We sincerely welcome Professor Joris A. Veltman from Newcastle University, United Kingdom, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Professor Joris A. Veltman has extensive experience in genomics, human genetics and translational genomics. We are grateful to Professor Veltman for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Professor Marcel Mannens from the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Professor Marcel Mannens has extensive experience in genome diagnostics, cardiogenetics and epigenetics of disease. We are grateful to Professor Mannens for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Andrés Moya from University of Valencia, Spain, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Professor Andrés Moya is the Professor of Genetics from University of Valencia and FISABIO Chair. He has extensive experience in evolutionary genomics of bacterial endosymbionts, genomics of human pathogens and microbiome in eukaryotes. We are grateful to Professor Moya for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Sonia M. Suter to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Professor Suter is a law professor at The George Washington University Law School, USA, where she works on legal issues in medicine and genetics as well as bioethics. She has taught Genetics and the Law, and Bioethics and the Law at the University of Michigan Law School. We are grateful to Professor Suter for her participation and support.

We welcome Professor Ruud ter Meulen from the University of Bristol, UK, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Professor ter Meulen is particularly interested in justice in health care, the ethics of research, care of older people, and evidence-based medicine. He has published extensively in the field of bioethics, and directed several international research projects, including large-scale projects funded by the European Commission. He was also Professor for Philosophy and Ethics (1992-2005) and Director of the Institute for Bioethics (1995-2005) at the University of Maastricht. We are grateful to Professor ter Meulen for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Miodrag Stojkovic from the University of Kragujevac, Serbia, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Professor Stojkovic is a pioneer in human nuclear transfer (NT), derivation, growth, and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. He is author and co-author of more than 150 scientific publications. His team is improving the conditions for the efficient differentiation of pluripotent and mesenchymal stem cells, and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. We are grateful to Professor Stojkovic for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Darren Griffin from the University of Kent, UK, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Professor Griffin is a renowned scholar, specializing in genetics, chromosomes, genome evolution and infertility. We are grateful to Professor Griffin for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. François Rousseau MD MSc FRCPC from the Laval University, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Rousseau is a medical biochemist subspecialized in molecular genetics. He is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval. He leads a clinical research team at the Unité de recherche en génétique humaine et moléculaire, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise. He also heads the Department of Medical Biology of the Québec University Hospital Centre. We are grateful to Dr. Rousseau for his participation and support

We welcome Dr. Helena Kääriäinen from the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Kääriäinen is a renowned specialist in medical genetics. We are grateful to Dr. Kääriäinen for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Milan Macek from the Charles University, Czech Republic, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Macek is a leading geneticist, specializing in human genetics and molecular genetics, etc. We are grateful to Dr. Macek for his participation and support.