Current Protocols

Editors & Contributors

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Richard Coico
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Timothy Kowalik
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

John M. Quarles
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
College Station, Texas

Brian Stevenson
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
College Station, Texas

Ronald K. Taylor
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire

GUEST EDITOR

Anne E. Simon
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

CONTRIBUTORS

Padmanaban Annamalai
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California

Bharat Bajaj
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Amanda L. Balish
Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Julia E. Bandow
Pfizer, Inc.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

David Baulcombe
The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre
Colney, U.K.

Kenneth W. Bayles
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Randy Beckett
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

Myriam Bélanger
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Karolin Biermann
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

John A. Blaho
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Thomas G. Blanchard
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Dennis T. Brown
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Karen S. Browning
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

Robert C. Burghardt
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

LouAnn C. Burnett
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Melissa J. Caimano
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut

Kenneth D. Cain
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

Kenneth G. Campellone
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Julie C. Canman
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Jeffrey Caplan
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

Jason A. Carlyon
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Sean Chapman
Plant Pathology Programme
Scottish Crop Research Institute
Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Louise Chappell
The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre
Colney, U.K.

Ambrose L. Cheung
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire

Bo Chi
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Bethesda, Maryland

Paul R. Clapham
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Virginia L. Clark
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

Richard Coico
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rita R. Colwell
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Christine L. Cosma
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

J. Muse Davis
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Richard Coico
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Andreas B. den Hartigh
University of California at Davis
Davis, California

Joseph P. Dillard
University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin

S.P. Dinesh-Kumar
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

Biao Ding
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Stephen L. Dobson
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Valerian V. Dolja
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Theo W. Dreher
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Robert Droleskey
USDA/ARS/SPARC/FFSRU
College Station, Texas

Marc R. Fabian
York University
Toronto, Canada

J. Christopher Fenno
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thomas A. Ficht
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

Victor Gaba
The Volcani Center
Bet Dagan, Israel

Thomas F. Gajewski
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Amit Gal-On
The Volcani Center
Bet Dagan, Israel

Lian-Yong Gao
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

Véronique Gosselé
Bayer BioScience N.V.
Gent, Belgium

Maurice Green
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Christopher Grim
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

David A. Haake
Veterans Affairs, Greater Los Angeles Healthcare
Los Angeles, California

Yiping W. Han
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Helena Harlin
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

John S. Hartung
USDA-ARS
Beltsville, Maryland

Raquel Hernandez
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Tsugunda Hsu
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Anwar Huq
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Linda K. Husmann
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, Tennessee

Akihiko Ikegami
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Asuka Itaya
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Jacquelyn R. Jackson
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

William R. Jacobs, Jr.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Adam C. Joelsson
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edouard Jurkevitch
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rehovot, Israel

Daniel E. Kadouri
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire

Jacqueline M. Katz
Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Elizabeth Pettit Kneller
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

Howard K. Kuramitsu
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Christophe Lacomme
Plant Pathology Programme
Scottish Crop Research Institute
Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom
and Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Benjamin R. LaFrentz
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

Carey Lambert
Institute of Genetics
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham University
Nottingham, United Kingdom

Ke Lan
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Michelle H. Larsen
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Gretchen Lawler
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

John M. Leong
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Ruhui Li
USDA-ARS
Beltsville, Maryland

Na-Sheng Lin
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology
Taipei, Taiwan

Paul M. Loewenstein
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Hélène Louvel
Unité de Biologie des Spirochétes
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France

Rex Lovrien
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

Sheila A. Lukehart
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

George Lunn
Baltimore, Maryland

Stanley Maloy
San Diego State University
San Diego, California

Joanna Manoranjan
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Hélène Marquis
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Christina M. Marra
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Daiki Matsuda
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Daumantas Matulis
Institute of Biotechnology
Vilnius, Lithuania

Laura Mayberry
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

John C. McCormack
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Lori W. McGinnes
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Robert J.C. McLean
Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, Texas

Gerald A. Meininger
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

Jill Meisenhelder
The Salk Institute
La Jolla, California

Judith H. Merritt
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire

Michael Metzlaff
Bayer BioScience N.V.
Gent, Belgium

Jennifer C. Miller
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

W. Allen Miller
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

Attila Molnár
The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre
Colney, U.K.

Trudy G. Morrison
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Elise R. Morton
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Masanao Murakami
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kenan C. Murphy
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

G. Balakrish Nair
The International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research
Dhaka, Bangladesh

John G. Nedrud
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Ian Orme
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

George A. O’Toole
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire

Paramasivan Vijaya Palani
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology
Taipei, Taiwan

Homer Pantua
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Matthew R. Parsek
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Valera V. Peremyslov
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Mathieu Picardeau
Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France

Jonathan Pratten
University College London
Eastman Dental Institute
London, England

Ann Progulske-Fox
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Wenping Qiu
Department of Agriculture
Missouri State University at Mountain Grove
Mountain Grove, Missouri

Aurelie M. Rakotondrafara
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

Lalita Ramakrishnan
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Bronwyn E. Ramey
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

A.L.N. Rao
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California

Julie Reitter
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Kathryn H. Richards
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Samantha Roberts
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Erle S. Robertson
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Paulo Rodrigues
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Edward D. Salmon
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Pamela J. Savage
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Herman B. Scholthof
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

Marci A. Scidmore
Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, New York

June R. Scott
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Mina O. Seedhom
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Kentaro Semba
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Anne E. Simon
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Christine Sinodis
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Carolyn L. Smith
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Bethesda, Maryland

R. Elizabeth Sockett
Institute of Genetics
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham University
Nottingham, United Kingdom

Janice M. Spence
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

Claus Sternberg
The Technical University of Denmark
Lyngby, Denmark

Brian Stevenson
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Yao-Hui Sun
University of California at Davis
Davis, California

Laura E. Swaim
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Kristy J. Szretter
Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Michiko E. Taga
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Steven Tandberg
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Tim Tolker-Nielsen
The Technical University of Denmark
Lyngby, Denmark

Andreea Trache
Department of Systems Biology & Translational Medicine
College of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
College Station, Texas

Tim Tolker-Nielsen
The Technical University of Denmark
Lyngby, Denmark

Renée M. Tsolis
University of California at Davis
Davis, California

Subhash C. Verma
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Catherine Vilchèze
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Hannah Volkman
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Kate von Lackum
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Lian-Hui Wang
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Proteos, Singapore

Allana K. Welsh
Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, Texas

Raymond M. Welsh
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

K. Andrew White
York University
Toronto, Canada

Van G. Wilson
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
College Station, Texas

Lori Wright
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

Jamie C. Yedowitz
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Hai-Bao Zhang
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Proteos, Singapore

Lian-Hui Zhang
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Proteos, Singapore

Xuehua Zhong
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Jun Zhu
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wolfram R. Zückert
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

Richard L. Zuerner
National Animal Disease Center
USDA, ARS, MWA
Ames, Iowa

Christine A. Zurawski
Infectious Disease Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia