The XMRV/chronic fatigue syndrome controversy is still fresh in our minds. You might remember that I decried the effect the issue might have on patients. Another side to the tale is told by freelance journalist Nigel Hawkes, in a Feature article in last week’s BMJ, Dangers of research into chronic fatigue syndrome$. Hawkes highlights the…
You’ve probably heard by now of the plan, cooked up between the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Wellcome Trust and the Max Planck Society, to launch a new, open access journal–as yet sans name, sans Editor-in-Chief and sans business plan. There seem to be more questions than answers surrounding the Journal With No Name, and…
We’re making a bit of a noise in various circles (even as far away as the University of Iowa), with our F1000 Posters project. F1000 Posters is, according to independent science writer Joachim Pietzsch, an “invaluable source for scientific information which I really can recommend.” Ivan Oransky, Executive Editor of Reuters Health (and, of course,…
Sadly, we have to mark the recent deaths of two F1000 Members. Neuroscience Section Head David Colman died unexpectedly on 1st June, after apparently beginning to recover from an illness. He was Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre. His interests were in the interactions…
We’re a smidgen the other side of the summer solstice; the days are long and bright and the air is thick with the scent of strawberries, chilled rose wine and barbeques… reason to be cheerful one would think?
I’ve been following the developing story of NDM-1, an enzyme that confers antibiotic resistance to gram-negative bacteria, since before the first article on its appearance was published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases in August last year (see F1000 evaluations). At the time, many of the cases of infection in India – but not all –…
Those of you who know anything about British popular culture will no doubt be familiar with Benny Hill. The Benny Hill Show was long-running and immensely popular—although it was often accused of being sexist, it was the men who were usually shown up to be idiots (admittedly in the presence of scantily clad females). Very…
Did you catch the vaccine issue of The Scientist? It features F1000 Members Robin Weiss and Gene Shearer (with Adriano Boasso), writing about the history and future of vaccination and an unusual but potentially effective alternative vaccination strategy.
We’re pleased to congratulate the following five F1000 members who are among the first fifteen joint Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigators. This is a joint initiative supporting basic plant science research. The two organizations are investing a total of US$75 million over the five years of the initial appointments,…
There’s an interesting article just out in Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, which “publishes substantive content of interest to science and technology librarians.” Written by John Carey, head librarian at Hunter College, City University of New York, the article examines the concept of “invisible colleges“: mechanisms that promote dissemination of knowledge and fuel the…
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