Forging the links between research and clinic
EMBO Molecular Medicine planned journal launch in 2009

Have you noticed the increasing commitment of EMBO to molecular medicine? In 2006, EMBO Council proposed to strengthen activities in this important field at the interface between clinical research and basic biology. A follow-up survey of members and young investigators revealed that a majority¹ of the 381 respondents were already active in molecular medicine or expected to be within five years.

EMBO Courses & Workshops now supports an annual molecular medicine workshop and applications for EMBO Molecular Medicine Fellowships were invited for the first time at the end of 2007.

Latest in efforts to forge links between research and the clinic is the early 2009 launch of EMBO Molecular Medicine – a peer-reviewed journal to be published in print and online.

Of interest to both medical and basic scientists, EMBO Molecular Medicine will publish original research providing novel and relevant molecular insight into the cellular and systemic processes underlying defined human diseases. Articles should offer new perspectives for clinical application in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and therapy. Studies based on model organisms also fall within the scope of the journal provided that results are evidently and directly relevant to human disease.

The journal expects to publish up to 150 research papers annually for the first two years, aiming to double that number within five years. Additional content will include editorials, news and views, and short reviews. EMBO Molecular Medicine will be supported by an in-house editor, a group of Senior Editors (see below) and a larger Advisory Board.

¹September 2006 survey of EMBO Members & Young Investigators – 81% respondents

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