About the Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Kazuro Shiomi, PhD, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Japan

Managing Editors

Masayuki Igarashi, PhD, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Japan
Hideaki Kakeya, PhD, Kyoto University, Japan

Review Editors

Richard E. Lee, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
Minoru Yoshida, PhD, RIKEN, Japan

Section Editors

New Anti-infective Substances
James B. McAlpine, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Hiroshi Tomoda, PhD, Kitasato University, Japan

New Bioactive Substances (other than anti-infectives)
Timm Anke, PhD, IBWF, Germany
Masaya Imoto, PhD, Juntendo University, Japan

Structure Determination/Chemical Synthesis
Keiichi Ajito, PhD, Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science, Japan
Yitzhak Tor, PhD, University of California, San Diego, USA

Chemical Biology/Mode of Action/Biological Activities
Manabu Kawada, PhD, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Japan
Hiroyuki Osada, PhD, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Japan

Microbial Genetics/Biosynthesis
Richard H. Baltz, PhD, CognoGen Biotech. Consulting, USA
Haruo Ikeda, PhD, Next generation Natural Products Chemistry, Japan

Resistance
Kara Keedy, PhD, AimMax Therapeutics, Inc., USA

Microbiology/Fermentation
Motohiro Hino, PhD, Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan (ret)

Taxonomy / Ecology
Alex Rooney, PhD, United States Department of Agriculture, USA
Tomohiko Tamura, PhD, NITE-NBRC, Japan