr. Zigang Dong, PhD, MD, DrPH
The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, USA/US China (Henan) Hormel Cancer
Institute, Zhengzhou, China
Dr. Zigang Dong is Executive Director, Hormel/Knowlton Professor, and I. J. Holton Professor
of The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota. He also serves as Executive Director of the US
China (Henan) Hormel Cancer Institute in Zhengzhou, China. In 2006, he received the University
of Minnesota McKnight Presidential Professorship in Cancer Prevention, one of the highest
honors bestowed by the University. Dr. Dong has conducted pioneering work in elucidating the
ultraviolet/chemical carcinogen-induced signal transduction pathways as molecular targets for
chemopreventive agents in carcinogenesis.
With the support of
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The only fully-indexed scientific journal devoted to
the management of respiratory diseases in primary
care, publishing high-quality research in all areas of
the primary care management of respiratory and
respiratory-related allergic diseases.
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Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK)
The Primary Care Respiratory Society UK is the UK-wide professional society dedicated to
meeting the vision of “optimal respiratory health for all”. Their mission is to give every member
of the primary care team the confidence to deliver high value patient centred respiratory care,
improve the quality of life for patients with respiratory disease and help ensure practices hit
their QoF and PMS contract targets.
International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG)
The International Primary Care Respiratory Group provides a forum for its constituent national
groups and global community of interest so that it may represent international primary care
perspectives in respiratory medicine (including tobacco dependence, asthma, allergic rhinitis,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and respiratory infection) and raise standards
of care in individual countries and globally, through collaborative research, innovation and
dissemination of best practice and education.
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Professor Aziz Sheikh, MD, FRCP
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Aziz Sheikh is Professor of Primary Care Research Development at The University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK where he is also Co-Director of its Centre for Population Health
Sciences and the head of its Allergy Respiratory Research Group. Professor Aziz Sheikh was
awarded an OBE for services to medicine in the 2014 Birthday Honours list.
Dr. Paul Stephenson, DRCOG, DGM, FRCGP
Honorary Clinical Fellow, Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population
Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Paul Stephenson has over 20 years’ experience as a medical journal Editor. His research and
teaching interests have focused on the differential diagnosis of respiratory disease and the use
of audit and outcome measures. He was the Lead GP for the UK Eastern Region Confidential
Enquiry into Asthma Deaths for a number of years. In 2008 he was appointed an Honorary
Clinical Research Fellow in the Allergy and Respiratory Research Group at the University of
Edinburgh and he is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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A multi- and interdisciplinary journal that
publishes the finest research on quantum
information, including quantum computing,
quantum communications and quantum
information theory.
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The University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia)
TheUniversityofNewSouthWalesistheonlyAustralianresearch-intensiveuniversityestablished
with a unique scientific, technological and professional focus, modeled on universities such as
MIT in the USA.
Centre for Quantum Computation Communication Technology
The Centre for Quantum Computation Communication Technology is an international
research effort to develop the science and technology of a global quantum computing
information network, encompassing ultra-fast quantum computation, absolutely secure
quantum communication and distributed quantum information processing.
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Professor Michelle Simmons, PhD
Director, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Simmons was born in London, England and received a double degree in physics and
chemistry and a PhD in Physics in 1992 from the University of Durham, UK. She was a research
fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, UK where she gained an international
reputation for her work in quantum electronics and mesoscopic physics. In 1999, she was
awarded a QEII Fellowship and moved to Australia where she was a founding member of the
Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology. She has since been awarded two
Australian Research Council Federation Fellowships in quantum science and is currently an
ARC Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor in the Department of Physics at UNSW becoming
Director of the Centre for Quantum Computation Communication Technology in 2010.
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“The 21st century will be the quantum information century, as the properties of quantum physics are exploited to
develop powerful new, secure technologies for transmitting and processing information. New commercial and
intellectual opportunities are emerging for nations that are able to discover, patent and exploit technologies
in these areas. While discovery is converging across fields, advances are still reported in disparate journals.
npj Quantum Information aims to change that, providing an open access home for all aspects of this rapidly
developing discipline.”
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Dedicated to publishing high quality
original research on quantum materials
and their fundamental properties,
fabrication and applications.
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Nanjing University (NJU)
Founded in 1902, Nanjing University (NJU) enjoys an excellent reputation in China and abroad.
The university is listed in the first group of high-level universities in the national 211 and 985
projects, which attract strong funding from the Chinese government. As a member of the China
Nine League, NJU boasts strong faculty in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences,
medicine and engineering.
