EDITORIALS 



This Journal will be devoted to the promotion of biochemical 

 research and to the extension of biochemical knowledge. The 

 Biochemical Bulletin will be issued quarterly — in March, June, 



September and December. It is addresed di- 



Purpose and scope y^^^iy ^q j-^g expanding circle of students and in- 

 of the / , ,^ . , .,. , . , 



Biochemical Bulletin vestigators whose collective ability and mdustry 



have given the Columbia biochemical labora- 



tories an honorable history of endeavor and usefulness. 



The Bulletin will per form functions similar to those of the 

 conventional alumni Journal. It will aim to keep all the members 

 of the Columbia biochemical family in touch with the old labora- 

 tory homes. It will seek to maintain cordial personal and profes- 

 sional sympathy between the resident workers and those who have 

 gone to other laboratories. 



In pursuance, however, of the primary purpose to make the 

 Bulletin a broadly effective agent for the advancement of bio- 

 logical chemistry, subjects of general as well as local interest will be 

 presented in every issue. Biological chemists everywhere are cor- 

 dially invited to send us Communications of any character whatever 

 that will increase the value and add to the interest of the Bulletin. 

 Original contributions to research, preliminary reports of investiga- 

 tions, abstracts of papers, addresses, reviews, descriptions of new 

 methods and apparatus, practical suggestions to teachers, biograph- 

 ical notes, historical summaries, bibliographies, quotations, news 

 items, personalia, and views on current events in chemical biology, 

 are especially solicited. 



This journalistic mutant begins its career under auspicious cir- 

 cumstances and in a favorable environment. That it will grow and 

 be abundantly useful is the hope and belief of all who now formally 

 offer it their encouragement and support. 



If the Biochemical Bulletin becomes as useful in its own 

 field as the Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin has been and continues 

 to be in Medicine, our editorial efforts will be amply repaid. 



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