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in the field of

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, and

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of animal and plant cells,

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s and

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s. Topics covered include development, neurobiology, and

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, as well as theoretical or

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modelling. The journal is currently published monthly by

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on behalf of the Société Française des Microscopies and the Société de Biologie Cellulaire de France.Osborne HB. (2005) What's new for Biology of the Cell in 2005? (Editorial) ''Biol Cell'' 97: 1–2
(accessed 23 October 2007)

History

The journal first appeared in 1962 and was originally titled ''Journal de Microscopie'' (1962–1974). In 1975 the journal was retitled ''Journal de Microscopie et de Biologie Cellulaire'' (; 1975–1976). It was later retitled ''Biologie Cellulaire'' (; 1977–1980), becoming ''Biology of the Cell'' in 1981. Articles were originally published in either English or French, with summaries in both languages.NLM: LocatorPlus: Journal de microscopie
(accessed 24 October 2007)

Modern journal

Content from 1988 is available online in

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format, with papers from 2005 also being available in

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, and from 2006 in an enhanced full-text format. The journal's 2014

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was 3.506. ''Biology of the Cell'' is indexed by BIOBASE, BIOSIS, CAB International, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts,

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, and ProQuest Information and Learning Articles are primarily research and reviews. Themed series on specific topics are scheduled. They were: Stem Cells (2005), RNA localization (2005), Aquaporins (2005), Synapses (2007), Cell Cycle and Cancer (2008), Microtubules, RNA regulation (2008), Microbiology and Cell Biology (2010), Cilia (2011), Endoplasmic Reticulum (2012), Epigenetics (2012), Post-Translational Modification and Virus Intracellular Trafficking (2012), Optogenetics (2014), Microvesicles and Exosomes (2015), Systems Cell Biology (2015), Translating Canceromics into function (2015). The

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of this journal is René-Marc Mège, a team leader at the

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. He was preceded by Thierry Galli ( INSERM) who was editor from 2009 - 2017.
Osborne HB. (2005) What's new for Biology of the Cell in 2005? (Editorial) Biol Cell 97: 1–2
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External links

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Société Française des Microscopies

Société de Biologie Cellulaire de France
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