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.

We welcome Dr. Domenico Coviello from the Galliera Hospital, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Coviello is a renowned medical geneticist, who mainly focuses on Mendelian human genetic diseases both in cytogenetic and molecular genetics fields, etc. We are grateful to Dr. Coviello for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Ute Moog from the Heidelberg University, Germany, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Moog is a renowned scholar, specializing in genetics, pediatrics, dysmorphology, intellectual disability, and neurocutaneous disorders. We are grateful to Dr. Moog for her participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Stéphane Viville from the LABORATOIRE DE DIAGNOSTIC GENETIQUE, France, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Viville is a renowned expert, specializing in human genetics of infertility, male and female infertility, and human gametogenesis, etc. We are grateful to Dr. Viville for his participation and support.

We welcome Dr. Mark Stoneking from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and University of Leipzig, Germany, to join the Editorial Board of OBM Genetics. Dr. Stoneking is a renowned geneticist, specializing in the field of human evolution, especially the genetic evolution, origin and dispersal of modern humans. We are grateful to Dr. Stoneking for his participation and support.