Akila Sridhar obtained her Ph.D from the University of Aberdeen, UK (funded by Cancer Research UK), has a further three years postdoctoral experience as an EMBO Long-term Fellow at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal. Her interests cover molecular genetics, cellular biology, biochemistry, developmental biology and telomere biology. After over eleven years of research experience, mainly as a molecular biologist, working with different model systems, she joined the BMC Series as a Locum Editor in September 2018. She has been the Editor of BMC Biotechnology since February 2019 and is based in Springer Nature’s London office.

Eleanor Harding (Ellie) completed her BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience with Psychology (BioBusiness) before moving onto postgraduate study. Ellie undertook an Applied Psychology MSc and a Masters of Public Health, where she focused her research on resilience promotion and understanding of common mental health problems within allied health professionals. Ellie has previously worked in a range health and social care settings and now organises national events for the Nightline Association. She started as an Assistant Editor with the BMC Series in January 2019, and became the Assistant Editor of BMC Biotechnology in March 2019. She is based in Springer Nature’s London office.