Category Award Winners and Shortlists Announced for BioMed Central’s 6th Annual Research Awards
25 Apr 2012
BioMed Central’s Annual Research Awards recognize the excellence in open access research published across our journals each year.
We are pleased to announce the winners for the ten award categories. These winning articles, selected by internationally renowned judges, have been chosen for their innovation and high-quality execution and discussion. These winners will automatically be shortlisted for the overall BioMed Central Research Award, the winner of which will be announced at the BioMed Central Research Awards ceremony.
Cancer and Cardiovascular Research
Septin 9 methylated DNA is a sensitive and specific blood test for colorectal cancer - Karen A Heichman
BMC Medicine 2011, 9:133
Clinical and Translational Medicine
Relationship between the anti-inflammatory properties of salmeterol/fluticasone and the expression of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in COPD - Guan-song Wang and Chang-zheng Wang
Respiratory Research 2011, 12:142
General Biology
Cofactor-mediated conformational control in the bifunctional kinase/RNase Ire1 - Alexei V Korennykh BMC Biology 2011, 9:48
General Medicine
Coffee consumption and risk of cancers: a meta-analysis of cohort studies - Jian Zou
BMC Cancer 2011, 11:96
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution
Energetics and genetics across the prokaryote-eukaryote divide - Nick Lane Biology Direct 2011, 6:35
Microbiology, Immunology, Infection and Inflammation
A whole genome screen for HIV restriction factors - Áine McKnight Retrovirology 2011, 8:94
Molecular and Cellular Science
Evc2 is a positive modulator of Hedgehog signalling that interacts with Evc at the cilia membrane and is also found in the nucleus -Judith A Goodship BMC Biology 2011, 9:14
Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry
A novel reporter of notch signalling indicates regulated and random notch activation during vertebrate neurogenesis - Filipe Vilas-Boas, Kate G Storey and Domingos Henrique BMC Biology 2011, 9:58
Plant, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Research
Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies - Volker Witte BMC Ecology 2011, 11:30
Public Health
Associations of education with 30 year life course blood pressure trajectories: Framingham Offspring Study - Eric B Loucks Public Health 2011, 11:139
Open Data Award 2011
The Open Data Award, sponsored by LabArchives, seeks to recognize researchers who have published in BioMed Central journals and have demonstrated leadership in the sharing, standardization, publication, or re-use of biomedical research data. The award is selected by a judging panel with particular interests in scientific data sharing and publication.
The shortlist for this award are:
• The International Stroke Trial database
Trials 2011, 12:101
• Web GIS in practice X: a Microsoft Kinect natural user interface for Google Earth navigation
International Journal of Health Geographics 2011, 10:45
• Plasma proteomic profiles from disease-discordant monozygotic twins suggest that molecular pathways are shared in multiple systemic autoimmune diseases
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2011, 13:R181
• Experimental annotation of the human pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum transcribed regions using high-resolution tiling arrays
BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:216
• A reference dataset for verifying numerical electrophysiological heart models
Biomedical Engineering Online 2011, 10:11
The winning articles will be announced at a ceremony held in London, UK on 17th May. Awards for Case Report of the Year, Open Access Advocate/Institution of the Year and Editor of the Year will also be presented.
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