Dr. Ioana Miruna Balmus is a Researcher in Biology and Molecular Genetics at the Department of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. Her special research interests include aspects of Neurophysiology and Neuroscience: animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders and diseases with neurophysiological components, such as irritable bowel syndrome, animal behavior and Molecular Biology. She is also interested in the molecular aspects of oxidative homeostasis, particularly the effects of oxidative stress on Neurophysiology. Other important aspects of her research include the effects of genetic polymorphisms on Neurophysiology and the ways in which different polymorphic variants of genes influence the phenotypic manifestations of various diseases.