Targeted Proteomics webinar: Revolutionizing protein analysis in cellular pathways andbiomarket research
THIS EVENT IS NOW ARCHIVED AND AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
Speakers:
Dr. Steven A. Carr, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Prof. Ruedi Aebersold, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich
Dr. Christie Hunter, Applied Biosystems/MDS Analytical Technologies
Brought to you by Journal of Proteomics.in association with Applied Biosystems and MDS Analytical Technologies.
News & Views
Happy bicentennial, electrophoresis! A short survey of electrophoresis and a celebration of its bicentennial, with some remarkable mementos and a list of books that shaped the field.
Standards for Reporting Enzymology Data (STRENDA) Archives in Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as BBRC and all sections of BBA, now follow the recommendations of the STRENDA (Standards for Reporting Enzymology Data) Commission of the Beilstein-Institut for the reporting of kinetic and equilibrium binding data. Detailed guidelines can be found at (http://www.strenda.org/documents.html) or in this pdf file.
We are happy to announce the first issue of the EuPA bulletin, the official newsletter of the European Proteomics Association, affiliated to Journal of Proteomics. A bi-monthly online publication edited by the EuPA Conference and Communication Committee. Through short articles it aims at being the vehicle for the dissemination of the EuPA and the different Proteomics National Society activities and initiatives, its committees, and representatives. It also expects to be a forum for discussion and ideas exchange on all areas of proteomics. It may contain information on "who is who in proteomics" (research groups, scientists), books, papers, databases, and announcements of meetings, courses, thesis and job offers.
Elsevier Honored as "The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences"
BBA – Biomembranes is happy to announce that Professor Yechiel Shai has been found willing to join as Executive Editor of BBA Biomembranes, starting July 1st replacing Jean-Marie Ruysschaert, whose contribution is hereby greatly acknowledged and will now step down.
Journal of Proteomics is now encouraging authors to submit Graphical Abstracts. You can find the first examples in the Articles in Press section for this journal.
The abstract should summarize the contents of the paper in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership. Carefully drawn figures that serve to illustrate the theme of the paper are desired.
BBA - Proteins and Proteomics has revised its Aims & Scope statement to more explicitly welcome manuscript submissions in the growing area of PROTEIN BIOINFORMATICS. Please find the revised scope statement below:
BBA's Proteins and Proteomics section covers protein structure conformation and dynamics, protein folding, protein-ligand interactions, enzyme mechanisms, models and kinetics, protein physical properties and spectroscopy, proteomics, and bioinformatics analyses of protein structure, protein function, or protein regulation.
Concise and comprehensive reviews of recent developments are considered for publication. However, authors are strongly advised to consult one of the Executive Editors before starting a review.
BBA has added new text to its Guide to Authors to deal with figure manipulation. The same text is now implemented company-wide to include all journals: . See also ORI's Forensic Tools for Quick Examination of Scientific Images and Plagiarism for more on this subject.
BBA voted Among 100 Most Influential Journals in Past Century by the Special Libraries Association (SLA):
The SLA recently announced that BBA is one of the 100 Most Influential Journals in Biology and Medicine over the last 100 Years as voted by the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association. on the Occasion of its Centennial. Please see http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/publications/resources/dbio100.html for a list of the top 100 Journals. Only two other journals, both US society journals, in the field of general biochemistry were so recognized. Since the first issue in 1947, BBA has strived to publish scientifically significant papers. We are very pleased to see that this has been recognized by the Special Library Association on its 100th birthday.
BBA special issue featuring its Executive Editors:
BBA thought it would be a unique idea to have a Special Issue that would feature the Executive Editors of BBA who are outstanding scientists in their respective fields. We decided that this Special Issue would best fit into the General Section of BBA since the papers in that section are targeted to a broader scientific readership. Photos and short biographies of the BBA Executive Editors can be found in one of the introductions - see http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.05.006. As you will see, our Executive Editors come from Asia, North America, and Europe attesting to the international perspective of BBA. This is also reflected in the Editorial Boards of each section of BBA.
A series of findings made by several researchers during a two-decade period between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s raised the suspicion that the lysosome might not be the organelle that degrades the bulk of cellular proteins under basal conditions.
BBRC: You indicated several times, during your lectures and in your writings, that you have a warm spot in your heart for Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Why?
Quantitative proteomics and absolute determination of proteins are topics of fast growing interest, since only the quantity of proteins or changes in their abundance reflect the status and extent of changes of a given biological system.
Sir Michael Berridge is an Emeritus Babraham Fellow at The Babraham Institute. He received his Ph.D. in insect physiology at the University of Cambridge in 1964 and completed his post-doctoral studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He worked at the Unit of Insect Neurophysiology and Pharmacology in Cambridge and then at The Babraham Institute. He used biochemical and physiological tools to uncover the role of the second messenger inositol trisphosphate (IP3) in calcium signalling.
Dr. Chikashi Toyoshima is Professor at the Department of Structural Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences of the University of Tokyo, Japan. He received his PhD degree from the Physics Department at the University of Tokyo in 1983. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, UK, before he assumed a position as Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1990. In 1994 he accepted his current position at the University of Tokyo, Japan. In 2005 he was elected as Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and in 2007 he was awarded the Hitchcock Professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. His research focuses on the structural determination of membrane-bound ion pumps, especially the calcium pump from sarcoplasmic reticulum, using Xray crystallography and molecular dynamics simulation.
Guest editors: Bernd Ludwig, Hartmut Michel and Ulrich Brandt
“Molecular Bioenergetics” has been our focus since 1997 when around 20 research groups in Frankfurt am Main, mostly from Goethe University and the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt gathered to address the molecular basis of photosynthesis, of respiration under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, and of coupled substrate or ion transport. Building on earlier successful initiatives in membrane protein research, the late Achim Kröger was the initiator and first speaker of this Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) that was generously funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft over a period of 12 years. During this time, numerous fruitful interactions across department and discipline boundaries have created a unique and highly productive research environment. This resulted in a number of achievements greatly appreciated by the bioenergetics community and made Frankfurt an internationally recognized and leading center in the field of molecular bioenergetics.
Instead of reflecting on our research in a closing symposium, we gladly take the opportunity to present a series of mostly review-type papers in BBA-Bioenergetics to give a comprehensive account of more than a decade of active and successful research in our field.
BBA Gene Regulatory Mechanisms - title change and call for submissions:
Given the changing landscape of the field, the emphasis of BBA Gene Structure and Expression has been redirected to BBA Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. This section now includes reports that describe novel insights into mechanisms of transcriptional, post-transcriptional and translational gene regulation. Special emphasis will be placed on papers that identify epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation, including chromatin structure and its modification or remodeling. This section will also encompass mechanistic studies of regulatory proteins and protein complexes; regulatory or mechanistic aspects of RNA processing; regulation of expression by small RNAs; genomic analysis of gene expression patterns; and modeling of gene regulatory networks. Papers describing gene promoters, enhancers, silencers or other regulatory DNA regions will be accepted only if they present significant functional studies that illuminate novel features of gene regulatory mechanisms. We encourage scientists exploring the many facets of gene regulatory mechanisms to consider this refocused and revitalized section of BBA. We wholeheartedly welcome you to submit your latest research articles to BBA Gene Regulatory Mechanisms as an appropriate outlet for publication of exciting, innovative and significant advances. To submit, visit: http://ees.elsevier.com/bbagrm/
Standards for Reporting Enzymology Data (STRENDA)
2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
New Executive Editor 
BBA Gene Regulatory Mechanisms - title change and call for submissions:
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