JBC Virtual Issue

Virtual issues are collections of recently published JBC papers in a particular field. These issues are created by the JBC editorial team to highlight a topic that has attracted significant publications in JBC. The redacted versions of papers appearing in JBC Virtual Issues are free for 14 days after the issue is posted, like all accepted versions of papers in JBC. We welcome your suggestions for future topical collections.

Focus on South America

This issue showcases outstanding recent work from researchers in South America in honor of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s annual meeting.

Assembled by Catherine Goodman

Published May 2019

Pluripotency regulation and differentiation

This issue captures recent advances in acquiring and maintaining pluripotency and regulating differentiation.

Assembled by Xiao-Fan Wang

Published April 2019

Immunometabolism

In this virtual issue, explore the burgeoning area of immunometabolism research, which aims to define the involvement of cellular metabolism in regulating immune cell functions such as differentiation, innate immunity and inflammatory responses.

Assembled by Luke O’Neill

Published March 2019

The year in JBC: 2018

This issue presents articles published in volume 293 that are emblematic of the outstanding discoveries across JBC’s scientific scope.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published January 2019

Drug metabolism, transport and toxicity

This issue features enzymes that degrade or activate drug molecules, the often deleterious consequences of these catabolic reactions, and the transporters and regulatory mechanisms that define this complex metabolism.

Assembled by F. Peter Guengerich

Published September 2018

Genome editing

This issue highlights methodological advances and mechanistic insights in genome editing as well as the applications of these techniques for screens, the development of transgenic animals and other studies.

Assembled by Joel Gottesfeld and Catherine Goodman

Published September 2018

ASBMB award winners in the spotlight

This issue captures the scientific advances and personal journeys of the 2018 ASBMB award winners.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Initially published July 2018; completed February 2019

Omics of lipids, glycans and polar metabolites

This collaborative issue, featuring papers from JBC, JLR and MCP, explores recent advances in omics research beyond proteins and nucleic acids.

Assembled by Edward A. Dennis, Gerald Hart and Catherine Goodman

Published June 2018

Signaling through space and time

This issue highlights recent advances defining the biomolecules involved in G protein signaling and the outcomes of these signaling networks in four dimensions.

Assembled by Henrik Dohlman

Published May 2018

Amyloids, prions and protein oligomers

This issue highlights recent insights into the structure and aggregation pathways of amyloid and amyloid-like proteins in health and disease.

Assembled by Paul Fraser and Catherine Goodman

Published March 2018

Focus on Australasia

This issue showcases outstanding recent work from researchers in Australia and New Zealand in honor of the Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function.

Assembled by Catherine Goodman

Published February 2018

The year in JBC: 2017

This issue presents articles selected from each of our topical subdisciplines that showcase some of the outstanding science published in JBC in the past year.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published January 2018

Plant biology from chemistry to the field

This issue highlights work at the interface of plant science and biological chemistry that contribute to understanding fundamental processes in a range of "green" organisms.

Assembled by Joseph Jez

Published August 2017

Ion channels

This issue highlights papers from the last 12 months that reflect the breadth of recent studies advancing our understanding of the biological chemistry of voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels.

Assembled by Roger Colbran

Published July 2017

Structural biology

This issue captures the new scientific insights across all areas of biology made possible by rapidly expanding structural biology capabilities.

Assembled by Norma Allewell, Wolfgang Peti and Catherine Goodman

Published June 2017

Highlights of 2016

This issue presents our “Highlights of 2016” – articles selected from each of our topical subdisciplines that showcase some of the compelling science published at JBC in the past year.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published February 2017

Enzymology

This issue delves into the mechanistic mysteries of cellular machines, discovering the details of enzymes that act on nucleic acids, natural products, metabolites and more.

Assembled by F. Peter Guengerich and Ruma Banerjee

Published January 2017

Autophagy

This issue honors the foundations and current highlights of research on autophagy, a field recognized by the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology.

Assembled by George DeMartino

Published December 2016

Focus on China

This issue pays tribute to the theme of “Integrative Biochemistry”, at the heart of this year’s international conference of the Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Assembled by Catherine Goodman and Martin Spiering

Published October 2016

Epigenetics, gene regulation, and cell fate

This issue explores the epigenetic marks that program our genome to control cellular and organismal outcomes.

Assembled by John Denu and Catherine Goodman

Published October 2016

Protein folding in the cell

This issue celebrates studies of how cells ensure the health of their proteomes and guard against deleterious outcomes when proteins misfold.

Assembled by Lila Gierasch and Catherine Goodman

Published July 2016

DNA Polymerases, Damage and Repair

This issue captures our growing understanding of nucleotide recognition in normal cellular processes and in response to environmental insults.

Assembled by F. Peter Guengerich and Catherine Goodman

Published May 2016

Best of 2015

This issue announces the “Best of the Year” articles of 2015, selected from Papers of the Week.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published January 2016

Best of 2014

This issue announces the “Best of the Year” articles of 2014, selected to represent each of the broad themes covered by JBC.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published January 2015

Best of 2013

This issue announces the “Best of JBC” articles of 2013, selected to represent each of the broad themes covered by JBC, and includes four podcasts that dive deeper into some of the articles' contents.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published January 2014

Best of 2012

This issue announces the “Best of JBC” articles of 2012, selected to represent each of the broad themes covered by JBC.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published January 2013

Best of 2011

This issue announces the “Best of JBC” articles of 2011, selected to represent each of the broad themes covered by JBC.

Assembled by the editors of JBC

Published January 2012

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