Leading Edge at Cell

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I have another announcement to make! In the coming weeks, I will be leaving @CellRepMed to become one of the Leading Edge Editors @CellCellPress. A short 🧵 @CellPressNews

I am grateful to all my colleagues @CellRepMed for all they taught me: @DrSaraHam, @CuriousDrKris, Sha Yu @elisapanada2607 and Charlotte Owen-Woods.

A special thanks to @DrSaraHam for bringing me into the editorial world and allowing me the leeway to explore and find my niche. I also recall her saying, “you’re not obligated to join Twitter.” Whoops. 😆

My time @CellRepMed began a few weeks before the world shut down in 2020 and a few months before our first issue. Together, we all experienced the “fun” of launching a journal during a pandemic. cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/issue?pii=S2666-3791(20)X0002-4#

I love our inaugural cover. I realized then and there that @CuriousDrKris had a special talent for distilling a thousand words to one picture.

I also want to thank the innumerable authors, advisory board members and peer reviewers I worked with over the last 2.5 years. And also everyone from EdOps and Marketing, particularly for their patience with my never ending questions. 👏

I’m enthused about the prospects @CellCellPress and all the new colleagues I will work with! Leading Edge Editors work on Front Matter (Perspectives, Commentary, Reviews, Voices etc.) — those are the manuscript types I found myself gravitating to while @CellRepMed.

…Particularly those that dealt with the nexus where social forces collide with science, medicine and public health.

To me, Front Matter is where a journal sounds the voices of its communities and thereby its own.

As I wrote about elsewhere, we’re operating in a tough time. But, I am looking forward to helping authors share their voices to inspire science, promote health, foster #dei, counteract misinformation, protect against the misuse of science and advocate for change. twitter.com/isabelgoldm/status/1565675503796686848?s=21&t=81tFXkpbL47yCCuCs5ZBrw

Excited for this next chapter @CellPressNews and all the new colleagues and authors I will meet and work with. And, hopefully, I can help Leading Edge to keep bringing it!