It is an increasingly well known – or at least, well quoted – fact that humans contain ten times more bacterial cells than human ones. The microbial population of the gut in particular is the focus of vigorously burgeoning research interest because of its possible importance in metabolic and inflammatory disease, as testified by a… Read more »
BMC Biology publishes today a research article (from Chiari et al) on the placement of turtles in the evolutionary tree, which supports their position as a sister group to the birds and crocodiles (collectively called the archosaurs). This isn’t the first time that a similar placement has been supported, as Blair Hedges discusses in an… Read more »
Five years ago commercially important blue crab populations in Chesapeake Bay reached alarmingly low levels, leading local management agencies to impose strong catch restrictions to aid in recovery.Five years later, blue crab numbers have rebounded to levels not seen since the 1990s, providing support for the continued need for science-based management of critical marine resources…. Read more »
Cell & Bioscience are pleased to announce that they will be publishing a thematic series on the “Structure and mechanism of nanomotors in the cell” in 2013. The thematic series which is edited by Dr Peixuan Guo is now open for submissions. Please contact Dr Guo if you are interested in contributing to the series.
Ever wondered what 48 hours in the life and death of a cell looks like? I guess most people’s answers to that questions might be “no”, but honestly – it’s fascinating. Programmed Cell Death (PCD) occurs in both plants and animals, and is quite often a tightly regulated series of events. Sometimes these events can… Read more »
The June SCBA newsletter is available at https://www.scbasociety.org/News/June-2012.pdf Read about the activities of the leading Chinese American bioscience professional society!
New journal Microbiome now accepts short reports of metagenomic datasets and their associated clinical or environmental data, such as those recently used for the NIH-funded Human Microbiome Project (HMP). Microbiome, which is open for submissions, reflects the growing importance of the need to study microorganisms and their function in their natural environment, their microbiome, whether… Read more »
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal retired from her role as joint Editor-in-Chief for Biotechnology for Biofuels at the end of June. Huge thanks are due to Bärbel for being a champion of the journal, throughout the first five years since launch, and we are glad to see her work rewarded by the journal’s remarkable growth and success. We… Read more »
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal retired from her role as joint Editor-in-Chief for Biotechnology for Biofuels at the end of June. Huge thanks are due to Bärbel for being a champion of the journal, throughout the first five years since launch, and we are glad to see her work rewarded by the journal’s remarkable growth and success. We… Read more »
It is no news that obesity is bad for your health. But it is only in the past ten years or so that it has been recognized as a major contributor to cancer risk – According to Craig Thompson (Sloane-Kettering Institute), speaking on the first day of the inaugural BioMed Central conference on Metabolism, diet… Read more »