Recent developments at BioMed Central
BioMed Central celebrates the one year anniversary of Longevity & Healthspan – a journal dedicated to bridging the gap between research on the basic biology of aging, and clinical dysfunction associated with the aging process. The journal is edited by Janet Lord, Gordon Lithgow and James Kirkland, and has an internationally renowned Editorial Board. For further information please visit the blog.
BioMed Central is pleased to announce an increased involvement with Peerage of Science, stepping up to full membership for four of our journals: Frontiers in Zoology, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology and BMC Biology. Peerage of Science is a new peer review initiative launched in 2011 with a mission of changing how peer review is done; the move to join this initiative is in response to feedback from our editors and the scientific community at large. For further information please visit the blog.
Whether it’s the darkness of underground waterways, the freezing chill of the arctic or the dry and dusty desert, humans have long held a fascination with environmental extremes and the creatures that inhabit these inhospitable surroundings. To find life in these most unlikely of places, without light, or warmth, or water is one of Earth’s greatest surprises. A new thematic series in EvoDevo is dedicated to these weird and wonderful creatures: ‘EvoDevo in Extreme Environments’. For further information please visit the blog.
BioMed Central is pleased to announce the launch of new journal Basic and Clinical Andrology; the continuation from the French journal Andrologie. This new open access journal will present innovative research covering all aspects of male reproductive and sexual health, with the hope to bring light to various clinical advancements and research developments across the global research community. For further information please visit the journal website.
The Creative Commons CC0 waiver will become part of the BioMed Central Copyright and License Agreement on Tuesday 3rd September. For articles submitted from this date, CC0 will apply to data in all articles published by BioMed Central or Chemistry Central journals. For further information please visit the blog.
Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy is accepting research submissions for consideration in a special series on tau-based therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. There is great interest in finding therapeutics to reverse or remove tau aggregates from the human brain. Pathological aggregation of tau protein is associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, termed ‘tauopathies’, the most common of which is Alzheimer’s disease. However, there is currently only one drug entering phase III clinical trials for treating tauopathies. For more information please visit the blog.
BMC Obesity will be the third new launch of the BMC series this year and considers articles on all aspects of human obesity across the lifecourse. These include the prevention, causes, treatment, management, and implications of obesity, incorporating lifestyle, epidemiology, policy and community/environmental interventions, related approaches for weight loss and the prevention of weight gain, management of the condition including the use of drugs and surgery, and basic science relating to the causes and effects of obesity. To read more please visit the journal.
Malaria Journal has published its 2500th article. The article by Rolling et al., comparing Artesunate and quinine for treating severe imported malaria shows how we are tackling this ancient disease today, but what did our ancestors make of the disease? At this important milestone for the journal, we look back at how human perceptions of the disease has changed over time. To read more please visit the blog.
The medical journal that started life as a one–man project from his Auckland home and has influenced pharmaceutical policy in nations around the world, transfers to publish with BioMed Central. It marks a new chapter for the journal, which was started five years ago by The University of Auckland senior lecturer Dr. Zaheer–Ud–Din–Babar, supported by an expert International Advisory Board. For more information please visit the blog.
Alzheimer's Disease International, affiliated to Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, is holding its 29th Alzheimer's Disease International Conference on 1–4 May 2014. More than 1,000 delegates from over 60 countries are expected to attend the conference in Puerto Rico. Diverse plenary presentations will address news on the latest dementia research, tackle some of the misconceptions of dementia, debate ethical issues, highlight good care practices and discuss policy action.
The newly released 2012 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Report (JCR) demonstrates the continuing growth of the BioMed Central journal portfolio. An impressive 21 journals have received their first Impact Factor this year and 146 of our journals are listed in the JCR overall. Genome Biology leads the way as our top–ranked journal with its first double digit Impact Factor of 10.3. For more information please visit our blog.
