Summary

T he X^th International Workshop on Molecular and CellularBiology of Plasminogen Activation, April 9-13, 2005,Washington, D.C., marks the 20^th anniversary of the firstWorkshop that was held in Amalfi, Italy in 1985. This issue ofThrombosis and Haemostasis is dedicated to a celebration of theanniversary of this important meeting. In addition to the publicationof the abstracts of all of the 130 papers presented at theWashington, D.C. meeting, the issue contains seven comprehensivereview articles by leading researchers in the plasminogenactivation field. They present some of the most important discoveriesmade within the two decades that separate the Amalfiand Washington, D.C. meetings.