Editorial

New editor for molecular biology of fungi.

Our friend and colleague Bill Goldman has decided to retire as editor of Molecular Microbiology exactly 7 years after being appointed to edit papers on the molecular biology and pathogenesis of fungi. During this period, and thanks largely to Bill's diligent work as editor, Molecular Microbiology has established itself as a leading journal in this area of research, with many pioneering studies being published. Bill is leaving us (and his current base at Washington University in St Louis) to head the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA. We wish him great success in his new venture.

We are very fortunate in being able to recruit Brendan Cormack as Bill's replacement. Brendan is Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA. He did his graduate studies with Kevin Struhl at Harvard Medical School on TATA binding proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and his postdoctoral studies with Stan Falkow at Stanford University on the pathogenesis of Candida albicans and C. glabrata. His most recent research interests focus on the interactions between C. glabrata and host cells. Brendan will take over from Bill as of 1 April 2008. He will edit all papers dealing with the molecular biology and pathogenesis of all types of unicellular and multicellular fungi. We are confident that he will strengthen the Journal even further in this area of research and that, like Bill, he will help authors get the most out of their work.