BioMed Central has launched a new open access journal Movement Ecology, marking a significant milestone in this field of research as the first journal of its kind. The journal is associated with the new movement ecology institute The Minerva Center for Movement Ecology. For more information please visit the journal.
BioMed Central has published a new thematic series in Thrombosis Journal exploring the prescription of anticoagulants for thrombotic disorders. The recent clinical introduction of direct-action oral anticoagulants is predicted to change the landscape of these medicines, bringing great potential and simplicity to the treatment. However, they also raise new questions and challenges including the current lack of antidotes in cases of overdose and the possibility of lower adherence. This thematic series puts a spotlight on these new anticoagulants. For more information please visit the blog.
Genome Biology is publishing a special issue on plant genomics this month, guest edited by Mario Caccamo and Erich Grotewold. The special issue has been kick-started with the publication of the genome sequence of the most widely cultivated cacao cultivar, which identified a candidate gene regulating pod color that may improve chocolate quality. For more information please visit the website.
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (JITC), the official journal of the Society for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (SITC), has published its inaugural articles. The journal encompasses all aspects of tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, from basic research through to clinical applications. For more information, please visit the journal's website.
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy is accepting research submissions for a special series on Peripheral Biomarkers, edited by Douglas Galasko (UCSD). Research will be published alongside contributions from John Trojanowski (Pennsylvania), Thomas Kodadek (Scripps), Ralph Martins (ECU) and Henrik Zetterberg (Gothenburg). Please visit the website to see the series so far.
BMC Medicine has published a new article collection, Current Controversies in Psychiatry marking the publication of the fifth addition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) by the American Psychiatric Association. This blog summarises the series of articles published as part of this collection, which focus on some of the most controversial debates in psychiatry.
BioMed Central are proud to announce a new partnership with The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine, to launch the new journal entitled Journal of Intensive Care. More...
We are pleased to announce that Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is now the official journal of IACAPAP; an international society dedicated to promoting the mental health and development of children and adolescents through policy, practice and research.
President Obama signed an Executive Order directing his administration to take historic steps to make government-held data more accessible to the public and to entrepreneurs and others as fuel for innovation and economic growth. More...
Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound has now launched in partnership with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the International Society for Therapeutic. For more information please visit the journal website or the blog.
BioMed Central are proud to announce the launch of Acta Neuropathologica Communications (ANC). ANC will publish work on pathology and mechanisms of neurological disease using structural, molecular and cellular techniques. For more information please visit the journal website.
The Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice formerly known as Southern Med Review has transferred to BioMed Central and is now accepting submissions.
Cognitive aging in the brain affects all of us, and is the focus of a new thematic series launched in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. In the launch of a thematic series on ‘Cognitive Enhancers for Aging and Alzheimer’s disease’, guest edited by Dr Howard Fillit (ADDF, USA), new approaches to drug discovery and development for therapeutics to treat cognitive aging are presented. For more information please visit the blog.
A new thematic series on the developmental basis of mood and anxiety disorders has published its first article in Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders today. For more information please visit the website.
To mark 60 years of the double helix, Genome Biology has spoken to a key player in its discovery, Raymond Gosling – Rosalind Franklin's PhD student and the first person to crystallize genes. For more information please visit the blog.
BioMed Central's Biology and Medical Editors have launched its new editorial policies. They provide authors, editors and peer reviewers with a transparent and comprehensive resource containing information on core editorial policies applying to all journals published by BioMed Central. Please contact us if there are other issues that you would like to see discussed.
Open access publisher BioMed Central is proud to reveal the winner of the 7th Annual Research Awards. Geoffrey S Diemer and Kenneth M Stedman, from Portland State University, won the award for their article A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses, which was published in Biology Direct. More...
BioMed Central welcomes antibodies-online.com , as the overall BioMed Central Research Award Sponsor for the 7th Annual Research Awards. This prestigious award celebrates the very best in open access research across all disciplines published in BioMed Central’s 250 journals for 2012. For more information please visit the blog.
