The Shaw Prize was established in 2002 by the Hong Kong philanthropist Sir Run Run Shaw to recognize individuals who have made “outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research”. The prize is awarded annually in three categories, Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, and comes with a monetary award of one million…
Last week, we held a focus group with local scientists at our New York City office to discuss their experiences with reference management systems and give them a preview of F1000’s newest features in development. Here is a Storify of how the evening went down. Thanks to everyone who attended!
We are delighted to offer our congratulations to Tasuku Honjo and James Allison, both F1000Prime Immunology Section Heads, for being jointly awarded the Tang Prize in biopharmaceutical science earlier this month. James, who is chairman of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was one of the scientists who discovered cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4…
Good news for asthma patients! Antibiotics may reduce airway remodeling caused by respiratory infections. https://t.co/CMbKpPtVDL — F1000Prime (@F1000) June 25, 2014 Stress affects oligodendrogenesis and neurogenesis in different ways, changing the 'mind map' in rats. https://t.co/T5fFeBL5GH — F1000Prime (@F1000) June 23, 2014 A little bit of running is good for a pathogen: how the bacterial…
Established in 1983, the International Burn Foundation (IBF) was created by Dr John Carlton Tanner Jr to promote the goals of the International Society for Burns Injuries (ISBI). To this end, Dr Tanner set up the Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize, named after Dr Jaques Vandeput, who co-developed the Tanner-Vandeput dermatome for expanding donor skin for use…
In the last of our video tips, we take a look at the clinicians and researchers that comprise F1000Prime. For all our recorded demonstrations and webinars, take a look at the F1000 YouTube playlist, or the other videos on our channel.
Here are the week’s most popular tweets from @F1000, as well as other interesting picks from the rest of Twitter…
Here are the next four videos in our series of demonstrations on the major features of F1000Prime. For all our recorded demonstrations and webinars, take a look at the F1000 YouTube playlist, or the other videos on our channel.
The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists is a new annual award set up jointly by Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab in order to provide extra encouragement to young scientists as they begin their scientific careers. Applicants submit a 1000-word essay, judged by an independent editorial team on the quality of research and the applicants’ ability…
Here are the week’s most popular tweets from @F1000, as well as other interesting picks from the rest of Twitter…
