Cell Stress Society International (CSSI) was founded in 1999 by Larry Hightower (USA) as a scientific, non-profit organisation society to promote international cooperation and communication among scientists and the public on both basic and applied research on cellular & organismal stress responses and environment.
The Society aims to:Promote the organization of conferences related to stress response research.
Publish and disseminate high quality papers and review articles in our Society-owned journal Cell Stress & Chaperones.
Promote the clinical and industrial applications of basic research in the field.
Establish a cellular stress response forum on the Internet.
Provide support for fellowships and training of talented young scientists in the field.
Establish cooperation with other related societies.
Inform the public of the goals and major advances in stress response research.
CSSI owns the multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal, Cell Stress & Chaperones, in partnership with Springer Nature. The journal publishes basic and applied research on cellular stress responses of animals, micro-organisms and plants.