Standing up for science

The John Maddox Prize for standing up for science is an annual award given to individuals who have personally defended sound science for the benefit of the public. Named after the late Sir John Maddox, a former editor of Nature and fiery Welsh bête-noir of pseudo-science, the prize is jointly awarded by Nature, the Kohn…

Attend an online demonstration of the new F1000Prime

Starting next week we’ll be conducting live online demonstrations of F1000Prime to help newly registered users, librarians, and anyone else who wants to know more about the service, get the most of out of F1000Prime. Each event will be hosted by an F1000Prime product specialist, such as an Outreach Director, and attendees can ask questions…

From Associate Faculty Member to Outreach Director

I’d like to introduce myself – I’m Kinga Hosszu, and I‘ve recently joined as Outreach Director for the Americas. Before joining the F1000 staff, I was part of the F1000 Faculty for over two years. My love affair with F1000 started at Stony Brook University. While a graduate student and postdoc, I served as an…

'Seeing' how we hear

Jonathan Ashmore, Professor of Biophysics at University College London, is Section Head for Sensory Systems in the Neuroscience Faculty of F1000Prime. In this interview, Professor Ashmore gives an overview of his work on the cellular mechanisms of hearing. In particular, Professor Ashmore’s lab is interested in how sound is amplified by the outer hair cells…

There is every need to get personal

“[L]ately I have begun to worry that my F1000Prime Alerts know me better than I know myself,” — Prof Gerald F Joyce, The Scripps Research Institute Today we’re publicly launching a new personalized and customizable homepage for all users of F1000Prime – an update that fundamentally changes how users of F1000Prime interact with the website…