A recent open access article by Yuri Wolf and Eugene Koonin inBiology Direct(Biol Direct2, 14; 2007) isdiscussedinNaturethis week. In the Journal Club section of the magazine, where a researcher presents a paper of their choice from the last year, Eőrs Szathmáry highlights the significance of Wolf and Koonin’s hypothesis regarding the origin of translation and the genetic code. Szathmáry recommends researchers to read what he describes as a "well-written, thought-provoking paper”. Why not join the discussion in thejournal club forumontheNatureweb site, or alternativelypost a commenton the article on theBiology Direct网站本身。

Biology Direct aims to publish articles of high calibre from across the full spectrum of biology. The journal already covers genomics, bioinformatics, systems biology and immunology, with additional subject areas in development.Biology Directoffers authors a uniqueopen peer review system, whereby authors identify suitable reviewers from the journal’s Editorial Board, and referees’ reports are published alongside articles.