Marine
Biotechnology
Publisher: Springer Science + Business Media
ISSN: 1436-2228 (Paper) 1436-2236 (Online)
(Official Journal of the ESMB)
Editors: J.
Grant Burgess Shigetoh
Miyachi and John Liu
Reviews Editor: Francesco
Pietra
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Marine Biotechnology Editorial Board
| Member | Areas of Expertise |
| Garo Antranikian Technical University of Hamburg Germany |
Psychrophilic, thermophilic, acidophilic and alkaliphilic microorganisms, archaea and bacteria, physiology and
enzymology, biocatalysis and applied microbiology |
| Takashi Aoki Tokyo University of Fisheries Japan |
Diseases and genetics of
fish, EST, gene mapping (micro satellite marker),
biodefence genes of fish and shellfish |
| Doug Bartlett Scripps Instiution of Oceanography University of California, USA |
Molecular biology of
marine microorganisms in extreme environment, the Vibrionaceae, polyunsaturated fatty acids, marine sediment microbiology |
| Chris Bowler Stazione Zoologica Italy |
Light signalling,
diatoms, molecular and cellular biology, genome analysis |
|
Vincent
Buonaccorsi |
Population
genetics, Microsatellite
DNA, Marine
fisheries genetics, Species identification |
Thomas T.Chen University of Connecticut USA
|
Structure,
evolution and regulation of growth hormone and growth factor genes in
finfish and shellfish. Molecular actions of growth hormone and growth factor. Expression of foreign growth hormone gene in transgenic fish. Anti-tumor activities of the E-peptides of pro-IGF-I; and molecular toxicology: development of molecular biological probes for assessing stress in fish caused by environmental xenobiotics or other pollutants at sub-lethal levels. |
| K.
H. Chu Department of Biology The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Genetics and phylogenetics of crustaceans, particularly shrimp. |
|
Vernon
Coyne |
Marine
biotechnology; seaweed biotechnology; aquaculture (all aspects, with
special emphasis on abalone); probiotics for farmed marine organisms;
genetics (and gene regulation) of marine organisms; industrial and
environmental application of marine secondary metabolites; marine
microbiology. |
| Roy
Danzmann University of Guelph Guelph Canada |
Evolutionary, developmental, and physiological genetics |
|
Susan
Douglas |
Fish Genomincs - fish, gene expression, genomics, microarray |
| Nobuhiro Fusetani Hokkaido University Hakodate, Japan |
Natural products
chemistry, biofouling, and chemical communication |
| Patrick
Gaffney University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies USA |
Genetics of marine organisms, emphasizing molecular, population and aquacultural genetics; oyster genomics. |
| Irene Gonzalez Protein Development Boston Life Sciences Inc., USA |
Molecular Biology (recombinant DNA, Transgenic animals, Nucleic Acid Diagnostics), Biochemistry (protein purification, characterization, large scale production) and Bioinformatics (computer based gene and protein analysis) applied to marine organisms, microorganisms and human diseases |
| Jean Guezennec IFREMER France |
Microbial communities, phototrophs, including mats/cyanobacteria extracellular polymers, lipids, deep sea microbes, biofilms and microbially induced corrosion |
| Ximing Guo Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers USA |
Shellfish
genetics, population genetics, genomics, cytogenetics (polyploidy and
chromosomal genetics), breeding, and aquaculture
|
| Perry Hackett University of Minnesota USA |
Molecular biology,
transgenic fish |
| Patrick
Hallenbeck Université de Montréal Montréal Canada |
Microbial
physiology, molecular genetics and protein chemistry; nitrogen
fixation, biological energy production (biohydrogen), transcriptional
regulation of anaerobic metabolism |
|
Ute Hentschel
Research Centre for Infectious
Diseases
University of Würzburg |
Marine microbiology, microbe-host interactions, symbiosis, pathogenesis, molecular microbial ecology. |
| Russell Hill Centre of Marine Biotechnology University of Maryland USA |
Marine microbial ecology,
microbial symbionts of marine invertebrates, molecular
biology and ecology of marine actinomycetes, marine
bacteriophages |
| Marcel
Jaspars University of Aberdeen UK |
Marine natural products, organic structure determination, spectroscopy |
| Chiaki Kato Japan Marine Science and Technology Center Yokosuka, Japan |
Deep-sea microbiology, Microbial community, Molecular microbiology, Piezophily, Piezophysiology (Pressure physiology)
|
| Hiroshi Kawauchi Kitasato University Japan |
Molecular endorinology, biochemistry (proteins) |
| Frithjof Küpper Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK |
Physiology, inorganic biochemistry and chemical ecology of marine algae and microbes, especially in the context of defense and stress. |
| Ah-Theem Law Kolej Universiti Sains & Teknologi Malaysia (KUSTEM) Terengganu Malaysia |
Marine Chemistry and
pollution with emphasizes on Petroleum hydrocarbons;
Chemistry, distribution, bioaccumulation, toxicity, oil
bacteria degradation and treatment technologies
|
| Yves Le Gal Laboratory of Marine Biology, College de France France |
Biotechnical
applications marine enzymes |
| Jo-Ann Leong Hawaii Marine Biology Institute USA |
Fish disease, molecular biology, gene expression in corals and other marine organisms, marine microbiology, and marine viruses |
| Chun-Mean Lin University of Connecticut USA |
Molecular biology, transgenesis, gene expression and regulatioin, and seaweed aquaculture |
Tadashi Maruyama Japan Marine Science and Technology Center Japan
|
1.
