Meet the editors

Dr. Naofumi Shiomi studied the use of recombinant yeast as a researcher at the Laboratory of Production Technology of Kaneka Corporation for 15 years until 1998. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan. He now works as a professor at the School of Human Sciences, Kobe College, Japan, where he teaches applied microbiology, biotechnology, and life science and studies at "Applied Life Science"

laboratories. He has studied bioremediation for 20 years at Kobe College. His recent research has focused on the prevention of obesity and aging.

Anna Savitskaya, a researcher from Russia, graduated from Siberian State University of Sciences and Technologies, Russia. Her field of research is microorganisms, both fungi and bacteria. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Medical Sciences, Niigata University, Japan. Her Ph.D. work investigated the effect of the C-terminal domain on mycobacterial histone-like protein on bacterial life cycle and resistance to treatment. Cur-

rently, Dr. Savitskaya has a postdoc position at the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russia.
