we celebrated our 10 th anniversary and are proud and happy to look back on 10 successful years which were accompanied by remarkably good friends, colleagues and partners. In the beginning of 2009, things continued to be exciting. By launching Imaging & Microscopy's new online-blog in January, GIT VERLAG made an important step into the age of cross-media works. This means, a new feature to extend the information added to our portfolio. The latest news are now accessible online on our blog http://blog.imaging-git.com, providing you with important information from the microscopy and imaging community. Breaking news from associations, academic research, industry as well as event announcements and reports are presented there short and concise. Subsequently in summer 2009 GIT VERLAG will provide you with another comprehensive web site, creating a place for professionals in the field of imaging to exchange their expertise and to establish an active and agile web-community. On the new portal the interchange of up to date issues will be possible in various discussion forums. Besides a strong scientific content, several service tools will be available to ease daily laboratory work. By breaking into this new sphere, Imaging & Microscopy wants to connect professionals from all over the world.We are very excited and curious what 2009 will furthermore bring. We are looking forward to meeting you online, soon!