BioMed Central is proud to announce the launch of BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation; another addition to the BMC-series portfolio. The journal’s scope includes all aspects of sports medicine and the exercise sciences, including rehabilitation, traumatology, cardiology, physiology, and nutrition. For more information please visit the journal website.
Animal Biotelemetry, a new open access journal published by BioMed Central has now launched. This new journal aims to support the telemetry community by providing a single home for this research and disseminating findings widely across all users of tagging telemetric technology. For more information please visit the blog or journal website.
BMC Medicine has launched the Medicine for Global Health article collection, with guest editors Gretchen Birbeck and Raymond Hutubessy. This collection aims to explore public health initiatives, health care policies, health economics, and research into the control and treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases that have implications for global health. For more information please visit the blog.
Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation will focus on topics such as epidemiology, genetics and pathophysiology of borderline personality disorder, welcoming contributions investigating emotion dysregulation. Please visit the journal website for more information.
The Research Councils UK (RCUK) policy on open access comes into effect from 1 April 2013. To help institutions and researchers support open access publishing and understand what the policy means for them. BioMed Central have produced a video and FAQs that explain the policy. For more information visit the blog.
BioMed Central welcomes ABCAM as the official new sponsor for the Cancer Category Award for our 7th Annual Research Awards , which celebrates outstanding open access research in the field of cancer. For more information please visit the blog.
We are pleased to announce the launch of the China Gateway. As BioMed Central’s first bilingual Gateway, the China Gateway aims at providing great assistance to researchers based in China and offering up-to-date information to authors, editors, societies and institutions in China. Please visit the Gateway for more information.
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy is accepting research submissions until 31st March for a special series on traumatic brain injury, guest edited by Prof Robert Stern. Authors that submit research to this special series will be entitled to a 50% article-processing charge discount. To find out more please visit the blog.
BioMed Central is pleased to announce the launch of BMC Psychology, the newest addition to the BMC-series portfolio. This marks a significant milestone for the BMC-series family of open access journals, as it is the first new journal since 2008. Read more.
Marking the growth of BioMed Central’s portfolio of open access journals to 250, in the auspicious Year of the Snake, the Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (JVATiTD), the official academic journal of The Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous Animals (CEVAP) of São Paulo State University (UNESP), based in Brazil, has moved to BioMed Central. Read more.
BioMed Central welcomes a significant step forward for open access to publicly funded research in the United States, which came in the form of the bipartisan Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) that was introduced in Congress on February 14 2013. For information please visit the blog.For more information please visit the blog.
We are pleased to announce that Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation is now accepting submissions with BioMed Central. The journal will focus on topics such as epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology and treatment of borderline personality disorder, and welcomes contributions investigating the broad field of emotion regulation and dysregulation. For more information about the journal, please visit the website.
Evolutionary insights from the genome of the Galápagos finch provide a fitting birthday present for Charles Darwin in BMC Genomics. Visit our blog for more information.
All at BioMed Central are shocked and saddened by the news that Kuan-Teh Jeang, M.D., Ph.D. passed away suddenly on the evening of the 27th January 2013. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and colleagues at this difficult time. More...
Open access publisher BioMed Central is proud to announce the launch of the Journal of Eating Disorders. This journal launch marks a significant development in this area of research; as it is the first open access journal of its kind. Visit the journal for more information.
The first articles in a new series, Brain Barriers and their Microenvironment: Emerging Models and Techniques, have recently been published in Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. The series offers in–depth overviews of currently available state–of–the–art experimental procedures and approaches to study brain barriers in context and in concert with their micro– and macro–environment created by both the CNS and the periphery.
Microbial Cell Factories invites submissions to a new thematic series on Systems biotechnology and metabolic engineering. Guest Edited by Sang Yup Lee, the series will highlight systems approaches to up–stream microbial engineering, in order to complement systems engineering of mid–to down–stream chemical processes.
Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy is accepting research submissions until 28th February for a special series on cognitive enhancers for ageing and Alzheimer’s disease. Authors that submit research will be entitled to a 50% article-processing charge discount. To enquire about the suitability of a study, please contact editorial@alzres.com. For more information please visit the blog.
BioMed Central is pleased to announce that the leading reference manager tool, Papers, has joined the Springer portfolio of products that aim to improve your research workflow. To learn more about Papers’ features take your 30 day FREE trial now.
A new article series, just launched in BMC Biology, sets out to explore the origins and control of cell geometry – one of the great biological mysteries still unsolved. To read more, please visit the series.
Basic and Clinical Andrology, the official journal of the French Society of Andrology, is now accepting submissions. For more information please visit the journal website.
BioMed Central, the open access publisher, is pleased to announce the World Allergy Organization Journal (WAO Journal), the official journal of the World Allergy Organization (WAO), is moving to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform to join our growing open access allergy portfolio. For more information please read our blog.
BioMed Central is pleased to announce that we now publish manuscripts in ePUB format. This device-neutral format allows readers to view articles on any eReader. Our first ePUB files are now available in the Journal of Neuroinflammation. For more information please visit our blog.
Next year Genome Medicine will launch a new thematic series focusing on Microbes in health and disease. Please submit manuscripts for consideration using our online system or for more information please email editorial@genomemedicine.com.
BioMed Central’s latest innovation, Cases Database has now launched. This is a freely-accessible, continuously updated database of thousands of peer-reviewed medical case reports that will bring together content from publishers including BioMed Central, Springer and BMJ Group, and includes both open access and non-OA journals. To find out more please read the blog.
Genome Medicine talks to leading scientists Tim Veenstra, David Wishart and Jeremy Nicholson about the promise of metabolomics for biomarkers, the Human Metabolome Project and the intelligent knife for surgery. To read more and listen to the podcast, please visit the blog.
Biotechnology for Biofuels is pleased to present a special thematic series focusing on the development of crops for enhanced fuel production. If you would like to contribute, we have extended the submission deadline to 31 December 2012, so there is still time.
Journal of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery is now accepting submissions as an open access journal and will publish articles from 2013.
Journal of Biomedical Semantics and BMC Bioinformatics are currently accepting submissions to an exciting new article series entitled 'Annotation, Interpretation and Management of Mutations'. Please see the call for papers for more details and how to submit.
Stem Cell Research & Therapy has launched a thematic series on physical influences on stem cells, edited by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic. Please visit the journal to find out more or to submit your research.
Extreme Physiology & Medicine has launched a collection of personal reviews and reflections by eminent academics of their life’s work, influences and career highlights to date. Published so far are memoirs from Jim Milledge, Mike Sawka and John West.
BioMed Central’s third Open Access Africa conference was a huge success. A thematic series showcasing African research has also been published to coincide with the event. To find out more please read our blog.
BioMed Central’s open access journal GigaScience, BMC Genetics, BMC Biology, BMC Genomics, BMC Medical Genomics, BMC Cell Biology are proud to be part of a wider series of papers, including the pig genome sequence paper in Nature. To find out more on the collection please visit the blog.
Vascular Cell has launched a thematic series on Macrophages and Angiogenesis. In an introductory editorial, series Editor Jan Kitajewski invites researchers to submit their work to this collection. For more information visit the blog.
The journal's scope is broad, reflecting the wide application of scientific advances to every branch of headache and related pain management. Within a multidisciplinary perspective, the Journal covers headache and related pain syndromes in the following fields: genetics, neurology, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, child neuropediatrics, anesthesiology, rheumatology, otology, dentistry, neurotraumatology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, pain management, and addiction. For more information visit the journal.
In celebration of the work of Sir Alec Jeffreys, Investigative Genetics is now inviting submissions to a new thematic series on DNA Fingerprinting. To find out more please visit our blog.
BioMed Central journal websites have been updated so that users on mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablet computers, have an enhanced experience when viewing full text articles, making better use of small screen sizes and touch–screen functionality. To read more please visit our blog.
