Monthly Archives: September 2011

USDA goes cellulosic

It has been a momentous week for biofuels in the United States, starting with the announcement on Tuesday 27 Sept, by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, that the USDA will pay more than 160 energy producers to support the production of advanced biofuels. Crucially, the funding only supports production from cellulosic and waste feedstocks and will… Read more »

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Nomination call for Retrovirology Prize 2011

Nominations are being accepted for the 2011 Retrovirology Prize.  As stated previously, the Prize alternates yearly between recognizing a non-HIV retrovirologist (2011 and odd years) and an HIV retrovirologist (2010 and even years). This year is for a non-HIV retrovirologist. There can be some discretion on this guideline exercised from time-to-time by the selection committee…. Read more »

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13th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI)

The 13th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI) is planned for November 7-8 2011 at the Lister Hill Center Auditorium on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland . The International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies is the only forum that is solely focused… Read more »

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Bringing botany into the digital age?

Changes to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature are decided on every six years at the International Botanical Congresses (IBC). In July, at the XVIII IBC held in Melbourne, Australia, key changes were made to ‘the code’ that represent groundbreaking developments for online-only journals such as BMC Evolutionary Biology. As of January 2012, botanists describing… Read more »

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Neural Stem Cell focus in Cambridge

BioMed Central attended the Cambridge Neural Stem Cell Symposium last week. The meeting was co-hosted by the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative to bring together a  focus upon the recent advances the of field of neural stem cell biology and to encourage further collaboration and interaction between nearly 300 delegates. This gathering exposed the accelerating pace… Read more »

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ASBCB supports open access in the development of bioinformatics and computational biology in Africa

Guest post from Associate Professor Nicola Mulder, President of the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB) The mission of The African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB) is to be a scholarly body dedicated to advancing, developing and promoting bioinformatics and computational biology in Africa. In seeking to have an impact in more than 50… Read more »

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