On 13th June we commissioned our F1000 Specialists programme aimed at junior researchers who have a passion for scholarly communication. Today we celebrate our one-hundredth confirmed F1000 Specialist – congratulations to Vivek Misra. Vivek is a research fellow in the Department of Neurology, Voluntary Health Services Medical Centre, India and is a keen blogger. We have…
Kim Barrett, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, is an epithelial biologist and member of the Gastroenterology & Hepatology Faculty of F1000Prime. In this video, Professor Barrett describes her work on host-pathogen interactions, specifically on how the bacteria Salmonella affect the molecular pathways of the epithelium and the pathophysiology of the…
Jerome Korzelius, a new F1000 Specialist, guest posts on his experience at EMBO 2013. The EMBO Meeting 2013 was held in the vibrant city of Amsterdam. This annual event covered the breadth of the life sciences in Europe. With a more general focus, instead of concentrating on a single field, the meeting is ideal for…
Here are this week’s most popular tweets from the @F1000 feed, as well as some other interesting picks from Twitter…
Analysis of methods for research assessment, particularly in light of the huge public investment in the current Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 exercise, is welcome. A new study published in PLOS Biology aiming to assess different methods of post-publication assessment of research, including an analysis of F1000Prime data from 2005, raises important questions – possibly…
Our F1000 Specialists programme continues to grow rapidly across the world. The most applications have been received from the USA, but a ground swell seems to be emerging in China with a number of applications and appointments in the region. Since the end of July, we have received more than 40 new applications in total…
We are delighted to be able to congratulate Randy Schekman, one of the Heads of Faculty for Cell Biology at F1000Prime, on being awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Professor Schekman was awarded the prize jointly with James Rothman and former F1000Prime Faculty Member Thomas Südhof “for their discoveries of machinery regulating…
A round-up of the week’s most popular tweets from @F1000, as well as the other stories that caught our eye…
Faculty of 1000 Chairman Vitek Tracz reveals in an interview published today in Science Magazine much of what is driving the development of F1000’s services for life scientists and clinicians. In short, it’s solutions – solutions to long-established problems in scholarly communication, which, with better more efficient use of web technology, are solvable: 1. Better…
Faculty of 1000 look forward to welcoming local members of the F1000 Community to our inaugural meet-up, here in London. This is a free networking evening, aimed at junior researchers, to share with you the latest developments at F1000, and introduce the F1000 Specialists programme. The F1000 Community includes Faculty Members and Associate Faculty Members;…
