FEBS was established in 1964 to facilitate connections between biochemists across Europe and soon diversified to support scientists through a number of different programmes, including the introduction of FEBS Long-Term Fellowships in 1979. These fellowships supported visits by young researchers to laboratories for the purposes of collaboration or training and were originally granted for 1 year, with the possibility of renewal up to a maximum of 3 years. In 2021, the Long-Term Fellowships programme was retired and replaced with a new FEBS Excellence Award scheme. To mark the retirement of the Long-Term Fellowships, a special ‘In the Limelight’ issue containing multiple articles authored by FEBS fellows has been published in FEBS Open Bio.
Eight FEBS fellows have contributed either Mini-reviews or Research Protocols centred around their own research to this issue, resulting in a fascinating cross-section of recent advances across the molecular biosciences. Research Protocols, which describe an experimental procedure in more detail than a standard article methods section, are a relatively new venture for the journal, with the first articles being published at the end of last year.
We invite you to read the issue here; the full list of articles by FEBS fellows is shown below:
Reviews
Birth of a poly(A) tail: mechanisms and control of mRNA polyadenylation
Juan B. Rodríguez-Molina, Matti Turtola P https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13528
Metabolic reprogramming heterogeneity in chronic kidney disease
Verónica Miguel, Rafael Kramann https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13568
Genetic manipulation and targeted protein degradation in mammalian systems: practical considerations, tips and tricks for discovery research
Stefano L. Giandomenico, Erin M. Schuman https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13581
Specificity models in MAPK cascade signaling
Yan Ma, Jade Nicolet https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13619
Research Protocols
Guide for determination of protein structural ensembles by combining cryo-EM data with metadynamics
Z. Faidon Brotzakis https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13542
High content quantitative imaging of Mycobacterium tuberculosis responses to acidic microenvironments within human macrophages
Beren Aylan, Laure Botella, Maximiliano G. Gutierrez, Pierre Santucci
https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13537
Mammary adipocyte flow cytometry as a tool to study mammary gland biology
Geula Hanin, Anne C. Ferguson-Smith https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13620
Circadian transcriptome processing and analysis: a workflow for muscle stem cells
Valentina Sica, Oleg Deryagin, Jacob G. Smith, Pura Muñoz-Canoves https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13629
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Excellent reviews and research protocols to read on the beach ;-)