Biophysical Society Bulletin | September 2024

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Biophysical Reports Receives Its First Impact Factor Editor-in-Chief Jörg Enderlein and the editorial board of Biophysical Reports are pleased to announce that the journal has reached the milestone of receiving its first Impact Factor: 2.4! There are many ways to analyze the quality and success of a journal. Impact Factor is only one, but it reflects that a journal has established itself and is publishing work that is being recognized and cited by the community. We are proud of the journal’s development and would like to thank the authors who have submitted their work as well as the editors and reviewers who have provided a fast, rigorous, and fair peer review process. The journal was launched as a high-quality, forward-looking gold open access publishing option in 2021. Publishing in all disciplines encompassed by biophysics, with a particular emphasis on methods and techniques, as well as concepts and ideas that present major conceptual advances or represent new views on existing data and results, the journal has continued to build its reputation. It provides a venue for papers that are written for specialists as well as those written for the broader biophysics community. We look forward to watching Biophysical Reports grow in the future! Please consider submitting your latest research. For more information, go to www.biophysreports.org.

Editor’s Pick Biophysical Reports An efficient EPR spin-labeling method enables insights into conformational changes in DNA Melanie Hirsch, Lukas Hofmann, Idan Yakobov, Shirin Kahremany, Hila Sameach, Yulia Shenberger, Lada Gevorkyan-Airapetov, Sharon Ruthstein “The transcription process usually involves conformational changes in both the protein and DNA. Electron paramagnetic resonance stands out as a biophysical tool to investigate structural dynamics in macromolecules. Electron paramagnetic reso nance boasts several advantages: it does not require crystallization, thereby enabling the study of macromolecules in their native environments, and it is not limited by macromolecule size. Nevertheless, a notable drawback lies in the necessity of incor porating paramagnetic centers, such as spin labels. Spin labeling nucleotides poses a significant challenge, prompting the development of a simplified methodology presented here for efficient labeling of DNA sequences.” Version of Record Published June 28, 2024 DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2024.100168

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