Genome Biology publishes editorials on a broad range of topics, including political, scientific, and medical issues relating to genomic, post-genomic and genome-scale analyses. Readers will be encouraged to participate in discussions and to comment on articles via the website. Most editorials will be commissioned, so as to ensure a comprehensive and systematic coverage, but you are encouraged to send suggestions to the editors.

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(31 December 2002)

In keeping with its promise to evolve in response to the needs of readers, Genome Biology is making a number of practical changes with the beginning of 2003.

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(21 December 2001)

In its one-and-a-half year history Genome Biology has witnessed the publication of the first plant genome, the first draft of the human genome (twice) and a more than doubling of the number of completed microbial sequences. There has also been a shift in 'functional genomics' away from simple microarray data and towards studies of the expression, structure and function of proteins, pathway and network analysis, and harnessing the power of comparative genomics. Debate has also raged over the past year on the importance and merits of providing immediate world-wide, barrier-free open access to the full text of research articles.

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(13 October 2000)

The fourth issue of GenomeBiology sees the launch of two new article types, the protein family review and the tutorial.

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(9 June 2000)

These are exciting times for biology. The changes genomics brings to the way research is done in biological laboratories promise to be as profound as those triggered by the advent of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s. It is in recognition of these changes that GenomeBiology is named and launched.