Ebony Torrington

Welcome to the 76th Issue of BioTechniques. We wish the audience a Happy New Year and look forward to what's in store for 2024. We would like to take this moment to highlight our gratitude for the continuous support of the Editorial Board, LEARN mentors, authors, peer reviewers and readers. Last year we published a Special Focus Issue to celebrate 40 years of publishing laboratory techniques and methodologies in BioTechniques.

BioTechniquesVol. 74, No. 1 ForewordOpen Access To all our readers, we would first like to welcome you to the 74th Issue of BioTechniques and wish you a Happy New Year. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of BioTechniques and we look forward to celebrating with our readers throughout the year.

To all our readers, we would first like to wish you a happy New Year and introduce you to the 72nd volume of BioTechniques. This year we have seen many changes across the journal and the digital site – we said goodbye to our former Editor-in-Chief, Francesca Lake, and warmly welcomed our new Editor-in Chief, Michelle Itano, who had previously been a member of the Editorial Board.