When it comes to genetics, where do you start? At the beginning of course. DNA from the Beginning is an animated primer of the 75 experiments (apparently) ‘that made modern genetics,’ complete with cute cartoon of a sperm penetrating an egg. And it’s from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s DNA Learning Center, whose mission is…
Time for a quick roundup of some of the conversations happening regarding F1000-evaluated papers. All evaluations in this post are free to access without a subscription. First, Oscar Marin from Alicante points out that a paper in Nature that he selected and evaluated has some potential irregularities in the figures. The paper in question purports…
It might be on the edge of Biology, but hey, we have an Ecology Faculty and climate change is going to affect us all. Are you a climate scientist? Parental advisory–some ‘strong’ language
Rudolf Jaenisch and Bob Waterston have recently joined F1000 as Heads of Faculty for Genomics & Genetics. Rudolf Jaenisch is a Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute and a Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge USA. He is credited with creating the first transgenic animal model, and his work currently…
We have a little bit of an interest in Open Access here at F1000 (yes, I know F1000 itself is a subscription service, but bear with me). We’re part of the same company that brought you BioMed Central; we publish original, open access reviews; and we have the world’s largest? first? best? research poster repository.…
In addition to Philip Beales, we have another three F1000 Members who have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences: Andrew King, Professor of Neurophysiology in Oxford, Section Head Nick Morrell, Professor of Cardiopulmonary Medicine in Cambridge, and Giampietro Schiavo, who runs a Cancer Research UK-funded group at the London Research Institute (and…
Via UCL News, four scientists at University College London have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. We’re pleased to report that one of them, Professor Philip Beales, is also an F1000 Member. Philip works on conditions arising from defects in cilia structure and function, in an attempt to understand the role of…
All scientists are thieves. We’re stealing money out of the pockets of the poor unsuspecting public. Or at least that’s what one commenter said recently in response to my post on giving up tenure, and it’s not the first time I’ve heard that argument (if you can call it an argument).
This week’s news includes the finding that UN peacekeepers unleashed the cholera epidemic in quake-ravaged Haiti, a report that finds living close to nuclear power plants does not cause leukemia in children, a French court decision that clears scientists in a growth hormone scandal, fungus-resistant GM corn, another hit to the XMRV-chronic fatigue link, and…
Section Head Ken Baldwin is a physiologist and biophysicist who studies the regulation of motor protein gene expression in muscle. Transcription of myosin isoforms is affected by exercise and hormones. Intriguingly, epigenetic mechanisms appear to be involved, and Ken is particularly interested in the effects of low gravity on the expression of heavy chain myosin…
