News from the Biomaterials Science editors

Welcome to the first 2014 issue of Biomaterials Science. It's hard to believe that we're already in our second volume and we would like to thank our Editorial and Advisory Board members and you, our authors, readers and referees, for all your support in making Biomaterials Science's first volume such a success.

In this Editorial we would like to share with you some of the highlights of our first year, and look forward to what's coming up in the year ahead.

2013 – The launch of Biomaterials Science

January 2013 saw the first issue of Biomaterials Science and since then we have published a range of high quality reviews and primary research articles showing the breadth of research into biomaterials. For some examples of our great content see Table 1, where we have put together some of our most accessed articles since our launch. We hope you agree with us that the inaugural volume truly reflects the journal's aim of becoming an international, high impact journal bringing together the molecular and mesoscopic interactions of biomaterials and their potential applications. Don't forget that all articles published in 2013 and 2014 are free to access (following a simple registration) at no cost to the authors or the readers.

Table 1 Some of our most accessed articles since launch

Title	Authors	DOI
Reviews
Taking tissue adhesives to the future: from traditional synthetic to new biomimetic approaches	Lígia Pereira Bré, Yu Zheng, Ana Paula Pêgo and Wenxin Wang	10.1039/c2bm00121g
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for the design of smart delivery nanodevices	Montserrat Colilla, Blanca González and María Vallet-Regí	10.1039/c2bm00085g
Enzyme responsive materials: design strategies and future developments	Mischa Zelzer, Simon J. Todd, Andrew R. Hirst, Tom O. McDonald and Rein V. Ulijn	10.1039/c2bm00041e
Three-dimensional cell culture based on microfluidic techniques to mimic living tissues	Yuya Morimoto and Shoji Takeuchi	10.1039/c2bm00117a
Electrospinning and additive manufacturing: converging technologies	Paul D. Dalton, Cédryck Vaquette, Brooke L. Farrugia, Tim R. Dargaville, Toby D. Brown and Dietmar W. Hutmacher	10.1039/c2bm00039c
Papers
A facile fabrication of upconversion luminescent and mesoporous core–shell structured β-NaYF4:Yb^3+, Er^3+@mSiO2 nanocomposite spheres for anti-cancer drug delivery and cell imaging	Chunxia Li, Zhiyao Hou, Yunlu Dai, Dongmei Yang, Ziyong Cheng, Ping'an Ma and Jun Lin	10.1039/c2bm00087c
Bio-ink for on-demand printing of living cells	Cameron J. Ferris, Kerry J. Gilmore, Stephen Beirne, Donald McCallum, Gordon G. Wallace and Marc in het Panhuis	10.1039/c2bm00114d
Facile preparation of multifunctional hollow silica nanoparticles and their cancer specific targeting effect	Banalata Sahoo, K. Sanjana P. Devi, Sumanta Kumar Sahu, Suryakanta Nayak, Tapas K. Maiti, Dibakar Dhara and Panchanan Pramanik	10.1039/c3bm00007a
Combined near-IR photothermal therapy and chemotherapy using gold-nanorod/chitosan hybrid nanospheres to enhance the antitumor effect	Rui Chen, Xianchuang Zheng, Hangqing Qian, Xin Wang, Jing Wang and Xiqun Jiang	10.1039/c2bm00138a
Synthetic hydrogel platform for three-dimensional culture of embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons	Daniel D. McKinnon, April M. Kloxin and Kristi S. Anseth	10.1039/c3bm00166k

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Working with the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University

As you are probably aware, Biomaterials Science is a collaborative venture between the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Japan and in March 2013 both parties came together to host an International Symposium on “Cell-Material Integration and Biomaterials Science” which commemorated the launch of Biomaterials Science. Attended by our Editor-in-Chiefs, Norio Nakatsuji (iCeMS) and Phillip Messersmith (Northwestern University), as well as a number of our Board members, it was a fantastic way to launch the journal.

Looking forward to 2014

We are starting the year with a number of great articles already in the pipeline. We've also got two themed issues for 2014 planned: an Emerging Investigators themed issue, which will highlight the very best work from researchers in the biomaterials field in the early stages of their independent career as well as a themed issue on Stem cell–materials interactions.

During 2014 the Editorial Board and the Editorial team will be attending a number of conferences to promote the journal. Please do get in touch if you would like to meet us to discuss the journal.

Biomaterials Science Lectureship

We're excited to announce that 2014 will see the first Biomaterials Science Lectureship. This annual award will be presented to a young, independent researcher who will receive £1000 and present a Biomaterials Science lecture. Look out for more information on this later on in the year!

Keeping up to date with Biomaterials Science

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We hope that you have enjoyed reading the first volume of Biomaterials Science and continue to do so. Thank you again for all your support this past year and here's to an exciting 2014!

Liz Dunn, Managing Editor; Nicola Wise, Deputy Editor; Phillip Messersmith, Editor-in-Chief; Norio Nakatsuji, Editor-in-Chief

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