Take a look at your typical research laboratory and you are likely to see a small representation of UN-member countries. During my time as a graduate student studying vascular development in the lab of Dr Dan Turnbull, at NYU, there was a strong representation of researchers from Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Poland, Puerto Rico (technically…
“Do you know any online resource which captures specialists’ knowledge and makes it available to the wide audience of researchers? I do, it’s called Faculty of 1000.” — Yulia Aspinall, PhD Product reviews are, it seems, like buses. In January we learned that F1000Prime had been ranked in the top 10% of more than 800…
As you know, at F1000Research we ask that all authors include all data with their publications. But why share data? What are the benefits? In one example, below, Michael R. Hunsaker shares his successful story of getting a publication based on data that were shared by another lab, after they first used his data. Do…
Our commitment to making scientific data open and accessible includes implementing accepted standards for data publication. F1000Research is very pleased to endorse the recently finalised FORCE11 data citation principles, many of which we have already implemented: Importance. F1000Research gives authors the option to publish data articles, which means that generating and sharing data can more…
Here are this week’s most popular tweets on the @F1000 feed, as well as some other interesting picks from the rest of Twitter…
The latest F1000 Community Meet Up went down in style at the Texas Medical Center’s Trevisio restaurant in Houston, Texas. On the evening of February 26, a lively group of scientists gathered to meet and chat on issues surrounding science and publishing. As the night started out, popular topics of conversation included different peer-review models,…
The physiological effect of a gene is not just determined by its DNA sequence alone. In recent years, researchers have discovered the important role of DNA methylation: A methyl group on cytosine is an epigenetic modification that affects development, transcription, and a range of other functions. To understand how DNA methylation affects a particular phenotype,…
If you are in Boston next week, why not come to our free networking event? You can meet like-minded scientists and chat about the issues surrounding science and publishing. We’ll be providing drinks and a buffet, as well as giving away prizes, personal subscriptions to F1000Prime and discounts on article-processing charges for F1000Research. Please sign…
Tomorrow F1000 is heading to Göttingen to visit the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry to give a presentation on innovations in discovering literature from 3pm, Ludwig-Prandtl Hall, Administration building. I’ll also be hosting the next F1000 meet-up in the same venue from 6pm onwards. This meet-up is specifically for Max Planck students. Refreshments will be…
It is with regret that we mark the death, last month, of Francesco Minuto, Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Genoa and Faculty Member in the Neuro-Endocrinology & Pituitary Section of the Diabetes & Endocrinology Faculty of F1000Prime. Our sincere condolences to his family and colleagues.