BioMed Central, in partnership with the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC (NIPD), has launched a new journal, Infectious Diseases of Poverty. There will be a launch ceremony in Beijing on 2 November, at the Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. To read more please visit our blog.
Less than one week to go until the 3rd annual Open Access Africa conference hosted by BioMed Central. It will be held at the University of Cape Town, South Africa from 4 – 5 November 2012. This conference is free to attend. There are still a few places left, so register your interest today.
Less than three weeks to go until the 3rd annual Open Access Africa conference hosted by BioMed Central. It will be held at the University of Cape Town, South Africa from 4 – 5 November 2012. This conference is free to attend. To register your interest today, please visit the Open Access Africa events page.
BioMed Central congratulates its authors John B. Gurdon of the University of Cambridge, England, and Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University, Japan, who were awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine. To read more please visit the blog.
BioMed Central is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Open Access Week in 2012 and throughout 2013. Please visit Open Access Week to find out what BioMed Central is up to during the week.
A new thematic series on the genetic basis of mood and anxiety disorders has published its first articles in Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders. To read more please visit the blog.
BMC Psychology is accepting submissions. Please visit the journal for more information on how to submit your manuscript.
The preliminary program has been announced for BioMed Central’s OAA 12 conference, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, from 4-5 November 2012. And outlines the key-focuses during the conference, including an ‘open access overview’, ‘capacity building’ and ‘open access advocacy’. Read our blog post for further information, and register your interest to attend the conference here.
BioMed Central has put together proposals to evolve the copyright and licensing structure in open access journals to make published data truly open according to the Panton Principles and seeks comment from the scientific community, so please visit the blog to read more and have your say.
Longevity & Healthspan is intended to serve as a venue for this budding discipline and will capture the translational science that should emerge over the next few years. Read the launch editorial and blog to find out more.
BioMed Central is proud to be an official publisher of The ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) Consortium, an international collaboration of research groups that has comprehensively annotated functional elements in the human genome. Please visit our blog to read more.
Source Code for Biology and Medicine (SCFBM) recently attended the Ninth International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB) in Houston, Texas. In light of this, SCFBM is seeking manuscripts with an emphasis on Biostatistics. Submit your manuscript here or contact the Editors-in-Chief.
Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound, a new BioMed Central journal edited by Arik Hananel and Robert Muratore, is now accepting submissions.To find out more please visit the journal.
The Editors of International Journal for Equity in Health are now accepting submissions on Multimorbidity and Equity in Health for inclusion in a special series on the topic. For more information visit the journal or contact editorial@equityhealthj.com.
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology has now launched, merging the scopes of its predecessors BMC Pharmacology and BMC Clinical Pharmacology and incorporating toxicology. Please visit our blog for more information.
Neuroglia, edited by Professor Thameem Dheen, welcomes innovative research on the origin, morphology and functioning of all glial cells, using both basic and cutting edge techniques. Visit the journal’s website for more information.
BioMed Central has launched a new online reprint ordering service for users who wish to order multiple (25-500) copies of an article. The service is provided by EzReprint. visit our blog for further information.
Farris Timimi comments on how social media can bridge the gap between patients and physicians in an upcoming BMC Medicine article. Discussions will continue in a 1 hour Tweet Chat moderated from @BMCMedicine on 6th August at 1pm GMT. To read more visit our blog.
July saw us sign up our tenth Foundation Member, the National Institute of Oncology in Rabat, Morocco. Foundation Membership is an initiative from BioMed Central that enables institutions in developing countries to demonstrate their commitment and support for open access publishing, visit our blog for more information.
We are pleased to welcome James du Preez (University of the Free State, South Africa) as the new joint Editor-in-Chief of Biotechnology and Biofuels. James joins Mike Himmel, Debra Mohnen and Charles Wyman.
