News & ISN May 2016

• Journal of Neurochemistry is happy to announce the 2015 Mark Smith Award winner Yuda Huo for the paper “ The deubiquitinating enzyme USP46 regulates AMPA receptor ubiquitination and trafficking ”  Journal of Neurochemistry 134(6): 1067–1080, Yuda Huo, Natasha Khatri, Qingming Hou, James Gilbert, Guan Wang and Heng‐Ye Man. DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13194

With this important contribution to our understanding of ubiquitination processes, the award goes again to a highly deserving candidate. Dr. Huo will present his work at the 26th Biennial ISN Conference in Paris in 2017 (see below).

• The Journal of Neurochemistry is celebrating its 60th Anniversary!
• Upcoming Special issues on Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson disease and the 60th Anniversary of the Journal

     

News and ISN

• Did you know Journal of Neurochemistry offers authors the option to publish Open Access ? ISN members receive a reduced fee ($1,000 USD compared to the regular fee of $3,000 USD, less than most other journals charge).
• Download the new JNeurochem App for free: https:// itunes.apple.com/us/app/journal-neurochemistry-for/id655612235
• A virtual issue on Neuroinflammation in nervous system disorders, edited by Tammy Kielian, is now available: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1471-4159/homepage/virtual_issues.htm#neuroinflammation

     

NEWS AND ISN

• Register now for the ISN/ASN Biennial Meeting ( http://www.isn-asncancun2013.org ) in Cancun, Mexico! Fees include conference materials, free WiFi at the conference site, lunch and refreshments, as well as a closing fiesta.The list of speakers includes among others Huda Y. Zoghbi, Robin Franklin, Nancy Yuk‐Yu IP, Martin Cammarota, and Hideyuki Okano. Posters will be available for two full days, ensuring that attendees will be able to see the presentations that interest them and that their work will be seen by all of our colleagues. Register now! Further information about the meeting and links for registration may be found on the official website: http://www.isn-asncancun2013.org
• During the ISN/ASN meeting in Cancun, ISN President Phil Beart, who has provided an outstanding contribution to the ISN over the last 8 years will also hand over the role to the new incoming President, Alois Saria.
• NEW in 2013: 2‐year membership of the ISN is now discounted to $95USD – renew today and save $25USD, or renew your annual membership for $60USD: www.neurochemistry.org/membership/renewmembership.html
• Membership and global outreach of the ISN continue: Since the last Biennial meeting in Athens in 2011, the ISN has 552 new members (as of December 2012), of which 317 are students. Welcome to the Society!
• Registration of the ISN was moved from the UK (ISN (Ltd)) to the USA (ISN Inc) to ease accounting, which went smoothly thanks to joint efforts and close collaboration of all parties involved.
• The 5th ISN Special Conference on ‘Synapses and dendritic spines in health and disease’, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been a great success. A mini review series summarizing major relevant topics covered was solicited, scheduled for publication in early 2013.
• New! ISN CAEN “Return Home Grant” aimed at funding research and set‐up supplies (up to $10,000USD) for an applicant who is moving to a country with limited research financial support after a postdoctoral fellowship in a developed country. Please see www.neurochemistry.org/grants-awards/committee-for-aid-and-education-in-neurochemistry-caen.html for additional application details.
• New reduced open access fees for JNC publications available only for ISN members ISN members in good standing ($1,000USD).

     

Retracted: A proteomic approach for investigation of photosynthetic apparatus in plants

Retraction: The following article from Proteomics, “A proteomic approach for investigation of photosynthetic apparatus in plants” by C. Ciambella, P. Roepstorff, E.M. Aro and L. Zolla, published online on 28 January 2005 in the Wiley Online Library ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmic.200401129/full ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the Editor‐in‐Chief and Wiley‐VCH GmbH & Co. KGaA. The retraction has been agreed due to the similarity of Figure 4 in this article and an image from an article by B. Granvogl and L.A. Eichacker which was originally submitted to Proteomics on November 1^st, 2002 and which was finally published online on 6 June 2006 in the Wiley Online Library ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmic.200500924/full ) as Figure 1 in Proteomics, “Mapping the proteome of thylakoid membranes by de novo sequencing of intermembrane peptide domains” by B. Granvogl, V. Reisinger and L.A. Eichacker.     

