Cell Calcium special issue: Preface

The enclosed submission is a Preface for the Cell Calcium Special Issue devoted to the proceedings of the ‘International Conference on Calcium Signaling: from stores to channels’. The conference was held in honor of Dr. James W. Putney who published his seminal work on the hypothesis on Capacitative Calcium Entry (CCE) in Cell Calcium in 1986.Thirty years later, attendees at the conference presented state-of-the-art research on calcium signaling from basic molecular and cellular mechanisms to the physiological and clinical relevance of the process. This Special Issue of Cell Calcium is intended to present much of the exciting work discussed at the conference, illustrating the depth and breadth of our understanding of CCE and calcium signaling.This submission contains a written Preface and is accompanied by three figures. Separately, an image will be sent to the journal offices for its consideration and use on the front cover of this Special issue.