German research agency: Ethologist takes the helm

Neurosurgeon takes health care helm in Quebec.

Andrew Ewald takes the helm of first JCS Guest Editorship.

As a graduate student I remember getting the letter – yes, it was many years ago – from the Editor handling my first manuscript. At the time I had little thought for the Editor’s role in the process of trying to publish my first paper and was merely pleased that the reviewers were positive and had not asked for much more (as I said, it was a while ago). Now, sitting on the other side of the fen...

Victor Dzau: cardiovascular physician scientist takes helm at IOM.

Costume Agency in German Larp

Costume Agency in German Larp has two aims. First, it contributes to the understanding of costumes as collaborators in a larp network. Second, it shows that the change towards a network perspective expands the understanding of games as relational processes. An actor-network analysis of the costume builds on first-hand data from three larps. Data analysis required a set of qualitative methods ba...

Interferon (IFN)-λ Takes the Helm: Immunomodulatory Roles of Type III IFNs

Type III interferons (IFNs) (or IFN-λ) are the latest addition to the IFN family. Even though they share little protein homology with type I IFN, both exhibit remarkable functional similarities: each can be induced in response to viral infections, and both lead to Janus kinases (JAK) and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) activation. The JAK/STAT pathway induces antiviral r...