The National Academy of Sciences is the foremost society of distinguished scholars in the United States, providing “independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology”. Each year, the academy elects new members and foreign associates on the basis of their contributions to science and achievements in original research. The scientists…
We are delighted to congratulate Pascale Cossart, Faculty Member in the Microbiology Faculty, on winning the FEBS-EMBO Women in Science Award 2014. Based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, Pascale is world renowned for her work in infectious diseases, particularly in the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes and how it causes disease. After her success last…
The Royal Society Fellowship is made up of eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Past Fellows have included Newton, Darwin and Einstein. Today, the Royal Society has announced their new Fellows, among which are four F1000Prime members, whom we would like to heartily congratulate: Philippe Sansonetti – Microbiology Head of…
We are sad to say that Structural Biology Faculty Member Peter Artymiuk has recently passed away. Peter was part of the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology department at the University of Sheffield. He joined F1000 in February 2005 in our ‘Protein Folding’ Section and was a valued and productive member of the Faculty. Our condolences go…
We are pleased to congratulate Simon Levin, Section Head for Theoretical Ecology in the Ecology Faculty, on winning the 2014 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Simon’s research revealing the complexity of, and relationships between, species and ecosystems and his work on bridging the gap between theoretical ecology and the natural environment have earned him this…
Following on from the success of our recent Diversity in Research and Reproducibility in Research tweetchats, the next instalment of the #F1000Talks running on the @F1000Research Twitter account will cover the topic of “archiving research before publication”. The Tweetchat will take place on Tuesday 6th of May at 1pm (EST), 6pm (BST). It is widely…
Here are this week’s most popular tweets on the @F1000 feed, as well as some other interesting picks from the rest of Twitter…
Since the first reports of AIDS, approximately 36 million people have died from the disease, with an estimated 35 million living with HIV. Drug therapy consists of HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy, which slows progression of the disease and lessens risk of death. Today, researchers are closer than ever to finding a functional cure and…
We’d like to invite you to an evening at F1000’s London office on Tuesday May 6th to preview the latest F1000 technology under development, specifically focused on writing and organizing research papers. Your views will help us shape these products. View Larger Map The event will commence with a presentation from CEO Daniel Marovitz followed…
This is the first in a series of posts in which we go into more detail about some of the concepts that F1000Research is based on. In this first instalment, we look at open access. What is open access exactly? And what are some common misconceptions about open access? A short history of open access…
