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Nature Methods is a forum for the publication of novel methods and significant improvements to tried-and-tested basic research techniques in the life sciences. This monthly publication is aimed at a broad, interdisciplinary audience of academic and industry researchers actively involved in laboratory practice. It provides them with new tools to conduct their research and places a strong emphasis on the immediate practical relevance of the work presented. The journal publishes primary research papers as well as overviews of recent technical and methodological developments. We are actively seeking primary methods papers of relevance to the biological and biomedical sciences, including methods grounded in chemistry that have a practical application to the study of biological problems.

Nature Protocols aims to publish the protocols being used to answer outstanding biological and biomedical science research questions, including methods grounded in physics and chemistry that have a practical application to the study of biological problems. As the main audience for Nature Protocols articles is research scientists, we only publish protocols that have research applications; thus, we do not publish protocols where the main application is to make decisions that influence patient management and treatment. Specific techniques of interest include, but are not limited to, protocols relating to: Biochemistry; Cell biology; Cell culture; Chemical modification; Computational biology; Developmental biology; Epigenomics; Genetic analysis; Genetic modification; Genomics; Imaging; Immunology; Isolation, purification and separation; Lipidomics; Metabolomics; Microbiology; Model organisms; Nanotechnology; Neuroscience; Nucleic-acid based molecular biology; Pharmacology; Plant biology; Protein analysis; Proteomics; Spectroscopy; Structural biology; Synthetic chemistry; Tissue culture; Toxicology; Virology.