We welcome Dr. Eric M. Bluman from Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Bluman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has extensive experience in orthopaedic surgery, complex reconstruction of foot and ankle deformity, cartilage transplantation, allograft ligament reconstruction, and bone grafting. We are grateful to Dr. Bluman for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Miriana d'Alessandro from University of Siena, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. d'Alessandro is a renowned scholar who has extensive experience in pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, bronchoalveolar lavage, immunology, respiratory diseases, flow cytometry, extracellular vesicles. We are grateful to Dr. d'Alessandro for her participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Sotiria Palioura from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Palioura is a renowned scholar who has extensive experience in cornea transplantation, cataract surgery, refractive surgery, management of ocular surface tumors and inflammatory diseases. We are grateful to Dr. Palioura for her participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Gaetano Isola from University of Catania, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Isola is an Associate Professor of Periodontology at the University of Catania. He has extensive experience in periodontal disease, oral medicine, oral biology. We are grateful to Prof. Isola for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Jeffrey J. Pu from the Harvard Medical School, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Pu is an Associate Professor of Medicine. He has extensive experience in hematopoietic mechanism of hematological malignant disease progression, stem cell biology, biomarker translational research, cellular therapy, early phase clinical trials, and HCTT outcome-research. We are grateful to Dr. Pu for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Clotilde Castaldo from University of Naples Federico II, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Castaldo is a Full Professor of the Department of Public Health at University of Naples Federico II. She has extensive experience in adult stem cells, iPSCs, 3D cell culture, decellularization, cardiac tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. We are grateful to Dr. Castaldo for her participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Luca Testarelli from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Testarelli is an Associate Professor of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences at the Sapienza University of Rome. He has extensive experience in endodontics, oral surgery, 3D in dentistry, implantology, dental materials. We are grateful to Dr. Testarelli for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Christopher Bibbo from Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Bibbo is the Head of Foot and Ankle Surgery and the Assistant Director of the Foot and Ankle Deformity Correction and Orthoplastics Fellowship at the International Center for Limb Lengthening. He has extensive experience in foot and ankle treatment, foot and ankle sports medicine, plastic reconstructive & microsurgery, peripheral nerve reconstruction, orthopedic trauma and musculoskeletal infections. We are grateful to Dr. Bibbo for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. James F. Thornton from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Thornton is a Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and is the holder of the Ellen Hecht Chair in tissue transplantation. He has extensive experience in skin, plastic surgery, Mohs reconstruction, reconstructive breast surgery, head and neck reconstruction, upper and lower extremity reconstruction, abdominal wall reconstruction. We are grateful to Prof. Thornton for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Antonino Maniaci from Kore University of Enna, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Maniaci is a renowned scholar who has extensive experience in rhinology, OSAS, laryngology, otolaryngology, salivary gland, head and neck, ENT surgery. We are grateful to Dr. Maniaci for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Anastasiia V. Bondarenko from International European University, Ukraine, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Bondarenko is the Head of the Department of Pediatrics, Immunology, Infectious and Rare Diseases at International European University. She has extensive experience in primary immunodeficiencies, infectious diseases, immunology of infectious diseases, vaccines, immunoprophylaxis. We are grateful to Prof. Bondarenko for her participation and support.

It is our pleasure to announce that LIDSEN has joined the ORCID community. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), a global, not-for-profit organization, provides a free, unique, and persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD), which can automatically link researchers to their own contributions, so as to disambiguate researchers from one another. Authors who publish with OBM Transplantation are greatly encouraged to register for a unique iD to ensure proper attribution.

We welcome Prof. Maurizio Salvadori from Careggi University Hospital, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Salvadori is a Professor, Professor, Department of Renal Transplantation, Careggi University Hospital, viale Pieraccini 18, 50139 Florence, Italy. Prof. Salvadori has extensive experience in kidney transplantation, transplantation, clinical nephrology, chronic renal failure, immunology, infectious diseases, and antibody-mediated rejection. We are grateful to Prof. Salvadori for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Tatsuya Kin from University of Alberta, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Kin is the Director, Clinical Islet Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, 112 Street & 87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada. Dr. Kin has extensive experience in islet isolation, islet transplantation, organ preservation, organ donation, transplantation, and diabetes. We are grateful to Dr. Kin for his participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Luca Brazzi from University of Turin, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Brazzi is a Professor, Chief, Director, Department of Surgical Science, University of Turin, University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Turin, Italy. Prof. Brazzi has extensive experience in anaesthesiology, transplant anaesthesiology, anaesthetics, and preservation of donor organs. We are grateful to Prof. Brazzi for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Nidhi Sharma from Ohio State University, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Sharma is from Division of Hematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. Dr. Sharma’s research interest is in the field of stem cell transplantation (autologous and allogenic), and graft vs host disease (GVHD). We are grateful to Dr. Sharma for the participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Marina Moguilevitch from Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Moguilevitch is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Director of Transplant Anesthesia Service, Divsion of Transplant Anesthesiolgy, Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. She has extensive experience in anesthesiology, transplant anesthesiology, and liver transplantation. We are grateful to Prof. Moguilevitch for her participation and support.

