Our next #F1000Talks tweet chat will discuss how patient advocates gather scientific information and expert advice, and will take place on July 24th at 1 PM EST/6 PM GMT. Our guests will be AnneMarie Ciccarella (@chemobrainfog), Lori Marx-Rubiner (@regrounding), Amy Price (@AmyPricePhD) and David Gilbert (@DavidGilbert43). Most patients need help to understand information about their…
On 22nd April this year, four distinguished experts — F1000Prime International Advisory Board Member Bruce Alberts of the University of California, San Francisco, Marc W. Kirschner of Harvard Medical School, Shirley Tilghman of Princeton University, and Harold Varmus of the National Cancer Institute — issued a call to action. Their perspective article, ‘Rescuing US biomedical…
“Again, they did it again! As with their other websites, it’s obvious that the F1000 crew puts a lot of thought into making F1000Trials an easy-to-use resource with a lot of helpful features. I’m sitting here clapping my hands,” said Donatas Zailskas, a 6th year medical Lithuanian student. But what do you think about F1000Trials?…
Faculty of 1000 today launches the beta version of a new service, F1000Trials, which is currently freely available to all registered users. In this post we explain the need for this new publishing service, what the key features are, and who should use it. Read the press release here. Are we at tipping point for…
Exciting things are kicking off here at F1000. At the start of this year, we announced our plans to develop a new project – F1000 Research – an attempt to create a new open access, open data publishing model within biology and medicine, with open and transparent peer review. Well, we’re pleased to announce that…
To mark World Malaria Day, Phil Fischer highlights the problems faced by those fighting the disease around the world.
Many are quick to criticize the peer review process, but are there any viable alternatives?
Why people desire but reject creative ideas.
A guest post from Senior Editor Patrick Burke on the stress and burnout faced by pediatric oncologists.
With the volume of literature published in the biomedical sciences and the difficulty in keeping up to date with reading, what role do assumptions play in medicine?
