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The global ranking of academic journals’ impact on WeChat announced
Linkresearcher , an academic communication service platform under “Global Science,” the Chinese version of the “Scientific American,” collaborated with Impact Science, a Cactus Communications (CACTUS) brand that provides science communications strategy and tactics, to announce a ranking of academic journals…
China continues its formidable rise as a scientific powerhouse
At the 43rd annual SSP conference, CACTUS, CAST, and China experts discussed new learnings, challenges, and new opportunities in STM journal publishing
MS experts call for increased focus on progressive MS rehabilitation research
International Progressive MS Alliance contends that the development of rehabilitation strategies for people with progressive MS is lacking compared to other types of MS
San Francisco VA Health Care System announces 2021 Grunfeld Scholars
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This initiative, currently in its second year, invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of…
Powering Discovery: A new expert panel report from the CCA
Research funders face a delicate balancing act amid limited resources and multiplying priorities
New nonprofit boosts Research4Life’s mission in lower- and middle-income countries
Wilmington, DC, April 22, 2021 – Friends of Research4Life , a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States, was launched to support the critical mission of the Research4Life partnership to enable full participation in the global information environment. Organizations…
Philanthropy-backed accelerator advances cancer therapies
Three teams receive awards from the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer
Monkeys experience the visual world the same way people do
When humans look out at a visual landscape like a sunset or a beautiful overlook, we experience something — we have a conscious awareness of what that scene looks like. This awareness of the visual world around us is central…
Elsevier launches a trans-inclusive name change policy
London, March 29, 2021 – Elsevier , a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is proud to launch a trans-inclusive policy for author name changes . This allows authors to retrospectively return to previously peer-reviewed articles of record…
Duke-NUS clinician scientist and his team bag two prestigious awards
Professor David Matchar and his team from the Health Services and Systems Research (HSSR) Programme at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, bagged two prestigious awards at the International Stroke Conference 2021 for their project on a randomised controlled trial investigating the…
Geisel receives $2.1 million grant to implement shared decision making collaborative
A team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, led by Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc, has received a $2.1 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop a shared decision-making process to help women…
Wiley and IReL sign four year open access agreement to amplify Irish research on the global stage
March 18, 2021 – Hoboken, N.J. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced a new four-year open access agreement with IReL, an e-resource licensing consortium for Irish institutions, to accelerate open access publishing and increase visibility for more than…
Study highlights barriers for women and marginalized groups in supramolecular chemistry
A new study by the international network Women In Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) has highlighted the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) issues faced by women and marginalised groups working within that field. The network has also set out a ‘calling in’…
NYU Tandon alum and mentor Dan Guido elected to Scholarship for Service Hall of Fame
BROOKLYN, New York, Friday, March 5, 2021 – Dan Guido, an alumni of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering , is the sixth inductee into the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Hall of Fame since inaugural class of honorees in…
Predicting work performance with personality
SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer – Selecting the right person for a job can be tricky. A potential candidate may present well initially, but it’s hard to predict how they will perform once they are operating within an…
Top diversity and equity leaders in psychiatry offer guidelines for academic medicine
New article and commentary from American Journal of Psychiatry
Wiley and CRUI sign four-year transitional agreement to accelerate open access publishing in Italy
February 24, 2021 – Hoboken, N.J. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced a new four-year open access agreement with the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) to accelerate open access publishing among a growing list of more than…
A new type of university is emerging to meet the challenges of today
The world is changing rapidly and in order to serve the human population dealing with those changes, American universities need to change, too. In fact, their role is to model the resiliency that all institutions need to embrace, according to…
Register now for our Police Misconduct & Qualified Immunity symposium
Please register for the event here: https:/ / host. regform. com/ police-%20misconduct-qualified-immunity-reimagining-we-the-people/ Please join us on Thursday, February 4, 2021, from 9:00am-5:00pm, as Texas Southern University’s Center for Justice Research, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, in partnership with The Earl…
C-Path announces SHIP-MD 2021 Virtual Workshop
Multi-stakeholder event will focus on national innovation ecosystem for pediatric medical device development
The N-PATH has been funded by the European Commission
The Nephrology Partnership for Advancing Technology in Healthcare (N-PATH) has been funded by the European Commission
Winners announced: 2020 Nature Research Awards for Mentoring in Science — Israel
Computational biologist, Hanah Margalit, is the winner of the lifetime achievement award, while cancer researcher Neta Erez and molecular biologist Tal Pupko jointly receive the mid-career award
Harvard Data Science Review explores reproducibility and replicability in science
CAMBRIDGE, MA–December 16, 2020– In 2019, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) published a consensus report for the US Congress– Reproducibility and Replicability in Science –which addressed a major methodological crisis in the sciences: The fact that…
Sandia National Laboratories hosts Education With Industry officer
Air Force captain brings experience and determination to labs
Book release: ‘Women in European Academies — From Patronae Scientiarum to Path-Breakers’
