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Outstanding Observation: A faster way to publish
your groundbreaking findings
It is often difficult to publish novel findings if they do
not also include a detailed description of the molecular
mechanisms involved. Researchers may find that the
dissemination of their groundbreaking discoveries is
delayed by months or even years as they try to provide
the in-depth mechanistic data required to satisfy the
submission criteria for their desired journal.
Professor Chris R Parish, Editor-in-
Chief, Immunology and Cell Biology
In an effort to break through this
barrier and to allow immunologists
to publish their paradigm-shifting
results without getting held up
with the mechanistic basis of the
observations, Immunology and Cell
Biology launched the Outstanding
Observation series in 2008.
Owing to the cutting-edge nature
of this type of article, papers are
expedited through the refereeing
process and are therefore published
more rapidly than standard articles.
I would like to invite you to sample 2
recent examples of this article type:
Polyclonal Treg cells enhance the
activity of a mucosal adjuvant
Silvia Vendetti, Todd S Davidson,
Filippo Veglia, et al.Immunology and
Cell Biology (2010) 88, 698-706
CD69 limits early inflammatory
diseases associated with
immune response to Listeria
monocytogenes infection Javier
Vega-Ramos, Elisenda Alari-Pahissa,
Juana del Valle, et al. Immunology
and Cell Biology (2010) 88, 707-715
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Immunology & Cell Biology website. www.nature.com/icb
Congratulations to Dr Cindy Ma, Immunology and Inflammation, Garvan Institute of Medical Research,
NSW, Australia, winner of the 2009 Outstanding Observation ICB Publication of the Year award.
The award is a AU$1000 scholarship provided by the Nature Publishing Group.
Also Congratulations to Dr Mark Dowling, Immunology, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, VIC, Australia
as runner-up and will receive AU$500 travel scholarship provided by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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