Incorporation of Gene Function and Disease Into CFG

With this issue, our sister journal, Gene Function & Disease (GFD), published by Wiley-VCH, will cease to be a separate title and will be incorporated into Comparative and Functional Genomics. In combining the contents from these two journals, CFG aims to provide a more comprehensive coverage of genomic research, including more studies applying global approaches to the genetics of human disease. In particular, CFG would like to encourage the submission of papers and reviews covering protein structure prediction and modelling, in relation to understanding protein function and interactions. With this in mind, we are delighted to welcome Thomas Lengauer (MaxPlanck-Institut für Informatik, Germany) onto our Editorial Board. Professor Walter Doerfler and Petra Böhm, with the support of their Editorial Board, did a great job launching GFD. The merger of these two journals will ensure that the foresight and expertise that they brought to GFD will go on to enrich CFG, benefiting the authors and readers of both journals.