Biopreservation and Biobanking

Editor-in-Chief

Marianna J. Bledsoe, MA
Independent Research Consultant
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
mbledsoe@liebertpub.com

Deputy Editors
 

Dayong Gao, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
dayong@u.washington.edu
 

Peter Watson, MB B.Chir FRCPC
Department of Pathology
BC Cancer Agency
2410 Lee Avenue
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  V8R6V5
pwatson@bccancer.bc.ca
 

Carol Weil, JD
Consultant
Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Biobanking
Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Asian Editor

Junmei Zhou, MD, PhD
Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai, China
junmei_zhou@139.com
 

European Editor

William Mathieson, PhD
Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg
6 rue Nicolas Ernest Barblé
1210 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
William.Mathieson@ibbl.lu
 

Section Editors

EMERGING MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGIES 
Rohit K. Gupta, PhD
Spectrum Solutions
Draper, Utah, USA
 

Zisis Kozlakidis, PhD, MBA
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Lyon, France

 

BIOPRESERVATION SCIENCE
Preservation Processes
John M. Baust, PhD
CPSI Biotech
Owego, New York, USA

Preservation Engineering
Zhiquan Shu, PhD
University of Washington
Tacoma, Washington, USA
 

BIOSPECIMEN SCIENCE
Biospecimen Research
Helen Moore, PhD
NCI/OD
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
 

Liangliang Ruan, PhD
Shanghai Clinical Research Center
Shanghai, China



HUMAN RESEARCH BIOBANKS
Peter H. J. Riegman, PhD
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

GENOME RESOURCE BANKING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPOSITORIES
Pierre Comizzoli, DVM, PhD
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
National Zoological Park
Washington, DC, USA


BIOBANKING MANAGEMENT
Human Research
Daniel Simeon-Dubach, MD, MHA
medservice
Walchwil, Switzerland



BIOBANKING INFRASTRUCTURE
Facilities & Automation
Andy Zaayenga, BSEET
SmarterLab
Martinsville, New Jersey, USA

 

ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Tohru Masui, PhD  
Keio University
Tokyo Japan
 

Editorial Coordinator

Gillian Hewitt
ghewitt@liebertpub.com

Editorial Board

Jason Acker, PhD
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Nahla Afifi, MD, PhD
Qatar Biobank for Medical Research
Doha, Qatar
 

Bushra Allah Rakha, PhD
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University
Rawalpindi, Pakistan


Ida Biunno, PhD
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
IRGB – Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica
Milan, Italy

Mustafa Numan Bucak, PhD
Selçuk University
Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination  
Konya, Turkey

Dianne Chadwick, PhD
Ontario Tumour Bank
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 

Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
 

John H. Crowe, PhD
University of California
Davis, California, USA
 

Weiping Ding, PhD
University of Science and Technology of China
Anhui, China

Sarah Dry, MD
UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California, USA
 

Koh Furuta, MD, PhD
Urayasu Warakuen Clinic
Urayasu, Japan
 

Rongxing Gan, MD
Shanghai Clinical Research Center
Shanghai, China
 

William E. Grizzle, MD, PhD
University of Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Marianne K. Henderson, MS, CPC
National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
 

Stephen Hewitt, MD, PhD
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Scott D. Jewell, PhD
Van Andel Research Institute
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Elisabeth (Lise) Matzke, MSc, MBA
Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 

Maimuna E. Mendy, PhD
Jobot Laboratories
Kombo St. Mary Division
The Gambia

Cheryl Michels, BA
Dataworks Development, Inc.
Mountlake Terrace, Washington, USA

Helen Morrin, BS
Cancer Society Tissue Bank
University of Otago
Christchurch, New Zealand 

Amanda Rush, MPH, PhD
The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia


Brent Schacter, MD, FRCPC
Canadian Tumour Repository Network
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Wendell Q. Sun, PhD
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Shanghai, China
 

David Toke, PhD
Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 

Mehmet Toner, PhD
Shriners Hospital for Children
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Erik John Woods, PhD
Ossium Health, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Aili Zhang, PhD
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China

Gang Zhao, PhD
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei, Anhui, China

Xueming Zhao, PhD
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Beijing, China


Chunxia Zheng, PhD
National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital
Nanjing University School of Medicine
Nanjing, China
 

Founding Editor

John G. Baust, PhD

Editor Emeritus

Jim Vaught, PhD
Consultant
Bethesda, Maryland, USA