Editorial Board
- Behavioural Biology Section
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section
- Bioinformatics Section
- Biophysics Section
- Cell Biology Section
- Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Section
- Developmental Biology Section
- Ecology Section
- Evolutionary Biology Section
- Genetics and Genomics Section
- Immunology Section
- Marine Biology Section
- Microbiology Section
- Neuroscience Section
- Physiology Section
- Plant Science Section
- Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics Section
- Zoology Section
- Medical Biology Section
- Biotechnology Section
- Infection Biology Section
- Cancer Biology Section
- Reproductive Biology Section
- Toxicology Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members (654)

Interests: glycobiology; glycoproteins, polysialic acid; bacterial adhesion
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Interests: genetics; biological evolution; experimental and genome evolution; philosophy of biology; study of the human and animal microbiome under an evolutionary and system biology perspective
* Section EiC of 'Evolutionary Biology'
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Interests: genomics; bioinformatics; comparative genomics; alternative splicing; RNA processing
Interests: behavioral and morphological evolution; vertebrates; ecology; behaviour and functional morphology of reptiles; turtles; lizards
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Interests: theoretical biology; bioinformatics; biostatistics; origin of life
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Interests: plant breeding; biotechnology; omics; molecular biology; pest and diseases; applied genetics; doubled haploid; gene editing; genomic selection; epigenetic
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Interests: biodiversity and ecosystem processes; functional plant ecology; community ecology; biodiversity conservation; conservation policy
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Interests: macrophages; actin cytoskeleton; RhoA pathway; chronic rejection; transplantation; germ cells; Xenopus laevis; development
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Interests: embryo development; cell cycle; gene regulation; cancer; stem cells; gonads; genetic diseases
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Interests: fish pathology; parasitology; aquaculture; myxozoa; amoebozoa; microsporidia; cryptosporidium; ciliophora; veterinary medicine; pathology; diagnostics; phylogeny; host-parasite relationships

Interests: animal population genomics; conservation genetics, phylogeography
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Interests: soil-plant-microbe interactions; nutrient transport; ion toxicity; biofortification
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Interests: marine biology/ecology; coral reefs; marine protected areas; conservation; coastal management

2. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto (UP), Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
3. Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente (ECVA), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: fish ecology and ecotoxicology; structure, shape and chemistry of fish otoliths; body geometric morphometrics; age, growth and reproduction
* Section 'Marine Biology'

Interests: novel therapeutic antibodies development; venom-based peptide & natural biomolecule prototype drugs development; cancer biomarkers & immunotherapy markers discovery for prognostic and therapeutic validation
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Interests: biodiversity; conservation biology; evolutionary biology; population genetics; biotechnology; transgenic biosafety; agricultural botany
* Section 'Plant Science'
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Interests: microbial metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; applied microbiology; pseudomonas; biocides; biocontrol; natural products
* Section 'Microbiology'
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Interests: tight junctions and their proteins: claudin family; TAMP family; angulin family; functional properties: barriers and ion channels; water channels; claudin- and TAMP-mediated water transport; claudins of the kidney; tricellular tight junction; mechanisms: macromolecule permeation; drug absorption enhancers
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Interests: aquatic animal health; ecotoxicology; virology; immunology; molecular diagnostics; bioassay screening

Interests: cardioprotection; perioperative medicine; translational medicine; intercellular communication; ristoceutica
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Interests: coronary physiology; myocardial ischemia/Reperfusion injury
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Interests: microalgal biotechnology; lipids; metabolic engineering; microalgae
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Interests: cell cycle regulation; signaling network dynamics; cell differentiation processes; oscillations and bistability in chemical reaction systems; pattern formation and traveling waves in chemical reaction systems
Interests: inflammation; metabolism; cell signalling; mouse models; membrane trafficking; endoplasmic reticulum; lipid droplets; ERAD (ER-associated degradation)

2. Laboratory of Infectious Disease Model, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Interests: infectious diseases; virology; AIDS; zoonosis; nonhuman primate models

Interests: protein–lipid interaction characterisation; plasmon resonance; membrane proteins; membrane active peptides; mechanisms of action of G-protein-coupled receptors
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Interests: proteomics; quantitative proteomics; post-translational modification; cross-linking mass spectrometry; separation science
Interests: protein secretion; antimicrobials; streptomyces
Interests: clinical pharmacology; drug addiction; pharmacogenomics

Interests: insect diversity; molecular systematics; geometric morphometrics; 3D morphology; functional morphology; biogeography; AI taxonomy; intelligent insect monitoring; fossil
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