We’re pleased to announce two new sections added to existing F1000 Faculties: ‘Aging‘ in the Developmental Biology Faculty ‘Viral hepatis‘ in the Gastroenterology & Hepatology Faculty In honour of these, here’s a couple of choice picks from these sections: From the Aging section, a study that provides the first demonstration that epigenetic changes can influence…
Cathryn Denney looks back at her favourite posters from SfN 2010.
Nobel prize winner Sydney Brenner talks about why he chose C. elegans as a model organism for the investigation of neural development.
Arturo Alvarez Buylla, winner of the Prince of Asturias Award for technical and scientific research, talks about why curing neurodegenerative disorders isn’t as easy as simply making new neurons.
Martin Raff talks about cells urging one another not to commit suicide.
Richard Nicholls marvels at the wonders of a maize plant to summon insect allies in its defence.
Congratulations to the following F1000 Faculty Members who have been named as New Investigators for the Wellcome Trust. Juan Burrone, Neuroscience Jurg Bahler, Cell Biology Matteo Carandini, Neuroscience Fiona Powrie, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Wolf Reik, Genomics & Genetics The prestigious New and Senior Investigator Awards are given to outstanding researchers asking the most challenging research…
Back in August I mentioned an article in Infection and Immunity on retractions, intriguingly titled Retracted Science and the Retraction Index. The authors are the Editor in Chief of Infect. Immun. Ferric C. Fang and Arturo Casadevall–Editor in Chief of mBio F1000 Member in Medical Microbiology. Their major finding was that journals with high impact…
At the ECCO & ESMO meeting in Stockholm, George Demetri, Section Head in Oncology, talked about his hopes and expectations for his field of sarcoma research putting a finer point on the pencil According to George, the most important aspect of the Stockholm meeting was going to be a discussion of prognostic and predictive factors…
As the Angostura bitters shortage of 2009 fades into distant memory, hopefully never to be repeated, in celebration of my last Friday at F1000 we’d like to know your favourite cocktail recipe. Here’s a couple of F1000 office favourites from Ian and myself to get you going: Richard’s perfect margarita For one generous, or two…