ALLEA released the book “Women in European Academies — From Patronae Scientiarum to Path-Breakers” today. Published by De Gruyter, the volume examines the lives and achievements of women who played determining roles in the history of European academies and in…
Basser Center for BRCA awards 2020 Basser Global Prize to Sheba Medical Center doctor
Bella Kaufman recognized for her role in the development of PARP inhibitors for the treatment of BRCA-related cancers
C-Path, Ltd. announces new contract with innovative medicines initiative
DUBLIN, Ireland, December 3, 2020 — Critical Path Institute, Ltd. (C-Path, Ltd.) announced today a new contract with the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (IMI2 JU). The new project will leverage C-Path’s global expertise in developing novel product development…
The American Pediatric Society announces its new members for 2021
HOUSTON, Dec. 1, 2020 – The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce 55 new members. Founded in 1888, the APS is the first and most prestigious academic pediatric organization in North America. New members will be recognized during…
CZI awards $4.7 million for open source software and organizations advancing open science
Funding supports software tools essential to biomedicine and organizations that promote reproducible research
American Pediatric Society names Dr. Lisa R. Young the 2021 Norman J. Siegel award recipient
HOUSTON, Nov. 16, 2020 – The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce Lisa R. Young, MD, as the recipient of the 2021 Norman J. Siegel Outstanding Science Award for her considerable contributions to pediatric science. The award will…
Aviara Pharmaceuticals, Inc receives grant to collaborate with the Texas Heart Institute
Texas Collaboration to Develop Treatment for Inflammatory Disease
The American Pediatric Society honors Dr. Sherin U. Devaskar with the 2021 APS John Howland Award
Distinguished pediatrics leader is recognized for her significant contributions to advancing child health and the profession of pediatrics.
Wiley’s Open Science Ambassador Program encourages scientific collaboration
Hoboken, N.J. and Beijing–October 20, 2020– John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), a leader in research and education, today introduced its Open Science Ambassador Program . The program acknowledges and supports Chinese thought leaders around the world who embrace…
Clinic reduces GA1 brain injury risk by 83% with therapies developed over 30 years
A new study summarizes over 30 years of clinical experience in the treatment and management of glutaric acidemia type 1 (GA1)
Wiley partners with DeepGreen Project to enhance open access in Germany
Hoboken, N.J and Munich, Germany–September 29, 2020– John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and the open access project DeepGreen signed a collaboration agreement to distribute research published under the Wiley/Projekt DEAL agreement to open access repositories throughout Germany. Starting…
Multi-institutional collaborative effort to create a cell map of the human heart
Understanding the heart, one cell at a time
UNIST professor receives the 2020 S. Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics
Hyeon K. Park, Professor in the Department of Physics at UNIST received the 2020 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics, becoming the first Korean plasma physicist to earn the prestigious award. On September 10, the Division of Plasma Physics under…
CZI awards $4.5M to advance innovative approaches to fighting neurodegenerative diseases
Grants support pairs of researchers to collaborate and unlock the underlying biology of neurodegenerative disorders
PLOS and LibLynx partner to develop open access analytics
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and LibLynx announced a partnership today to develop ground-breaking analytics that better communicate the usage and impact of Open Access (OA) content. A critical component in the development of sustainable funding models for OA…
Trinity College’s Dr. Tomas Ryan wins 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize
Dr Tomás Ryan has been awarded a highly prestigious 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize, becoming the first scientist in an Irish institution to secure the Lister Institute Preventive Medicine Prize Fellowship [Monday 10th August 2020]. He will use the prize…
Researchers urge the scientific community to #StopPandemicBias
While there is little doubt that COVID-19 will have lasting impacts on health and the economy, a group of researchers is bringing attention to the effects the pandemic could have on the careers of scientific researchers. Carnegie Mellon University and…
New study unveils ultrathin boron nitride films for next-generation electronics
An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel material that could enable major leaps in the miniaturization of electronic devices. Published in the prestigious journal Nature , this study represent a significant achievement for future electronics.…
New study unveils ultrathin boron nitride films for next-generation electronics
An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel material that could enable major leaps in the miniaturization of electronic devices. Published in the prestigious journal Nature , this study represent a significant achievement for future electronics.…
Dana-Farber CEO Emeritus receives ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, President and CEO Emeritus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Richard and Susan Smith Distinguished Professor at Harvard Medical School, has received the 2020 ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity. The Award honors…
Dana-Farber CEO Emeritus receives ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD, President and CEO Emeritus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Richard and Susan Smith Distinguished Professor at Harvard Medical School, has received the 2020 ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity. The Award honors…
SFVAHCS announces 2020 Grunfeld Scholars
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This new initiative invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of future leaders in medical…
SFVAHCS announces 2020 Grunfeld Scholars
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This new initiative invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of future leaders in medical…
Bulgaria’s National Cardiac Society pioneers ARPHA’s top-to-bottom bilingual publishing
The first 2020 issue of the society’s bilingual journal is already online on a brand new and user-friendly website
Bulgaria’s National Cardiac Society pioneers ARPHA’s top-to-bottom bilingual publishing
The first 2020 issue of the society’s bilingual journal is already online on a brand new and user-friendly website