**Meet the editors**

Professor Francisco Marco-Jiménez holds an Agronomy Engineer degree (2003) and a PhD degree (2007) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), where he is currently working as Professor of Animal Physiology and Biotechnology of Reproduction in the Institute for Animal Science and Technology. His research interests are mainly related in reproductive biology and technolo-

gy specifically in embryo and gamete cryopreservation.

Dr. Hülya Akdemir holds a BS degree in Biology from the Istanbul University (Turkey) and MSc and PhD degrees from Gebze Technical University (Turkey), where she is currently working as a researcher. Her research interests are mainly related to different aspects of plant biotechnology including micropropagation and cryopreservation of ornamental and woody plants, assess-

ment of genetic integrity in the plants by DNA-based molecular markers, development of genetic transformation techniques, as well as gene expression profiling of cell wall–related genes.
