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These guidelines are intended to assist authors in writing their contributions and to reduce the subsequent editing process. The Editorial Group of Physiology News tries to ensure that all articles are written in a journalistic style so that they will have an immediate interest value for a wide readership and will be readable and comprehensible to non-experts. In particular, scientific articles should give a good overview of a field rather than focus entirely on the authors' own research. Format of articles The main message or question posed should be introduced in the first paragraph. The background for the topic should then be established, leading up to the final conclusion. Length of articles This will be determined by the subject matter and agreed with the Executive Editor. Submission of articles Authors should submit articles as a Word document attached to an email. Illustrations should be sent as separate attachments (see below) and not embedded in the text. Illustrations and authors' photographs Authors are encouraged to submit diagrams, drawings, photographs or other artwork with their articles or to suggest appropriate illustrations. A photograph of the author(s) should also accompany submissions, if possible. Illustrations and photographs may be colour or black and white, prints, transparencies or tif/jpeg files with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Electronic colour figures should be saved in CMYK mode. References Authors are requested to keep the number of references to a minimum-preferably no more than two or three. Please cite all references in the style of