The RSC enjoyed a busy and exciting ACS spring meeting in Chicago. The RSC stand was so well attended that by the end of the four days books and puzzles had completely sold out and all of the promotional and informative material representing the breadth of our activities had been devoured by the conference delegates!

New products and innovations from the publishing division that were presented and demonstrated were very well received, and represented our commitment to providing publishing solutions to aid the communication and progress of the chemical sciences. New products introduced at the ACS meeting included: 

Project Prospect, an innovative new project that makes the science in RSC journal articles really come alive, and the RSC eBook Collection, the fully searchable archive giving access to over 700 RSC book publications. RSC Publishing also celebrated New Journal of Chemistry's 30th and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry's 5th year of publication with a meet-the-editor session at the RSC stand. Delegates were invited to interact with each other and the editors of the two publications, Denise Parent and Vikki Allen, in an informal and friendly environment over coffee, cookies and cakes.

Scientists with an interest in specific topics at the chemistry-biology interface can easily find relevant research articles from across RSC journals, thanks to the launch of Biology in Focus. This new website will showcase a new subject area each quarter, beginning with 'Cancer and other disease states'. Future topics will include microarrays, metabolomics, quantitative proteomics, genomics and biomarkers.

Many scientists focus on the rapidly developing interface between chemistry and biology to achieve a better balance between research and real-world applications. Exciting new analytical and miniaturised tools are allowing better interrogation, improved measurement and increased understanding of biology and biological systems, which in turn are leading to major developments in these interfacial areas.

RSC journals Molecular BioSystems, Lab on a Chip and The Analyst have joined forces to encourage and promote this interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation between the disciplines. The Biology in Focus website aims to increase knowledge by presenting material appearing in all three of these journals, with additional material from other RSC journals as appropriate.

The highly successful Biomolecular Sciences Book Series now includes seven titles that provide an authoritative insight to research at the chemistry-biology interface. Here are some of the great things people are saying about these topical books:

Sequence-specific DNA Binding Agents 'An excellent overview of the work being done' ChemBioChem

Biophysical and Structural Aspects of Bioenergetics 'A beautifully produced research-level resource...' Chemistry World

Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins '...a snapshot of the state of the art' ChemBioChem

Exploiting Chemical Diversity for Drug Discovery '...is an excellent and astonishingly complete compilation on this broad and demanding topic for current practitioners' Angewandte Chemie

Structure-Based Drug Discovery 'There are very few of us who will invent a drug, but by using the techniques described (in this book), you will shorten your own odds considerably' Chemistry World