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seeking methods papers with practical applications to advance their research.
Benchmarks
Short communications offering concise new methods or brief substantive modifications to existing methods that
demonstrate significant improvements in results or substantial time, labor, or cost savings.
Reports
Research articles describing novel methodological advances of substantive value to life science researchers, such
as new techniques, materials, and protocols.
Reviews
Surveys of methodologies related to broad fields of life science research, providing a balanced and comprehensive
evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant technical approaches.
2011 Special Focus Sections
February: Next-generation Sequencing
March: Translational Tools
June: Molecular Evolution
August: Proteomics
December: Microscopy
Editorial Board
The BioTechniques editorial board features some of the most influential and productive research scientists in the world.
Our editorial board members work with the in-house editors to identify rapidly moving fields, emerging areas of methods
development, and trends within their specific scientific disciplines. They are a crucial resource that makes BioTechniques
stronger through their incredible knowledge, willingness to help, and devotion to the journal.
Bill Brizzard
Indiana University Research
and Technology Corp.
Bruce Budowle
FBI Laboratory
Piotr Chomczynski
Molecular Research Center
Rita R. Colwell
University of MarylandCollege Park and
Johns Hopkins University
Joshua J. Coon
University of WisconsinMadison
Manel Esteller
Spanish National Cancer Centre
(CNIO)
Ron M. Fourney
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ivar Giaever
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Richard A. Gibbs
Baylor College of Medicine
Peter J. Oefner
University of Regensburg
Barton Slatko
New England Biolabs
Erica A. Golemis
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Stephen W. Paddock
University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Steve S. Sommer
City of Hope
Scott D. Patterson
Amgen, Inc.
Igor Stagljar
University of Toronto
Leonard F. Peruski, Jr.
Centers for
Disease Control
Mathias Uhlén
The Royal Institute of
Technology
John Quackenbush
Harvard School of
Public Health
Timothy Veenstra
SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Peter M. Gresshoff
The University of Queensland
Yoshihide Hayashizaki
RIKEN
Jörg Hoheisel
German Cancer Research Center
Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology
Paul Keim
Northern Arizona University
Pui-Yan Kwok
University of California,
San Francisco
Rachael L. Neve
McLean Hospital
Pier Giorgio Righetti
Polytechnic
University of Milan
John Rossi
City of Hope
Herbert P. Schweizer
Colorado State University
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Kent E. Vrana
Penn State
College of Medicine
Michael Weiner
The Rothberg Institute