Susanne Brink is the editor for Trends in Plant Science, a monthly review journal with broad coverage of basic plant science. Before moving into scientific publishing, Susanne worked at the bench for over ten years. The overarching topic of her research was aimed at understanding of protein movements in the cell. In particular she studied targeting signals and sorting mechanisms for nuclear encoded chloroplast and peroxisomal proteins on their route to their final destination in the cell. Susanne holds a Masters in Biology from the University of Goettingen, Germany and a PhD in Biology from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany. She moved to England in March 1995 with a long-term EMBO fellowship to research the targeting of thylakoid proteins at the University of Warwick. In March 1997 she moved to the University College London (UCL) to broaden her interest in protein targeting mechanisms by shifting the focus of her research from plant cells to mechanisms in animal cells. In September 2000 Susanne left bench work behind to accept the position as editor for Trends in Plant Science, which is published by Elsevier as part of a series of 15 Trends journals, and belongs to the wider Cell Press publishing group. Since 2002 she has also been involved with people management tasks in the Trends journal group and currently holds the title of Senior Managing Trends Editor.