Dr. Hans Dijkstra is a researcher studying molecular evolution at the Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science at the Fujita Health University in Japan. When reading a recent publication in Science he noticed several flaws in a study on a long noncoding RNA. Dijkstra explains why he started a discussion on this report on Inc-DC RNA…
Many thanks to our three entrants for their superb video entries! The competition is now closed and we’re pleased to announce the winner. We hope all our voters enjoyed learning about ongoing research in Prof Brain’s lab at KCL, investigations into the cell biology of osteoarthritis at Manchester University and the study of congenital nevi…
To mark the upcoming launch of our Rare Diseases article collection, we will be talking with three researchers in a special rare disease themed tweetchat next week. Join us September 29 to discuss the challenges of rare disease research. We’ll start at 1PM EST. Follow the #F1000Talks hashtag, or our @F1000Research Twitter account to keep…
A selection of new content on F1000Research from the past week. To receive notification of all new articles, sign up for our table of contents alerts. Feature article: Strategies of the honeybee Apis mellifera during visual search for vertical targets presented at various heights: a role for spatial attention? [v1; ref status: indexed, https://f1000r.es/3yb] Linde Morawetz, Lars Chittka,…
Here are the week’s most popular tweets on @F1000, as well as some other interesting picks from the rest of Twitter…
This week’s buzz in Open Science: Introducing OpenTrons: easy to use biotech tools that you can connect together to make a modular lab automation system so you can do more science than ever before! Looking for tips on how to write a winning grant? Check out these sample applications and summary statements provided by a…
Science policy from the highest level affects everyone, not least the newest draftees to academic research. Graduates and postdocs will ultimately have their career paths carved out for them from the higher echelons of decision making, so surely it makes sense that tomorrow’s researchers should have a say about what direction these paths should be…
A selection of new content on F1000Research from the past week. To receive notification of all new articles, sign up for our table of contents alerts. Have you had a chance to check out what our scientists think about Immediate Publication, Transparent Refereeing, No Editorial Bias, and Data Inclusion? Head on over to our homepage and see what others like you have…
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 European Commission is asking for feedback on their paper “‘Science 2.0’- Science in Transition”. They’re inviting residents of Europe to read the paper and send in their thoughts before September 30. After it came to light that the first round of review, at Science, of the controversial STAP study was overwhelmingly critical, Lenny Teytelman…