Over the past decade, NJU has acquired more than 800 national, provincial and ministerial
awards for research. Since 2000, NJU has won one first prize and 18 second prizes in the
National Natural Science Awards, six second prizes in the National Scientific and Technological
Progress Awards and four second prizes in the State Technological Awards.
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Professor Steven Kivelson, PhD
Stanford University, USA
Professor Steven Kivelson is the Prabhu Goel Family Chair Professor of Physics at Stanford and
a member of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science. Professor Kivelson is
a renowned condensed matter theorist working on understanding the connections between
the microscopic properties of electrons and molecules with the macroscopic and collective
properties of materials.
Professor Sang-Wook Cheong, PhD
Rutgers University, USA
Professor Cheong has made ground-breaking contributions to the research field of enhanced
physical functionalities in complex materials originating from collective correlations and
collective phase transitions. Professor Cheong is currently the Director of Rutgers Center
for Emergent Materials, a Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers, a Distinguished Visiting
Professor at Postech in South Korea as well as Nanjing University in China.
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Bringing together researchers seeking to find effective
therapies for promoting the body’s own repair, by
developing an understanding of the basic mechanisms
behind the regenerative process.
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Monash University
Since its establishment in 1958, Monash has become known for producing research that has
an influence well beyond the academic community. Many of Monash’s researchers have made
discoveries leading to significant and lasting impacts, both in Australia and around the world.
Monash’s focus is on research that is not limited by disciplinary or institutional barriers, but finds
ways to overcome these hurdles.
Monash’s research goals can be summarized in three words: excellence, relevance and impact.
Monash believes that these goals are mutually supporting, and that with these guiding aims
their research can continue to solve the challenges society faces.
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI)
The Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) is a $153 million medical research center
that officially opened in April 2009. It is based at the Monash University Clayton campus.
Established through a joint venture between Monash University and the Victorian Government,
the Institute builds on Monash University’s existing strengths in biomedical research and
supports the critical infrastructure required to deliver the next generation of discoveries in
regenerative medicine.
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Professor Nadia Rosenthal, PhD, FMEDSCI
Scientific Director, The Jackson Laboratory, USA
Born in the United States, Nadia Rosenthal was awarded a PhD in 1981 from Harvard Medical
School and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health. After holding
academic research posts in Boston at Children’s Hospital and Boston University School of
Medicine she moved to the Cardiovascular Research Center at Harvard Medical School, where
she directed a biomedical research laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Professor Rosenthal’s research focuses on the developmental genetics of heart and skeletal
muscle, the molecular biology of aging and the role of growth factors, stem cells and the
immune system in tissue regeneration. She is an EMBO member, and recipient of the Ferrari-
Soave Prize in Cell Biology and Doctors Honoris Causa from the Universite Pierre et Marie
Curie in Paris and University of Amsterdam. She also holds a Chair in Cardiovascular Science at
Imperial College London.
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An interdisciplinary journal publishing high-quality
original papers and review articles relevant to all aspects
of schizophrenia and psychosis, from molecular and basic
research through environmental or social research, to
translational and treatment-related topics.
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Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS)
The mission of the Schizophrenia International Research Society is to bring researchers from
across the world in schizophrenia and other related disorders together to:
• Exchange the latest advances in research and facilitate the applications and these findings
to clinical practice
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• Promote educational programs to effectively disseminate new research findings related to
schizophrenia, both in the scientific communicty and to the lay public
• Encourage publication of research
• Increase the public understanding of the personal, familial and societal impact of
schizophrenia
• Support increased research funding for schizophrenia research around the world
• Promote the highest scientific and ethical standards in research and its application in clinical
psychiatric practice
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Professor James H. Meador-Woodruff, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, USA
James H. Meador-Woodruff, MD, is the Heman E. Drummond Professor and Chairman of the
Department of Psychiatry of the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham,
a position he has held since 2006. Prior to this, he was Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
at the University of Michigan Medical School. He has published extensively on schizophrenia,
including work in animal models, clinical investigations, and especially cellular, subcellular and
molecular studies in human postmortem brain. Prior to appointment as Editor-in-Chief of npj
Schizophrenia, he served as the Editor of Neuropsychopharmacology.
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“This is an exciting opportunity to be launching a new journal in our field, and this represents a unique opportunity with
this partnership between two organizations, SIRS and NPG (Springer Nature), with such strong international visibility.”
