Introducing F1000's new CEO

Respected business leader and web entrepreneur Daniel Marovitz has joined F1000 as Chief Executive Officer. [Full press release here.] Working closely with and reporting to Vitek Tracz, Daniel will have responsibility for all aspects of the F1000 businesses. He brings a wealth of experience in technology and Internet business, with a career spanning computer technology,…

Houston, mark your calendars for the next F1000 meet-up!

On February 26th we will hold the next F1000 community meet-up in Houston, Texas. This will be our fourth meet up, and we are excited to meet local scientists at Trevisio restaurant for networking, talking science and science publishing. The meet up will be accompanied by drinks, snacks, and fun giveaways, as usual. Attendees will…

The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

We’re very pleased to congratulate F1000Prime Section Head James Allison on being awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2014.   This annual prize is awarded by the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to “advancing breakthrough research, celebrating scientists and generating excitement about the pursuit of science as a…

F1000Prime on demand – recorded webinars posted

For anyone who hasn’t yet been able to attend one of our online demonstrations of F1000Prime – or who prefers to watch on demand – we’ve posted a three-part recording of an F1000Prime webinar. The three videos should include enough information for new users to get started with using F1000Prime to follow their research interests…

F1000 Poster Prize awarded to Research Fellow at University of Bath

On 30th January, F1000 attended University of Bath’s Biology and Biochemistry Research Day. This annual event gives researchers in this department a chance to showcase their latest research to their peers. In total, 45 posters were displayed, categorised into first-, second- and third-year PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. Between poster exhibitions, five presentations were given…

Getting started with F1000Journal Clubs

We’ve put together some posters to help Faculty Members, users of F1000Prime and librarians raise awareness of journal club meetings that have begun using, or are interested to get started with, F1000Journal Clubs. Poster for up-coming journal club meetings F1000Journals Clubs, which launched last month, can automatically remind club members of up-coming meetings and journal…