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...

The haemopoietic system, in which proliferation and commitment to differentiation along at least five distinct pathways continues throughout life, provides an ideal cell system for studying mechanisms which direct cells to differentiate into one type or another. An insight into this problem is clearly important if we are to understand the population structure, kinetics and regulation of complex...

D EAR TCAS-I Reader, After two years of service as the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS—I: REGULAR PAPERS (TCAS-I), my term is coming to an end and I am delighted to review with you the activities and endeavors which have been undertaken since January 2008. Despite the fact that there are certainly issues which still need to be addressed, many challenges ha...