ANNOUNCEMENT
A Special Issue of GENETICS devoted to the Chlamydomonas genome
I am pleased to announce that Genetics, the journal of the Genetics Society
of America, has agreed to publish a Special Issue devoted to the analysis
of the Chlamydomonas nuclear genome. All papers will present genome-based
research that brings novel and important insight on the biology of the
organism and/or the evolution of a biological function. We will consider
two types of papers: Analyses will provide an in-depth study of a group of
proteins/genes that is of special interest in Chlamydomonas. More than
simply summarizing the existing genome annotation, they should truly expand
our knowledge of the workings of the Chlamydomonas cell and place it in a
general biological context. We also strongly encourage submission of
Reports, papers that include experimental work aimed at verifying and
expanding genome-based knowledge.
On this occasion, I will serve as associate editor and main contact point
between the community and the journal. Susan Dutcher will also serve as
associate editor, and possibly also other prominent members of the
community. Because of the necessity to group the publication of the papers
within a single issue, we will follow a very strict timeline. Papers must
be sent before November 30, 2007. The review process should be completed
before the end of December, for a publication early in 2008. All papers
will be duly reviewed, using the usual (high) standards of Genetics:
submission for a special issue does not guarantee acceptance. Concision
will be a must, and bulky data will be published as online supplemental
material. We would like this Special Issue to present a thought-provoking
view of the many interesting findings that the genome sequence has allowed,
and to help position Chlamydomonas as a continuing premier model organism
in all areas of cell biology.
Authors interested should contact me at
<mailto:ovallon from ibpc.fr>ovallon from ibpc.fr. If interested in submitting an
Analysis, please send a brief synopsis of content, which will help us
estimate appropriateness and avoid unnecessary overlap between
contributions. We encourage multi-author contributions whenever it can help
grasp the bigger picture. Please visit
<http://www.genetics.org/misc/ifora.shtml>http://www.genetics.org/misc/ifora.shtml
for details on manuscript format.
Feel free to distribute this announcement widely.
With my best regards
Olivier Vallon
UMR 7141 CNRS/UMPC
Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique
13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie
75005 Paris
France
Tel : +33 1 5841 5058
Fax : +33 1 5841 5022
E-mail : ovallon @ibpc.fr
