Asking Janus: impact factor or real impact for the community?
First, let me congratulate our journal for receiving our first, impressive impact factor. Impact factors of cytogenetic journals are historically low,… Read more »
Sam Rose
Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Sam studied Biomedical Sciences at the University of Manchester, and is responsible for the development of BioMed Central's genetics journal portfolio.
Latest posts by Sam Rose (see all)
- Raising funds for genetic diseases - 23rd September 2016
- The Epigenetics and Chromatin Clinic - 9th November 2015
- Resurrecting one of the oldest genetics journals - 23rd October 2015
A new perspective on ancient human genomic diversity
It’s commonly discussed how each of our genomes contains a story documenting the migration by our ancient ancestors. This is most certainly… Read more »
Epigenetics & Chromatin: Interactions and processes – a BioMed Central conference
BioMed Central will be hosting this inaugural conference in association with its journal Epigenetics & Chromatin at Harvard Medical School, Boston,… Read more »
Finding new information from old bones
Predicting externally visible characteristics of the deceased using just genetic information is an extremely difficult task, and one that has only become… Read more »
New insights into the mechanism behind nuclear reprogramming
At an exciting time when scientists and the public are foreseeing the clinical application of inducing pluripotent stem cells from mature somatic cells, John… Read more »
Investigative Genetics series on 'DNA Fingerprinting'
Investigative Genetics is inviting submissions for a new article series on ‘DNA Fingerprinting’. Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who is due to retire… Read more »
Doctors put their finger on a novel biomarker
Little is known about the pathogenesis of the secondary form of Raynaud’s disease, vibration-induced white finger disease (VWF), a painful condition affecting… Read more »