This is a new one. I’ve received invitations to submit to what appear to be spam journals well outside my field, and I’ve received conference invitations to present at conferences well outside my field. But this is a new one – an invitation to review a paper well outside my field that will (a) make me a member of the Technical Program Committee for a workshop and receive a discount on registration as a result. Keep in mind as you read this that my expertise is in plant evolutionary genetics and population genetics. I know molecular biologists, even some who have worked on membranes, but I am not a membrane biologist, and I don’t even play one on TV.<\/p>\n
Dear Kent E. Holsinger,
\nDue to your innovative findings in the field of Biology, we need your expertise for reviewing one or two papers in a special issue to be published in Molecular Membrane Biology (2015 Impact Factor: 1.983).
\nThis reviewing will entitle you to become a member of the Technical Program Committee of the Workshop on Molecular Biology, and will give you a discount in case you will attend the 6th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (Oct.17-20, 2017 Guangzhou, China).<\/p>\n
You may also send your report there to be published in the special issue. If you are too busy to attend our conference and\/or review the papers, we would appreciate if you recommend us your colleagues or subordinates who can represent your honorable institution in our international cooperation.<\/p>\n
Please feel free to contact me on this or related issues.<\/p>\n
For more information, please visit
\nwww.icbeb.org<\/p>\n
or contact
\nicbeb@icbeb.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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