Nature Publishing Group Announces New Editor for Cell Research

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS) today announce the appointment of Dr Dangsheng Li as the new Deputy-Editor-in-Chief for China’s premier life science journal, Cell Research (CR).

(PRWEB) April 13, 2006 -- Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS) today announce the appointment of Dr. Dangsheng Li as the new Deputy-Editor-in-Chief for China’s premier life science journal, Cell Research (CR).

Editor-in-Chief of CR and President of SIBS Professor Gang Pei said "We are delighted to be able to appoint someone with Dangsheng's broad expertise in life sciences, and his past experience as an editor for a top biology journal.”

Dr Li received his PhD (in Molecular Biology) from Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences. After extensive postdoctoral training at New York University Medical Center, he joined Cell Press in 2004 to serve as an Associate Editor for the journal Cell.

“Dangsheng shares our goals of developing and growing Cell Research and we are confident he will bring a new and exciting dimension to the journal,” Prof Pei said.

Dr Li will take charge of the scientific editing operations of CR and will work closely with the academic Editors of the journal and members of the Editorial Board as well as NPG.

Tokyo-based NPG Publishing Director David Swinbanks said "Dangsheng’s appointment to the Cell Research team will be invaluable in our mission of raising Cell Research to the highest international standards”

“This investment in a top-notch editor will lead to further improvements in quality, will enhance the international reputation of China’s best life science journal, and is consistent with the Nature Publishing Group’s ongoing focus on editorial development and quality"

Cell Research, which publishes exclusively in English, is China's leading journal in the ISI category Cell Biology with an Impact Factor of 1.936*. Cell Research recently joined NPG’s stable of highly respected journals in Molecular Cell Biology, which include Nature Cell Biology, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology and Cell Death & Differentiation.

About SIBS
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS) affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a national R&D organization for conducting comprehensive studies on life sciences in China. Founded in July of 1999, it draws on the multi-disciplinary resources of eight former biological research institutes under the jurisdiction of the CAS Shanghai Branch. The research that SIBS conducts is at the frontiers of life sciences and biotechnology and has a strong focus on human health and biomedical research. By applying cutting-edge science and technologies, SIBS strives to make fundamental, strategic and far-reaching contributions to the health and welfare of the 1.3 billion Chinese people. Further information is available at http://www.sibs.ac.cn/eindex.htm.

About NPG
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities. NPG's flagship title, Nature, is the world's most highly-cited weekly multidisciplinary journal and was first published in 1869. Other publications and services include Nature research journals, Nature Reviews, Nature Clinical Practice, a range of prestigious academic journals, including society-owned publications, news content from news@nature.com and scientific career information from Naturejobs.

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Contact details:
David Swinbanks
Publishing Director
NPG Nature Asia-Pacific
Tokyo, Japan
T: +81 3 3267 8764

Gang Pei
Editor-in-Chief Cell Research
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
320 Yue Yang Road
Shanghai 200031, China
T: +86 21 5492 0001
F: +86 21 5492 1011

Nick Campbell
Assistant Publisher
NPG Nature Asia-Pacific
Melbourne, Australia
T: +61 3 9825 1028
F: +61 3 9825 1010

Links:
Cell Research: http://www.nature.com/cr
NPG Nature Asia-Pacific: http://www.macmillan.com/09012006NPSAsiaPacificFinal.asp
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences: http://www.sibs.ac.cn/eindex.htm
Nature Publishing Group: http://www.nature.com

This press release is also available at http://www.nature.com/press_releases/new_Cell_Research_editor.pdf.

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