"Molecular Systems Biology", a new electronic
journal from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and
Nature Publishing Group (NPG), is now live at http://www.molecularsystemsbiology.com.
"Molecular Systems Biology" represents a first on many levels.
The
first journal to be dedicated to the emerging fields of molecular
systems biology and synthetic biology, it is also the first publication
to use pioneering new systems biology technologies in the presentation
of articles and data. The journal is open access, another first for
EMBO and NPG and an important catalyst for data-sharing.
"Molecular Systems Biology" publishes papers describing the properties
and behaviour of complex biological systems in terms of molecular
components and their interactions. The scope extends to functional
genomics, structural genomics, metabolomics and synthetic biology. The
journal?s team of Senior Editors is second to none, featuring Ruedi
Aebersold, Peer Bork, George Church, Leroy Hood and Edison Liu.
The journal is also forging ahead in technology. Unlike other journals
in the field, "Molecular Systems Biology" uses innovative technology to
allow formal, unambiguous descriptions of biological systems and
sharing of data. "Molecular Systems Biology" is currently the only
journal to accommodate authors submitting data in Systems Biology
Mark-Up Language (SBML) and CellML, widely-used XML-based exchange
formats for representing biological processes and related data.