Finalists

Frontiers is thrilled to recognize ground-breaking Research Topic finalists for the 2017 Spotlight Award:

Augmentation of brain function: facts, fiction and controversy

Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, edited by Manuel Fernando Casanova, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, USA; Mikhail Lebedev, Duke University, USA; Ioan Opris, University of Miami School of Medicine, USA.

At-the-Crossroads-physics_Research-Topic_Frontiers_Spotlight-Award.png — At the Crossroads: Lessons and Challenges in Computational Social Science

At the Crossroads: Lessons and Challenges in Computational Social Science, published in Frontiers in Physics, edited by Javier Borge-Holthoefer, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Spain; Yamir Moreno, University of Zaragoza, Spain; Taha Yasseri, University of Oxford, UK

Anaerobic digestion

Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science, edited by Gavin Collins, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland; Eric D. van Hullebusch, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education,Netherlands; Giovanni Esposito, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy; Cynthia Carliell-Marquet, University of Birmingham, UK; Fernando G. Fermoso, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain

Biotrophic plant-microbe interactions

Published in Frontiers in Plant Science, edited by Ralph Panstruga, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; Pietro Daniele Spanu, Imperial College London, UK

spotlight-policy-marine-science-save-the-oceans-bridging-the-gap_Research-Topic_Frontiers_Spotlight-Award.png — Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems

Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, edited by Angel Borja, AZTI Pasaia, Spain; Michael Elliott, University of Hull, UK; Maria C Uyarra, AZTI Tecnalia, Spain; Jacob Carstensen, Aarhus University, Denmark; Marianna Mea, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

Charged Particles in Oncology

Published in Frontiers in Oncology, edited by Marco Durante, TIFPA INFN, Italy; Francis A Cucinotta, University of Nevada, USA; Jay Steven Loeffler, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Video-games-cognitive-exercise_Research-Topic_Frontiers_Spotlight-Award.png — Cognitive and Brain Plasticity Induced by Physical Exercise, Cognitive Training, Video Games and Combined Interventions

Published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, edited by Soledad Ballesteros, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain; Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany; Louis Bherer, Université de Montréal, Canada

Microbiome_Research-Topic_Frontiers_Spotlight-Award.png — Microbiome interplay and control

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology, edited by Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Medical University of Graz, Austria; Gabriele Berg, Graz University of Technology, Austria; Martin Grube, University of Graz, Austria

Motor skills and their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development

Published in Frontiers in Psychology, edited by Petra Hauf, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada; Klaus Libertus, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-relative SUMO in DNA damage response

Published in Frontiers in Genetics, edited by Ivan Dikic, Goethe Business School, Germany; Kristijan Ramadan, University of Oxford, UK