20 years ago today, The Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous Animals (CEVAP) became an official São Paulo State University (UNESP) research unit. Based in Botucatu, a city in Southeastern Brazil, CEVAP was founded as a center for world class expertise on venomous animals, their toxins and derivatives. Journal of Venomous Animals and… Read more »
Peer review is a process integral to the scientific research cycle, and, for the majority of biology journals, one that takes place behind closed doors. In conventional blind peer review, reviewers remain anonymous to the authors, and their comments are not made available once a paper is published. The closed nature of this review can… Read more »
Last week we were proud to reveal the winner of the prestigious BioMed Central Research Award 2012, supported by antibodies-online.com, picked from a shortlist consisting of the winners of the ten subject categories, selected by a panel of top scientists and clinicians from the editorial boards of our portfolio of over 250 journals. The winners… Read more »