Nature Methods celebrates methods (and being 5)
Nature Methods is five years old. To celebrate this anniversary, the journal looks at methodological development and its role in scientific inquiry in its October Editorial, In celebration of methods (Nat. Meth. 6, 687; 2009) and a special focus of commentaries discussing the impact and progress of methodological developments in the life sciences. The focus also includes a fun selection of papers and covers from the past five years.
Nature Methods' Chief Editor, Daniel Evanko, writes on Methagora, the journal's blog: "It's hard to believe that five years have gone by since Veronique Kiermer, Nicole Rusk and myself saw the first issue of Nature Methods go out the door. In some ways it doesn't feel like it was that long ago while in others it feels like much, much longer. But it has certainly been a rewarding and stimulating five years and we are thrilled with the success that Nature Methods has enjoyed. To help celebrate, Veronique asked a local pastry shop run her friend called "How Sweet It Is" to bake a cake using the cover image of our inaugural issue. It turned out spectacularly and tasted just as good. I'm hoping to convince Veronique to post a blog entry describing the undertaking with accompanying pictures." Check out Methagora for the mouth-watering cover images and updates about the anniversary celebrations.
