Future Science Group (FSG) has announced the appointment of Michelle S. Itano as the new Editor-in-Chief for BioTechniques, the International Journal of Life Science Methods. Itano is Assistant Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Microscopy Core at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (NC, USA).
Itano develops and customizes state-of-the-art optical imaging and analysis applications for a wide range of scientific research. She utilizes innovative fluorescence microscopy methods – including super-resolution and simultaneous multi-plane imaging – to investigate how viruses, such as HIV-1, infect cells.
In 2019, she was selected to be a CZI Imaging Scientist. She is also very invested in facilitating collaborations between researchers, software and infrastructure engineers and computing specialists to design and disseminate efficient bioimaging pipelines.
Itano joined the BioTechniques Editorial Board in 2020 and has made invaluable contributions to the journal since. Her new position as Editor-in-Chief begins immediately.
In parallel, BioTechniques will also be launching BioTechniques LEARN on July 19, 2021. Establishing a career in research is difficult – in addition to keeping on top of the latest scientific updates and laboratory tools, early career researchers must navigate a myriad of difficulties including securing permanent job roles and funding, finding a good work—life balance and publishing.
BioTechniques LEARN will seek to provide resources covering all the areas an early career researcher needs to support them in their career. With guidance from a panel of Mentors, BioTechniques LEARN will provide resources including career and mentorship guidance and tips for getting work published (and noticed) – all in addition to how-to guides for the essential methods needed in the lab, and the latest new protocols from the peer-reviewed pages of BioTechniques.
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