If you peer back through the mists of time – back to the last century – and picture an academic, it is likely her office would be full of journals, papers covered in post-it notes, highlighters and unwieldy scribblings in the margins. You may not, though, need to look so far as you probably know lots of labs and offices like this today. The evolution of technology has dramatically changed our world, but it seems to have bypassed many of our community.
Have you ever wished your workplace would be a more social place? A place where, sure, you have to work hard, but you can also have a chat or a laugh with people you like being around? Below are several ideas to help you transform your lab into a nicer place to spend your time.…
Note: the author has done extensive research and tested all methods below in the process of writing this blog. Therefore this blog actually made it out in February as opposed to some time later this year…
We are now well into the New Year. You may have started out with many good resolutions; maybe you have joined the gym, given up smoking, started running or cycling to the lab. You have probably told yourself that this year, you will give up procrastinating, and you will finish that paper/grant proposal/your thesis….
It’s award season again! And that means it’s time to announce the F1000 Specialist of the Year 2015. Last year was extremely busy for many of our F1000 Specialists, which made the decision even harder than in 2014. After a long round of deliberations, we’re pleased to highlight the achievements of five F1000 Specialists, one…
How much sleep do we really need? Analysis of 3 pre-industrial hunter-gatherer societies may provide some answers https://t.co/BtFweCj56i — F1000 (@F1000) November 3, 2015 Exercise at a molecular level: human skeletal muscle phosphoproteome reveals an extensive exercise signaling network https://t.co/TeW4DfygQt — F1000 (@F1000) November 3, 2015 Men are from mars & women from venus? Two…
Founded in 2013, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing and celebrating breakthrough research. This year, the foundation gave away a whopping US$36million in prize money for research into the life sciences, physics and mathematics. We’re pleased to say that one of the winners of the 2015 Life Science Prize was…
Our Faculty write really engaging and interesting articles – here are the best lines from 2014.
We’ll be hosting another #F1000Talks live chat on Wednesday 3rd December, 1pm EST/6PM GMT. Join us to talk about personalized medicine! We’ll be tweeting from @F1000 , using the #F1000Talks hashtag.
From this month’s batch of F1000Prime Reports, the peer-reviewed open-access review series on emerging themes in biology and medicine, we thought we’d feature a report dealing with one of the deadliest killers in human history: malaria. In “Research priorities for the development and implementation of serological tools for malaria surveillance“, James Beeson and colleagues take…
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently elected 70 new members and 10 foreign fellows at their 44th annual meeting. I’m pleased to announce that a number of F1000 Faculty were honoured amongst them. Election to the IOM recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service – one of the highest honours…
