first_page settings Order Article Reprints Font Type: Arial Georgia Verdana Font Size: Aa Aa Aa Line Spacing: Column Width: Background: Open AccessEditorial Cells Best Paper Award 2015 by Alexander E. Kalyuzhny Editor-in-Chief, Neuroscience, UMN Twin Cities, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Cells 2015, 4(3), 275-276; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells4030275 Received: 13 July 2015 / Revised: 13 July 2015 / Accepted: 13 July 2015 / Published: 15 July 2015 Download Download PDF Download PDF with Cover Download XML Download Epub Versions Notes Cells has instituted a “Best Paper” award to recognize the most outstanding papers in the area of cell biology, molecular biology, and biophysics, published in Cells. We are pleased to announce the first “Cells Best Paper Award” for 2015. The winners were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief and selected Editorial Board Members from all the research papers published in 2013 and 2014. We are pleased to announce that the following three papers have won the Cells Best Paper Award in 2015: First PrizeTetyana Shandala, Chiaoxin Lim, Alexandra Sorvina and Douglas A. BrooksA Drosophila Model to Image Phagosome MaturationCells 2013, 2(2), 188-201; doi:10.3390/cells2020188.Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/2/2/188/htm“There is a lot of research aimed at unraveling mechanism of phagosomes’ formation. Using Drosophila as a model is a very interesting approach.”—Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny“Nice in vivo study showing Rab7 involvement in phagosome maturation.”—Dr. Heike FölschSecond PrizeSreedhar Thirumala, Jeffrey M. Gimble and Ram V. DevireddyMethylcellulose Based Thermally Reversible Hydrogel System for Tissue Engineering ApplicationsCells 2013, 2(3), 460-475; doi:10.3390/cells2030460Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/2/3/460/htm“Hydrogels are of interest to many applications in tissue engineering including stem cells.”—Dr. Alexander E. KalyuzhnyThird PrizeIsaac A. Rodriguez, Scott A. Sell, Jennifer M. McCool, Gunjan Saxena, Andrew J. Spence and Gary L. BowlinA Preliminary Evaluation of Lyophilized Gelatin Sponges, Enhanced with Platelet-Rich Plasma, Hydroxyapatite and Chitin Whiskers for Bone RegenerationCells 2013, 2(2), 244-265; doi:10.3390/cells2020244Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/2/2/244/htm“The paper dealing with tissue engineering/regeneration. Nice experimental design.”—Dr. Alexander E. KalyuzhnyPrize Awarding CommitteeEditor-in-ChiefDr. Alexander E. KalyuzhnyNeuroscience, UMN Twin Cities, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USAE-Mail: [email protected]Editorial Board MemberDr. Heike FölschDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Ward 11-270, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USAEmail: [email protected]Editorial Board MemberDr. Vladimir V. DidenkoDepartments of Neurosurgery and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USAEmail: [email protected]Editorial Board MemberProf. Dr. Jeremy C. SimpsonUniversity College Dublin, School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Center - West, Belfield, Dublin 4, IrelandEmail: [email protected]We believe that these three exceptional papers are valuable contributions to the cell biology and molecular biology research field. On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board of Cells, we would like to congratulate these teams for their excellent work. In recognition of their accomplishments, Dr. Tetyana Shandala, Dr. Ram V. Devireddy, and Dr. Gary L. Bowlin will receive the privilege of publishing a paper, free of charge, in Open Access format in Cells, respectively, after the usual peer-review procedure. © 2015 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Share and Cite MDPI and ACS Style Kalyuzhny, A.E. Cells Best Paper Award 2015. Cells 2015, 4, 275-276. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells4030275 AMA Style Kalyuzhny AE. Cells Best Paper Award 2015. Cells. 2015; 4(3):275-276. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells4030275 Chicago/Turabian Style Kalyuzhny, Alexander E. 2015. "Cells Best Paper Award 2015" Cells 4, no. 3: 275-276. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells4030275 Find Other Styles Article Metrics No No Article Access Statistics For more information on the journal statistics, click here. Multiple requests from the same IP address are counted as one view.