Linda Thomashow Editor

Frans J. de Bruijn, PhD, was Director of the Laboratory for Plant-Microbe Interactions and Environment, a mixed INRAE/CNRS research facility with about 100 scientists and support staff in Toulouse, France. He is presently Director of Recherche DR1 and editor of multiple books on a variety of topics.

Hauke Schmidt, PhD, is a member of the management team at the National BE-Basic Program and Senior Scientist and Theme Council member at TI Food & Nutrition.

Luca S. Cocolin is Full Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Forest, and Food Sciences at the University of Torino, Italy.

Michael Sauer is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology of BOKU—University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria.

David Dowling, PhD, co-founded MicroGen Biotechnology Limited and is the Head of the Faculty of Science at the Institute of Technology Carlow.

Linda Thomashow, PhD, Research Geneticist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit and Professor in Plant Pathology and Molecular Plant Sciences at Washington State University, USA.