ACS Infectious Diseases has announced its inaugural Early Career Board (ECB). The Microbial Sciences Institute’s Stavroula Hatzios, associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, will join a group of 22 young researchers from across the globe representing broad expertise in the field of infectious diseases. The group will work closely with the Editor-in-Chief to contribute to the vision of maintaining the integrity of the journal and appealing to a diverse authorship and readership.
The Hatzios lab studies host–microbe interactions in the gastrointestinal tract by using chemical tools to discover proteins, post-translational modifications, and metabolites that shape cell signaling at the molecular level. Hatzios shared that she hopes her expertise designing chemical approaches to study host–pathogen interactions in vivo will bring a useful perspective to the journal and that she is excited to work toward highlighting content that enhances the accessibility of chemical tools for non-chemists working in infectious disease research.