https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Faculty of 1000. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:42 -0400 © 2026 PR.com 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides press release distribution, and is a unique directory of businesses, products and services. Find full company profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/675483 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 03:00:00 -0400 A new US study suggests that some of the medicinal benefits of dispensary grade Cannabis could be compromised because the flowers host potentially harmful yeasts and toxic molds, which cannot be detected by industry standard culturing techniques. The report, ‘Cannabis microbiome sequencing reveals several mycotoxic fungi native to dispensary grade Cannabis flowers’, by Kevin McKernan and a team from Medicinal [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/675483 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/670846 Fri, 13 May 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Two clinicians have devised a new system to prevent clinical trial documents being secretly altered to make new medications look more effective than they are. The new method aims to solve this problem using blockchains, the technology that underpins the virtual currency Bitcoin. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/670846 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/669820 Fri, 06 May 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Scientists investigating the unusual feeding habits of one species of mosquito claim that the insect has hijacked hundreds of useful genes from plants during its evolution. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/669820 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/658124 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:00:00 -0500 F1000Workspace – a platform that enables scientists to collect, write and discuss scientific literature – has added an innovative new piece of software to its portfolio to help scientists write papers and grants more efficiently. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/658124 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/657583 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:00:00 -0500 New channel builds on key learnings from global response to Ebola crisis. Following the World Health Organization’s announcement that Zika-linked birth defects and neurological problems pose a global public health emergency, open science platform F1000Research has launched the Zika and Arbovirus Outbreaks (ZAO) channel - http://f1000research.com/channels/arbovirus. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/657583 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/655429 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 03:00:00 -0500 F1000, a provider of services to biomedical researchers to support the discovery, writing and publication of new scientific findings, has appointed Bev Acreman as Commercial Director. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/655429 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/652605 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 03:00:00 -0500 F1000, a provider of services to biomedical researchers to support the discovery, writing and publication of new scientific findings, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Liz Allen as Director of Strategic Initiatives. Liz was formerly Head of Evaluation at the Wellcome Trust, one of the world’s largest biomedical research charities. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/652605 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/649237 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Chemicals prevalent in the food supply can have a significant impact on the global burden of disease, a WHO Task Force shows with new research published in F1000Research. http://f1000research.com/articles/4-1393/v1 [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/649237 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/648085 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Complete Responses (CRs) are dramatic, highly desirable situations for patients where all cancer disappears. A meta-analysis of CR rates from chemotherapy treatment of common types of late-stage cancer during a six-year period shows that CRs have, however, remained surprisingly low despite extensive efforts to improve them. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/648085 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/647884 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 03:00:00 -0500 One million references have been loaded on to F1000Workspace – a research collaboration, reference management and authoring platform for scientists – since it was launched just six months ago. F1000Workspace is a suite of tools designed to assist biomedical researchers when writing research articles and grant applications, collecting and managing references and collaborating with co-authors. It is run by [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/647884 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/647130 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:32:26 -0500 F1000, a provider of services to biomedical researchers to support the discovery, writing and publication of new scientific findings, has announced the appointment of Rebecca Lawrence as Managing Director. Lawrence was previously Managing Director of F1000 Research Ltd, the publishing arm of F1000. During the 6 years she has worked at F1000, Lawrence has launched and established both F1000Research (the open science [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/647130 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/642255 Sun, 18 Oct 2015 03:00:00 -0400 F1000Research, the open science publishing platform for life scientists which was launched in 2013, has reached a fitting milestone with the publication of its 1,000th article. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/642255 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/638550 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 03:00:00 -0400 300,000 gene variants from 1,000 people made publicly available via F1000Research. A unique population-based study of all the genes in 1,000 people born in the UK in 1958 is being made available online by researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, to further understanding of the role gene variation plays in disease. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/638550 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/635708 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Scientific experiments examining what happens to the faulty channel protein that causes cystic fibrosis during inflammation have yielded unexpected and exciting results. The study, conducted by Sara Bitam and her colleagues at INSERM in France, has just passed peer review on open science publishing platform F1000Research (http://f1000research.com/articles/4-218/v2). Cystic fibrosis is a life-limiting auto­somal [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/635708 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/634333 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 03:00:00 -0400 A medical case report of a female patient who had felt no pain since childhood but who, following childbirth, was left with a variety of pain symptoms, has given insights into the manifestation of neuropathic pain. The clinicians involved, Professor Geoff Woods and colleagues from Cambridge University Hospitals, also claim that their findings reveal a great deal about the subjective nature of pain. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/634333 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/624949 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 INCF Community Journal will host wealth of research in one digital domain. Open science publishing platform F1000Research is working in partnership with the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) to create a dedicated, digital, open publishing solution for INCF’s members and the expanding neuroinformatics community. The new INCF Community Journal will provide an affordable, open publishing [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/624949 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/616536 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Scientist’s published article is the first to be updated live online. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/616536 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/611959 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Pacific Northwest scientist among first to publish preliminary methodology online to gain peer feedback ahead of NIH R01 grant application. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/611959 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/600161 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:00:00 -0500 F1000Research celebrates its second birthday, and looks back on two successful years of changing the status quo of science publishing with its unique model of immediate and transparent publishing. