Biophysical Society - July 2014 Newsletter

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

2014

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The Associate Editors of the seven Journal sections are: Section 1, Protein & Nucleic Acids Nathan Baker Section II, Channels and Transporters Michael Pusch Section III, Cell Biophysics Dave Piston Section IV, Membranes Claudia Steinem Section V, Systems Biophysics Stanislav Shvartsman Section VI, Molecular Machines, Motors, and Nanoscale Biophysics E. Michael Ostap Section VII, Biophysical Reviews Brian Salzburg For a complete list of Editorial Board members, please visit http://www.cell.com/biophysj/ editorial-board. Thank you to all past and cur- rent Editorial Board Members who give countless hours of their time and expertise to the Journal .

resource and what it does. Authors should describe how the computational tool can be applied to a biophysical problem, preferably with an example. Any new algorithms implemented in the software should also be described. All tools being described in the article must be freely accessible to the research community. User guides, together with any requisite download instructions, should be available on the authors’ website. Questions? Contact the BJ Editorial Office at BJ@biophysics.org. Biophysical Journal will now accept papers longer than the current 10-page limit, allowing authors more space to tell their story when necessary. Because the Journal will continue to encourage papers that do not exceed 12 pages (10 of text and 2 of references), authors wanting more space in the Journal must submit a justification for the ad- ditional length, and will be assessed a higher page charge for pages 13 and over. The Journal provides a page estimation link and instructions at http:// www.biophysics.org/tabid/556/default.aspx. BJ is now collecting ORCID identifiers through the manuscript submission site. ORCID provides a unique digital identifier that distinguishes each researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submis- sion, supports automated linkages between re- searchers and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognized. The BJ manuscript submission site now invites authors to supply their ORCID, and also makes it easy for authors to register for an ORCID identi- fier if they do not already have one. For more information, visit http://orcid.org/. Do You Have More to Say? Everything is Coming up ORCIDs

New BJ Features Effective July 1 Sharing Tools for Data Analysis and Interpretation

BJ invites submissions of Computational Tools, which are short articles describing software and da- tabases. Papers are limited to five pages in length, including references, and describe software for analysis of experimental data, modeling/simulation software, or database services. These papers should describe a new tool or a sig- nificant new feature in an existing computational