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The first journal to bring together the
findings of neuroscientists, psychologists,
and education researchers to understand
how the brain learns.
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The University of Queensland (UQ)
The University of Queensland is one of Australia’s premier research institutions. Emboldened by a
record of success and the prospect of contributing to the answers to the world’s great challenges,
UQ people are aiming ever higher to deliver benefits to society and the environment worldwide.
UQ aim for international standards of excellence across the spectrum of research, from
fundamental, curiosity-driven work that builds the stock of knowledge and leads to new
research questions to applied research and innovation with direct applications to industry and
communities. The extent to which UQ succeeds is evident from the quality and impact of their
research and it is a quality endorsed by global university rankings, which consistently rank UQ
in the global top 100.
The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI)
The Queensland Brain Institute was established in 2003, and in the past decade, the Institute
has achieved remarkable success under the leadership of Founding Director Professor Perry
Bartlett. With over 400 scientific staff, the Institute has made major discoveries about how brain
functions like learning and memory are regulated.
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Professor Pankaj Sah, PhD
QBI, The University of Queensland, Australia
Professor Pankaj Sah is renowned for his work in understanding the physiology of excitatory
synapses and synaptic plasticity in the amygdala, an area of the brain involved in emotional
processing. He is currently Deputy Director (Research) and Director of the Science of Learning
Research Centre at QBI.
More recently his laboratory has begun research work on humans doing electrophysiological
recordings in patients undergoing electrode implantation for deep brain stimulation for the
treatmentofmovementdisordersinParkinson’sdisease,essentialtremorandTourette’ssyndrome.
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brain function all the way to the classroom, and the journal is about trying to understand not only how we learn, but how
we can learn better.”
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Hosts multi- and cross- disciplinary discussions
of systems biology and all its approaches, aiming
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this nascent field, as well as those that apply the
advances to wider fields.
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The Systems Biology Institute (SBI)
The Systems Biology Institute is a non-profit private research institution established in 2000
with the aim of promoting systems biology research and its application to medicine and global
sustainability. SBI focuses on rapid translation of basic research to practical outcomes including
drug discovery, biomarker identification, medical decision making, healthcare applications,
global sustainability, and a range of technology solutions supporting the field.
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Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, PhD
President, Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Hiroaki Kitano is a Japanese scientist, a pioneer in systems biology, and a world expert
in artificial intelligence and robotics. Dr. Kitano heads the Systems Biology Institute, one of
the first research institutes dedicated to systems biology established in 2000, as well as being
President and CEO of Sony Computer Sciences Laboratory Inc. He is considered the father of
AIBO, the first autonomous robot ever sold to general consumers. He also founded RoboCup,
the international robot soccer competition, which has led to the development of technology
used in rescue robots and automated warehousing, among other applications.
Dr. Kitano has played a key role in shaping a whole new discipline outside robotics. Systems
biology employs modern computing to studying systems as an integrated whole and is part of
research programs at universities and institutes around the world.
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A multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing
cutting-edge research and developments on human and
veterinary vaccines, publishing commentaries, editorials,
and correspondence from readers, to provide state-of-
the-art information for those interested in vaccines.
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Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston
Located on historic Galveston Island, Texas, the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development (SCVD)
was inaugurated in December 2001. With 75+ faculty members from fourteen School of
Medicine Departments, the Center incorporates the expertise of more than 100 cutting-edge
research programs currently at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).
The Center fosters the highest quality collaborative and programmatic research and facilitates
the translation of laboratory findings to prevention of infectious diseases in the community.
It has been named a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccine Research,
Evaluation and Training on Emerging Infectious Diseases. The designation by WHO makes
UTMB only the second university in the Western Hemisphere to receive this designation.
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Dr. Alan D. Barrett, PhD
Director, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, Texas, USA
Dr. Alan Barrett serves as Director, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development and Director of
the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccine Research, Evaluation and
Training for Emerging Infectious Diseases. He is a Professor in the Departments of Pathology
and Microbiology Immunology at University of Texas, Medical Branch (UTMB). Dr. Barrett
is a leading expert in the fields of vaccine development and therapeutics for flavivirus and
bunyavirus. Dr. Barrett has been focusing his research mainly on the pathogenesis and potential
counter measures of West Nile and dengue viruses, and is funded by a number of grants from
the NIH. Dr. Barrett obtained his PhD in Virology from the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

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