David Tilman, Community Ecology & Biodiversity Section Head in the Ecology Faculty, has taken the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology for scientifically demonstrating how biodiversity makes ecosystems more stable, productive and resilient. Tilman, Regents professor at the University of Minnesota who also won a Balzan prize last year, published…
We are pleased to be able to say that Immunology Head of Faculty Philippa Marrack has jointly won the 2015 Wolf Prize in Medicine – a prestigious prize that recognises scientists at the top of their field. Marrack, from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center (NJMRC) in Denver, Colorado, shares the prize with two…
The most popular article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter.
Founded in 2013, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing and celebrating breakthrough research. This year, the foundation gave away a whopping US$36million in prize money for research into the life sciences, physics and mathematics. We’re pleased to say that one of the winners of the 2015 Life Science Prize was…
The fungal pathogen Candida albicans is one of the most persistent yeast pathogens known to man. Most people associate it only with thrush, but, as Michelle Leach explains in the video below, it is actually the fourth most common hospital-acquired bloodstream infection and has a mortality rate of 40-70%. Michelle is a post-doctoral researcher at…
The most popular article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter.
The most popular tweets on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from Twitter.
Are you based in Oxford, UK? We’re having a meet-up there on February 10 – everyone is welcome! F1000 meet-ups are a chance for researchers to meet others working in the same city, and to talk to F1000 and F1000Research staff, or meet their local F1000 Specialists. At this Oxford meet-up, you’ll also get to…
Brendan Crabb, F1000 Section Head in Microbiology, has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) as part of the Australia day honours. The award recognises his contributions to medical research and global health. Crabb is the Director and CEO of the Burnet institute, and past president of the Association of Australian Medical…
The Vilcek Prize for biomedical science recognizes major contributions to science made by immigrants to America. We are pleased to be able to say that Cell Biology Section Head Peter Walter has received the 2015 prize! Prof. Walter is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California San Francisco and has been…
