Science that Inspires

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Science is evolving, and Cell Press is evolving too. You may have already noticed some of our growth and development, but this month Trends in Molecular Medicine along with the other 15 Trends journals is rolling out a new look. We have a new logo, a new color scheme that is unified across all that we do at Cell Press, and an underlying ethos that looks to the future of science and its role in society. Our new logo takes inspiration from our initials (CP) plus scientific concepts like the infinity symbol and dividing cells. We hope this new visual approach will help you, our community, more easily identify the full range of what we now do. We at Cell Press are a broader and more diverse organization than we used to be, with coverage across many scientific disciplines, and we have reached a point in our evolution where this type of external change is overdue. Cell Press began over 45 years ago with the journal Cell and a focus on exciting biology. For most of our history we concentrated on contributing to biomedical science through our journals. But science does not stand still, and for some time now we have seen an increasing shift in enquiry and discovery towards more cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary thinking. As an organization that aims to be at the vanguard of scientific progress, we at Cell Press see ourselves as part of this change. We moved beyond our traditional base of biomedicine into chemistry by launching Chem, followed by more physical science journals and most recently focusing on clinical translation with Cell Reports Medicine and Med. We are also deepening our contribution to promoting reproducibility with continued development of STAR Methods and the launch of STAR Protocols. In parallel, we have expanded our global network through our growing teams in Europe and Asia to be more closely in touch with researchers all over the world. All of this development has given us a lot of new insights and perspectives and we have come to appreciate the unique characteristics of the many different scientific disciplines that we are now part of, as well as the various ways they intersect with each other and the challenges they share. We value the role we can play in bringing scientists together, including from different disciplines, through conferences and events that promote networking and collaboration. We also appreciate the opportunities we have to introduce new approaches to presenting science, such as our pilot of a new system for peer review and publication, the Cell Press Community Review, to help peer review and the publishing process work more effectively. It is important for us to keep innovating, and to keep developing new and different ways to drive science forward, foster communication, build bridges of understanding between science and society, and inspire. To inspire our readers and to capture the diversity of scientists publishing in Trends in Molecular Medicine, this issue also marks the start of the article series ‘Stories in Molecular Medicine’ where we invite authors to share the life experiences that influence their research and motivate them. But we know there is more we can do, and we hope we can look to you, our community, as partners to help us be a more active advocate for scientists and science itself and for helping it grow and improve. We look forward to working with all of you, our growing and diverse community, to help everybody get inspired by science. To meet your needs and interests, contact us at [email protected] or @TrendsMolecMed. We want to hear from you! Stories in Molecular Medicine et al.Trends in Molecular MedicineNovember 30, 2020In BriefScience is not performed in a vacuum; life experiences influence our research and motivate us to ask scientific questions and shape research goals [1]. To capture those personal narratives, Trends in Molecular Medicine is starting an article series that allows each author team to portray an author’s journey in science. The idea is to highlight the diversity of scientists, build bridges of understanding between science and society, and inspire others to join the melting pot of scientific disciplines united in Trends in Molecular Medicine. Full-Text PDF