Editor Profile: Manuela Baccarini.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Manuela Baccarini is Professor of Cell Signaling at the University of Vienna, Coordinator of the International PhD Program 'Signaling Mechanisms in Cellular Homeostasis' and Director of the Vienna BioCenter PhD Program, a graduate school of the University and Medical University of Vienna in collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Pathology and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Medical Biotechnology and Gregor Mendel Institute, as well as EMBO member and corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. She has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2016.