Dame Kay Davies on her lifetime's work in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Recently, F1000 Publisher Kathleen Wets visited Dame Kay Davies in Oxford soon after she won the WISE Lifetime Achievement Award. The award celebrated her outstanding career in science, which inspired other women to follow in her footsteps. In Kathleen’s video, Dame Kay, an F1000 International Advisory Board Member, tells us about her almost 3 decades…

Sleep, cleanliness and order in disorder

You can be 'too clean': exposure to fewer microbes and more chemicals could explain the rise in allergic disease. https://t.co/R4u5urIEYv — F1000 (@F1000) November 26, 2014 Remember this next time you fancy a lie-in: REM sleep found to be necessary for blood-brain barrier function https://t.co/IdVne2XNCj — F1000 (@F1000) November 27, 2014 The Rules of Attraction:…

SfN 2014 highlights

So that’s it! SfN is over and done with for another year. We’ve loved meeting all of you who visited our booth, we’ve given away F1000 and F1000Research #SfNswag and we had a fantastic time at #SfNBanter, which we sponsored this year.

Dame Kay Davies wins WISE Lifetime Achievement Award

We are thrilled to congratulate Dame Kay Davies, F1000 International Advisory Board member, on being awarded the 2014 WISE Lifetime Achievement Award. WISE Awards celebrate female talent in science, technology and engineering, and recognise the efforts of advisors, employers and other organisations to encourage and support women in STEM careers. This is the 30th year…

Clinical challenges in colon cancer: an interview with Heinz-Josef Lenz

Heinz-Josef Lenz, Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, is one of the F1000 Section Heads for Gastrointestinal Cancers. In this video, Professor Lenz describes his multifaceted areas of interest, focusing on predictive biomarkers for gastrointestinal cancers and early drug development. Currently, Professor…