The Liver is Our “Good and Silent Warrior”

Stefano Bellentani

Stefano Bellentani is January’s Faculty Member of the Month. He is a Chief Of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Service at Clinica Santa Chiara in Switzerland and Chief of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Liver Center in Italy. The clinical epidemiology of chronic liver disease is his main area of research.
As it is Lover your Liver month, we wanted to get some advice straight from the expert and find out a little bit more about his career in this Q&A.

Stephen Katz has passed away

Stephen Katz

We were sad to learn that Stephen Katz, Head of the Dermatology Faculty at F1000Prime and Director of National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH, passed away on the 20th of December. We will miss him greatly.

“Enthusiasm, Perseverance, Integrity, and Creativity”

Martine Extermann

This October we are proud to present Martine Extermann as our Faculty Member of the month. She is Associate Professor of Oncology and Medicine, University of South Florida, US, and Attending Physician in the Senior Oncology Program at H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, US. In this Q&A, Martine shares the highlights of working as clinical…

Considering the environmental surroundings when interpreting experimental results

Animal experiments

Research published in F1000Research highlights an important issue regarding animal experiments, especially behavioural ones. The results of these studies could be flawed because unforeseen environmental changes are often not considered, even though they could influence the experimental results. We invited one of the authors of the article, Rupshi Mitra (RM), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and…