Breast Cancer Research Image Competition 2017
This year's scientific breast cancer image competition - in partnership with the UK’s largest breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now and the leading breast… Read more »
Davy Falkner
Davy graduated from Keele University with a BSc in Biology with English in 2014. He currently manages the blog network at BioMed Central and originally joined as an Editorial Assistant in July 2015.
Latest posts by Davy Falkner (see all)
- Breast Cancer Research Image Competition 2017 - 18th May 2017
- Video blog: A brain pathway to control sleep - 17th March 2017
- The ancient origins of the Chow Chow - 10th March 2017
Video blog: A brain pathway to control sleep
In this video we explore how we slip from one stage of sleep to the next. New research published in Molecular Brain identifies a brain circuit that controls… Read more »
The ancient origins of the Chow Chow
East Asian dog breeds like the Chow Chow are amongst the most ancient breeds of dog and represent a basal lineage of dog evolution. To further investigate the… Read more »
Open Data Day
Saturday 4th March marks Open Data Day, an annual event that celebrates open data all over the word. One of the four key themes for this year is open research… Read more »
How flies are flirting on the fly
Valentine’s Day is traditionally a day to let someone know you’re interested in them, often with a card or bunch of roses. But how would you go about this… Read more »
The warning signs are there, but is anybody seeing them?
Warning labels on products like alcohol that can be harmful when over consumed seem on the surface an obvious method of reducing consumers’ intake and… Read more »
Images of the newly recorded species of the genus Synura from Korea
Published today in the Journal of Ecology and Environment, authors from Kyungpook National University in Korea, report the first finding of three newly recorded… Read more »
Here be dragons! The ruby seadragon seen in the wild for the first time
A study published today in Marine Biodiversity Records presents the first live sighting of the ruby seadragon, Phyllopteryx dewysea, a species previously only… Read more »
December blogs digest: the health benefits of nuts, sequencing the Iberian lynx genome, the importance of pets and more
Not had a chance to read all our posts over the festive period? Here’s a roundup of what you’ve missed in December…
Worrying gaps in people’s awareness of alcohol and cancer
Published today in BMC Public Health a new study highlights worrying gaps in the UK public's awareness of cancer risks associated with alcohol. Cancer Research… Read more »