The following article for this Special Issue was previously published and can be found in its respective issue online: “Detection of early Alzheimer’s disease-like molecular alterations in a mouse model expressing human ApoE4”

Detection of early Alzheimer’s disease-like molecular alterations in a mouse model expressing human ApoE4 (Published in JNC 166.3 issue) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15904     

The following article for this Special Issue was previously published and can be found in its respective issue online: “Long-term nucleus basalis cholinergic depletion induces attentional deficits and impacts cortical neurons and BDNF levels without affecting the NGF synthesis”

Long-term nucleus basalis cholinergic depletion induces attentional deficits and impacts cortical neurons and BDNF levels without affecting the NGF synthesis (Published in JNC 163.2 issue) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15683     

News and ISN

• Journal of Neurochemistry announces the move to Online Only publication as of January 2014 (issue 128‐1), with the recent release of the new App for iPad. Versions for iPhone and Android will follow soon.
• The App can be downloaded from https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/journal-neurochemistry-for/id655612235

• Special Issues have been published on:
  • 150 Years of Friedreich Ataxia Research
  • Virtual Issue on Molecular Imaging
  • Mini article series featuring Model systems for Neurodegenerative Diseases (yeast, drosophila, zebrafish) with an accompanying Editorial Highlight
• In addition to the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), the ISN has become a member of the global advocacy initiative recently launched by International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) , with a first panel discussion and poster presentation held at SfN in San Diego this November.
• The ISN council has decided to launch two new exciting ventures:
  • A joint ISN‐JNeurochem Flagship School envisioned to be a recurring school that focuses on high impact research, to be launched in celebration of ISN's 50th anniversary celebration
  • A junior investigator committee to provide a voice for our junior researchers in society and biennial meeting issues.

     

Issue Information

Leptocereus santamarinae. In Herradura beach in Las Tunas Province. Photo by Duniel Barrios. Flores et al. https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1442-1984.12334 (right) Echinocereus enneacanthus (Cactaceae). Spring of 2020, Mapimi Biosphere Reserve, Southern Chihuahuan Desert, Durango, Mexico. Photo by José Antonio Aranda-Pineda. Aranda-Pineda et al. https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1442-1984.12329 (left)

     

Retraction Statement: CXCL12/CXCR4 chemokine signaling in spinal glia induces pain hypersensitivity through MAPKs‐mediated neuroinflammation in bone cancer rats

‘CXCL12/CXCR4 chemokine signaling in spinal glia induces pain hypersensitivity through MAPKs‐mediated neuroinflammation in bone cancer rats’ by Hu X.‐M., Liu Y.‐N., Zhang H.‐L., Cao S.‐B., Zhang T., Chen L.‐P. and Shen W. The above article from Journal of Neurochemistry, published online on 26 January 2015 and in volume 132, issue 4, pages 452–463 (available through www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ), and its subsequent Corrigendum, published online on 5 February 2015 and in volume 132, issue 4, p. 487, have been retracted by agreement between the Journal's Editor‐in‐Chief, Jörg Schulz, corresponding author Wen Shen on behalf of the authors, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed as the same GFAP immunostaining image was used to represent different experimental conditions in two different publications (Shen et al. [2014] in the Journal of Neuroinflammation and Hu et al. [2015] in the Journal of Neurochemistry), with apparent brightness changes between the images. Shen et al. (2014) show in the outer right panel of Figure 4a, as well as in Fig. 8A for the GFAP/sham condition, a GFAP immunostaining after treatment with TCI + Fluorocitrate. The same image, at a lower intensity, is used in Hu et al. (2015) in the first panel of figure 5b as a sham control. The shape of the tissue margins of the spinal cord section as well as several landmark epitopes that point towards identical images are encircled:

Shen et al. 2014 Figure 4a     

Retracted: Production,biochemical characterization,and kinetic/thermodynamic study of novel serine protease from Aspergillus avenaceus URM 6706

“Production, biochemical characterization, and kinetic/thermodynamic study of novel serine protease from Aspergillus avenaceus URM 6706“ (by da Silva A, et al.) Bio. Tech. Prog.; https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/btpr.3091 The above listed article, from Biotechnology Progress, published online in Early View on October 16, 2020 in Wiley Online Library ( http://wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, John A. Morgan and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed because the article was not accepted for publication by the Journal and subsequently published in error as an Early View article. The editorial team of this journal takes full responsibility and apologizes for the technical error that resulted in this article appearing in Early View.     

