PLOS Biology at ASCB 2013: Open for Cell Biology

At PLOS Biology, we strongly believe that we are open for a reason: our aim is to publish high quality research in areas of broad significance, ensuring that it reaches the widest possible audience without any barriers to access. Cell biology is an area of research that we believe should be as openly available as possible by being published in an open access, CC-BY journal, with associated data being mineable and reusable.

PLOS Biology publishes cell biology research of exceptional significance, originality, and relevance that informs research in its field and influences thinking beyond. We encourage you to consider PLOS Biology as a high visibility outlet for your future research. We are interested in all areas of cell biology. To get a taste of the research in cell biology that we have recently published, check out the links below to access the latest research in this field.

I will be attending the 2013 American Society of Cell Biology annual meeting in New Orleans next week together with my colleagues from PLOS ONE, and while there I very much look forward to meeting with our Academic Editors, authors, and reviewers in the cell biology research community.

If you are also attending the meeting and would like to find out more about how to publish in an Open Access journal, please visit us at the PLOS booth, number 211, where you can meet me and my PLOS colleagues. PLOS Biology is organizing a ‘meet the editor’ session on Monday, December 16, from 12-1pm – so do come by then. Alternatively, you can email me at plosbiology[at]staging.plos.org to arrange a time to chat.

Looking forward to meeting you in New Orleans!

If you are interested in cell biology, you might want to read the following research articles – all Open Access and available to read to all:

The Circadian Clock Coordinates Ribosome Biogenesis. Céline Jouffe, Gaspard Cretenet, Laura Symul, Eva Martin, Florian Atger, et al. (2013)

Molecular Remodeling of Tip Links Underlies Mechanosensory Regeneration in Auditory Hair Cells. Artur Indzhykulian, Ruben Stepanyan, Anastasila Nelina, Kateri Spinelli, Zubair Ahmed, et al. (2013)

A Meiosis-Specific Form of the APC/C Promotes the Oocyte-to-Embryo Transition by Decreasing Levels of the Polo Kinase Inhibitor Matrimony. Zachary Whitfield, Jennifer Chisholm, R. Scott Hawley, Terry Orr-Weaver (2013)

Dynactin Subunit p150pGlued Is a Neuron-Specific Anti-Catastrophe Factor. Jacob Lazarus, Armen Moughamian, Mariko Tokito, Erika Holzbaur (2013)

Partial Inhibition of Adipose Tissue Lipolysis Improves Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Sensitivity Without Alteration of Fat Mass. Amandine Girousse, Geneviève Tavernier, Carine Valle, Cedric Moro, Niklas Mejhert, et al. (2013)

Strigolactone Can Promote or Inhibit Shoot Branching by Triggering Rapid Depletion of the Auxin Efflux Protein PIN1 from the Plasma Membrane. Naoki Shinohara, Catherine Taylor, Ottoline Leyser (2013)

Molecular Composition and Ultrastructure of the Caveolar Coat Complex. Alexander Ludwig, Gillian Howard, Carolina Mendoza-Topaz, Thomas Deerinck, et al. (2013)

HDAC4 Reduction: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Target Cytoplasmic Huntingtin and Ameliorate Neurodegeneration. Michal Mielcarek, Christian Landles, Andreas Weiss, Amyaouch Bradaia, et al. (2013)

Anthranilate Fluorescence Marks a Calcium-Propagated Necrotic Wave That Promotes Organismal Death in C. elegans. Cassandra Coburn, Erik Allman, Parag Mahanti, Alexandre Benedetto, et al. (2013)

Front Matter

No Question about Exciting Questions in Cell Biology. Tom Pollard (2013).

Deducing Protein Function By Forensic Integrative Cell Biology. Bill Earnshaw (2013). In press.