For World AIDS Day, and in recognition of this year’s #LetsEndIt campaign, we hear from our Faculty Members working on vaccines to protect against HIV Infection. We interviewed Faculty Member Antu Dey, Senior Director of Research & Development, at Vaccine Product Development Center of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). He explains how team work, cooperation, and…
With new evidence showing the influencing role biological factors have on the status of our mental health, we explore the role our immune system has on our mind.
“I got rhythm,…”, following this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded for insights into organisms’ 24 hour rhythm driven by the circadian clock, we look at the recommended research on internal biological clocks and regulation of daily cycles, such as sleep patterns and feeding behaviour. Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young are…
Isabelle Mansuy is September’s featured Faculty Member of the Month. She is a professor in neuroepigenetics at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich (double chair), is a Knight in the National Order of Merit and holds the Legion of Honour in France. Isabelle explains the importance of animal research to improve our understanding of epigenetic inheritance and as a diagnostic for trauma-related psychiatric disorders.
While there is, as of yet, no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, there are interventions and drugs that can help slow the progression of the disease or treat the symptoms. While the search for a cure continues so does research into how to identity the disease and slow down the decline of people with the condition. For Alzheimer’s Awareness Day, we share a few of the latest recommended articles of the potential tools and techniques that can help improve our cognitive function and aid with early detection.
Given the rising public health threat of superbugs, we share the top recommended articles on antimicrobial resistance, as well as highlight the top recommended articles and Hidden Jewels articles for last month.
Subburaman Mohan is August’s featured Faculty Member of the Month. A Senior Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Administration (VA), currently the Director of the Musculoskeletal Disease Center at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems. This summer he received the Louis V. Avioli Founders Award, adding to his collection of professional awards.
We highlight the top F1000Prime recommendations each month. For July, we take a botanical twist with our highlights in honour of a 140 million year old bloom, as well as highlight the top recommended and Hidden Jewels articles for last month
Today is International Tiger Day, a day dedicated to raise awareness for a species on the brink of extinction. We discuss the challenges faced by conservationists and the recommended research on recovery programmes.
For World Hepatitis Day, F1000 Prime Faculty Member Ralf Bartenschlager, a molecular and cell biologist heading a virology research team at Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center, discusses the most urgent needs to meet global viral hepatitis targets.
