Changes to journal editorial scopes are common, and typically need to be made in order to respond to a change in the publishing landscape.  Much recent research in the bioenergetics and biomembranes space has been devoted to human disease, most particularly significant diseases such as cancer, diabetes and neurodegeneration.

To ensure a venue for such research, the Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes  has recently turned its attention to this sort of content,  particularly those papers which present mechanistic studies with relevance to human disease. As such, we are delighted to announce that, after a search for new editors, Professor Christian Bergamini, University of Bologna, Italy and Professor Christos Chinopoulos, Semmelweis University, Hungary have taken up roles as Senior and Commissioning Editor in the Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 

We caught up with them to discuss their rationales for joining the journal, their thoughts on their role as well as some of their plans: 

Prof. Christian Bergamini: 

" I am honoured to serve as Senior Editor of the Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, and I look forward to working closely with the editorial team to further enhance the journal’s scientific impact and relevance. My aim is to ensure the journal remains a leading platform for high-quality, rigorous, and forward-thinking research that deepens our understanding of bioenergetics, biomembranes, and transport. I am particularly keen to encourage submissions that adopt a critical experimental approach and explore emerging areas in biochemistry and bioenergetics, especially mechanistic studies with relevance to human disease. "

Prof. Christos Chinopoulos: 

"I am delighted and honoured to accept the appointment as Senior and Commissioning Editor. Given my position in the Department of Biochemistry at Semmelweis University in Hungary, this role holds special significance for me, as the Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes has a historical connection to Hungarian biochemistry through Szent-Györgyi Albert, who served as its honorary founding adviser. Building on this legacy, my goal is to advance the Journal to the forefront of human-related biochemical research—a fundamental science that addresses common maladies of our time."

Editor-in-Chief, Patric Stanton, says:

"It is a great pleasure to welcome to the Editorial Board of The Journal of Bioenergetics & Biomembranes two new Senior and Commissioning Editors!

Christos Chinopoulos, DSc, MD, PhD, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary has been an Associate Editor at JOBB for many years, and is now ascending to the position of Senior Editor. His wide-ranging expertise in mitochondrial function in health and disease have made him an invaluable member of the JOBB editorial board, and his agreeing to take over the role of Senior Editor offers the exciting prospect of expanding his efforts to grow the range and impact of studies, both in basic bioenergetics and disease-related metabolic dysfunction, that will expand the readership and impact of JOBB.

Christian Bergamini, PhD, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy is also joining us at JOBB. In his role, he will be using his expertise in mitochondrial respiratory chain and permeability transition pore function, and dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease and cancer, to identify breaking topics which will stimulate our readership and develop novel connections between fields.

I, and our entire Editorial Team, are excited and gratified to have Professors Chinopoulos and Bergamini taking on these essential new roles in driving the journal onwards and upwards in filling critical and evolving areas in bioenergetics and biomembranes research with important implications for human disease etiology and treatment."

Please join us in welcoming Christos and Christian to their new roles in the journal. We welcome any authors who have papers in the above areas who would like to make a submission to the journal. For more info on the journal, please see here: 

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Many thanks to those who submitted their applications to become editor. If you would to apply to join our editorial board,  please contact joshua.bayliss@springernature.com .