Marine microbiology related to hyperthermophiles. 2. Symbiosis between marine invertebrates (deep sea clams, tubeworms, corals, giant clmas etc.) and microorganisms including bacteria, archaea and microalgae. 3. Protein folding machinaries (including stress proteins) of archaea (not of eukaryotes or bacteria). |
| Tadashi Matsunaga Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan |
Marine microbiology and
biochemistry, marine molecular biology,
boielectrochemistry |
| Piamsak Menasveta Chulalongkorn University Thailand |
Aquatic environmental
biotechnology, and marine pollution problems |
| Takeshi
Naganuma Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan |
Microbial
ecology (including protists) - Deep-sea biology/microbiology - Applied microbiology, and Biological Oceanography
|
| Peter D. Nichols CSIRO, Division of Marine Research Australia |
Microbiology
bioremediation |
| Yniv Palti USDA-ARS-NCCCWA |
Fish genetics, fish genomics, immunogenetics |
| Francesco Pietra Lucca Italy |
Natural products (organic
chemist, with a background in marine biology) |
|
Valery
Rasskazov |
Nucleases, carbohydrases, proteases, structure and biological function and genetic engineering |
| Frank Robb University of Maryland USA |
Molecular biology of
marine microorganisms genomics and gene regulation |
| Philippe Roch University of Montpellier France
|
Invertebrate immunology
of marine mollusks, crustaceans and echninoderms :innate
immunity, anti-infectious mechanisms, antimicrobial
peptides, various immune effector molecules, heat-shock
proteins, developmental aspect (ontogeny), impact of the
environment on immune capabilities (seasons, physical
parameters, microbiology content, xenobiotics,
pollutants), biotechnology of antimicrobial peptides
|
| Daniel Sellos Station Marine de Concarneau France |
Invertebrates (molluscs
and crustaceans) and marine fishes evolution, adaptation
to environment, molecular phylogeny and populations
structure |
| Brian Shepherd USDA/ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture USA |
Endocrinology (growth hormone, prolactin, Insulin-like growth factors, etc.). Aquaculture, environmental physiology and endocrine disruption or pollutant effects on organismal physiology |
| Yoshihiro Shiraiwa University of Tsukuba Japan |
Algal physiology,
biochemistry and molecular biology generally * Algal photosynthesis and photorespiration, especially regulatory mechanisms for the photosynthetic fixation of CO2 and CO2 concentration mechanism by microalgae * Algal biomineralization, especially calcification by photosynthetic organisms * Carbon metabolism and growth control of algae |
| Frank Sin University of Canterbury New Zealand |
Salmon aquaculture, abalone molecular biology (actin gene structure and zygotic genes in embryonic development), rock lobster molecular biology (membrane associated proteins), sperm-mediated gene transfer in salmon and abalone, gene transfer by microinjection, transgenic fish research |
| Alan Teale University of Stirling UK |
Molecular genetics |
| Mario Tredici University of Florence Italy |
Microalgae mass
cultivation. Photobioreactors. Bioactive microalgae and cyanobacteria. Microalgae aquaculture feeds. |
| Mikio Tsuzuki Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science Japan |
Photosynthesis of microalgae, especially on carbon uptake from the aqueous environment. Microalgae including biochemistry and molecular biology. Symbiosis of coral and microalgae, calcification of algae, and biotechnology of microalgae |
| Rebecca J. Van Beneden University of Maine USA |
Environmental toxicology, molecular toxicology, chemical carcinogenesis, molecular oncology, gene expresson, cell cycle control |
| Gregory Warr Medical University of South Carolina USA |
Immune function
(vertebrate and invertebrate), antimicrobial peptides,
and transgenic animals |
| Shugo Watabe University of Tokyo Japan |
Biotechnology, molecular biology, and food biotechnology of aquatic organisms, focusing on muscle proteins, muscle development, stress response and temperature adaptation. Fugu genomics. |
| Mark Westerman Intrinsic LifeSciences LLC San Diego, California USA |
Aquaculture,
microsatellite markers, antimicrobial peptides, vaccine
development, biochemical and molecular analysis of larval
fish growth |
| Rene Wijffels Wageningen Agricultural University The Netherlands |
Bioprocess, sponge
cultivation, micro-algae, cyanobacteria, biological
hydrogen, photobioreactors, immobilization |
|
Kate
Wilson |
Molecular biology of aquaculture species. |
| Jen-Leih Wu Academia Sinica Taiwan |
Gene Regulation,
functional genomics, development, viral fish diseases |
| Goro Yoshizaki Tokyo University of Fisheries Japan |
Transgenic biology, fish
development and reproduction |
| Rongqing Zhang Institute of Marine Biotechnology China |
Molecular biology of marine organisms |
| Shicui
Zhang Ocean University of China China |
Gene cloning and expression, Biochemistry, Development and Evolution |
| Yonathan
Zohar Center of Marine Biotechnology University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Baltimore, Maryland
|
Aquaculture Biotechnology,
Fish reproductive endocrinology Fish molecular neuroendocrinology, Hypothalamus, pituitary, gonads Regulation of fish gametogenesis, ovulation and spawning, Gonadotropin-releasing hormones, Gonadotropins, Steroids Zebrafish reproduction, Early development of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis
|