**Meet the editors**

Dr. Steven W. Kerrigan is a pharmacologist with a PhD in Infection of the Cardiovascular System, specifically focusing on characterising platelet-bacterial interactions at the molecular level. Currently, Dr. Kerrigan is the head of the Cardiovascular Infection Group in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is an associate editor of several international journals specialized in host

infection. Dr. Kerrigan has published many papers in high impact journals which make a significant contribution to our understanding of blood borne infection.

Prof. Niamh Moran is a biochemical pharmacologist who has devoted much of her research career to the understanding of the molecular events underlying platelet activation. She has developed a number of high throughput assays for assessing platelet function that can identify platelet activation in clinical samples. The work of her laboratory has demonstrated independent

regulation of platelet activation events in homeostasis and haemostasis, in health and disease.