Retracted: Bisindole‐oxadiazole hybrids,T3P mediated® ‐synthesis and appraisal of their apoptotic,antimetastatic and computational Bcl‐2 binding potential

Retraction: Kamath PR, Joseph MM, Ajees AA, et al. Bisindole‐oxadiazole hybrids, T3P mediated synthesis and appraisal of their apoptotic, antimetastatic and computational Bcl‐2 binding potential. J Biochem Mol Toxicol . 2017;31:e21962. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbt.21962 The above article from the Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology , published online on 19 July 2017 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbt.21962 ) and in Volume 31, Issue 11, has been retracted by agreement of the Journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Dr Hari Bhat, and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The retraction has been agreed due to the absence of access to the original data needed to answer questions about the reliability of some of the findings presented in the paper.     

The following article for this Special Issue was previously published and can be found in its respective issue online: “Whole-brain neural connectivity to cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert”

Whole-brain neural connectivity to cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert (Published in JNC 166.2 issue) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15873     

The following article for this Special Issue was previously published and can be found in its respective issue online: “Acetylcholine release from striatal cholinergic interneurons is controlled differently depending on the firing pattern”

Acetylcholine release from striatal cholinergic interneurons is controlled differently depending on the firing pattern (Published in JNC 167.1 issue) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15950     

The following article for this Special Issue was previously published and can be found in its respective issue online: “How can I measure brain acetylcholine levels in vivo? Advantages and caveats of commonly used approaches”

How can I measure brain acetylcholine levels in vivo? Advantages and caveats of commonly used approaches (Published in JNC 167.1 issue) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15943     

Retraction Statement

[Bengil, EGT, Akbora, HD, Hadjioannou, L, Papageorgiou, M, Snape, R. A new species in town: New record of Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962 from the Levantine Sea. J Appl Ichthyol. 2021; 37: 113- 119.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14125 ] The above article from the Journal of Applied Ichthyology, published online on 1 November 2020 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jai.14125 ), has been retracted by agreement between Elizabeth G. T. Bengil, Hasan D. Akbora, Louis Hadjioannou, Marios Papageorgiou and Robin Snape, the journal Editor-in-Chief, Christian Wolter, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to an unintentional but major scientific error invalidating the conclusions of the article.     

News & ISN December 2017

The 2016 Mark Smith Award winner is Sunmin Jung (Seoul National University), for the pa per Dual‐specificity phosphatase 26 (DUSP26) stimulates Aβ42 generation by promoting amyloid precursor protein axonal transport during hypoxia . Journal of Neurochemistry (2016) 137(5): 770‐781, Sunmin Jung, Jihoon Nah, Jonghee Han, Seon‐Guk Choi, Hyunjoo Kim, Jaesang Park, Ha‐Kyung Pyo, Yong‐Keun Jung. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.13597     

Retraction

The following article from Plant Biology, “Growth, ion homeostasis, photosynthesis and photosystem II efficiency of an obligate halophyte, Salicornia brachiata, under increasing salinity (p)” by A. K. Parida, C. M. Hari Kishore & B. Jha, published online on 1 April 2010 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1438‐8677.2010.00336.x ) in Wiley InterScience ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Heinz Rennenberg and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to concern about overlap with the article “Relationship between the photosynthetic activity and the performance of Cakile maritima after long‐term salt treatment” by Ahmed Debez, Hans‐Werner Koyro, Claude Grignon, Chedly Abdelly, Bernhard Huchzermeyer published in Physiologia Plantarum (2008) vol. 133, 373‐385.     

Zooming in on biological processes with fluorescence nanoscopy

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Highlights► Fluorescence nanoscopy can be used to decipher subcellular structures in biological systems. ► We review the underlying principles and biological application of STED, PALM, and STORM. ► For super-resolution imaging methods, there is a tradeoff between temporal and spatial resolution. ► Improving probe brightness and probe photostability are key factors for achieving higher resolution.     

RetractedFood habits of Rhinopithecus bieti as assessed by fecal analysis at Mt. Longma,Southwest China

The following article from Zoo Biology, "Food habits of Rhinopithecus bieti as assessed by fecal analysis at Mt. Longma, Southwest China" by Xue‐You Li, Shi‐Jian Yang and Yang Yang, published online on September 17, 2010, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Executive Editor, Jason V. Watters, and the publisher, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The retraction has been agreed due to overlap between this article and the following article published in the American Journal of Primatology: "Diet and feeding behavior of Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: adaptations to a marginal environment" by Zuo‐fu Xiang, Sheng Huo, Wen Xiao, Rui‐chang Quan and Cyril C. Grueter. Am J Primatol 69:1141–1158, 2007.