We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Constantine A. Stratakis from National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. He has more than 850 publications. His H-index in Scopus is 100. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Constantine A. Stratakis for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Ivan Landires from Instituto de Ciencias Médicas, Panama, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. He has more than 90 publications. We appreciate Dr. Ivan Landires for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Anna Di Sessa from University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. She has more than 130 publications. We appreciate Dr. Anna Di Sessa for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Panagiotis Madesis from University of Thessaly, Greece, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. He has more than 190 publications. We appreciate Dr. Panagiotis Madesis for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Andre Megarbane from Lebanese American University, Lebanon, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. He has more than 400 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Andre Megarbane for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Takeshige Otoi from Tokushima University, Japan, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. He has more than 250 publications. We appreciate Dr. Takeshige Otoi for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Apostolos Zaravinos from European University Cyprus, Cyprus, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. He has more than 130 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Apostolos Zaravinos for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Vishnu D Rajput from Southern Federal University, Russia, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. He has more than 400 publications. We appreciate Dr. Vishnu D Rajput for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Giuseppe Murdaca from the University of Genoa, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Giuseppe Murdaca has received his PhD in Science and Space Engineering at the University of Genova (Italy) during the period of 2000-2003. Currently, he is working as an Assistant professor in the Internal Medicine University of Genova (Italy). His research has included Immunodeficiency, Autoimmunity, Neuro-endocrino-immunology, and Pharmacogenomics. Based on this research and fellowship training he has received several awards and honors, such as: Prize for young researchers of the study, assigned by the GILS, with the following motivation: "Standardization of a method to assess impairment by skinfold thickness skin", delivered on the occasion of the "Day VII Italian to fight Scleroderma" (Milan, 17/3 / 2001). Award for one of the three best oral presentations at the Ninth Congress of the Inter-SIMI Piemonte and Valle D'Aosta, Liguria (Genoa, 06.17.2004): Murdaca G., Fenoglio D., M. Setti, Brenci S., Villa R., Pontali E., A. Kunkl, Indiveri F., Puppo F. "Generation of CD4 + lines specific for Pneumocystis carinii and Candida albicans obtained from HIV + patients. Meaning of the coexpression of IFN-? and IL-4 ". He is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals. We appreciate Dr. Giuseppe Murdaca for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Alexandr Sember from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. His main research interests are: sex chromosomes, phylogenetic context; use of laser microdissection, and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) methods in (not only) fish cytotaxonomy. We appreciate Dr. Alexandr Sember for his participation and support.