F1000 Specialists’ video competition: winner announced!

Many thanks to our three entrants for their superb video entries! The competition is now closed and we’re pleased to announce the winner. We hope all our voters enjoyed learning about ongoing research in Prof Brain’s lab at KCL, investigations into the cell biology of osteoarthritis at Manchester University and the study of congenital nevi…

Herbert Steinbeisser

It is with sadness that we note the death of Dr Herbert Steinbeisser, who passed away having endured a long illness with bravery and strength. Dr Steinbeisser was a Faculty Member in the Developmental Biology Faculty from 2003. In an obituary [in German] posted by his colleagues at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital…

The Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award and The William B. Coley Award

Joan Brugge, one of our Section Heads for the Cell Biology Faculty, will receive the Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science. This award is bestowed upon those whose work in breast cancer research provides significant contributions to the field, and it is separated into a basic science award, which Joan…

2014 Lasker Awards

The Lasker Foundation awards, popularly known as the ‘American Nobels,’ one of the most prestigious honours in science and medicine, were announced today. we are extremely pleased to congratulate F1000 Faculty Peter Walter and Mary-Claire King for winning awards! Mary-Claire King, is American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of…

F1000 Specialists' video competition: Vote for your favourite!

We’ve received two more great videos from F1000 Specialists Fiona Russell and Rosie Griffiths for the F1000 Specialists’ video competition (view below). Fiona talks about her research at Professor Brain’s lab (yes, he’s really called that) looking at the reasons why arthritis pain gets worse in cold conditions, and Rosie describes her PhD in the…