A fresh start – but business as usual
A fresh start – but business as usual
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一个新的开始——但一切照常
DOI：
10.1242/jcs.105999
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
M. Way
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作者：
M. Way
It is a new year, a time to make new resolutions and look to the future. It is also a time to thank Fiona Watt who, as Editor-in-Chief for nearly 20 years, worked hard and tirelessly to make the Journal of Cell Science the respected journal it is today. However, we should also not forget everyone else involved with JCS, from the editorial staff to the reviewers who, although not always finding favour with every study, have strived to maintain the quality and impact of the work we publish. Thanks are also owed to the editors who, with help from our outstanding Editorial Board, handle in excess of 100 papers that are submitted to JCS each month, while at the same time running their own research programmes, writing grants and teaching. JCS has been, and always will be, a journal run by active research scientists for scientists. So what of the future? Well for me, it is a time to start writing an odd short editorial or two but, more importantly, it is a time to build on the journal's success. It is an exciting time for cell biology, which in its broadest sense, aims to understand how a cell, the basic unit of life, over time converts the information stored within its genome into form and function. This includes understanding not only the inner workings of individual cells, but also how they respond and react to one another and their immediate environment. Cell biology has come a long way since the 1660s, when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke began to use their microscopes to look at cells. Microscopy still has a central role in what we do, but cell biology today is so much more than just looking. Today's average cell biology group is as likely to tackle their problem from a biochemical, biophysical, computational, developmental, genetic, molecular and/or systems biology perspective, in addition to staring down the eyepiece of an advanced microscope. Indeed, for someone who trained as a protein chemist in the Structural Studies division at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, I never expected I would end up being considered a cell biologist, let alone become the Editor-in-Chief of a cell biology journal! In recent years, spectacular advances in microscopy, combined with computational and image-processing approaches have truly revolutionised the way we can interrogate cellular processes, as well as how cells behave and …
