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Open Access Africa 2012 – date announced
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.
The conference will bring together researchers, librarians, university administrators, funders and other decision-makers to discuss open access publishing in an African context.
Open Access Africa is free to attend – places are extremely limited, so please register your interest today. |
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CONFERENCE THEME ANNOUNCEMENT
As announced previously, the Berlin 10 Open Access Conference will be held at Stellenbosch, South Africa. The Conference will be held at the Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) from 7-8 November 2012. Pre-conference workshops will be held on 6 November. The theme of the Conference is Networked scholarship in a networked world: participation in Open Access. Given that the Conference will be held in Africa, the sub-themes to be explored are concomitant with the development and transformative agenda of Open Access. |
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Obesity has overtaken smoking as the major risk factor in cancer. Speakers participating in the panel discussion at the BioMed Central conference on Metabolism, Diet and Disease, held in Washington DC in May, chaired by Gregory Petsko, tackled questions including whether the cancers can be prevented without addressing the obesity, what dietary factors may be most crucial, the role of insulin, what can be done, and what do we still need to know? |
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mRNA expression in lung cancer
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2012, 31:54
Meta-analysis of human lung cancer microRNA expression profiling studies found miR-210 and miR-21 to be the most consistently reported up-regulated mRNAs, which may identify them as potential biomarkers in the disease |
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Jumping plant genes
BMC Genomics 2012, 13:227
Charles Davis and colleagues provide first evidence of horizontal gene transfer from host to the parasitic flowering plant, Rafflesia cantleyi, on an unprecedented scale raising the possibility that there is a 'fitness' benefit to the parasite. |
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Fibrogenesis and Tissue Repair has published proceedings of Fibroproliferative disorders: from biochemical analysis to targeted therapies.
Frauenchiemsee, Germany. 25-30 September 2010 |
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Critical Care has published a collection of abstracts on Update on therapeutic temperature management from the 2nd Innsbruck Hypothermia Symposium.
Portoroz, Slovenia. 7-9 June 2012 |
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BMC Bioinformatics and BMC Genomics have published selected articles from the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine 2011.
Atlanta, GA, USA. 12-15 November 2011 |
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine has published meeting abstracts from the 3rd International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health. Portland, Oregon, USA. 15-18 May 2012 |
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