Established in 1983, the International Burn Foundation (IBF) was created by Dr John Carlton Tanner Jr to promote the goals of the International Society for Burns Injuries (ISBI). To this end, Dr Tanner set up the Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize, named after Dr Jaques Vandeput, who co-developed the Tanner-Vandeput dermatome for expanding donor skin for use…
In the last of our video tips, we take a look at the clinicians and researchers that comprise F1000Prime. For all our recorded demonstrations and webinars, take a look at the F1000 YouTube playlist, or the other videos on our channel.
The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists is a new annual award set up jointly by Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab in order to provide extra encouragement to young scientists as they begin their scientific careers. Applicants submit a 1000-word essay, judged by an independent editorial team on the quality of research and the applicants’ ability…
We are pleased to announce the recent appointments of five new Heads of Faculty: Dan Mayer, Albany Medical Center – Head of Faculty, Research Methodology Arnulf Stenzl, University of Tübingen Medical School – Head of Faculty, Urology Hilary Critchley, University of Edinburgh – Head of Faculty, Women’s Health Paul M Stewart, University of Leeds –…
We’d like to congratulate Prof. Simon Levin, F1000Prime Section Head in Theoretical Ecology, on being awarded the 2014 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The award recognizes his research into the complexity of species and ecosystems, and the relationships between them. The Tyler Prize is an international environmental award for environmental science, environmental health and energy,…
Philipp Kaldis, Principal Investigator at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore, is a member of the Cell Biology Faculty of F1000Prime. In this video, Dr Kaldis describes his research into the cell cycle and its effect on cancer. Using liver cancer as a model, Dr Kaldis’ team are looking into the mechanics…
On 22nd April this year, four distinguished experts — F1000Prime International Advisory Board Member Bruce Alberts of the University of California, San Francisco, Marc W. Kirschner of Harvard Medical School, Shirley Tilghman of Princeton University, and Harold Varmus of the National Cancer Institute — issued a call to action. Their perspective article, ‘Rescuing US biomedical…
We are delighted to congratulate Pascale Cossart, Faculty Member in the Microbiology Faculty, on winning the FEBS-EMBO Women in Science Award 2014. Based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, Pascale is world renowned for her work in infectious diseases, particularly in the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes and how it causes disease. After her success last…
The Royal Society Fellowship is made up of eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Past Fellows have included Newton, Darwin and Einstein. Today, the Royal Society has announced their new Fellows, among which are four F1000Prime members, whom we would like to heartily congratulate: Philippe Sansonetti – Microbiology Head of…
We are sad to say that Structural Biology Faculty Member Peter Artymiuk has recently passed away. Peter was part of the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology department at the University of Sheffield. He joined F1000 in February 2005 in our ‘Protein Folding’ Section and was a valued and productive member of the Faculty. Our condolences go…
