Richard Perham, Cambridge, UK
FEBS Journal, Editorial Office, 98 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1DP, UK
E-mail: perham@camfebs.co.uk
Molecular enzymology and multifunctional enzyme complexes; Protein chemistry; Protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interaction; Protein engineering; Biomolecular self-assembly and molecular scaffolds

Ferdinand Hucho, Berlin
Institut für Chemie/Biochemie, Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, D-14195, Berlin, Germany
E-mail: hucho@chemie.fu-berlin.de
Neurochemistry; Membrane proteins; Protein structure; Receptors; Ion channels; Signalling; Neurotoxins; Enzymology; Proteomics

Rolf Apweiler, Cambridge, UK
Sequence Database Group, EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK
E-mail: apweiler@ebi.ac.uk
Bioinformatics; Databases; Proteomics; Protein-protein interactions; Functional genomics

Philippe Bastiaens, Dortmund
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology Dept. Systemic Cell Biology Otto-Hahn-Str. 11 D-44227 Dortmund Germany
E-mail: philippe.bastiaens@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
Systems biology; Microscopic imaging; Signal transduction; Cell biology

Carmen Birchmeier, Berlin
Abteilung für Medizinische Genetik, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Robert-Rössle-Strasse. 10, D-13125, Berlin-Buch, Germany
E-mail: c.birch@mdc-berlin.de
Mouse genetics; Development; Differentiation; Muscle; Nervous system; Tyrosine kinase receptors; Signaling

Karl Forchhammer, Tübingen
Institut für Mikrobiologie Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 28 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
E-mail: karl.forchhammer@uni-tuebingen.de
Bacterial nitrogen metabolism and signal transduction; Molecular physiology of prokaryotic phototrophs; Regulatory mechanisms in bacteria; Protein phosphatase

Angela Gronenborn, Pittsburgh, PA
Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine , 3501 Fifth Avenue, BST3/Rm1051, Pittsburgh , PA 15260, USA
E-mail: amg100@pitt.edu
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Biomolecular structure and dynamics; Protein-ligand interactions; Protein folding and design; Lectins

Michael Hall, Basel
Biozentrum, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 70 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
E-mail: M.Hall@unibas.ch
Signal transduction; TOR; Growth control

John Hardy, London
Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Reta Lila Weston Laboratories, Institute of Neurology, University College, Queen Square House, London, WC1 3BG
E-mail: j.hardy@ion.ucl.ac.uk
Genetics & Heredity; Neurosciences & Neurology

Elisa Izaurralde, Tübingen
Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemanstrasse 35, D-72026, Tübingen, Germany
E-mail: elisa.izaurralde@tuebingen.mpg.de
Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression; RNA metabolism; mRNA processing (splicing/polyadenylation), transport, localization and decay; RNA silencing; RNA interference; microRNAs; Noncoding RNAs; Translational control; RNA-binding proteins; Nuclear transport

Jan Johansson, Uppsala
Department of Veterinary Medical Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, BMC, Box 575, S-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
E-mail: jan.johansson@afb.slu.se
Protein biochemistry; Protein misfolding/aggregation and related diseases; Amyloid fibrils; Pulmonary surfactant; Membrane proteins; Spider silk proteins

Ursula Kummer, Heidelberg
Department of Modeling of Biological Processes, BIOQUANT BQ18, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
E-mail: ursula.kummer@bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de
Bioinformatics; Computational biochemistry; Nonlinear dynamics; Modelling and simulation; Enzyme kinetics

John B. Lowe, San Francisco, CA
Department of Pathology, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, Mailstop 72B, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
E-mail: JohnBL@gene.com
Oligosaccharides; Glycans; Glycosyltransferases; Neutrophils; Lymphocytes; Leukocyte trafficking; Cell adhesion; Vascular biology; Selectins; Notch

Peter Parham, Stanford, CA
Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Fairchild D-159, 299 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
E-mail: peropa@stanford.edu
Immunobiology of natural killer cells and cytotoxic T cells; Antigen processing and presentation; Immunogenetics of NK cell receptors and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC); Evolution of the immune system; Role of NK cells and the MHC in placental reproduction

Nigel S. Scrutton, Manchester, UK
Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
E-mail: nigel.scrutton@manchester.ac.uk
Enzyme mechanisms; cofactor chemistry; electron and hydrogen transfer mechanisms; protein dynamics and structure; enzyme kinetics

Harald Stenmark, Oslo
Department of Biochemistry, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310, Oslo, Norway
E-mail: stenmark@ulrik.uio.no
Autophagy; Endocytosis; Growth factor receptor; Membrane trafficking; Phosphoinositide; Rab GTPase; Signal transduction

Daniel S. Tawfik, Rehovot, Israel
Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, PO Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
E-mail: dan.tawfik@weizmann.ac.il
Protein evolution; Enzyme structure and mechanisms; Molecular evolution; Directed evolution; Stability effects of mutations; Protein engineering; Protein promiscuity and evolvability; Evolution of protein folds

Nicholas K. Tonks, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, P.O. Box 100, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724-2208, USA
E-mail: tonks@cshl.edu
Protein phosphatases; Tyrosine phosphorylation; Signal transduction

Anna Tramontano, Rome
Department of Biochemical Sciences "Rossi Fanelli", 1st Medical Faculty, University of Rome "La Sapienza", P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
E-mail: Anna.tramontano@uniroma1.it
Bioinformatics; Molecular modelling; Docking; Protein and drug design; Sequence analysis; Phylogenetic relationships; Genomic analysis; Structure determination and analysis; Combinatorial libraries

Gabriele Varani, Seattle, WA
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, WA 89185-1700, USA
E-mail: varani@chem.washington.edu
RNA; Gene expression; Structural biology; NMR; Drug design; Molecular design; Nucleic acid chemistry and biochemistry

Alexander Wlodawer, Frederick, MD
Frederick, MD 21702, USA
E-mail: wlodawer@netscape.net
Protein crystallography; Crystallographic methods; Proteases; Ribonucleases; Cytokines and cytokine receptors

Virginia A. Zakian, Princeton, NJ
Department of Molecular Biology, Lewis Thomas Labs, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544-1014, USA
E-mail: vzakian@Princeton.edu
Telomere; Telomerase; DNA helicase; DNA replication; Yeast; Chromatin