Obesity has overtaken smoking as the major risk factor in cancer. A panel discussion, chaired by Gregory Petsko, at the BMC conference on Metabolism, Diet and Disease, held in Washington DC in May, tackled question around this.
Open Network Biology has partnered with Dialogue for Reverse Engineering Assessments and Methods (DREAM) to publish prize-winning articles from the DREAM7 challenges.
Stem cell biology, regenerative biology and regenerative medicine are being served by a new open access journal from BioMed Central, called Cell Regeneration. Please visit the journal to see more.
The 2011 edition of Thomson Reuters' Journal Citation Reports were released on June 28th 2012. Altogether, 122 BioMed Central journals now have official Impact Factors, including 19 journals receiving their first Impact Factor this year. To read our impact factor highlights for 2011, please go to our blog.
Animal Biotelemetry is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes the results of studies utilizing telemetric techniques to understand physiological, behavioural, and ecological mechanisms in both terrestrial and marine species. For more information on Animal Biotelemetry, please visit the journal website.
BioMed Central will be holding the third annual Open Access Africa conference at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on 4th – 5th November 2012.
Human Genomics has now transferred to BioMed Central and is accepting submissions. Visit the journal for further details.
There is only one month left until the Early-bird and Abstract deadline on 19 July for Genome Medicine and Genome Biology's Beyond the Genome conference. Visit the conference website for further information.
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine has published its first open access articles with BioMed Central. The journal launched in 2006 as the official scientific journal of the Interdisciplinary Association for Research in Lung Diseases.
BMC are launching a cross journal collection of publications showing how basic research on metabolism can promote understanding and inform clinical management, and examining the evidence for different contributing factors.
The program has been announced for the 2nd biennial Challenges in Malaria Research conference, which takes place in Basel, Switzerland from 10th-12th October 2012. Visit the conference website for further information.
Edanz have created the BioMed Central Author Academy, an online learning resource for authors on writing and publishing scientific journals, which aims to work with authors to improve the quality of manuscripts sent for peer-review.
In conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Week (21st-27th May) BMC Medicine wants to highlight mood disorders such as unipolar and bipolar depression. To find out more please visit our blog.
The Metabolism, Diet and Disease 2012 conference, hosted by BioMed Central in association with its journals BMC Biology and BMC Medicine, which takes place in Washington DC, USA from 29-31 May 2012.
BMC Ophthalmology will be attending this year's The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress in Liverpool from the 15th-17th May 2012. Over the duration of three days the UK’s largest ophthalmology conference and will include various poster sessions and workshops plus a wide array of talks from world renowned experts in their fields.
Cila, that launched last week, is a new open access peer-reviewed journal that focuses on publishing high quality basic and translational research on the biology of cila and diseases associated with ciliary dysfunction.
The winners for our 6th Annual Research Awards have been announced. All our winners were awarded for excellence in scientific research or for their individual contribution to open access research. Congratulations to all.
Editor-in-Chief, Professor Akira Yasukouchi, Kyushu University, Japan Journal of Physiological Anthropology (JPA) has now transferred to BioMed Central's portfolio of open access journals. JPA is an official journal of the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology and publishes research on the physiological functions of modern mankind, with an emphasis on the bio-cultural effects on human adaptability to current environment.
Timothy Caulfield, Shawn Harmon and Yann Joly investigate Open science versus commercialization in this first Open Debate published in Genome Medicine - come and join the debate.
BMC journals Health Research Policy and Systems, International Journal of Mental Health Systems and Population Health Metrics have recently been accepted by Thomson Reuters for impact factor tracking and are all due to receive their first impact factors in June 2013.
To view full details on indexing of all BioMed Central journals are available here.
The nomination deadline for BioMed Central's 6th Annual Research Awards has been extended to Friday 27th January 2012. These awards celebrate some of the most groundbreaking open access research that was published in BioMed Central's 220+ journals last year.
