Category Archives: publishing

Great minds think alike!

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s some very interesting news from BioMed Central’s blog. The open access publishers have created a new peer-reviewed journal called BMC Research Notes which they say will “provide a home for short publications, case series, incremental updates to previous work, … Continue reading →

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Hooray for Mutation

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve always tried to cover the most up-to-date research in my journal club series, but today’s paper is an exception. “Strong Selective Sweep Associated with a Transposon Insertion in Drosophila simulans“ was published in 2004, and I actually covered it … Continue reading →

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Watch a movie, use Google, get published

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

or “Stop that, it’s silly”.There’s been too much silliness around here. I mean, some daftness is necessary in life, but I realised today that the entire first page of this blog is curently made up of posts with the silliness … Continue reading →

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Challenge me!

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve been actively soliciting feedback from scientists whose papers I have summarised on this blog. A critique I received from one respondent is that my posts are very technical, and might be difficult for the lay person to follow.I tend … Continue reading →

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A perfect forum for the work I’m no longer doing!

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As someone who previously worked on the co-evolution of primates with endogenous retroviruses, and whose recent career change required a rapid refresher course in immunology, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to a new journal – Cell … Continue reading →

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The joy of citation

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One of the things I miss most about research is reading scientific papers. I try to keep up with the literature, but there’s much less incentive when your entire career doesn’t depend on knowing what’s been published lately. I dutifully … Continue reading →

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