The Journal of Biological Chemistry has announced the appointment of Martha Fedor, a faculty member at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, as the new editor-in-chief.
Fedor, whose five-year term will begin January 1, 2011, will succeed the journal's longtime editor, Herbert Tabor, a distinguished researcher at the National Institutes of Health who has steered the highly cited journal for the past four decades. Tabor, who in late August asked that a search begin for his replacement, will assume the role of emeritus editor after serving as co-editor with Fedor for the first year of her term. Fedor has served as an associate editor for the JBC since 2006, and her research focus is RNA assembly and catalysis.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry claims to be the most-cited biomedical research journal in the world. It publishes papers based on original research that are judged to make a novel and important contribution to understanding the molecular and cellular basis of biological processes. The journal is published by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, a nonprofit scientific and educational organization with more than 12,000 members worldwide.
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