Plants and politics, alien/invasive species and culturing the unculturable
The trending article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - March 6, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
Talk to your librarian
“Talk to your librarian.” It’s remarkable how often I have to use this sentence, considering I don’t work with books, don’t work in academia anymore, and rarely set foot in a library myself. But whenever I visit universities to talk … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - March 6, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Eva Amsen Tags: Communication Education FAQs Source Type: blogs
Translating the editor: using genome editing tools to develop therapeutics
Associate Faculty Member and F1000 Specialist Jeffrey Hannah recently attended the New York Academy of Sciences meeting on Harnessing the potential of genome editing for drug discovery: translational frontiers of in vitro and in vivo applications. Here, he tells us about the rapidly expanding uses of the technology and what he learnt in the session. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - March 5, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: F1000 Specialists Faculty Members Genomics & Genetics Guest post Source Type: blogs
We’re coming to Boston!
We'll be at EB 2015 AND we're holding a Boston meet-up! Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - March 4, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Kinga Hosszu Tags: Community Conference Meet-up Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Bruce Alberts wins 2014 AAAS Hauge Abelson prize
Bruce Alberts, a member of F1000’s International Advisory Board, has received the 2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Hauge Abelson prize. Alberts is president emeritus of the National Academy of Sciences, professor emeritus in the department of … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - March 3, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors aaas Bruce Alberts hauge abelson prize Source Type: blogs
Smoking and span, successful submissions and cellular self control
The most popular article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - February 27, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
David Tilman takes BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
David Tilman, Community Ecology & Biodiversity Section Head in the Ecology Faculty, has taken the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology for scientifically demonstrating how biodiversity makes ecosystems more stable, productive and resilient. Tilman, Regents … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - February 26, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Ecology Source Type: blogs
Philippa Marrack wins 2015 Wolf Prize
We are pleased to be able to say that Immunology Head of Faculty Philippa Marrack has jointly won the 2015 Wolf Prize in Medicine – a prestigious prize that recognises scientists at the top of their field. Marrack, from the … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - February 25, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Immunology Jeffrey Ravetch John Kappler Philippa Marrack Wolf Foundation Wolf Prize Source Type: blogs
Foxes, second-hand smoke and ABC transporters – the F1000 weekly round up
The most popular article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - February 20, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
Jennifer Doudna wins 2015 Breakthrough Prize
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 … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - February 16, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Biology Medicine Source Type: blogs
Michelle Leach on Candida Albicans and thermo-pathogenicity
The fungal pathogen Candida albicans is one of the most persistent yeast pathogens known to man. Most people associate it only with thrush, but, as Michelle Leach explains in the video below, it is actually the fourth most common hospital-acquired … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - February 9, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Faculty Members Infectious diseases Microbiology Video Source Type: blogs
Trojan horses, fountains of joy, and Dracula bugs: the weekly round up
The most popular article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter. Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - February 6, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
Stubborn trees, spooked fish and sugary habits
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 30, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Tweet stuff Source Type: blogs
F1000 Oxford meet-up on February 10
Are you based in Oxford, UK? We’re having a meet-up there on February 10 – everyone is welcome! F1000 meet-ups are a chance for researchers to meet others working in the same city, and to talk to F1000 and F1000Research … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 29, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Eva Amsen Tags: F1000 Specialists Meet-up Source Type: blogs
Brendan Crabb recognised in Australia Day honours
Brendan Crabb, F1000 Section Head in Microbiology, has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) as part of the Australia day honours. The award recognises his contributions to medical research and global health. Crabb is the Director … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - January 29, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Source Type: blogs