We welcome Prof. Malcolm Voyce from Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Voyce is a Professor of Law, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 Australia. He has extensive experience in property law and succession concerning the privatisation of public property, geographical indications, intellectual property rights, social welfare, family farm inheritance and organ transplants, law and religion, and Buddhism and Islam. We are grateful to Prof. Voyce for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Maricar Malinis from Yale School of Medicine, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Malinis is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery (Transplant), Medical Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. She has extensive experience in aging, CMV, fungal infections, immunocompromised host and transplant infectious diseases. We are grateful to Dr. Malinis for her participation and support.

We welcome Professor Paolo Muiesan from Queen Elizabeth & Birmingham Children's Hospitals, USA, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Professor Muiesan is the Professor of HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation, Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth & Birmingham Children's Hospitals, Mindelsonway, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom. He has extensive experience in adult and paediatric liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, liver tumors, general surgery, vascular surgery, laparoscopic liver surgery, liver resections for cholangiocarcinoma, parenchymal sparing central resections, ALPPS and ex-vivo resections. We are grateful to Prof. Muiesan for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Mohammed Moghadasian from University of Manitoba, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Professor Moghadasian is the Professor of Nutrition, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has extensive experience in diet, lipoprotein metabolism, coronary artery disease, diet-drug interaction, and diets and transplantation. We are grateful to Prof. Moghadasian for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Esma S. Yolcu to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Yolcu is an Associate Professor at Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, USA. Her main research interests are immunotherapy, ProtEx™ technology, gene therapy, immunomodulation, tolerance, host-versus-graft (HVG) and graft-versus-host (GVH). We are grateful to Dr. Yolcu for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Professor Haval Shirwan from University of Louisville, USA, to lead the journal OBM Transplantation as the Editor-in-Chief. Professor Shirwan is an internationally renowned immunologist recognized for his pioneering approach to generate novel immunological ligands and their transient and positional display on biologic and nonbiologic surfaces for localized immunomodulation with applications to transplantation, autoimmunity, and cancer immunoprevention and immunotherapy. We appreciate Professor Haval Shirwan for his participation and support. 

We welcome Professor Mureo Kasahara from National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Prof. Kasahara is the Director, Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. He has extensive clinical experience in the kidney transplantation, liver transplantation, liver surgery, pediatric organ transplantation, liver diseases and immunology, transplant immunology, transplant medicine and transplant surgery. We are grateful to Prof. Kasahara for his participation and support. 

We welcome Associate Professor Chirag S. Desai to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Desai is an Associate Professor at Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. His main research interests are liver transplantation, intestinal and multivisceral transplantation, liver and pancreatobiliary disorders, chronic pancreatitis and autologous islet cell transplantation. We are grateful to Dr. Desai for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Sherif Beniameen Mossad to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Mossad is a staff physician in the Department of Infectious Disease, Respiratory Institute, and Transplantation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. His main research interests are transplant infectious disease, influenza and common cold. We are grateful to Dr. Mossad for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor René Adam to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Adam is a Professor and Head Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer and Transplantation, Centre Hepato-Biliaire, Hopital Paul-Brousse, 94804 Villejuif, France. His main research interests are surgery of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas, hepatic transplantation, liver diseases, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatobiliary surgery, and liver transplantation. We are grateful to Dr. Adam for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Yasuhiko Sugawara to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Sugawara is a Professor at Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan. His main research interests are hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation. We are grateful to Dr. Sugawara for his participation and support.

We welcome Professor Taizo Hibi to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Hibi is a Professor and Chairman at the Department of Transplantation and Pediatric Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan. His main research interests are surgical oncology, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, living donor liver transplantation, intestinal/multivisceral transplantation, and transplant/tumor immunology. We are grateful to Dr. Hibi for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Kåre I. Birkeland to join the Editorial Board of OBM Transplantation. Dr. Birkeland is a Professor at the Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. His main research interests are diabetes, clinical and mechanistic studies; insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome; laboratory endocrinology; and islet and pancreas transplantation. We are grateful to Dr. Birkeland for his participation and support.