Cell Discovery, published by Springer Nature in partnership with the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), aims to provide an open access platform for scientists to publish their high quality works. Cell Discovery publishes results of high significance and broad interest in all areas of molecular and cell biology, including (but not limited to) the following topics:cell growth and differentiation,signal transduction,apoptosis,stem cells,development,immunology,neurosciences,plant cell biology,chromatin modulation,epigenetics and transcription.