The close of 2010 marks the end of the UN International Year of Biodiversity, but the issues remain, and with them a surprising number of fundamental unanswered questions. These are explored in a Q&A article – commissioned for BMC Biology as a contribution to the BioMed Central cross-journal thematic series on biodiversity research –… Read more »
Occasionally on a personal basis, I am asked to bring job openings to the attention of Retrovirology readers. Below are two positions that are searching for qualified candidates. Dean, College of Life Science, NTHU The College of Life Science of National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan invites applications and nominations for the position… Read more »
Programmed cell death, a decision made by cells to die via a self-governed process, has been extensively studied in metazoans (multicellular organisms), however, evidence that unicellular organisms also undergo this process and even induce cell death in their host is growing. A new thematic series, Protazoan parasites and cell death, published in Parasites and Vectors,… Read more »
Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) has recently announced the launch of an exciting new e-course on writing and submitting conference abstracts: Scientific writing – Conference abstracts. The course, organised in collaboration with Health[e]Foundation, is based on previous scientific writing workshops successfully offered by JIAS at regional and international conferences. The abstract writing course… Read more »
Veterinary Research, ranked number one in the Veterinary Sciences field with an Impact Factor of 3.58, is now accepting submissions for its re-launch as an open access journal in 2011. It will be published by BioMed Central, on behalf of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). Headed by Editor-in-Chief Michel Brémont, Veterinary Research… Read more »
Next generation sequencing technologies have changed forever the genetics and medical genomics landscape. Advances have been made that were unthinkable just a few years back, but the flip side to these feats is that more data are generated than most regular labs are able to analyze and work with. As the aim of… Read more »
The 12th International Annual Meeting of IHV (Institute of Human Virology) has been held for the first time outside of USA. The chosen location has been Tropea, a small town in Calabria Region (in the most Southern part of the Italian Peninsula), with the contribute of the University of Calabria and his President, Dr Giovanni Latorre…. Read more »