Virginie’s first paper on her thesis work, “Network based meta-analysis prediction of microenvironmental relays involved in stemness of human embryonic stem cells” was published yesterday at PeerJ. She first put it up as a preprint (v1 here
revised v2 here and then submitted it – my first experience of this and something I will certainly do again.
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Archive for October, 2014
Network based meta-analysis prediction of microenvironmental relays involved in stemness of human embryonic stem cells
Posted in Biochemistry, Development, Fibroblast growth factor, Glycobiology, tagged extracellular matrix, FGF, Fibroblast growth factor, glycosaminoglycans, heparan sulfate, heparin, polysaccharide, research, science on October 24, 2014| 3 Comments »
An open letter to Dr Worms, ESF
Posted in Research integrity, Science process, Scientific progress, tagged research, Research integrity, science, Science progress on October 10, 2014| 8 Comments »
Dear Dr Worms,
I write this letter in a personal capacity to express my views on the letter you sent to Dr Amaya Moro-Martin on behalf of the ESF, regarding her opinion piece in Nature. Note the word “opinion” and refer to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (on page 11, it is only two very short paragraphs) (more…)
A prize worth winning: How many extracellular proteins bind to heparan sulfate?
Posted in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Development, Fibroblast growth factor, Glycobiology, Scientific progress, tagged antithrombin III, chondroitin sulfate, extracellular matrix, FGF, Fibroblast growth factor, glycosaminoglycans, heparan sulfate, heparin, polysaccharide, Science progress on October 10, 2014| 5 Comments »
There are many prizes for cultural activities, of which science is one. This week has seen the announcement of the Nobel prizes, a little earlier the IgNobels were awarded. There are, of course many other prizes. I have decided to set up my own.
A question that bugs me and which loomed large while I read the excellent review by Ding Xu and Jeff Esko from UCSD on “Demystifying Heparan Sulfate–Protein Interactions” is how many extracellular proteins are there? (more…)
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