If you’re a fan of sex and dirt (and who isn’t, these days?), and happen to be within striking distance of the Euston Road tomorrow evening, check out this free event at the Wellcome Collection, The thing is…Lister’s legacy, 15 June 2011, 19.00 – 20.00. This is a discussion with “Quentin Cooper, Hugh Pennington and…
What is it about science and knitting? The number of times I’ve been to a talk or panel discussion and there’s people sitting there click-clacking away. I think I’ve finally figured out what it is-they’ve all been practising for the Cheltenham Science Festival. Artist Alison Thomson has been collaborating with the British Society for Immunology…
The first ever* Twitter journal club (Monday’s NS) was a huge success. Natalie Silvey has now posted a summary of last Sunday’s chat. She draws out five headline discussion points: Randomized control trials and the issue of written informed consent Methodology, particularly blinding The importance of a (misleading) headline result The effect of single-centre studies…
A piece of basic research made it into even mainstream news sites yesterday: the finding that the peptide thymosin ß4 can prime adult cardiac epithelium to produce new muscle cells after a heart attack. Getting the heart to regenerate itself after injury is a goal of the British Heart Foundation’s campaign to ‘Mend Broken Hearts’,…
It’s competition time! You might have noticed that we have a shiny new F1000 homepage. We’re hoping that this new look will make it more clear what we do to the casual browser, without losing the functionality you’ve all come to know, love and expect.
When you first fall in love, the passion can be intense, even burning. The object of affection is perfect in every way, they can do no wrong. After a while, that feeling begins to wear off. Maintaining interest and passion becomes hard work. It’s easier to criticize than to be complimentary.
Imagine there was a disease, with often devastating consequences, the causative agent of which remains elusive. Then, a paper is published identifying such a potential virus, causing great rejoicing especially among patient advocacy groups, who have struggled to convince medics that the disease is a real one–that is, not only psychosomatic. They have hope now…
We’d like to extend our congratulations to the F1000 Members who are in the 2011 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Section Heads Katherine High – Hematology Talmadge Everett King Jr – Respiratory Disorders Peter Reich – Ecology Kevan Shokat – Chemical Biology Marvin Wickens – Cell Biology Faculty Members Robert Colwell…
Guest post from Dr Nigel Eastmond, a medical writer. I come to you today from the Dark Side of the Force. My Star Destroyer is parked outside and it runs on a potent mix of misery and death, but at least it’s paid for. Excuse me while I remove my Stormtrooper helmet and introduce myself…
Einstein, Edison and da Vinci were, simply put, lucky. They had the perfect combination of genetics and environment, not often duplicated, and certainly not intentionally so. That’s because creativity and innovation can’t be trained.
