A team from P.A.L.M. Microlaser Technologies -a 100% subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Mi-croImaging in Jena -is one of the candidates for the 2006 Deutsche Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize). This was announced in Berlin by Undersecretary Dr. Gert Haller, head of the German Federal President's Office. Dr. Karin SchΓΌtze, Dr. Yilmaz Niyaz and Dr. Carsten Hoyer were nominated for the German President's Future Prize for the development of the LMPC laser micromanipulation technique and its implementation in marketable instrument systems. The innovative LMPC (Laser Microdissection and Pressure Catapulting) technique provides high purity biological specimens required to explain cellular processes on a molecular level. www.zeiss.de Wiley Acquires Clinical Cardiology and Scanning Journals John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announced that it has acquired publishing assets from the Clinical Cardiology Publishing Company (CCPC) and the Foundation for Advances in Medicine and Science (FAMS). Wiley will assume publishing for two peer-reviewed journals, Clinical Cardiology: An Indexed and Peer-Reviewed Journal for Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease and Scanning, The Journal of Scanning Microscopies. The acquisition complements Wiley's list of journals and adds two respected publications to the publisher's portfolio. "We are delighted to further strengthen our clinical and microscopy portfolios with these two titles," said Vickie Thaw, Vice President and Publisher for Medical Science Journals, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. "This acquisition enables us to expand our presence in these dynamic subject areas and provide practical, must-have information to specialists as well as academics and libraries.