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90 days from submission to acceptance
29 days from acceptance to publication

Biological engineering is an emerging discipline that encompasses engineering theory and practice connected to and derived from the science of biology, just as mechanical engineering and electrical engineering are rooted in physics and chemical engineering in chemistry. Topical areas include, but are not limited to:
Synthetic biology and cellular design
Biomolecular, cellular and tissue engineering
Bioproduction and metabolic engineering
Biosensors
Ecological and environmental engineering
Biological engineering education and the biodesign process

As the official journal of the Institute of Biological Engineering, Journal of Biological Engineering provides a home for all research on the continuum of biological information science, molecules and cells, product formation, wastes and remediation, and educational advances in curriculum content and pedagogy at the undergraduate and graduate-levels.
Manuscripts should explore commonalities with other fields of application by providing some discussion of the broader context of the work and how it connects to other areas within the field.

Research
Letter to the Editor
Book Review
Meeting report
Methodology
Review

Editors-in-Chief
Prof Raj R Rao, University of Arkansas, USA 
Prof Jeong-Yeol Yoon, The University of Arizona, USA 

Founding Editor-in-Chief
Prof Mark Riley, University of Nebraska, USA
Past Editor-in-Chief
Prof Mark Eiteman, University of Georgia, USA
Regional Editors
Prof Alfonso Jaramillo, University of Warwick, UK 
Prof Sang Yup Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea 

Associate Editors 
Prof Ke Cheng, North Carolina State University, USA
Prof Marko Dolinar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 
Prof Gyoo Yeol Jung, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea  
Prof Michael Ladisch, Purdue University, USA
Prof Min Lee, University of California, Los Angeles, USA 
Prof Iram Mondaca Fernandez, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico
Prof ZhiYong Qian, Sichuan University, China  
Prof Jixun Zhan, Utah State University, USA  

Editorial Board
Prof Kaustubh Bhalerao, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA 
Prof Gary Bowlin, University of Memphis, USA 
Prof Wilfred Chen, University of Delaware, USA 
Prof Hyun Jung Chung, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea  
Prof Paul Freemont, Imperial College London, UK
Prof Sharon Gerecht, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Prof Man Bock Gu, Korea University, South Korea 
Prof Joseph Irudayaraj, Purdue University, USA 
Prof Katy Kao, Texas A&M University, USA 
Prof Jin-Woo Kim, University of Arkansas, USA 
Prof Yeu-Chun Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea 
Prof Akihiko Kondo, Kobe University, Japan 
Prof Subhas C Kundu, University of Minho, Portugal 
Prof Gaetan Laroche, University of Laval, Canada  
Prof Mahitosh Mandal, Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur, India
Prof John March, Cornell University, USA
Prof Robert Mitchell,  Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Prof Zivko L Nikolov, Texas A&M University, USA 
Prof Tom Richard, Penn State University, USA
Prof Beatrix Suss, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Prof Maryam Tabrizian, McGill University, Canada 
Prof Yong Tao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 
Prof Thomas Webster, Northeastern University, USA 
Prof Phillip C Wright, Newcastle University, UK 
Prof Hu Yang, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Prof Liju Yang, North Carolina Central University, USA 
Prof Zhilian Yue, University of Wollongong, Australia 
Prof An-Ping Zeng, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany