There is an ancient link between sports and medicine. Galen, the Greek physician, wrote extensively on improving health through aerobic fitness and muscle tone, and the first Olympic athletes were trained by ancient Greek physicians largely using principles still applied today. The connection between athletics and medicine appears natural. Renaissance physicians developed a more complex… Read more »
Eagle Genomics held their 3rd annual Symposium in Cambridge on 21st March 2013, offering a wide variety of talks under a common theme of big data and cuts in Bioinformatics. These were interspersed with breaks for very useful networking conversations. It is always a joy to meet our authors at such meetings and I was… Read more »
BMC Ecology talks to Dr Moritz Muschick, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield (UK), about his winning image in the journal’s first Ecology Image Competition. You can read more about what the judges made of the image — a beautifully camouflaged stick insect resting on its host plant — in an accompanying Editorial…. Read more »
The latest issue of BMC Bioinformatics includes the first ‘how to’ guide for applying User-Centred Design (UCD) to websites for bioinformatics. In this guest post, written by User Experience (UX) professionals at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) UK, we find out how UCD could positively impact scientific discovery in the life sciences. Bioinformatics services can… Read more »
BMC Bioinformatics and BMC Genomics will be attending the upcoming Eagle Genomics hosted third symposium: Will Big Data and Bigger Cuts Cripple Bioinformatics? in Cambridge UK, March 21st. We should be delighted to meet you at the conference. We should be most interested to hear your views on the Biomed Central portfolio of journals, especially BMC… Read more »
The evolution of predator-prey interactions yields interesting adaptations, resulting in some quirky phenomena. Snakes are a commonly-feared predator and people are familiar with (and dread) the venomous ones. There are two ways in which snakes have evolved to utilize their venom to capture prey. One method is to strike and hold, whereby the snake maintains… Read more »
BMC Women’s Health is proud to participate in today’s celebration of International Women’s Day. Women’s Day is a chance to celebrate the achievements of women worldwide and draw attention to the challenges that women many still face in contemporary society. We are privileged to publish and communicate high quality research regarding the physical, mental, and… Read more »
Getting positive about negatives • Nematode model of early exposure to genotoxicants • Possible non-genetic factors in polydactyly • A birthday gift for Charles Darwin • Resistance without the antibiotics • The splice is right for Apolipoprotein B • Pop science influences public debate Psychology: Getting positive about negatives The BMC-series launched its newest… Read more »
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine supports the publication of high-quality research into acupuncture. Last week was Acupuncture Awareness Week, an initiative supported by the British Acupuncture Council which aimed to better inform the public about this complementary therapy. Acupuncture is an ancient system of treatment, and is one of the most widely accepted forms of… Read more »
As a dynamic open access biochemistry journal, BMC Biochemistry strives to keep abreast of the latest advances in the field. In recent years bionanotechnology and biosensors have emerged as a booming area of biochemistry research. A particular focus of the community has been the use of nanoparticles and nanostructures to build novel molecular systems and… Read more »