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Protoplasma publishes original papers, short communications and review articles which are of interest to cell biology in all its scientific and applied aspects. We seek contributions dealing with plants and animals but also prokaryotes, protists and fungi, from the following fields:
cell biology of both single and multicellular organisms
molecular cytology
the cell cycle
membrane biology including biogenesis, dynamics, energetics and electrophysiology
inter- and intracellular transport
the cytoskeleton
organelles
experimental and quantitative ultrastructure
cyto- and histochemistry
Further, conceptual contributions such as new models or discoveries at the cutting edge of cell biology research will be published under the headings "New Ideas in Cell Biology".
Original papers, descriptions or reviews of novel methodologies and their application in cell biology will be published under the rubric "New Methods in Cell Biology".

PLANT CELL BIOLOGY
Editor-in-Chief:
P. Nick 
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Botanical Institute, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail: peter.nick@kit.edu
Editors
N. Carrillo, Rosario, Argentina
Plant molecular biology, redox biochemistry, stress physiology, chloroplasts
M. Heinlein, Strasbourg, France
Plant virology, cell-cell communication
A. Holzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
Abiotic stress, green algae, plant cell biology, ultrastructure
L. Jiang, Hong Kong, China
Plant cell biology, protein targeting, organelle biogenesis
B. Kost, Uppsala, Sweden
Actin, tip growth, pollen tubes
T. Kuroiwa, Tokyo, Japan
Plastids, molecular motors, algae
D. Kwiatkowska, Katowice, Poland
Plant Cell Biology, Structure and Function, Development and Embryology
U. Mathesius, Canberra, Australia
Plant cell biology, plant-microbe interactions, plant (hormone) physiology, bacterial infection into plants
J. Mathur, Guelph, ON, Canada
Cytoskeleton, plant morphogenesis, organelle interactions
D. McCurdy, Callaghan, Australia
Plant cytoskeleton, transfer cells, organelle Dynamics
S. Mursalimov, Novosibirsk, Russia
Meiosis, microsporogenesis, ultrastructure
A.-C. Schmit, Strasbourg, France
Plant cytoskeleton, cell cycle, video microscopy
A. Schulz, Copenhagen, Denmark
Plant cytology, plasmodesmata, ultrastructure, in-vivo imaging
B. N. Tripathi, Bilaspur, India
Oxidative stress, algae, stress physiology, heavy metal

ANIMAL CELL BIOLOGY, FUNGAL CELL BIOLOGY, PROTIST CELL BIOLOGY
Editor-in-Chief
R. Stick 
Department of Cell Biology, University of Bremen, Germany
E-mail: stick@uni-bremen.de
Editors
J. Bullerdiek, Rostock, Germany
Development and embryology, signal transduction, molecular aspects, microscopy, biotechnology, biology of human and mammalian cancer cells
P. Dráber, Praha, Czech Republic 
Cytoskeleton, microtubule organization, signal transduction, light microscopy
R. Gräf, Potsdam, Germany
Cytoskeleton, microscopy, Dictyostelium
H.-H. Kassemeyer, Freiburg, Germany
Pathogen-host-interaction, electron microscopy, protists
G. Krohne, Würzburg, Germany
Ultrastructure of tissues and cells, cytoskeleton and organelles, nuclear structure and function, cnidaria and platyhelminthes
M. Pavelka, Vienna, Austria
Animal cell biology structure and function, cytoskeleton, cell death, organelles, microscopy

Reviews Editors
K. Brix, Bremen, Germany
J. Mathur, Guelph, ON, Canada