Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal, Cilia. The journal welcomes basic and translational research into the biology of cilia and diseases associated with ciliary dysfunction. Topics of interest include a wide range of areas from human genetics to ciliatherapeutics.
In their launch editorial, Editors-in-Chief Peter Jackson and Philip Beales discuss the history of this important organelle and a number of key developments in the rapidly moving field of cilia research. The first articles to be published in Cilia highlight the breadth of applications into cilia research, from the genetic and cellular level up to the disease level.
The journal seeks to become a valuable resource not only for those working directly in cilia research, but also to the wider scientific community and anyone with an interest in ciliopathies. The journal is expected to evolve to meet the changing demands of an advancing field, and is thus well placed as an online and open access title.
