ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“Science does not know its debt to imagination.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are grateful to the University of Texas Medical Branch, the University of 
unster, and the University of California at San Diego for institutional supportin our research and educational endeavors, including this book. Likewise, we thank the Jeanne Kempner Foundation and the US funding agencies, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health for their continual support in the advancement of science. This book could not have been completed without the help of all the contributors who have dedicated their expertise, time, and efforts to this extensive update and indispensable resource for the community—we are greatly indebted to them. Additionally, we would like to thank Wolfgang Bluhm, Kristine Briedis, Naomi Cotton, Lynn Fink, Apostol Gramada, Maria Kontoyianni, Kannan Natarajan, Julia Ponomarenko, Peter Rose, Wayne Townsend-Merino, Ruben Valas, Stella Veretnik, Lei Xie, Song Yang, and Zhanyang Zhu for their assistance and support in reviewing the materials for this book. The successful publication of this edition could not have been achieved without the help and patience of Andrea Baier, Tiffany Williams, and Thomas Moore at Wiley-Blackwell.
On a more personal note, JG would like to thank her family, friends, colleagues and mentors for their continued support in taking ...
