**About the Editor**

**Andrew B. Goryachev** is a computational cell biologist and biophysicist whose work lies at the interface of experimental biology and theory. He is a Professor at the Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh. In close collaboration with leading cell and developmental biologists worldwide, his group builds biophysical models of cellular morphogenesis and pattern formation. His main interest is the elucidation of the biophysical mechanisms of symmetry breaking in cells. Andrew is known for his work on the pattern-forming role of small GTPases, cell polarity and the morphogenesis of yeast cells.

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