This special issue is guest edited by Dr. Jay Shendure and features a collection of commissioned, topical reviews and opinions, written by leaders in the field themed around exome sequencing. Genome Biology’s first podcast coincides with the special issue and features talks with Jim Lupski, Jay Shendure, Elaine Mardis and Joris Veltman about the challenges of identifying disease genes using exome sequencing and whole genome sequencing.
Open Access Week, now entering its fifth year, is a global event which promotes the benefits of open access publishing. This year, BioMed Central will be celebrating the week with a strong 'global' focus spanning an impressive four continents.
Clinical and Translational Allergy has published the abstracts from the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting 2011, Venice, Italy. 17-19 February 2011
Infectious Agents and Cancer has published the abstracts from the First Biennial Conference on the Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men, Jacksonville, FL, USA. 27-29 August 2010
The Journal of Biomedical Semantics has published the proceedings from the Second Louhi Workshop on Text and Data Mining of Health Documents, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 05 June 2010.
BMC Neuroscience has published the meeting abstracts from the Twentieth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2011, Stockholm, Sweden. 23-28 July 2011
Open Access Africa 2011 will be held at Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology (KNUST) from 25-26 October during Open Access Week to discuss open access in an African context.
Come meet the BioMed Central team at Plant Biology, Minneapolis, Minnesota at Booth #401 from 6 – 9 August.
Critical Care has published the meeting abstracts of the Sixth International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine for Latin America. São Paulo, Brazil. 22–25 June 2011.
Diagnostic Pathology, in an exciting new development, is the first of BioMed Central’s journals to provide virtual glass slides as an valuable addition for readers to its articles. Authors can choose to include virtual versions of their glass slides in their articles for free and these will be linked to the main article. For an example of a virtual slide please see here and for more information please see here.
BMC Proceedings has published the meeting abstracts of the International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC 2011) Geneva, Switzerland. 29 June – 2 July 2011.
The program for Beyond the Genome 2011 has now been made available on the conference website. Organised by Genome Biology in conjunction with Genome Medicine the conference will discuss key areas of post-genomic research in biology and medicine. Register here.
Immunity & Ageing has published the Proceedings from Predictive Diagnostics and Prevention of Chronic Degenerative Disease. Bologna, Italy. 4 December 2009
BioMed Central is creating an Open Access and the Developing World Blog Special ahead of the release of the first issue of the Open Access and the Developing World newsletter. Sign up to receive the latest open access news.
BMC Bioinformatics has published the proceedings from the 21st International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW2010). Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China. 16-18 December 2010.
Cerebrospinal Fluid Research has published the meeting abstracts from the 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida. Vancouver, Canada. 7-10 July 2010.
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology has published the abstracts from Knowledge transfer in primary care: the model of allergic respiratory diseases. Quebec City, Canada. 7 May 2010.
BMC International Health and Human Rights has published a collection of articles on Health innovation in sub-Saharan Africa.
Malaria Journal has published the proceedings from 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan-African Malaria Conference. Nairobi, Kenya. 2-6 November 2009.
Genome Medicine is conducting a short survey to gather feedback on how to develop the journal further. On completing the survey you will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win an Apple iPad 2, the winner of which will be announced shortly.
BMC Ecology and Carbon Balance and Management would like to invite you to submit your manuscript to a new thematic series entitled 'Forests: Looking to the Future' which will be co-published by both journals.
BMC Proceedings has recently published perceptions and views on public health proceedings at the Fifteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union.
Come and meet the BioMed Central team at ALA in New Orleans, LA from 24 – 27 Jun and Booths #853 and #855.
BioMed Central has launched Clinical Proteomics, with Dr Daniel Chan as Editor-in-Chief. Clinical Proteomics covers a wide range of topics within the clinical proteomics field.
Malaria Journal has launched an exciting new series on travelers' malaria. The series provides an ideal forum for discussing diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of malaria associated with travelling.
The second Open Access Africa conference, in association with our partner charity Computer Aid International, will be held at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania 25-26 October during International Open Access Week.The conference is free to attend but registration is necessary.
