COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY PRESS LAUNCHES CSH PROTOCOLS

["Manos, Wayne" <manos@cshl.edu>]

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For Immediate Release

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY PRESS LAUNCHES CSH PROTOCOLS.

New Online Methods Site Offers a Community-Driven Resource 
Featuring the Latest Web Technology.

Visit www.cshprotocols.org for Access Information.

Cold Spring Harbor, New York (June 16, 2006) - Today, Cold Spring 
Harbor Laboratory Press launched CSH Protocols, a new, online 
methods journal in molecular and cell biology.  Bringing powerful 
online functions to the Press' renowned presentation of 
laboratory protocols, the site offers scientists:

* A new, community-based source of trusted techniques from laboratories
   worldwide
* Classic and cutting edge protocols featuring the strict attention to
   procedure that have made Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's
   methods international standards
* Step-by-step, uniformly structured formats for ease of use and
   printing, with clearly identified materials, cautions, recipes,
   and troubleshooting
* Moderated, interactive Web tools enabling users to ask questions,
   discuss experiences, and contribute suggestions
* Customizable features such as topic-based e-mail alerts and personal
   folders, where favorite protocols and searches can be stored
* Robust navigation tools including a unique taxonomy for browsing and a
   variety of full-text search options
* A launch archive of 500 protocols that will grow to more than 900 by
   year-end 2006

The Executive Editor of the journal, Dr. Michael Ronemus, heads a 
distinguished editorial board of international advisors. He plans 
monthly releases of new protocols including contributions from 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's courses and lab manuals, as well 
as laboratories around the world. The protocols will cover a wide 
range of experimental biology, from genetics and immunology to 
bioinformatics and imaging.  Ronemus emphasizes that CSH 
Protocols is a research journal that accepts submissions of 
protocols from the scientific community for peer-reviewed 
publication. Ronemus also notes that many features of the journal 
take advantage of Web technology, in particular the opportunity 
for scientists to join a conversation about protocols by adding 
their own comments, questions, and ideas. "Each published 
protocol is a citable contribution to the scientific literature, 
but, once put online, protocols will continue to evolve as users 
add their own observations. In this way, researchers will have 
access to the most up-to-date information available."

The community aspect of the journal is a natural extension of 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's long-established tradition of 
excellence in technical education.  Dr. John Inglis, the 
journal's publisher, points out that the scientific community has 
gathered for decades at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to discuss 
concepts and technologies. "Emerging methods have been explored 
in hands-on courses and the resulting knowledge has been conveyed 
to labs worldwide through carefully constructed manuals." 
Inglis added, "As a not-for-profit science publisher committed to 
research and education, our aim is to make CSH Protocols a 
virtual gathering place where scientists search for and store 
information they can rely on, annotate it, share it with 
colleagues, and contribute improvements and updates for the 
benefit of all." By registering for the site's alerting services, 
users will keep abreast of the latest developments in their 
particular fields of interest.

CSH Protocols is now available via institutional site license. 
Free trials are currently underway enabling librarians and 
scientists to explore the site and experience its outstanding 
utility and functions. Further details can be found at 
www.cshprotocols.org.

In encouraging trials of the site, Dr. Inglis said, "We realize 
the community has a choice in online protocol resources.  We 
believe that a comparison of our features, subject coverage, and 
pricing will make CSH Protocols the first choice in online 
methods for molecular and cell biologists."

CSH Protocols Subject Coverage

Antibodies
Bioinformatics / Genomics
Cell Biology
Chromatography
Computational Biology
DNA Delivery / Gene Transfer
Electrophoresis
Genetics
High-Throughput Analysis
Imaging / Microscopy
Immunology
Laboratory Organisms
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Plant Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Proteins and Proteomics
RNA Interference (RNAi)
Small Interfering RNA (siRNA)
Stem Cells
Transgenic Technology

About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Established more than a century ago, Cold Spring Harbor 
Laboratory, New York, is a private, non profit basic research and 
educational institution.  Its 330 scientists conduct 
groundbreaking research in cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, 
and bioinformatics. Their studies have won numerous awards and 
honors, including three Nobel Prizes.  The Laboratory is 
recognized internationally for professional training programs 
that bring more than 8000 scientists to its campus each year, 
innovative graduate education, and outreach that enhances K-12 
education and the public understanding of science.

About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

>From its beginnings in 1933 as an initiative to publish an Annual 
Symposium in Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 
Press is now an internationally recognized science publisher. 
The largest of the five educational divisions of the Laboratory, 
with more than 200 books in print, 6 research journals, and a 
variety of multimedia and online resources, its publications 
inspire and train scientists, educate students, and explain 
science to the public.

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Media Contact:
Wayne Manos
516-422-4009
manos@cshl.edu

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