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Introducing the new BioTechniques Editor-in-Chief, Michelle S. Itano
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Introducing the new BioTechniques Editor-in-Chief, Michelle S. Itano
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MICHELLE ITANO: Hi. I am a cellular biophysicist, Assistant Professor of cell biology and physiology, and Director of the Neuroscience Microscopy Core at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in the USA. I received my doctorate degree from the UNC School of Medicine and went on to do postdoctoral work at the Rockefeller University before moving back to UNC. As Director of the Neuroscience Microscopy Core at the UNC Neuroscience Center, I train and consult with investigators to fully address their imaging needs.
MICHELLE ITANO: I've developed and applied advanced microscopy techniques, cell biological applications, and quantitative image analysis to uncover important relationships between proteins, non-coding RNAs, viral RNA genomes, and other building blocks of basic biology. I also help scientists at UNC Chapel Hill and the surrounding area make crucial discoveries about human health and disease. In 2019, I was also selected to be a CZI imaging scientist in recognition of my investment in facilitating collaborations between researchers, software and infrastructure engineers, and computing specialists to design and disseminate efficient bio-imaging pipelines.
MICHELLE ITANO: I'm very excited to be joining BioTechniques in this role, particularly at a time when the life sciences are rapidly evolving. I'm particularly interested in working to ensure that BioTechniques is able to support researchers facing key issues, including inequalities in publishing and biomedical techniques. As our international biomedical community grapples with how to recognize, promote, and support diverse contributors to biomedical research, I believe that journals like BioTechniques hold a critical role in promoting progress in this effort.
MICHELLE ITANO: Many ideas, stories, and strategies were proposed in this year's International Women's Day survey and associated podcast discussion. And I look forward to seeking ways that BioTechniques can further advance and support the effort to diversify and directly address inequalities in the publishing of biomedical techniques.
MICHELLE ITANO: Challenges with big data acquisition and handling. Dealing effectively with increasingly large data sets is one of the critical issues facing many biomedical researchers today. As capabilities for acquiring and analyzing data become more efficient and advanced, communicating these techniques and techniques to handle, organize, analyze and display this data will be critical to biomedical research progress. And journals like BioTechniques are uniquely poised to help address these issues.
MICHELLE ITANO: The growing role of core facilities. Recent years have seen many universities, colleges, and companies create shared facilities with research specialists who are centrally poised to bring state-of-the-art technology and techniques to a broad community of researchers. As the core facility landscape continues to grow and develop, the interaction with these specialists will be critical to ensure that journals like BioTechniques can address critical issues in the field and support core facility managers and directors in training and implementing BioTechniques to the broadest range of researchers.
MICHELLE ITANO: And of course, challenging topics key to my own field. These include the growing trends of incorporating automatic analysis with image acquisition and custom-built software and hardware for neuroimage acquisition and analysis.
MICHELLE ITANO: Overall, I look forward to maintaining the high quality content at BioTechniques and continuing to work with members of the BioTechniques community towards increased rigor and reproducibility in biomedical research. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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