Dr Kuan-Teh Jeang, Associate Editor for Cell & Bioscience and Editor-in-Chief of Retrovirology (as well as editorial board member of BMC Biology and BMC Medicine) recently delivered the 2012 NIH George Khoury lecture. The George Khoury lecture is an NIH “named” lectures and represents a high recognition of scientific research. Previous Khoury lecturers included David… Read more »
Much of the earth’s carbon is stored in forest biomass, which is thought to play a critical role in mitigating the effects of global climate change. It is therefore crucial that scientists are able to find an accurate and reliable way to estimate forest biomass to monitor the effects of deforestation that continue to occur… Read more »
Dr Kuan-Teh Jeang, Editor-in-Chief of Retrovirology and Associate Editor for Cell & Bioscience (as well as editorial board member of BMC Biology and BMC Medicine) recently delivered the 2012 NIH George Khoury lecture. The George Khoury lecture is an NIH “named” lectures and represents a high recognition of scientific research. Previous Khoury lecturers included David… Read more »
At an exciting time when scientists and the public are foreseeing the clinical application of inducing pluripotent stem cells from mature somatic cells, John Gurdon and his lab group have published important findings in Epigenetics & Chromatin on the process behind nuclear programming. John Gurdon was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine earlier this… Read more »
We would like to welcome Professor Burke Hales from Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences to the Carbon Balance and Management editorial board. Professor Hales will be taking on the role of co-Editor-in-Chief, alongside Georgii Alexandrov (Russian Academy of Science), and as such will now share responsibility for editorial decisions, as… Read more »
Macrophages influence blood vessel development during growth or tissue repair, and also during tumorigenesis. They are of increasing interest to angiogenic researchers and thus the basis of a new thematic series in Vascular Cell. The importance of macrophages due to their close physical association with blood vessels is highlighted in an introductory editorial, “Large eaters”… Read more »
The formal EU proposal and 5% cap on land use for biofuel production was announced this week – closely followed by a backlash from the biofuels industry and environmental groups alike. Environmentalists are disappointed that the new legislation does not go far enough. The EU will require reporting on the indirect land use cost (iLUC)… Read more »
Investigative Genetics is inviting submissions for a new article series on ‘DNA Fingerprinting’. Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who is due to retire this year, will be acting as an Advisory Editor for the collection in recognition of his groundbreaking work in this field. This special collection of articles is open for the submission of… Read more »
During the last 25 years, the Aquarius Reef Base has served as an underwater platform for over 100 scientific missions to the coral reefs of Florida. Situated in 60 feet of water in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Key Largo, the Aquarius is the last remaining underwater habitat devoted to scientific research. During… Read more »
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Is biology at its boldest in life's nooks and crannies? Granted, Earth's most exotic organisms might not be quite so flamboyant as to have replaced phosphate with arsenate, as was momentarily suggested. But have a rummage through the annals of BioMed Central, and you will find that tales of the unexpected are most frequently to… Read more »
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