After F1000Prime published its 150,000th article recommendation last week, we reflect on some of the most influential biomedical articles of the last 3 years, as selected and rated by the F1000Prime Faculty. It’s almost 3 years exactly since we reached the milestone of 100,000 articles being recommended in F1000Prime. So, since January 2011, which articles…
With 2014 upon us and the nominations now closed, it’s time to announce the F1000 Specialist of the Year 2013. After a tremendously eventful year for the F1000 Specialists program, and as we look forward to another equally eventful one, we’re pleased to highlight the achievements of four outstanding F1000 Specialists, one of which we…
As we approach the end of the year, we reflect on the achievements of our F1000 Specialists and welcome nominations for the F1000 Specialist of the Year 2013. Having only launched in June this year, the programme has grown rapidly, now standing as a network of over 130 scientists and clinicians worldwide. Already Specialists have…
We’re pleased to be able to offer congrats to two of our Faculty Members that have been selected to join the network of EMBO Young Investigators. Well done to Kim Jensen – Faculty Member in Developmental Biology Sascha Martens – Faculty Member in Cell Biology The Young Investigators programme is for researchers under 40 years…
We would like to congratulate Pascale Cossart, Faculty Member in the Microbiology Faculty, on being awarded the Balzan Prize for her work in cellular microbiology and infectious diseases. She receives the award “for her seminal discoveries on the molecular biology of pathogenic bacteria and their interaction with host cells”. Her work on Listeria, among other…
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…
In September, the US National Institutes of Health announced the winners of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, a grant for future research aimed at “supporting individual scientists of exceptional creativity, who propose pioneering – and possibly transforming – approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research”. We’re delighted that among the recipients this year…
We are delighted to congratulate Michael Levitt, F1000Prime Faculty Member in Structural Biology, on receiving the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Professor Levitt, who is currently based at the Stanford University School of Medicine and is well known for his pioneering work in computational structural biology, receives this accolade jointly with Arieh Warshel, former Faculty…
We are delighted to be able to congratulate Randy Schekman, one of the Heads of Faculty for Cell Biology at F1000Prime, on being awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Professor Schekman was awarded the prize jointly with James Rothman and former F1000Prime Faculty Member Thomas Südhof “for their discoveries of machinery regulating…
Congratulations to F1000Prime Hematology Faculty Member Eirini Papapetrou on receiving the New Scholar Award in Aging from the Ellison Medical Foundation for Haploinsufficiency of protein-coding genes as an age-related disease mechanism. The New Scholars in Aging Award is given to candidates selected from medical institutions in the US on an invitation-only basis. The award supports…
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