In a recent Open Letter published on Gates Open Research, Pamela Kolopack, University of Toronto, and James Lavery, Emory University, discuss the issues of informed consent in field trials involving gene-drive mosquitoes . One of the reviewers of the article was Carolyn Neuhaus, The Hastings Centre. We thought the through discussion that occurred in Carolyn’s peer review report warranted further exploration.
Judith Blake, a geneticist working at The Jackson Laboratory, US, is March’s featured Faculty Member of the Month. For International Women’s Day, we interviewed Blake to hear more about spotting patterns in research and her career trajectory in evolutionary biology.
The next few months will bring some exciting developments to F1000Prime. We are evolving and redesigning our website and service, to reflect the changing nature of science and to more fully support researchers in discovering the articles that really matter to their research.
Award season is upon us, and so at this time of the year we here at F1000Prime also like to recognize the outstanding contribution of our Faculty, who highlight the most notable articles in their fields!
In her recent Research article published on F1000Research, Saskia den Boon and colleagues surveryed health workers around personal protective equipment during the West Ebola outbreak in 2014-2015. In this guest blog, Saskia describes the findings of this survey and how they were used to inform WHO guidelines.
Hollydawn Murray marks Open Data Day, which this year focuses on open research data, by highlighting what is possible when you publish your data. She calls on the research community to join us in helping definie how we can best support the researchers,
In recognition of Rare Disease Day, we interviewed Faculty Member, Anna Skiada, a consultant in infectious diseases who firmly believes that international collaboration is the only way to explore, and eventually conquer rare fungal infections.
The Browser extension is one of our most popular and widely used tools on F1000Workspace. Chris Smith shares some of his tips about getting the most benefits from using it. Useful tips for beginners and pros alike – there may even be some new features more experienced users don’t know about!
Laura Boykin and Anders Savill discuss the value of a updated reference dataset to help researchers rapidly and accurately identify members of the whitefly species and what this means for crop management.
Today is all a buzz with romance. It’s not just humans that perform grand gestures and surprise partners with gifts, for many other animals adopt elaborate courting rituals to woo a mate. This Valentine’s Day, we reveal flies supposed charming side as we focus on their mating behaviour.
