A new supplement published today in BMC Ecology looks at how citizen science is helping researchers collect data. In this blog, organizer of the supplement Poppy Lakeman Fraser explains more about what citizen science actually is and how researchers rely on this form of data collection.
Conference proceedings can present some of the most up to date science in the literature, showing results before they are published in journal articles. But proceedings are also often overlooked and hard to access. BMC Proceedings is our journal that has been dedicated to publishing conference proceedings and meeting abstracts since 2007 and which aims to address this.
At the end of June BMC Psychiatry attended RCPsychIC 2016 in London. The annual international convention of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is one of the largest gatherings of mental health professionals, showcasing exciting developments at the leading edge of psychiatry research, with delegate numbers nearing 3,000. The theme of this year’s RCPsychIC convention was Psychiatry: Brain, Body and Mind; the program featured a wide range of sessions covering aspects of psychiatry research, practice and policy.
Replication and beyond in psychology • Choosing a diagnostic test for suspected hypopituitarism • Virtual reality as a tool for cataract surgery training • Could mobile phones affect brain development? • The role of “citizen science” in biomedical research • Mixed messages in bonobo mating • Latrine communication in urban vs rural rabbits
The International Conference for Healthcare and Medical Students (ICHAMS) is a conference for undergraduate healthcare and medical students to present their research to peers and professors in the field, giving them the opportunity to receive structured feedback. Abstracts from the conference are published in a supplement in BMC Proceedings. In this guest blog, Co-Chairs Cara Coleman and Khushdeep Vig explain more.