FEBS Journal Research Articles

Research highlights - The 2024 Richard Perham prize shortlist.

In this issue, we highlight the papers shortlisted for the 2024 Richard Perham prize. The papers discussed here were published in The FEBS Journal in 2023 and received prize nominations from the Editorial Board based on their scientific excellence, timeliness and broad appeal. The winning paper will be announced later this year, and authors will receive a cash prize. This batch of outstanding nominees spans original articles on a broad range of topics related to the molecular life sciences. Image created using Wordclouds.com.

Editor Profile: Andrey Abramov.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Professor Andrey Abramov is a cell biologist and biophysicist at University College London's Queen Square Institute of Neurology. He has served as an Editorial Board Member of The FEBS Journal since 2015.

Editor Profile: Arun Shukla.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal, and future directions in their field. Professor Arun Shukla is a Senior Fellow of DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance, and Professor and Sonu Agrawal Memorial Chair at the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He has served as an Editorial Board Member of The FEBS Journal since 2021.

Editor Profile: Daniel Longley.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Professor Daniel Longley is the Director of the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, UK. He has served as an Editorial Board Member of The FEBS Journal since 2021.

The FEBS Journal in 2023: building back better

The FEBS Journal publishes high impact research on diverse topics in the life sciences, with a focus on molecular mechanisms underpinning biological processes. Here, Editor-in-Chief Seamus Martin discusses highlights of the journal from the past year and gives a glimpse into what's in store for 2023.

New 'kids' on the voltage-gated proton channel block.

So far one gene for Hv1 has been detected in studied species. The work presented by Chaves etal. in The FEBS Journal reported an 'Unexpected expansion of the voltage-gated proton channel family'. They searched for proton channel candidates and found three sequences in the genome of Aplysia californica (Ac), which were named AcHv1, AcHv2 and AcHv3. Based on electrophysiological experiments, AcHv1 and AcHv2 are voltage-gated channels. While AcHv1 behaves like Hv1 in other species, that is, it is voltage and pH-dependent, it can be inhibited by zinc and conducts protons outwardly, AcHv2 conducts protons inwards at symmetrical pH. AcHv3 constantly leaks protons, and its C-terminal part contains several cytoplasmic retention motifs. Through carefully designed and carried out electrophysiological experiments, Chaves etal. determined the biophysical parameters of all three proton channels, such as the voltage and the pH dependence, the threshold-voltage, the gating charge and the time constants of activation and inactivation. Comment on: https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.16617.

Editor Profile: Manuela Baccarini.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Manuela Baccarini is Professor of Cell Signaling at the University of Vienna, Coordinator of the International PhD Program 'Signaling Mechanisms in Cellular Homeostasis' and Director of the Vienna BioCenter PhD Program, a graduate school of the University and Medical University of Vienna in collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Pathology and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Medical Biotechnology and Gregor Mendel Institute, as well as EMBO member and corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. She has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2016.

In vitro and in silico Screening of Bioactive Compounds from Jasminum subtriplinerve Blume as α-glucosidase Inhibitor

In vitro and in silico Screening of Bioactive Compounds from Jasminum subtriplinerve Blume as α-glucosidase Inhibitor

Editor Profile: Karl Forchhammer.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Since 2007, Karl Forchhammer is the director of the Department of Microbiology/Organismic Interactions in the University of Tübingen. He has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2008.

Editor Profile: Alexander Wlodawer.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Alexander Wlodawer is Senior Investigator at the Center for Structural Biology at the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research (NCI CCR), based in Maryland, USA. He has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2007.

Editor Profile: Eli Arama.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Eli Arama is an Associate Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2018.

Editor Profile: Nektarios Tavernarakis.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Nektarios Tavernarakis is Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), and Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the University of Crete Medical School, Greece. In 2020, he was elected Vice President of the European Research Council (ERC). He has served as Editorial Board Member of The FEBS Journal since 2018.

An online gathering about the latest on molecular membrane biology

An online gathering about the latest on molecular membrane biology

Editor Profile: Albert Heck.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research and perspectives on the journal and more. Albert Heck is Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Utrecht University, Scientific Director of the Netherlands Proteomics Center, and Head of the Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics group in Utrecht University since September 1998. He has served as Editorial Board Member of The FEBS Journal since 2020.

Editor Profile: Brent Derry.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus and perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Brent Derry is Professor at the Department of Molecular Genetics of University of Toronto and Senior Scientist of the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada). He has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2017.

Editor Profile: Angela Gronenborn.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field and beyond. Angela M. Gronenborn is the UPMC Rosalind Franklin Professor and Chair of the Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and Professor of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, USA. She has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2009.

Editor Profile: Hyunsook Lee.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Hyunsook Lee is Professor at the Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology at Seoul National University in Korea. She has served as an editorial board member of The FEBS Journal since 2018.

Editor Profile: Nikos Karamanos.

In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Nikos Karamanos is Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Chemistry, University of Patras in Greece. He joined the editorial board of The FEBS Journal in 2020, having previously served on the advisory board for several years.

Dr. Alexander Wlodawer-celebrating five decades of service to the structural biology community.

This 75th birthday tribute to our Editorial Board member Alexander Wlodawer recounts his decades-long service to the community of structural biology researchers. His former and current colleagues tell the story of his upbringing and education, followed by an account of his dedication to quality and rigor in crystallography and structural science. The FEBS Journal Editor-in-Chief Seamus Martin further highlights Alex's outstanding contributions to the journal's success over many years.

Dan S. Tawfik (1955 to 2021)

Dan Tawfik, a leading protein biochemist known for his work on enzyme evolution, recently passed away in a tragic climbing accident. In addition to his many other activities, Dan served on the Editorial Board of The FEBS Journal for many years. This issue contains an obituary for Dan written by Amir Aharoni and Sarel Fleishman.