As part of a year-long celebration in honor of Blood’s 70th anniversary, we are publishing a series of editorials written by past Editors-in-Chief of the journal. The authors reflect on their experience at Blood in light of the journal’s publication history. Each of these special pieces will highlight and discuss the impact of one or more original research articles that had a significant influe...

I was honoured when asked to curate this collection, but accepted with some trepidation. As the tagline states, Microbiology (Journal of General Microbiology prior to 1994) has been ‘publishing high-quality research since 1947’: capturing the breadth and depth of the journal’s contribution to microbiology in this short opinion piece is nigh impossible. I chose to steer a personal course through...

Contemporary development of scientific thought is fostered not by separate people but is a purposeful activity of a group of like-minded people armed with progressive ideas and modern technical equipment. Such schools appeared and work actively in the majo­rity of research and educational establishments, clinics, and universities. The Lviv school established in 1945 by Professor H.P. Kovtunovyc...

As part of a year-long celebration in honor of Blood’s 70th anniversary, we are publishing a series of editorials written by past Editors-in-Chief of the journal. The authors reflect on their experience at Blood in light of the journal’s publication history. Each of these special pieces will highlight and discuss the impact of one or more original research articles that had a significant influe...