Biomicrofluidics Welcomes new Associate Editor Jianhua Qin

In recognition of our continued readership and authorship growth in the Asia-Pacific region and our ongoing strive to further improve the journal, we have appointed Professor Jianhua Qin as a new Associate Editor to the journal. Professor Qin, who has previously served on our Editorial Board, is currently the Director of the Microfluidics Research Center at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and plays a prominent leading role in microfluidics in the region. Her research which interfaces technology, biology, and medicine is widely respected within the community and currently encompasses the development of miniaturized tools to aid the study of cancer biology, tissue vascularization, and stem cells in addition to the design of new diagnostic, therapeutic, and high throughput screening strategies at the cellular and organism level. Of particular significance is her efforts to use microfluidics to understand cell interactions and the interplay between different cell types within the tumor milieu by recreating its microenvironment in vitro. In addition, Professor Qin's work is also aimed at investigating the effect of mechanical forces and the role of various combinatorial factors in the regulation of stem cell differentiation and lineage commitment.