It All Began Here... Faculty of 1000 Marks Ten Years Since the First Evaluation Was Written
On the 4th July 2001, Andrew Lumsden of the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, and F1000 Section Head for Neurodevelopment, became the author of the first Faculty of 1000 (F1000) evaluation. In the ten years since this evaluation was written, F1000 has continued to illuminate the top literature of biology and medical research. - July 22, 2011
Rudolf Jaenisch and Bob Waterston Appointed Heads of Faculty for Genomics & Genetics at Faculty of 1000
Rudolf Jaenisch and Bob Waterston have recently joined F1000 as Heads of Faculty for Genomics & Genetics. Rudolf Jaenisch is a Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute and a Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge USA. He is credited with creating the... - May 14, 2011
Controlling Brain Circuits with Light: F1000 Biology Reports Takes a Look at the Story Behind the Invention of Optogenetics
F1000 Biology Reports, the open access, peer-reviewed journal from Faculty of 1000, today published a historical account of the beginnings of the optogenetic revolution by Edward Boyden. - May 05, 2011
The Scientist Announces the Results of the 2011 Best Places to Work for Postdocs
The postdoctoral years are critical in any budding scientist’s career, and this year’s Best Places to Work for Postdocs survey from The Scientist showed that striking the fine balance between independence and guidance is important to a successful postdoc experience. - March 02, 2011
The Scientist Wins Gold at the FOLIO Eddie Awards for the Fifth Consecutive Year
At a gala ceremony held in New York on Tuesday 25th January, The Scientist magazine won the gold for best full issue, gold for best single article, and silver for best website in the business-to-business science category at the FOLIO Eddie Awards. - February 12, 2011
F1000 Posters Editor's Choice - the Top Three Posters of 2010
F1000 Posters announce the Editor’s Choice for the top three biomedical research posters of 2010. F1000 Posters, a new open access poster repository from Faculty of 1000 (F1000), has selected the top three posters from those identified by the F1000 Faculty of 10,000 experts across Biology... - February 06, 2011
Portland Press Limited, Publisher for the Biochemical Society, Joins the Faculty of 1000 Affiliate Program
The Biochemical Society, including its wholly owned publishing subsidiary Portland Press Limited, becomes the latest prestigious organization to join the growing Faculty of 1000 (F1000) Affiliate Program. - February 05, 2011
Bruce McEwen Appointed Head of Faculty for Physiology at Faculty of 1000
Bruce McEwen has recently joined Allen Cowley and Denis Noble as a Head of Faculty for Physiology within F1000. Bruce McEwen is currently the Alfred E. Mirsky professor of neuroscience and runs the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University. Dr... - January 26, 2011
Gary Borisy Appointed Head of Faculty for Cell Biology at Faculty of 1000
Gary Borisy has recently joined Alan Hall, Randy Schekman, Steve McKnight and Tony Pawson as a Head of Faculty for Cell Biology within F1000. Gary Borisy is currently Director and CEO at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole). He has received numerous professional honors, including an NIH... - January 20, 2011
100,000 Evaluations and Counting: Faculty of 1000 Reaches an Historic Publishing Milestone
1 idea, 10 years, 100s of sections, 1000s of Posters, 10,000 Faculty Members, and 100,000 evaluations: Faculty of 1000 celebrates publishing their 100,000th evaluation. 2010 was a busy year for Faculty of 1000 (F1000). The company became the official publisher of The Scientist magazine and... - January 09, 2011
F1000 Posters: Over 100 Conferences Now Included
F1000 Posters has grown rapidly since its launch in June 2010 and now incorporates some posters from over 100 national and international conferences, including submissions from many of the world’s largest scientific meetings. F1000 Posters (http://f1000posters.com) is a new open access... - December 15, 2010
The Scientist’s Top 10 Innovations of 2010 Announced
The Scientist unveils the best life science innovations of the year - December 01, 2010
F1000 Reports Journals in Biology and Medicine Are Now Indexed in PubMed Central
Faculty of 1000 is delighted to announce that its two review journals, F1000 Biology Reports and F1000 Medicine Reports, are now indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central. Adding an extra dimension to the F1000 service, the F1000 Reports journals publish open access reviews by the world’s top... - November 12, 2010
The Scientist’s Life Science Salary Survey 2010 – Results Announced
The Scientist, F1000’s magazine of the life sciences, announced today the results of the 2010 Salary Survey of life scientist professionals. - November 02, 2010
Leslie Iversen Appointed Head of Faculty for Pharmacology & Drug Discovery at F1000
Leslie Iversen has recently joined Floyd Bloom and Paul Insel as a Head of Faculty for Pharmacology & Drug Discovery within F1000. Les Iversen is currently a Professor of Pharmacology at University of Oxford, England, and previously served as Director of the Neuroscience Research Center of... - October 08, 2010
Wiley-Blackwell Joins the Faculty of 1000 Affiliate Program
Serving the world's research and scholarly communities, Wiley-Blackwell is the largest publisher for professional and scholarly societies and the latest publisher to join the F1000 Affiliate Program as an affiliate publisher. - September 18, 2010
Faculty of 1000 Welcomes New Affiliate Publisher
Faculty of 1000 (F1000) is delighted to announce that the University of Chicago Press has joined the F1000 Affiliate Program. - July 14, 2010
Launch of F1000 Otolaryngology
Faculty of 1000, the award-winning literature awareness service for the life sciences, has launched the much anticipated Otolaryngology Faculty. The world's top head and neck surgery experts will highlight and evaluate the most important research articles in their field. This new faculty,... - March 17, 2010
Sarah Greene to Head Up The Scientist
Sarah Greene, publishing and new media entrepreneur, is to become Editor-in-Chief of The Scientist magazine. Sarah’s new role will include strengthening The Scientist’s online presence and overseeing closer ties with Faculty of 1000, the popular and respected international post-publication peer review service. - January 20, 2010
Faculty of 1000: Redefining Obesity's Health Risks
The body mass index (BMI) has long been the yardstick in deciding who is at risk because of their weight. BMI is essentially a measure of density, identifying 'under-' and 'over-weight' risk groups. Recent studies however point towards a more sophisticated approach to the issue. - October 22, 2009
Brain Power Goes Green
Our brains, it turns out, are eco-friendly. A study published in Science and reviewed by F1000 Biology members Venkatesh Murthy and Jakob Sorensen reveals that our brains have the amazing ability to be energy efficient. Brain cells generate and propagate nerve impulses, or action potentials, by... - October 16, 2009
Will Giving Coffee to Babies Keep Them Awake as Adults?
An F1000 evaluation looks at a Canadian study on how giving caffeine to newborn rats has a long-lasting and detrimental effect on sleep and breathing in adulthood Breathing problems are the leading causes of hospitalisation and death in premature babies. These babies are therefore often given... - October 10, 2009
New Blood-Thinning Drug Safer Than Rat Poison
A new drug has been declared to be safer but as effective as the standard anti-coagulant drug warfarin for treating patients with abnormal heart rhythms. - October 01, 2009
Shedding Light on Cancer Cells
A new technique now makes it possible to observe live cancer cells in action, allowing scientists to see how they differ from healthy cells - September 26, 2009
Post-Publication Peer Review Service Hits 80k
Faculty of 1000 (f1000.com) is pleased to announce a milestone in its history: the publication of its 80,000th evaluation. Since its launch in 2002, more than 63,000 separate scientific papers have been evaluated on the site. These have come from over 2,200 different journals, fulfilling Faculty of... - September 23, 2009