New supplements from BMC Bioinformatics
Proceedings of the 10th Bio-Ontologies Special Interest Group Workshop 2007. Ten years past and looking to the future. A semantic Web for Bioinformatics: Goals, Tools, Systems, Applications. Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Network Tools and Applications in Biology (NETTAB 2007). Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Languages in Biology and Medicine (LBM) 2007.

Image of the Month for BMC Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology's Image of the Month for April shows multiple immunofluorescence labeling of fixed sections of breast cancer.

Launch of BMC Medical Physics
BMC Medical Physics provides an excellent open access venue to allow physicians and physicists to discuss and disseminate their clinical and technical advances in the field of medical physics.

New Editor-in-Chief for Particle & Fibre Toxicology
Professor Paul Borm has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Particle & Fibre Toxicology. Professor Borm, from Zuyd University, has served as Deputy Editor since the journal's launch in 2004.

Launch of International Archives of Medicine
BioMed Central recently launched International Archives of Medicine – a journal encompassing all aspects of medical science and clinical practice, with a unique relationship with Spanish-language journal Archivos de Medicina.

Biotechnology for Biofuels publishes its first articles
Biotechnology for Biofuels recently published its first articles. The journal will officially launch at the 30th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans in May.

Breast Cancer Research celebrates its 10th anniversary
Breast Cancer Research's Editorial Board members met at the recent AACR Annual Meeting to welcome Dr Lewis Chodosh as the new Editor-in-Chief.

Image of the Month for BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Developmental Biology's Image of the Month for April shows teneurin expression in the chick brain.

Health Care in Burma thematic series published by Conflict and Health
Conflict and Health has recently published a thematic series on Health Care in Burma, edited by Dr. Chris Beyrer.

BioMed Central eMarketing Seminar
BioMed Central is offering a complimentary seminar 'Online and on-message: Going Digital eMarketing Seminar for Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sectors' next month.

Five more journals tracked by Thomson Scientific
Thomson Scientific recently accepted the following journals for tracking: BMC Veterinary Research, Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Frontiers in Zoology, Neural Development and Nutrition Journal.

ECCMID in Barcelona, Spain 19 - 22 April 2008
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #645.

NIH open access policy takes effect
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy now requires all peer-reviewed articles funded by NIH to be deposited in the PubMed Central archive, and to be made freely available within a year of publication.

AACR in San Diego, California 12 - 16 April 2008
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #923.

Image of the Month for BMC Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology's Image of the Month for March shows confocal image of GFAP expression in cultured glial cells.

Launch of Molecular Cytogenetics
BioMed Central recently announced the launch of Molecular Cytogenetics - an independent journal which encompasses all aspects of chromosome biology and the application of molecular cytogenetic techniques in all areas of biomedicine.

BioMed Central continues its support for open access and the developing world
As part of the Research Awards ceremony, BioMed Central presented Computer Aid with a donation raised from the proceeds of the sale of open access t-shirts.

New supplement
BMC Bioinformatics has published a new supplement from the Italian Society of Bioinformatics (BITS): Annual Meeting 2007. Naples, Italy, 26-28 April 2007. Edited by Graziano Pesole.

Image of the Month for BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Developmental Biology's Image of the Month for March shows differentiation of cholinergic amacrine cells during chick embryonic development.

BioMed Central announces the winners of its annual research awards
The winners of the BioMed Central Research Awards 2007 were revealed recently at a ceremony held at the Royal Society of Medicine.

New supplement
Chemistry Central Journal has published its first supplement: abstracts from the 3rd German Conference on Chemoinformatics: 21. CIC-Workshop held in Goslar, Germany on 11-13 November 2007.

Neural Development and Behavioral and Brain Functions join the NPRC
We are pleased to announce that Neural Development and Behavioral and Brain Functions have joined the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium (NPRC), enabling the more efficient handling of peer review between several neuroscience journals.

University of Bergen considers open access policy
In light of Harvard's recent adoption of an open access policy, Norway's University of Bergen has joined a host of many other institutions considering initiatives to make their research more openly accessible.

New supplement from Critical Care
Critical Care has published the abstracts from 28th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 18–21 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium.

Genome Biology publishes a key resource for pea genetics
New research published in Genome Biology received considerable media attention recently. The research announcing a new pea genetics tool was featured in The Times as a news item and as a lead editorial.

New from Journal of Biology
In an exciting new development, Journal of Biology now provides review coverage of the very best research published in BioMed Central's biology journals.

Shortlists announced for the BioMed Central Research Awards
The shortlists for the BioMed Central Research Awards and JMCR Award have been decided. The winners will be announced at our research awards ceremony on 19 March 2008.

New supplement
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology has published proceedings from the 6th Workshop on Animal Models of Asthma, edited by Armin Braun, Thomas Tschernig and David A Groneberg.

BMC Research Notes publishes its first articles
BMC Research Notes, has now published its first articles. The goal of this journal is to provide a home for short publications, case series, incremental updates to previous work, results of individual experiments and similar material that currently lack a suitable outlet.

Image of the Month for BMC Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology's Image of the Month for February shows nuclear staining of testis tissues from young male Drosophila.

BMC Bioinformatics has published a supplement
BMC Bioinformatics has published a new supplement from the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) Sixth International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2007) held in Hong Kong on 27-30 August 2007.

New from Journal of Biology
Journal of Biology has published a new research article with an accompanying minireview describing how protein isoforms can be detected in whole cell lysates using a label-free electronic sensing system consisting of immobilized peptide aptamers on individual gold electrodes at the micron scale.

Image of the Month for BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Developmental Biology's Image of the Month for February shows restoring retinal lamination in the zebrafish mosaic eyes mutant.

Research from independent journals captures media attention
Recently published research from BioMed Central's independent journals has gained the attention of the media in the last month. Coverage has included a 3 minute broadcast feature on CNN and reports in newspapers from all over the globe such as The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The National Post Canada, The Sydney Morning Herald and the LA Times.

Biology Direct launches new Mathematical Biology section
The Mathematical Biology section of Biology Direct was launched recently. This section is overseen by Andrei Yakovlev, and supported by an international Editorial Board.

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance has moved to open access
The Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance has recently moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform.

BMC Public Health publishes its 1000th article
BMC Public Health is the first medical journal in the BMC-series to reach this symbolic milestone. The publication is ranked by SCImago in the top quarter of public health journals and its articles have been cited nearly 2,500 times.

JMCR Award
BioMed Central has introduced an additional prize to the BioMed Central Research Awards - the Journal of Medical Case Reports Award for Best Case Report. Nominations close on 8 February 2008.

Launch of BMC Medical Genomics
BMC Medical Genomics, a new journal from BioMed Central focusing on genomics relating to human health and disease, has published its first articles.

Authors can now submit "mini-websites"
A recent enhancement to BioMed Central's journal publishing system allows authors to submit additional collections of files alongside their manuscripts, in the form of "mini-websites".