 Philip Earis named editor of new Cell Press Energy journal – Joule |
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Philip Earis, a former editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry, has been named the inaugural editor of Joule, a new journal spanning energy research across scales and disciplines. Joule (@Joule_CP), launching fall 2017, will be the second physical sciences journal, after Chem, published by Cell Press, home of the high-impact life sciences journal Cell. Articles can now be submitted at www.cell.com/joule/home. More Search for more news in this Category |
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American Society for Cell Biology partners with March for Science organisers |
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The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) recently signed an agreement officially lending its support to the national March for Science rally and teach-in in Washington, DC, scheduled for Earth Day, April 22. ASCB was among the first to uphold the event’s mission to ‘unite the diverse universe of scientists and other community members in a non-partisan manner.’ More Search for more news in this Category |
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Dr. E. James Prendergast, Executive Director, IEEE, to retire in early 2018 |
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Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that Dr. E. James Prendergast, current Executive Director, has chosen to retire in early 2018 after almost nine years of service. Dr. Prendergast joined IEEE as Executive Director in 2009. Following his arrival, IEEE continued to expand its influence as a trusted voice in technology, impacting a wide range of technical fields, important standards that improve lives, science education at every level, and public policy worldwide. More Search for more news in this Category |
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FDB launches new medical device knowledge platform, FDB Prizm |
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Drug and medical device knowledge provider First Databank, Inc. (FDB) has launched a new medical device knowledge platform, FDB PrizmTM. The platform, comprising a structured and categorised medical device knowledge base made available via web service APIs, enables actionable insight on medical devices within healthcare information systems to help improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. FDB unveiled FDB Prizm at the HIMSS 2017 Conference. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Dr. Gigi Osler elected 2017 CMA president-elect nominee |
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Dr. Gigi Osler has been selected by the members of Doctors Manitoba to be the nominee as president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). Voting took place from February 1 to 22. Pending confirmation of the nomination by General Council in August, Dr. Osler will serve as president-elect until August 2018, where she will then become CMA President. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Latest edition of Blogspeak now online |
| The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld (Who Has All the Content?); Faye Halpern and James Phelan (Writing an Effective Abstract: An Audience-Based Approach); Rick Anderson (The Forbidden Forecast: Thinking About Open Access and Library Subscriptions); Sabina Leonelli (Big and open data are prompting a reform of scientific governance); Cameron Neylon (Blacklists are technically infeasible, practically unreliable and unethical. Period); Josh Clark (The value of visualisations). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. |
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