Vilcek Prize in biomedical science 2015
The Vilcek Prize for biomedical science recognizes major contributions to science made by immigrants to America. We are pleased to be able to say that Cell Biology Section Head Peter Walter has received the 2015 prize! Prof. Walter is a … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 28, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Cell Biology biomedical sciences Peter Walter Vilcek Prize Source Type: blogs
Ali Akoum
With regret, we note the death of Ali Akoum, Faculty Member in Women’s Health since 2007 and Professor in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at Laval University, Quebec. Dr Akoum passed away suddenly whilst on vacation with his family in … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 27, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Faculty Members Obituary Ali Akoum Source Type: blogs
The blindness of journals and D-Deficiency
The most popular tweets on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from Twitter. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 23, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
Maurice Sabelis
We are very sad to note the passing of Professor Maurice Sabelis, Ecology Faculty Member from 2004. Dr Sabelis was a professor at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. He passed away … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 22, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Faculty Members Obituary IBED Maurice Sabelis Source Type: blogs
Toby Maher on his respiratory disorders research
Toby Maher has been an F1000 Faculty Member in the Respiratory Diseases Faculty since 2011. Recently, F1000 Publisher Kathleen Wets visited him at the Royal Brompton hospital in London, where Maher is a clinician-scientist. During Kathleen’s visit, she bumped into … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 19, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Faculty Members Respiratory Disorders Video clinical trials idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Imperial College Interstitial lung disease Prince Charles rare lung diseases Royal Brompton Toby Maher UCL Source Type: blogs
Reward behavior, sugar cravings, and jellyfish
Here are this week's most popular tweets on the @F1000 feed, as well as some other interesting picks from the rest of Twitter... Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 16, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Claire Scott Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
Weight loss myths, sex lives of yeast and H2A.Z: the F1000 twitter round up
This week's most popular tweets on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from Twitter. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 9, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
Favourite quotes from F1000 recommendations in 2014
Our Faculty write really engaging and interesting articles - here are the best lines from 2014. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - December 19, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Biology Literature Medicine Science Source Type: blogs
F1000 Specialist of the Year 2014
This is a cross-post from F1000Research, written by Eva Amsen. For the past few weeks, the F1000 Outreach Directors have looked at lists of all of your past activities to figure out who deserved to be crowned this year’s F1000 … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - December 15, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Kinga Hosszu Tags: Awards/honors Community F1000 Awards F1000 Specialists Guest post Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Changing science culture: Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Last week, F1000Research’s managing director, Rebecca Lawrence, attended a meeting with the Nuffield Council on Bioethics to discuss the culture of science research and the drivers behind it. Rebecca represented science publishers, alongside Dame Nancy Rothwell (President and Vice-Chancellor, Uni … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - December 12, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Communication Community Source Type: blogs
Mice and museums
Chilly mice: does it matter that rodents used as preclinical models for translational research are cold? http://t.co/Qk497pulvr — F1000 (@F1000) December 5, 2014 Save the museums! For taxonomy's sake, we need to preserve the relics of species in our "cathedrals … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - December 12, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Claire Scott Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
Dame Kay Davies on her lifetime’s work in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Recently, F1000 Publisher Kathleen Wets visited Dame Kay Davies in Oxford soon after she won the WISE Lifetime Achievement Award. The award celebrated her outstanding career in science, which inspired other women to follow in her footsteps. In Kathleen’s video, … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - December 10, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Faculty Members Video Dame Kay Davies Duchenne Duchenne's muscular dystrophy WISE Lifetime achievement award Source Type: blogs
Physics is the alphabet, chemistry is the dictionary, biology is literature.
This week's most popular tweets on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from Twitter. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - December 5, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
#F1000Talks: Personalized medicine tweet chat
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. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 28, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Community Medicine Science James Flory Jeffrey Hannah Personalized medicine Source Type: blogs
Sleep, cleanliness and order in disorder
You can be 'too clean': exposure to fewer microbes and more chemicals could explain the rise in allergic disease. http://t.co/R4u5urIEYv — F1000 (@F1000) November 26, 2014 Remember this next time you fancy a lie-in: REM sleep found to be necessary … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 28, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Claire Scott Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
