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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Lucia Altucci, MD, PhD, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy

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Specialisms: Epigenetics, Cancer, Programmed cell death, Signal transduction, Innovative therapies

Marianne Rots, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

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Specialisms: Epigenetics, Epigenetic editing

MANAGING EDITOR

Federica Sarno, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS

EPIGENETICS AND SOCIETY

Luca Chiapperino, PhD, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Specialisms: Science and technology studies, Applied philosophy, ELSA

DNA DEMETHYLATION

Guo-Liang Xu, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Specialisms: DNMT, TDG, TET, Cytosine methylation, DNA methyltransferase, Dioxygenase, DNA damage repair, Base excision repair

DNA METHYLATION

Miguel Branco, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

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Specialisms: Epigenetics, Transposable elements, Mammals, Development

EPIGENETIC BIOENGINEERING

Nate Hathaway, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America

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EPIGENETIC DRUGS

Angel De Lera, PhD, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

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Specialisms: Medicinal chemistry, Organic synthesis, Natural products

Frank Dekker, PhD, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Specialisms: Medicinal chemistry, Epigenetics, Enzyme activity

EPIGENETIC TECHNOLOGIES

Miguel Esteban, MD, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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EPIGENETIC TOXICOLOGY

Andy Tao Yin Lau, PhD, Shantou University Medical College, China 

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Specialisms: Cancer proteomics, Epigenetic toxicology, Epimodifications, Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity
 

HISTONE MODIFICATIONS

Rosaria Benedetti, PhD, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy

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MODEL ORGANISMS

PLANTS

Frank Johannes, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany

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VERTEBRATES

Torsten Plösch, PhD, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany

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Specialisms: Developmental origins of health and Disease, fetal programming, DNA methylation

UNICELLULAR SYSTEMS

Karl Ekwall

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Specialisms: Chromosome biology, Epigenetics, Yeast genetics
 

MITOTIC & MEIOTIC HERITABILITY

Frank Johannes, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany

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NETWORK EPIGENETICS AND COMPUTATIONAL EPIGENETICS

Kimberly Glass, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States of America and Harvard University, United States of America

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Specialisms: Computational biology, Network science, Multi-omics, Data integration

NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION

Dr. Maria Cristina Cardoso, PhD, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

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SINGLE CELL EPIGENETICS

Pernette J. Verschure, PhD, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Editors-in-Chief
Lucia Altucci, MD, PhD, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Marianne Rots, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Managing Editor
Federica Sarno, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Molecular Epigenetics
Histone Modifications
Rosaria Benedetti, PhD, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
DNA Methylation
Miguel Branco, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
DNA Demethylation
Guo-Liang Xu, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Nuclear Organization
Dr. Maria Cristina Cardoso, PhD, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Mitotic & Meiotic Heritability
Frank Johannes, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Epigenetic Drugs
Angel De Lera, PhD, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Frank Dekker, PhD, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Epigenetic Technologies
Miguel Esteban, MD, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Epigenetic Bioengineering
Nate Hathaway, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America

Network Epigenetics
Kimberly Glass, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States of America and Harvard University, United States of America

Computational Epigenomics
Kimberly Glass, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States of America and Harvard University, United States of America

Single Cell Epigenetics
Pernette J. Verschure, PhD, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Epigenetic Toxicology
Andy Tao Yin Lau, PhD, Shantou University Medical College, China 

Epigenetics and Society
Luca Chiapperino, PhD, University of Lausanne, Switzerland   

Model Organisms
Vertebrates
Torsten Plösch, PhD, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Invertebrates
Plants
Frank Johannes, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Unicellular systems
Karl Ekwall, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Editorial Board
Eline Bunnik, PhD, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A. Ganesan, PhD, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Renata Jurkowska, PhD, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Gerard Van den Berg, PhD, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Melita Vidakovic, PhD, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Chi-Ming  Wong, PhD, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Amy Yan-Ming Xu, PhD, Shantou University Medical College, China

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