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New Editorial Board Members
BJ Editor wins the Rutherford Medal
BJ Vice-Chair to head MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit
2010 Impact Factor remains above 5!
Biochemical Society appoints new Publishing Head
Spotlight on Peter Shepherd
New Deputy Chair for BJ Metabolism
Biochemical Journal opens an Editorial Office in China
New Deputy Chair for BJ Gene
BJ Editor of the Year
BJ Editor wins ICREA Academy Award
F1000 evaluations - new free service for readers
Eureka Moments video interviews begin
BJ Editor named Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Science Director of the Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute
BJ Editor selected for EMBO Young Investigator Programme
See who has cited a paper at a glance - new!

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New Editorial Board Members

We are pleased to announce the recent appointment of the following Editor(s) to the Board:

Gerry Melino (Leicester, U.K.)
Masato Okada (Osaka, Japan)
Reuben J. Shaw (La Jolla, U.S.A.)
Sarah Teichmann (Cambridge, U.K.)

BJ Editor wins the Rutherford Medal

New Zealand's top science and technology honour, the Rutherford Medal, has been awarded to a woman for the first time. Professor Christine Winterbourn has been awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand medal at the recent Research Honours celebration event in Wellington.

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BJ Vice-Chair to head MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit

Professor Dario Alessi, the Vice-Chair for Europe of the Biochemical Journal, has been appointed as the next Director of the Medical Research Council's (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee. He will take over from the current Director, Sir Philip Cohen, in April 2012.

Further information on this appointment

2010 Impact Factor remains above 5!

The new Impact Factor for the Biochemical Journal is 5.016 in the 2010 JCR released by ISI in June.

Peter Shepherd, Chair of the Editorial Board, said "We are delighted with the latest ISI data for the journal, which reinforce the continued relevance of the journal to the cellular and molecular life sciences community."

"Since the Impact Factor first broke the 5 bar in June 2010 (JCR 2009), the journal has seen a significant increase in submissions of high-quality papers in all nine Knowledge Environments and we expect this trend will be maintained over the coming months as we continue to make the publishing process easier for authors."

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Biochemical Society appoints new Publishing Head

The Biochemical Society today announced the appointment of Caroline Black as the new Managing Director of their publishing division, Portland Press Limited. Caroline, who will also be the Group Head of Publishing for the Society, has had a lifetime's experience in STM (science, technology and medicine) publishing, having previously worked for the British Institute of Radiology, Thomson Science, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Blackwell Publishing and Mac Keith Press.

Find out more about this new appointment on Biochemist E-volution

Spotlight on Peter Shepherd

Take a look at our spotlight on the Chair of the Biochemical Journal Editorial Board, Peter Shepherd. Peter talks about his life and work and the benefits of publishing in the Biochemical Journal.

New Deputy Chair for BJ Metabolism

BJ Metabolism welcomes Professor David Carling (London), who has joined Dr Laurie Goodyear (Boston) as a Deputy Chair.

Biochemical Journal opens an Editorial Office in China

Officially opened today (4th May 2011) at the prestigious and internationally renowned Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, the Biochemical Journal is very honoured to have a presence in China and now offers authors in China the opportunity to submit their papers directly to the Beijing office in order to receive a faster, more supportive service.

New Deputy Chair for BJ Gene

BJ Gene welcomes Dr Javier Caceres (Edinburgh), who has joined Stefan Roberts (Buffalo, NY) as a Deputy Chair.

BJ Editor of the Year

At the recent 2011 Editorial Board Meeting, Professor Juan Bolanos (University of Salamanca, Spain) was awarded the Editor of the Year trophy for handling the most papers in 2010. This is the third year in succession that Professor Bolanos has received this award.

BJ Editor wins ICREA Academy Award

Professor Marta Cascante (University of Barcelona) has been named as one of the winners of the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) awards for excellence in research. She will receive her award at a ceremony to be held at the University of Barcelona on 25 March.

F1000 evaluations - new free service for readers

We have reached an agreement with F1000 to make available each month three evaluations of articles from the Biochemical Journal from the F1000 website. These evaluations help to put the articles in context and provide opinion and perspective from leading researchers working in the field. In addition, we will include the F1000 Factor beside articles that have been evaluated by F1000 from the Biochemical Journal - highlighting how many of the Journal's articles have been selected and rated as important by the F1000 service.

Eureka Moments video interviews begin

As part of the Biochemical Society's Centenary celebrations, a number of the Society's Honorary members have been asked to talk about the important moments in their careers and the future of the discipline.

The first interview released today is 'Eureka Moments: The key that unlocked calcium' in which Professor Sir Michael Berridge talks to Professor Robin Irvine about his 'Eureka Moment' in calcium signalling and his passion for trying to find the solution to interesting problems.

Watch the video interview at http://www.biochemistry.org/Centenary/EurekaMoments or take a behind the scenes look at the production on the Society's Flickr photostream

BJ Editor named Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Science Director of the Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute

Sharon Stack has been named Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Science Director of the Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute and professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. More details

BJ Editor selected for EMBO Young Investigator Programme

David Komander (MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Cambridge) has been selected for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. These outstanding young group leaders are selected annually by EMBO members for their high research standards.

See who has cited a paper at a glance - new!

Papers now provide links to citing papers through the CrossRef linking service

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