Frank Grosveld

Frank Grosveld is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Cell Biology at the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science.

“It is exciting to be part of the launch of a new journal in the field of epigenetics and chromatin, particularly because it is an open access journal that will publish articles aimed at understanding how the activity of genes and other genetic elements is regulated and maintained during self renewal, differentiation and environmental changes. It will include a wide range of different topics related to the biochemistry of the genome, its structure and its interactions with the environment.”

Steven Henikoff

Steven Henikoff is currently an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a Member of the Basic Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Affiliate Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.

“The field of epigenetics is at an exciting stage, one that seems comparable to the field of genetics before the elucidation of the structure of DNA and the genetic code. We know most of the parts, but we are still unclear as to how they work together as a system to faithfully maintain gene expression states. As our understanding of epigenetic inheritance and chromatin-based interactions progresses, we expect that Epigenetics & Chromatin will evolve to accommodate the latest advances.”