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

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

Lynne Regan, New Haven, CT
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
E-mail: Lynne.regan@yale.edu
Protein folding; Protein design; Protein-protein interactions; Protein-RNA interactions

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

Hermona Soreq, Jerusalem
Department of Biological Chemistry, The Life Sciences Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
E-mail: soreq@cc.huji.ac.il
Acetylcholinesterase; Alternative splicing; Alzheimer's disease; Butyrylcholinesterase; Cholinergic neurotransmission; Molecular neuroscience; Neurogenetics; RNA-targeted agents; Transgenic engineering; Stress reactions

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

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

Robert J. White, Glasgow
University of Glasgow, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Davidson Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
E-mail: rwhite@udcf.gla.ac.uk
Gene transcription; Chromatin; Cell cycle; Cell growth; Cancer; Tumour suppressor; Gene expression

Alexander Wlodawer, Frederick, MD
Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, NCI-Frederick, PO Box B, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
E-mail: wlodawer@ncifcrf.gov
Protein crystallography; Crystallographic methods; Proteases; Ribonucleases; Cytokines and cytokine receptors