Translation is a fundamental process of gene regulation in eukaryotes. Translational control plays a crucial role in diverse cellular processes, such as development, neurogenesis, and responses to stress conditions. Malfunctioning of the translational apparatus has been implicated in cancer. To date, what is known about translation is mostly due to the study of traditional model organisms including mammals, the budding yeast S. cerevisiae, and the fruitfully Drosophila. In recent years, the advent of genome-sequencing projects has provided the opportunity to study diversity and variability of both, the translation apparatus components as well as mechanisms of translational control in other ‘nontraditional’ organisms from diverse phyla.

We invite researchers to submit review and original research articles aiming to explore and better understand the evolutionary complexity and diversity that exists within the eukaryotic translational apparatus. We are very interested in comparative studies identifying components of the translation apparatus in genomes across different phyla, as well as in studies of regulatory mechanisms in nonmodel organisms. Articles describing the discovery of novel layers of translational regulation, or helping to define novel unifying principles of eukaryotic translation, are also very welcome. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Identification and comparison of translation factors across phyla or in specific novel organisms
• Advances in comparative genomics with a focus on translation
• Advances in translational control research using nontraditional model organisms
• Studies on signaling and translation in nontraditional model organisms
• Studies on translation in nontraditional model organisms with applications on medicine, cancer, and memory

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijg/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Manuscript Due	December 1, 2011
First Round of Reviews	March 1, 2012
Publication Date	June 1, 2012

Lead Guest Editor

• Greco Hernández, Division of Basic Research, National Institute of Cancerology, Mexico City, Mexico

Guest Editors

• Christopher Proud, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Life Sciences Building, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
• Thomas Preiss, Genome Biology Department, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Armen Parsyan, Goodman Cancer Centre and Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 3R1