We are delighted, once again, to be able to announce the winners of our annual ‘Faculty Member of the Year’ and ‘Associate Faculty Member Travel Grant’ awards. In addition, we’re thrilled to unveil a completely new award – Outstanding Faculty Member of 2013. These awards recognize the hard work of our Faculty Members and Associate…
While more than 18,000 cancer researchers are gathered in San Diego for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting this week, we’re highlighting the most influential research articles in oncology in 2013 and a prestigious award for one of our Heads of Faculty. Prof. Bob Pinedo, Professor of Medical Oncology, Free University (VUMC) Amsterdam,…
The Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciences is an annual prize awarded by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), designed to honour outstanding achievement by a promising scientist age 52 or younger. Now in its second year, the $100,000 award was endowed by global philanthropist and biomedical research advocate Ann Lurie. This…
In the second in our series of F1000Prime most influential articles we present the top-ranking articles in Critical Care & Emergency Medicine in 2013 and speak to a global influencer in the field. The top-ranking – clinical-practice changing – article, a randomized controlled trial, found that anesthesiologists should use a lung-protective ventilation strategy in intermediate-risk…
We’re thrilled to be able to congratulate Trevor Robbins, Section Head for Behavioral Neuroscience at F1000Prime, on being awarded the prestigious ‘Brain Prize’. The Brain Prize is awarded by the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation in Copenhagen to one or more scientists who have distinguished themselves by making an outstanding contribution to European neuroscience.…
Today we’re introducing the first in a regular series of listings of the most influential papers in different areas of biology and medicine (F1000Prime Faculties). With the 21st International Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference (#tricon) taking place this month in San Francisco, we’re starting with articles published in the field of Molecular Medicine. This Top 10 comprises…
We’re very pleased to congratulate F1000Prime Section Head James Allison on being awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2014. This annual prize is awarded by the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to “advancing breakthrough research, celebrating scientists and generating excitement about the pursuit of science as a…
On 30th January, F1000 attended University of Bath’s Biology and Biochemistry Research Day. This annual event gives researchers in this department a chance to showcase their latest research to their peers. In total, 45 posters were displayed, categorised into first-, second- and third-year PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. Between poster exhibitions, five presentations were given…
We’re delighted by news that David Nutt, Edmond J. Safra Professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, and Section Head in Psychiatry for F1000Prime, has been elected president of the European Brain Council (EBC). Founded in Brussels in 2002, the European Brain Council is a coordinating body that represents researchers in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, basic…
We’re very pleased to be able to congratulate three Members of F1000Prime that have been included by the Science Council in their list of the 100 leading UK practising scientists. The Science Council is a UK-based organisation whose aims are to “advance science and the application of science for society by bringing together a broad…
