Featured F1000Prime Report: developing tools for malaria surveillance.
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 … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 26, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Samuel Winthrop Tags: Infectious diseases Medicine Reports James Beeson malaria Source Type: blogs

SfN 2014 highlights
So that’s it! SfN is over and done with for another year. We’ve loved meeting all of you who visited our booth, we’ve given away F1000 and F1000Research #SfNswag and we had a fantastic time at #SfNBanter, which we sponsored … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 24, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Behind the scenes Community Conferences Neurological disorders Neuroscience Source Type: blogs

Clocks, cardiac injury and losing control
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 - November 21, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Samuel Winthrop Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs

Dame Kay Davies wins WISE Lifetime Achievement Award
We are thrilled to congratulate Dame Kay Davies, F1000 International Advisory Board member, on being awarded the 2014 WISE Lifetime Achievement Award. WISE Awards celebrate female talent in science, technology and engineering, and recognise the efforts of advisors, employers and … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 21, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Careers Kay Davies WISE awards Source Type: blogs

Clinical challenges in colon cancer: an interview with Heinz-Josef Lenz
Heinz-Josef Lenz, Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, is one of the F1000 Section Heads for Gastrointestinal Cancers. In this video, Professor Lenz describes his multifaceted areas … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 20, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Samuel Winthrop Tags: Faculty Gastroenterology & Hepatology Oncology Pharmacology & Drug Discovery Video biomarkers Colon cancer Heinz-Josef Lenz Wnt signalling Source Type: blogs

Atlases and antioxidants
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 - November 14, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Claire Scott Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs

Ebola collection: sharing critical information faster
Beat Ebola with better research sharing, says the discoverer of virus. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 13, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Biology Communication Disease Infectious diseases Open access Open data Open Science Ebola marburg virus Peter piot Source Type: blogs

Seeking the light and snails that smell
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 - November 7, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Samuel Winthrop Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs

Denise Montell wins 2014 NIH Pioneer award
Many congratulations to Cell Biology Section Head Denise Montell, who has been given a 2014 Pioneer award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award recognizes a select group of scientists whose innovative pioneering approaches have the potential to … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 6, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Cell Biology Oncology Source Type: blogs

Faculty honoured amongst Institute of Medicine New Members 2014
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 … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 5, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Medicine Institute of Medicine IOM Source Type: blogs

Allison Doupe
It is with great sadness that we mark the passing away of Allison Doupe, Section Head of the Behavioral Neuroscience Section, last week. Allison was a much-respected and beloved scholar. Among her many achievements, her pioneering work in the field … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 3, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Claire Scott Tags: Faculty Faculty Members Neuroscience Obituary Allison Doupe Source Type: blogs

Scratching the surface of itch and the benefits of broccoli
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 - October 31, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Claire Scott Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs

Halloween competition: gruesome papers
“This vampire bat knows when you are sleeping, and it knows that you are you” … so begins one of my favourite recommendations on F1000 of the more gruesome papers. In it, Faculty Member Kent Berridge highlights research showing how … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - October 30, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Competition Berridge gruesome papers Triggle vampire zombie Source Type: blogs

F1000 Community Meet-up in Washington DC
Join us in Washington DC for free drinks, food, and great conversation Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - October 28, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Kinga Hosszu Tags: Community Meet-up F1000 Meet-Up Source Type: blogs

Sex, influenza and crystallography
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 - October 24, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Claire Scott Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs