Get involved with Open Access Week 19th – 23rd October 2009
Building on the success of last year’s Open Access Day, October 19th-23rd will see the first international Week. The aim of Open Access Week is to help… Read more »
Latest posts by Charlotte Webber (see all)
- Open Access Week 2010 – spread the word! - 17th September 2010
- BioMed Central vs Nature – the aftermath - 16th September 2010
- Planning financing for open access - 23rd June 2010
Two new awards announced for 4th Annual Research Awards
As part of our 4th Annual Research Awards, we have added some new awards. In 2010, Genome Biology will celebrate its tenth birthday, to mark the occasion we… Read more »
BMC-series hits the headlines
The BMC-series dominated the news in the past month. Research ranging from walking bats to the age-prioritized use of antivirals during an influenza pandemic… Read more »
Bioinformaticians show off their Sudoku skills at ISMB
Last week BioMed Central exhibited at the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) & 8th European Conference on… Read more »
BioMed Central on location in Taipei
Following a gruelling 15 hour flight (my longest to date), I arrived in downtown Taipei to attend the 12th International Symposium of the Society of Chinese… Read more »
New centre announced for research and development in open access communications
SHERPA have announced the formation of the Centre for Research Communications (CRC). Based at the University of Nottingham, CRC will house the portfolio of open… Read more »
Editor-in-Chief of Retrovirology to receive Woodrow Wilson Award
Retrovirology Editor-in-Chief, Dr Kuan-Teh Jeang has been selected to receive the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association’s Woodrow Wilson Award… Read more »
Global research initiative points way to cut stillbirths
A first-ever global review examining measures to prevent over 3.2 million stillbirths worldwide was published in a BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth supplement… Read more »
Research Councils UK planning to increase support for open access
Research Councils UK, the organization responsible for the major share of public funding for scientific research in the UK, has just published the results of an… Read more »