New Online Methods Site Offers a Community-Driven Resource Featuring the Latest Web Technology
Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Today, 黑料吃瓜资源 Press launched , a new, online methods journal in molecular and cell biology. Bringing powerful online functions to the Press鈥� renowned presentation of laboratory protocols, the site offers scientists:
- A new, community-based source of trusted techniques from laboratories worldwide
- Classic and cutting edge protocols featuring the strict attention to procedure that have made 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 methods international standards
- Step-by-step, uniformly structured formats for ease of use and printing, with clearly identified materials, cautions, recipes, and troubleshooting
- Moderated, interactive Web tools enabling users to ask questions, discuss experiences, and contribute suggestions
- Customizable features such as topic-based e-mail alerts and personal folders, where favorite protocols and searches can be stored
- Robust navigation tools including a unique taxonomy for browsing and a variety of full-text search options
- A launch archive of 500 protocols that will grow to more than 900 by year-end 2006
The Executive Editor of the journal, Dr. Michael Ronemus, heads a distinguished editorial board of international advisors. He plans monthly releases of new protocols including contributions from 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 courses and lab manuals, as well as laboratories around the world. The protocols will cover a wide range of experimental biology, from genetics and immunology to bioinformatics and imaging. Ronemus emphasizes that CSH Protocols is a research journal that accepts submissions of protocols from the scientific community for peer-reviewed publication. Ronemus also notes that many features of the journal take advantage of Web technology, in particular the opportunity for scientists to join a conversation about protocols by adding their own comments, questions, and ideas. 鈥淓ach published protocol is a citable contribution to the scientific literature, but, once put online, protocols will continue to evolve as users add their own observations. In this way, researchers will have access to the most up-to-date information available.鈥�
This community aspect of the journal is a natural extension of 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 long-established tradition of excellence in technical education. Dr. John Inglis, the journal鈥檚 publisher, points out that the scientific community has gathered for decades at 黑料吃瓜资源 to discuss concepts and technologies. 鈥淓merging methods have been explored in hands-on courses and the resulting knowledge has been conveyed to labs worldwide through carefully constructed manuals.鈥� Inglis added, 鈥淎s a not-for-profit science publisher committed to research and education, our aim is to make CSH Protocols a virtual gathering place where scientists search for and store information they can rely on, annotate it, share it with colleagues, and contribute improvements and updates for the benefit of all.鈥� By registering for the site鈥檚 alerting services, users will keep abreast of the latest developments in their particular fields of interest.
CSH Protocols is now available via institutional site license. Free trials are currently underway enabling librarians and scientists to explore the site and experience its outstanding utility and functions. Further details can be found at .
In encouraging trials of the site, Dr. Inglis said, 鈥淲e realize the community has a choice in online protocol resources. We believe that a comparison of our features, subject coverage, and pricing will make CSH Protocols the first choice in online methods for molecular and cell biologists.鈥�
CSH Protocols Subject Coverage
Antibodies
Bioinformatics / Genomics
Cell Biology
Chromatography
Computational Biology
DNA Delivery / Gene Transfer
Electrophoresis
Genetics
High-Throughput Analysis
Imaging / Microscopy
Immunology Laboratory Organisms
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Plant Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Proteins and Proteomics
RNA Interference (RNAi)
Small Interfering RNA (siRNA)
Stem Cells
Transgenic Technology
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