Abstract
This month I am very pleased to feature and publish work in our Clinical Cytometry Journal that will have a simultaneously published companion article in Cytometry Part A. The two distinct papers represent both the more ‘technical / theoretical’ 1 and ‘clinical / applied’ 2 application of a mathematical probability state model that describes normal human B-cell differentiation. I feel strongly that the application of this software model that has already shown its practical utility within our journal pages [3–5] will likewise serve to further our understanding of normal B-cell maturation and time forward minimal residual disease detection in hematopoietic malignancies. While each paper clearly and easily stands on its own, the Editors of both Journals felt that the overlap between them was palpable and merited such a novel publication scheme. Thus, we sincerely hope the readership of each journal will find these two exciting papers of collective interest. Finally, I welcome any suggestions for further examples of ‘cross-pollination’ between our sister publication for any other topics that might be similarly shared in an analogous fashion between our journals. I hope you all will feel free to contact me for any such suggested topics that might be of similar overlapping interest. Of course I always ask you to kindly consider our journal for all your high quality research work consistent with our publication policies. Sincerely Frederic Preffer Ph.D. Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts USA
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