To mark our first anniversary we’re running a special competition. We invite all our F1000 Specialists to submit a short video describing the research carried out in their lab. The video can be quirky, serious – whatever sums up the research in your lab – we want to hear about it. Every video posted will…
We regretfully note the death of Carlos F. Barbas III, who passed away at the age of 49 last month after suffering from a rare form of medullary thyroid cancer. An award-winning and renowned organic chemist, Carlos worked towards developing novel drugs to treat human disease; among his accomplishments are the development of new classes…
The Academy of Medical Sciences recently elected 44 new Fellows to its academy, and we are delighted that a good handful of F1000Prime Section Heads and Faculty Members were on this list. Many congratulations to the following F1000Prime Faculty! Section Heads Janet Thornton, Bioinformatics (Genomics & Genetics) Sebastian Johnston, Respiratory Infections, (Respiratory Disorders) Angus Lamond,…
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. Featured article: Abnormal hemostatic function one year after orthotopic liver transplantation can be fully attributed to endothelial cell activation [v1; ref status: indexed, https://f1000r.es/3ah] Freeha Arshad, Jelle Adelmeijer, Hans Blokzijl, Aad van den…
To celebrate the first anniversary of the F1000 Specialists programme, we invite all F1000 Specialists to film a short video about research in their lab. Each F1000 Specialist who submits a video will receive a £10 Amazon voucher and a chance to win a further £50 for most ‘liked video’.
Here are the week’s most popular tweets from @F1000, as well as other interesting picks from the rest of Twitter…
Founded in 1913, the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) is one of the foremost organisations serving the vast and ever-changing field of immunology. It is also the organisation behind the publication The Journal of Immunology, the most highly cited journal in this area of study. Every year, the AAI presents career awards to honour outstanding…
Earlier this week, Wiley announced that they have partnered with Altmetric to provide article-level metrics across all 1500+ Wiley journals. Now, any article published in a Wiley journal will have an Altmetric score (online) in order to help the reader paint a fuller picture of the impact of individual papers. An Altmetric score is a…
What was new in open science this week? European researchers demand more transparency and openness in the Human Brain Project’s decisions and allocation of funds. Missed yesterday’s Mozilla Science call? Catch up here! In Berlin next week? Check out the Open Knowledge Festival and it’s fringe events. You can also keep up via #OKFest14 on Twitter. There are…
Gordon Klein, a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch, is a member of the Bone & Mineral Metabolism section of F1000Prime. In this video interview, Professor Klein tells us about his research interest of the last 30 years – the study of the effect of diseases on human bones.…
