BioMed Central to launch at microbiology meeting
A new publishing house that aims to change the way scientists communicate their
research findings will be launched at the American Society for Microbiology
(ASM) meeting in Los Angeles from 21-25 May 2000. BioMed Central will give biological
and medical scientists the opportunity to publish their research findings quickly
and directly online. By immediately lodging all research published by BioMed
Central in the NIH sponsored PubMed Central repository, the publishing house
will give free access to the latest research findings to all.
"BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating
the results of biomedical research in our lifetime," says Dr Paul Nurse, Director
General of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Visitors to the ASM exhibition
will be among the first to learn about BioMed Central and how on-line submission
and peer-review play an important role in releasing research information into
the public domain faster and more efficiently than ever before.
Microbiologists will be among the first groups of scientists to have the opportunity
to publish specialist journals within BioMed Central. These journals will allow
scientists working in a specific field to publish their research results quickly
and efficiently online. These free access journals will help facilitate the
rapid dissemination of peer-reviewed research findings and encourage collaboration
between research groups around the world.
BioMed Central will be located at booth #130 of the ASM exhibition at the Los
Angeles Convention Center, South Exhibit Hall 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los
Angeles, California 90015, USA.
Notes for editors
- Visitors to the BioMed Central booth will also be able to enter a prize
draw for a Handspring Visor DeluxeTM. Visitors should leave a business card
or contact details in the draw box at stand 130 to enter the competition.
The draw will be made on Friday 26th May and the winner will be notified by
email.
- Further information on the ASM meeting and exhibition is available from
http://www.asmusa.org/mtgsrc/generalmeeting.htm
or the ASM communications department on tel: +1 (202) 942 9297 fax: +1 (202)
942 9367 Communications@asmusa.org
- The original proposal for PubMed Central made by Dr Harold Varmus, the former
Director of the NIH, can be found at: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/pubmedcentral/ebiomedarch.htm
The PubMed Central archive of research can be found at: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
Contact
Andrew McLaughlin [andrew@biomedcentral.com]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 9954