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/600161 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/575568 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Michael Eisen, co-founder of the open-access journal PLOS (Public Library of Science), has joined Faculty of 1000’s International Advisory Board. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/575568 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/557275 Sat, 10 May 2014 03:00:00 -0400 F1000Research publishes an attempted replication of a controversial finding highlighting the importance of publishing science in a completely open and transparent way. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/557275 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/544298 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:00:00 -0500 Respected business leader and web entrepreneur Daniel Marovitz has joined F1000 as Chief Executive Officer. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/544298 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/537453 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 03:00:00 -0500 Scientists and clinicians can spend hours each month critically evaluating published research as part of their training and teaching, but valuable discussions about what makes a good or bad paper are often lost forever. F1000Journal Clubs (http://f1000.com/prime/journalclubs), a new feature of F1000Prime that launches today, makes these discussions - journal club meetings - more online, more open and efficient, and helps [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/537453 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/536358 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 03:00:00 -0500 The 150,000th article recommendation, published today in F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime), identifies an important research article that helps our understanding of how consumption of fish oils could help protect against certain allergies, and demonstrates significant progress in open, post-publication peer review pioneered by F1000. Submissions of article recommendations to F1000Prime, which launched in 2002, have [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/536358 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/532775 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 03:00:00 -0500 F1000Research, an original open science journal for life scientists, announces that articles published and peer-reviewed via its novel post-publication peer review model are now visible in PubMed, the world's largest and most-used biomedical literature database, and PubMed Central (PMC). [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/532775 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/527107 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:00:00 -0500 F1000Research launch a novel data plotting tool at the Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, which enables referees and readers to visualise and manipulate the raw data within the journal's articles. This is a significant step forward in enabling data peer review, which has typically been too time consuming for most article referees to contemplate. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/527107 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/523386 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Faculty of 1000’s F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime) has launched a new personalized homepage and article alerting tool that learns from an individual’s research interests – and introduced a free one-month trial personal subscription for new and returning users. In response to feedback from many life scientists and clinicians, efficient personalization and customization of the website is now central to [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/523386 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/509001 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Faculty of 1000's F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime) article recommendation service has partnered with Public Library of Science (PLOS), to provide enhanced information to researchers on the impact of their published articles. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/509001 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/508470 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Faculty of 1000, the publisher of a range of services for life scientists and clinicians, today launches an innovative new product, F1000Trials (http://f1000.com/trials), designed to enable rapid discovery and understanding of articles about clinical trials. F1000Trials is a continually updated, comprehensive database of articles on randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews, drawn from more than 300 key general [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/508470 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/505057 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:10:58 -0400 Research that shows how cells respond to brain damage may lead to a new treatment for stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/505057 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/499928 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Faculty of 1000 (http://f1000.com) today announced a partnership with docwise (www.docwi.se) that will bring its F1000Prime article recommendations to the users of the docwise aggregated medical journal and news platform. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/499928 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/496887 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:00:00 -0400 F1000Research is delighted to announce the journal's membership of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and its listing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the SHERPA/RoMEO directory. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/496887 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/491694 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Open Access life sciences journal, F1000Research, makes a stand to reduce positive bias in the publication record, urging scientists to publish all valid results, including negative and null findings. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/491694 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/486942 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:00:00 -0400 F1000Research, an Open Access life-sciences journal launched in January 2013, has pioneered a uniquely fast and transparent Open Science Publishing model enabling research papers to be published within a week. After analyzing its first few months, F1000Research shares that on average, articles go live within seven days of acceptance, with 35% of those published within four days or less. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/486942 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/476515 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:00:00 -0500 To celebrate the dedication of the F1000Prime Faculty in recommending papers of special importance across biology and medicine, Faculty of 1000 is delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 Faculty Member of the Year Awards. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/476515 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/470738 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Two articles published in F1000Research support controversial claims that could redefine what we know about Mendelian inheritance in single Arabidopsis thaliana plants. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/470738 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/466491 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 F1000Research (http://f1000research.com/), the first Open Science publisher, announces that articles published in its innovative publishing system will be listed in PubMed, the world's largest and most-used biomedical literature database. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/466491 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/466124 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Two articles published today in F1000 Medicine Reports (http://f1000.com/prime/reports/medicine) take a collaborative approach to argue the case for and against the link between cannabis use and psychotic illness. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/466124 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/466126 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Two articles published today in F1000 Biology Reports (http://f1000.com/prime/reports/biology) debate whether protein recognition can occur in the absence of stable structure. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/466126 Faculty of 1000 https://www.pr.com/press-release/465425 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 F1000Research comes out of beta today, launching on a new publishing platform. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/465425 Faculty of 1000