Improving rice for the future: an author Q+A
BMC Genetics recently published research identifying loci that contain drought- and yield-related traits on rice chromosomes. Co-author of the work, Arvind… Read more »
Sophie Marchant
Sophie graduated with a BSc in Biology from the University of Southampton before joining BioMed Central as an Editorial Assistant in 2013. She then worked as Community Manager here, facilitating the promotion of content published in journals, before leaving the company in 2016.
Latest posts by Sophie Marchant (see all)
- June blogs digest: irritable bowel syndrome, regenerative medicine, single cell omics, and more - 6th July 2016
- May blogs digest: conducting clinical trials, a quiz on plants, dealing with retractions, and more - 1st June 2016
- Fighting alcohol with alcohol: a Managed Alcohol Program in Ontario - 9th May 2016
Behind the image: Incredible antennae
Bernardo Segura captured this unbelievable close-up of a firefly beetle on the lookout for females to mate with. As the Behavioral and Physiological Ecology… Read more »
Behind the image: Aromatic rice diversity
Pritesh Roy is this year’s Conservation Ecology and Biodiversity Research section winner of the BMC Ecology Image Competition. Capturing the great diversity… Read more »
Behind the image: Blending effortlessly
Julia Spaet captured the image of a Cape mountain zebra grazing in South Africa and, as this year’s Community, Population and Macroecology section winner of… Read more »
Open biology digest: miniature toads, attracting pollinators, reasons for fluorescence, and more
A round-up of recent research published elsewhere over the past few weeks across open access biology.
Sex differences in medico-legal action against doctors: an author Q+A
Today, BMC Medicine published an article looking at the sex differences in medico-legal action for doctors. Here, co-author Emily Unwin answers our questions to… Read more »
July biology highlights: CRISPR/Cas9 technology, reproducibility, sex differences in autism, and more
Providing you with a quick update on some of the recent research published in our biology journals over the past month.
Quiz: How much do you know about the research behind breastfeeding?
Have you been paying attention this World Breastfeeding Week? Test your knowledge with this thought-provoking quiz.
China spotlight: Training young researchers to produce high quality work: a Q+A with Mengfeng Li
Mengfeng Li is an Editorial Board Member for BMC Medicine, and carries out research and teaching, as well as overseeing the development of medical education at… Read more »
Increasing visits to a traveler health clinic: an author Q+A
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines recently published its first articles and in this Q+A, we asked co-author of one of the publications, Ibrahim… Read more »