Journal covers the broad field of microbiology with experimental methods devised to facilitate the study of microorganisms vital to medicine, agriculture, industry and the environment
John Wiley and Sons has announced the launch of Current Protocols in Microbiology, described as the first comprehensive source of high quality microbiologic methods developed by leading investigators from around the world.
Current Protocols in Microbiology is now available online via Wiley InterScience, Wiley's online publishing platform.
Current Protocols in Microbiology covers the broad field of microbiology with experimental methods devised to facilitate the study of microorganisms vital to medicine, agriculture, industry and the environment, as well as emerging technologies of wide interest such as gene silencing, biofilms, and quorum sensing.
Functional genomics tools - such as nucleic acid microarrays, protein microarrays, and high-throughput mass-spectrometry - are also utilised in these new protocols.
Also included in Current Protocols in Microbiology are detailed methodologies for isolating, propagating, and performing genetic manipulation in a wide range of bacteria, animal, and plant viruses; experimental procedures to assist scientists in identifying new drug targets and antimicrobial agents; and promising genomic and proteomic approaches to the study of microbial pathogenesis, microflora, and other applications.
"Our overall aim is to help advance the full spectrum of microbiology for the public good and to foster discovery, which is the driving force of the continuously evolving life sciences," said Joe Ingram, vice president and executive publisher of Current Protocols, John Wiley and Sons.
"As a comprehensive resource, Current Protocols in Microbiology offers basic methods for novice researchers or investigators new to the field of microbiology.
"In addition, experienced investigators will find cutting-edge methods published in Current Protocols in Microbiology to move their research into new areas of investigation".
Wiley is offering a free Current Protocols in Microbiology online trial through January 2006 to institutions that presently subscribe to any of the other twelve Current Protocols titles through Wiley InterScience.
Edited by Richard Coico (Weill Medical College of Cornell University), Timothy Kowalick (University of Massachusetts Medical School), John Quarles (Texas A and M University System Health Science Centre), Brian Stevenson (University of Kentucky College of Medicine), and Ronald Taylor (Dartmouth Medical School), Current Protocols in Microbiology will also be available in a print edition in January 2006.
