Journal of Pathology - April 2011

In this year-end podcast, Editor-in-Chief Peter Hall recaps the last five years of The Journal of Pathology, including a concerted effort to focus on the author experience, the Journal's truly international team, and exciting new content such as the Annual Review Issues, Virtual Issues, and Mini Reviews to come.

Professor Shinya Toyokuni provides this podcast to accompany his article on iron overload in chrysotile-induced malignant mesothelioma.

Malcolm Alison introduces and discusses the latest virtual issue compiled and annotated by him and Nadine Gaisa.

Hayley Davis discusses "CDC4/FBXW7 and the “just enough” model of tumorigenesis", the invited perspective article she co-authored with Ian Tomlinson.

Peter Hall, Editor-in-Chief, reflects on his trip to the European Congress of Pathology, highlights the recent Virtual Issue on the molecular pathology of sarcoma and the appointment of Adrian Jubb as Social Media Editor, who has launched a Facebook page for The Journal of Pathology. Peter also talks about the effect of the increase in Impact Factor and gives details of how the decision is made on whether to send a paper out for review.

Nicholas A Wright, one of the guest Editors of the 2012 ARI on The Cell Biology of Disease, introduces and discusses the special issue

In the first part of this two part podcast, Associate Editor Eric White talks about his time working on The Journal of Pathology, and highlights several key papers from the June issue, including manuscripts on amyloid cascade hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease, field cancerization, osteochondroma, type VII collagen in an experimental model of acquired epidermolysis bullosa, and a novel murine model of endometriosis.

In the second part of this two part podcast, Associate Editor Eric White concludes talking about his time working on The Journal of Pathology, and highlighting several key papers from the June issue, including manuscripts on amyloid cascade hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease, field cancerization, osteochondroma, type VII collagen in an experimental model of acquired epidermolysis bullosa, and a novel murine model of endometriosis.

The ability of the Journal of Pathology to provide interesting and useful content to readers and to the field at large has been enhanced by the creation of Virtual Issues, annotated compilations of papers and reviews organized by theme. Here one of the authors of the Virtual Issue John LeQuesne outlines this series and highlights the recently released micro-RNAs Virtual Issue.

Learn about the April 2011 issue including an important paper on the molecular pathology of gynaecological cancer. The Editor in Chief, Peter Hall, describes this and other papers in the April issue and also highlights the key role of the Journals reviewers in the development and maintenance of the high standards of the Journal of Pathology.