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Open Access Africa is tweeting from @OA_Africa. Follow us for all information on the upcoming conference and more open access news from the developing world.
Come meet the BioMed Central team at NASIG, St. Louis, MO from 2 – 5 June.
BMC Medicine is seeking submissions of original research offering novel translational and clinical insights into stem cell therapies, to be presented as part of an ongoing stem cell series.
A further five BioMed Central journals have been accepted for Impact Factor tracking by Thomson Reuters (ISI).
BioMed Central has partnered with Edanz to provide authors with English language support from expert scientists throughout the peer review process.
Our mascot, Gulliver Turtle, is now on Twitter. He's funnier than we are so make sure to follow him too for the latest open access news.
The winners for our 5th Annual Research Awards have been announced. All our winners were awarded for excellence in scientific research or for their individual contribution to open access research. Congratulations to all.
Arthritis Research & Therapy has published the first articles in a new review collection which aims to provide an in-depth discussion of recent developments in the pathogenesis, treatment and genetic background of four autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
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BMC Bioinformatics has published the proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Data and Text Mining in Biomedical Informatics (DTMBio) 2010.
Meet us at Booth #132 in Philadelphia, PA from 30 March to 1 April.
We will be exhibiting at Booth #1965 in Orlando, FL from 3 - 6 April.
Meet the BioMed Central team at Booth #57 in Harrogate, UK from 4 - 6 April.
Our annual Research Awards recognize the excellence in research published across our journals in the past year. Shortlists for the Biology, Medicine and Open Data Awards have now been announced.
12 open access journals were acquired from Hindawi Publishing Corporation, including the International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology (IJPE).
Irish Veterinary Journal's submission system has now launched with BioMed Central and is open for submissions. The journal is supported by the society Veterinary Ireland.
Register now for Wiring the Brain and SCBA's 13th International Symposium 'Bioscience for the 21st century: Emerging Frontiers and Evolving Concepts'.
Journal of Nanobiotechnology has been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters (ISI).
Conference registration is now open and speakers have been elected for Frontiers of Retrovirology 2011, 3-5 October in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Register now for Beyond the Genome 2011, 19-22 September in Washington DC.
To further promote Open Data and data sharing, BMC Research Notes has launched a series of articles on data standardization, sharing and publication. Contributions from all fields of biology and medicine are welcome.
Come meet the BioMed Central team in Milan, Italy at Bibliostar 2011, 3-4 Mar. We will be exhibiting at Booth #C4.
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at Booth #654 in Vienna, Austria at ECR, 3-7 Mar.
These changes reflect an expansion of the journals' scopes to address the needs of their respective audiences. Read about these exciting changes in the recent Editorials for: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, Fluids and Barriers of the CNS and Vascular Cell.
Videos, slideshows and photos from Open Access Africa 2010 are now available to view online.
Come meet the BioMed Central team at WONCA Asia, 21-24 Feb, Cebu City, Philippines. Find us at Booth #32.
Skeletal Muscle publishes articles investigating molecular mechanisms underlying the biology of skeletal muscle. The emphasis is on understanding adult skeletal muscle, its maintenance, and its interactions with non-muscle cell types and regulatory modulators. EiCs: Kevin Campbell (U. Iowa); David Glass (Novartis) and Michael Rudnicki (U. Ottawa).
Neural Systems & Circuits publishes exciting research on how individual neurons interact at the network level to perform interesting computations. EiCs: Peter Latham (UCL) and Venki Murthy (Harvard).
BMC Bioinformatics has published the proceedings from the 21st International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW2010). Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. 16-18 December 2010
BMC Proceedings has published the meeting abstracts from Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis: New Questions, New Tools. Virginia, VA, USA. 21-23 September 2008
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research has published the meeting abstracts from the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists Annual Conference 2010. Bournemouth, UK. 21-23 October 2010
