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		Thursday 16 March 2011

Last week, Springer acquired 12 open access journals from Hindawi Publishing Corporation, including the International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology (IJPE).

The journals acquired include seven titles published in cooperation with the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) and four mathematics journals.

Matthew Cockerill, Managing Director of BioMed Central, said: “These journal acquisitions confirm the strategic importance of open access at Springer, and strengthen the BioMed Central and SpringerOpen portfolios. BioMed Central's expertise and services will help the International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology (IJPE) to further establish itself as a leading journal in its field.”

The International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology (IJPE) is open for submissions.

Please see Springer's press release for further information.

Jonathan Eisen has been awarded the 2011 Benjamin Franklin award for his contribution to open access in the life sciences. Jonathan, a Genome Biology author, has promoted open access in traditional and innovative ways, including social media and blogging.

Congratulations Jonathan, from everyone at BioMed Central!

Arthritis Research & Therapy's new look

		Following its recent move to online-only publication, Arthritis Research & Therapy is the latest journal to relaunch on BioMed Central's new website platform. Register now to receive our survey on our new look; survey respondents will be entered into a competition to win a Kindle e-book reader.
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Translational Stem Cell Genomics

		Genome Medicine is now seeking submissions of manuscripts offering novel translational and clinical insights gained from genome-scale analyses of stem cells, to be presented as part of an ongoing thematic series. If you would like your work to be considered, please submit online on or before 1 July.
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Centrosome Research now accepting submissions

		Editor-in-Chief: Heide Schatten Centrosome Research is a peer-reviewed, open access, online journal that publishes basic, applied and translational research on all aspects of the centrosome and its functional equivalents.
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Irish Veterinary Journal now accepting submissions as an open access journal

		Editor-in-Chief: Michael Doherty Irish Veterinary Journal's submission system has now launched with BioMed Central and is open for submissions. The journal publishes articles on all aspects of veterinary science – with a special emphasis on the Irish veterinary profession, and continues to be supported by the society Veterinary Ireland.

Cell Regeneration now accepting submissions

		Editor-in-Chief: Duanqing Pei Cell Regeneration, the official journal of the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is now accepting submissions on novel discoveries, theories, methods, technologies and products in the field of stem cell and regenerative biology and regenerative medicine.

New supplements

		Journal of Biomedical Semantics has published the proceedings of Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences (SWAT4LS), 2009.

		BMC Public Health has published a collection of reviews: Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS): an update for 2009 edited by David L Blazes.

		BMC International Health and Human Rights has published a collection of articles on an innovative approach to building capacity at an African university to improve health outcomes edited by Joseph C Kolars, David H Peters and David M Serwadda.

		Malaria Journal has published a collection of reviews: Natural products for the control of malaria.

		Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice has published the proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer.

		Critical Care has published the meeting abstracts of the 31st International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine.

•In the light of a BMC Biology paper reporting intermediate filaments in an insect cell, where they were thought not to exist, Herrmann and Strelkov examine the defining criteria for intermediate filaments and discuss their functional versatility.

•Haploinsufficient genes are highly conserved among eukaryotes, and have a special evolutionary relationship with the mating-type chromosomes of yeast and sex chromosomes of humans.

		Commentary What is an intermediate filament Harald Herrmann and Sergei V Strelkov BMC Biology 2011, 9:16

Research article
Haploinsufficiency and the sex chromosomes from yeasts to humans
Michaela de Clare, Pinar Pir, Stephen G Oliver
BMC Biology 2011, 9:15

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Kelly Anne Phillips, Karin Ribi, Richard Fisher
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		The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome in Georgia: direct and indirect costs Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2011, 9:1 CFS affects about 4 million people in the United States. Lin et al., estimates the illness could account for $14 billion in healthcare expenditures and $37 billion in lost productivity. Understanding its cost improves decisions regarding resource allocation.