Evolutionary biology in Colombia: challenges and perspectives
Guest post from Henry Arenas-Castro, coordinator of the ColEvol Network, Colombia It can be a little unusual to read about Colombia and science… Read more »
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- Open Access Africa 2011: A brief report - 29th November 2011
- Views of an Open Access Africa 2011 delegate: Open access and the unlimited benefits - 25th November 2011
- Open Access Africa 2011: Speaker presentations, images and poster abstracts available online - 11th November 2011
Interview with Dr. Raoul Kamadjeu, co-founder of the Pan African Medical Journal, in anticipation of Open Access Africa 2011
Guest blog post by Charles J. Greenberg who interviewed Dr. Raoul Kamadjeu ahead of Open Access Africa 2011. This post is an extract from the full interview… Read more »
HIV cure research overview
HIV cure research is a topic that sits at the forefront of medical and scientific discussion. Remarkable progress has been made over the last decade since Kofi… Read more »
Bringing Open Access Africa publishing initiative to West Africa
BioMed Central recently launched Open Access Africa, a collection of initiatives, including free Foundation Membership, designed to increase the output and… Read more »
Increasing African scientific output: an overview
The African Union (AU) has undertaken a large initiative to nurture and increase African scientific research output. Last month the AU… Read more »
Bringing open access to Africa: BioMed Central announces far-reaching program
Currently only 0.7% of all research published comes from sub-Saharan Africa, yet African researchers have a key role to play in finding solutions to the many… Read more »
Read the lay summary of a clinical trial
One key aspect to the success of the UK Clinical Trials Gateway (UKCTG) launched in March 2011 is the presentation of trial information in a format that can be… Read more »
The ultimate price for poor access to health information
The ‘noughties’ era is undisputedly associated with a technology boom, rather than the under-representative term ‘growth,’ and subsequent… Read more »
BioMed Central's 5th Annual Research Awards, and the winners are…
The winners of our 5th Annual Research Awards were announced last night at ZSL London Zoo, Regent’s Park, London, UK. Celebrating… Read more »
Open access vital for safeguarding UK scholarly research
A new commissioned report has recommended that academic policymakers promote the adoption of gold-route open access publishing to help increase access to… Read more »