JACS Journal Club

The Journal of the American Chemical Society,has launched the JACS Journal Club,where the lab-based journal club goes global. Students, postdocs, and faculty can ask questions and comment on current research reported in the ACS flagship journal. "Five things you need to know" is the discussion area where authors share what does and doesn't work in their experiments, and you can add comments or tips of your own. The JACS Journal Club is part of JACS Beta,an experimental website that explores different and innovative ways to share chemical research.

JACS Beta

The Journal of the American Chemical Society has launched JACS Beta, an experimental website that explores different and innovative ways to share chemical research. It is freely available and encourages its readers' participation in evaluating new features. One of the features being tested is JACS Virtual Issues, thematic collections of the best recently published JACS papers. Virtual Issue #1, Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products, includes papers from the Scripps Research Baran and Nicolaou labs. The new website also offers an interview with Scripps Florida's Professor William R. Roush, who edited the first Virtual Issues collection.