Protist is the international forum for reporting substantial and novel findings in any area of research on protists. The criteria for acceptance of manuscripts are scientific excellence, significance, and interest for a broad readership. Suitable subject areas include: molecular, cell and developmental biology, biochemistry, systematics and phylogeny, and ecology of protists. Both autotrophic and heterotrophic protists as well as parasites are covered. The journal publishes original papers, short historical perspectives and includes a news and views section.

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Editor-in-Chief
Michael Melkonian
Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, 50674, Köln, Germany, Fax: ++49-221-470-51 81 Phone ++49-221-470-24 75 Email Michael Melkonian
Editors
Sandra L. Baldauf
Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
Chris Bowler
Institut de Biologie de l' Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Paris, France
Graham Clark
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Genoveva F Esteban
Bournemouth University, Wareham, UK
Bland J Finlay
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL), Wareham, Dorset BH20, 6BB, England, UK
Joseph Frankel
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Michael Ginger
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England, UK
Laure Guillou
DR2, CNRS, Roscoff, France
Mona Hoppenrath
Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Christopher Howe
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK
Wiebe Kooistra
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
Barry S C Leadbeater
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Julius Lukes
Institute of Parasitology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Dmitri Maslov
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
Eric Meyer
Institut de Biologie de l' Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Paris, France
David Moreira
Université Paris-Sud (Paris XI), paris, France
Hervé Philippe
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Moulis, France
Saul Purton
University College London (UCL), London, UK
Frank Seeber
Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Alastair Simpson
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ulrich Sommer
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Ross Waller, PhD
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK
George B Witman
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Alexandra Worden
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Inst., Moss Landing, California, USA