Professor Vivienne Russell and Professor Rosemary Tannock have been announced as the new Editors-in-Chief of Behavioral and Brain Functions. They will continue the work of the founding editor, Professor Terje Sagvolden, who sadly passed away last year. Vivienne Russell is a Professor of Physiology at the University of Cape Town, her research projects focus on the… Read more »
As a crucial element to the success of the metazoans, the nervous system represents an important evolutionary development. By studying the most ancient definitive nervous systems present in basal metazoans, Simmons et al aim to uncover the evolutionary origins of the neural cell type. Today, in EvoDevo, the results of Simmons et al’s study into… Read more »
Today is the first day of the World Future Energy summit, marking the start of the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for all. The theme of the summit is innovation and issues to be discussed by researchers, policy makers and investors will include technology as the enabler for clean energy, how to drive growth,… Read more »
Today is the first day of the World Future Energy summit, marking the start of the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for all. The theme of the summit is innovation and issues to be discussed by researchers, policy makers and investors will include technology as the enabler for clean energy, how to drive growth,… Read more »
To showcase the exciting developments currently being made in the study of epigenomes, Genome Biology will publish a special issue on epigenomics in the late summer of 2012. A call for papers has now been issued inviting Research, Method and Software submissions on topics including: methylomes (and hydroxymethylomes) histone modifications nucleosome positioning higher order chromatin… Read more »
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The year 2011 was a successful one for BMC Ecology and 2012 is off to an excellent start with the news that the journal has been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters and will receive its first Impact Factor in 2015. We are delighted with this result as it reflects the growth and increased visibility… Read more »
The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) was established by the FBI to hold genetic records with the intention of creating investigative leads. Since genetic catalogs such as this were first introduced to the criminal justice system, these databases have seen an enormous amount of growth, with CODIS for example now holding more than 10 million… Read more »
The start of 2012 marked one year since the launch of Skeletal Muscle. In January 2011, the journal set out to provide a home for the increasing amounts of research being conducted into skeletal muscle – from the genes responsible for muscular dystrophies, to the contribution of skeletal muscle to insulin and fatty acid signalling. … Read more »
In an Editorial to mark the 1st birthday of Neural Systems & Circuits, Peter Latham and Venkatesh Murthy (Editors-in-Chief) reflect upon the goals and achievements of this new journal aiming to bridge the gap between theory and experiment in the neurosciences. 2011 saw the journal’s inclusion in PubMed, the initiation of the Invertebrate Circuitry thematic… Read more »