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Editor-in-Chief

Yaroslav B. Blume
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Director and Head of Department, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-7078-7548

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Mykola V. Kuchuk
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Director and Head of Department, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-7365-7474
Alla I. Yemets
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-6887-0705

Secretary

Maria S. Fedyuk
Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Editorial Board

Hayane R. Akopyan
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Director, Institute of Hereditary Pathology, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-6436-1716
Atanas I. Atanassov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Joint Genomic Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
ORCID: 0000-0002-8707-666X
Hikmet Budak
Ph.D. (Biol.), Professor, Arizona Western College, Yuma, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-2556-2478
Sabina V. Chebotar
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Odesa National I.I. Mechnikov University, Odesa, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-9130-7272
Alexander P. Dmitriev
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Chief Research Scientist, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-2268-9104
Jaroslav Doležel
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czech Republic
ORCID: 0000-0002-6263-0492
Pavel Draber
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
ORCID: 0000-0001-8658-4614
George Fedak
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre Ottava, Ottava, Canada
ORCID: 0000-0001-8007-9692
Viktor A. Fedorenko
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-7672-1897
Valeriy V. Filonenko
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-1839-3335
Yuri Yu. Gleba
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, CEO, Nomad Bioscience GmbH, Halle, Germany, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-4675-7474
Stanislav V. Isaenkov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Department, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-3119-1642
Ruslan N. Kalendar
Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Associate Professor, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
ORCID: 0000-0003-3986-2460
Pavlo A. Karpov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Research Scientist (cytology, cell biology, histology), Head of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, Department of Genomics and Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-6876-642X
Elizabeth L. Kordyum
Dr. Sci., Professor, Head of Department, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-4634-9617
Iryna A. Kozeretska
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Deputy Director, National Antarctic Scientific Center, Minisry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-6485-1408
Nataliia A. Kozub
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Laboratory, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-3572-1786
Viktor A. Kunakh
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-9418-3172
Ludmyla A. Livshits
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-5444-3964
Pal Maliga
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-6202-0029
Nadia A. Matveeva
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Laboratory, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-4877-5222
Irina I. Panchuk
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor of Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-2837-4480
Yaroslav V. Pirko
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Research Officer, Scientific Secretary of the Institute and Head of Department, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-1887-5406
Volodymyr M. Pushkarev
Dr. Sci., Chief Research Scientist, V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-5940-5510
Namik M. Rashidov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Laboratory, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-5387-4877
Justyna Ruchała
Dr. Sci. (Hab.), Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
ORCID: 0000-0003-2850-6073
Vladimir A. Sidorov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Sci., Bayer Company, Chesterfield, USA
Maryna V. Skok
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-5816-605X
Adolf F. Stelmakh
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute - National Center of Seed and Cultivar Investigations, Odesa, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-1351-4249
Rostyslav S. Stoika
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Cell Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-5719-2187
Andriy A. Sybirny
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Director and Head of Department, Institute of Cell Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-8579-1566
Gennady D. Telegeev
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Department, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-0270-4397
Tamara K. Ternovska
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-9712-1516
Sergii V. Vernygorodskyi
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Pirogov Memorial Vinnytsia National Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-9314-8527
Roman A. Volkov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Head of Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-0673-2598
Geoffrey O. Wasteneys
Ph. D. (Biol.), Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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