Histochemistry and Cell Biology: 61 years and not tired at all.

Abstract

Isaac Newton is credited with quipping, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”. This remark, made more than 300 years ago is still relevant for today’s scientists. Certainly, in our field of Histochemistry and Cell Biology, many of the insights we enjoy and techniques we apply in our research are the result of contributions to the literature provided by our scientific forebearers. As Editors of Histochemistry and Cell Biology, we are entrusted with maintaining the high quality and continued success of the journal instituted by its founders M. Chèvremont, Liège; H.W. Deane, New York; P.B. Diezel, F. Duspiva and H. Reznik, Heidelberg; O. Eränkö, Helsinki; P. Gedigk and N. Schümmelfelder, Bonn; W. Gössner, Tübingen; W. Graumann, Göttingen; A. G. E. Pearse, London; W. Sandritter, Frankfurt/Main; T.H. Schiebler, Kiel; G. Siebert, Mainz; and M. Wolman, Tel-Hashomer. The list of the international editors represented a virtual list of “Who’s Who” in histochemistry at that time.