It is with sadness that we note the death of Dr Herbert Steinbeisser, who passed away having endured a long illness with bravery and strength. Dr Steinbeisser was a Faculty Member in the Developmental Biology Faculty from 2003. In an obituary [in German] posted by his colleagues at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital…
Joan Brugge, one of our Section Heads for the Cell Biology Faculty, will receive the Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science. This award is bestowed upon those whose work in breast cancer research provides significant contributions to the field, and it is separated into a basic science award, which Joan…
The American Chemical Society recently announced the recipients of the 2015 National Awards, and we are pleased to be able to say that two of those recipients are from the F1000 Faculty. Professor Eric Kool, an F1000 Section Head in Chemical Biology, wins the 2015 Ronald Breslow Award for outstanding contributions to the field of…
We are delighted to welcome Michael Eisen to F1000’s International Advisory Board. Michael Eisen initially joined F1000 in September 2001 as a Faculty Member in the Genomics & Genetics Faculty. Best known for being a co-founder of PLOS (Public Library of Science) in 2000, he is also a professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development at…
It is with great sadness that we note the tragic death of Professor Joep Lange, F1000Prime Section Head for HIV Infection & AIDS: Clinical, in the Malaysian Airline flight MH17 disaster yesterday. Professor Lange was Professor of Internal Medicine at the Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, and held a number of prestigious positions, including…
We regretfully note the death of Carlos F. Barbas III, who passed away at the age of 49 last month after suffering from a rare form of medullary thyroid cancer. An award-winning and renowned organic chemist, Carlos worked towards developing novel drugs to treat human disease; among his accomplishments are the development of new classes…
The Academy of Medical Sciences recently elected 44 new Fellows to its academy, and we are delighted that a good handful of F1000Prime Section Heads and Faculty Members were on this list. Many congratulations to the following F1000Prime Faculty! Section Heads Janet Thornton, Bioinformatics (Genomics & Genetics) Sebastian Johnston, Respiratory Infections, (Respiratory Disorders) Angus Lamond,…
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, our Head of Faculty in Public Health, will be interviewed by Kirsty Young on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs this Sunday. Sir Michael is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and has spent his career investigating the key factors in leading a long and healthy life,…
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…
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…
