MDPI’s new commenting and endorsement system: the academic ‘likes’ are now available
Near the end of September, MDPI released a new functionality: the commenting and endorsement system. It allows researchers to endorse and recommend articles among each other – enabling ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ to infiltrate the academic sphere. Why an endorsement system? The commenting and endorsement system stems from the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), […]
More Info#PlantATreeForSDG Challenge: Kicking off the countdown to the 1st World Sustainability Week in style
27 September 2019 marked the kick-off to the countdown of the 1st World Sustainability Week (WSW). For this occasion, Matthias Burkhalter (who initiated the idea) and the two chairs of WSW, Professor Max Bergman and Professor Ed Constable, came together with Dr Heiner Vischer, President of Basel’s Grand Council, to plant a 20-year-old oak tree […]
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On May 15–17, 2019, the journal Molecules organized its second Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry “Facing Novel Challenges in Drug Discovery” in Barcelona. It was a three-day event, with more than 180 attendees from 36 countries. The symposium, chaired by Professor Diego Muñoz-Torrero and Professor F Javier Luque, brought together renowned experts from all around the […]
More InfoWrap-Up of the Fourth Basel Sustainability Forum: Health (BSF 2019), 3 June 2019, University of Basel
The Fourth Basel Sustainability Forum: Health (BSF 2019) took place in the Aula of the Kollegienhaus of the University of Basel, Switzerland, on 3 June 2019. The forum kicked off with opening statements by three young climate activists from the Klimastreikbewegung Basel, reminding everyone that there is no alternative to climate action but to act […]
More InfoDesigning a Sustainable Future – An Interview with Max Bergman
Prof. Dr. Max Bergman seeks answers to key questions on the challenges set out by the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). He is one of the Chairs of the 8th World Sustainability Forum (WSF) that will take place 14–19 September 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. The WSF is an event that “encourages participants to go beyond […]
More InfoDecoding Genomes of Small Species Using a Reduced Amount of DNA and Less Time
This is thanks to a new sequencing workflow presented in a recently published paper in Genes which removes some steps from traditional sequencing, and this results to a smaller loss of DNA. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute (University of Cambridge), and Pacific Biosciences have read the whole genetic code of a single tiny mosquito […]
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@Dominique_Hes and I are co-editing a special issue for Sustainability Journal called "Eco-Cities, Green-Blue Design and Regenerative Sustainability". Here is the call: mdpi.com/journal/sustai… Please pass word on. Thanks
成人T細胞白血病は、有効な治療法無く、血液がんなので治療効果もわかりやすい。社会的ニーズも大きい。ANKがん免疫療法のデータを取るには最適と思われる。長期生存例を積み重ね、論文を発表している。 mdpi.com/2571-841X/1/2/…
New #openaccess paper in #Atmosphere "Evaluation of Limiting Sensitivity of the One-Color Laser Fragmentation/Laser-Induced Fluorescence Method in Detection of Nitrobenzene and Nitrotoluene Vapors in the Atmosphere" by Sergei Bobrovnikov et al. 😃mdpi.com/2073-4433/10/1… pic.twitter.com/M9prkjaOgm
#Special_Issue "Oxidative Potential of Atmospheric Aerosols" in #Atmosphere has published FIVE papers! 🎉🎉Read them for free! mdpi.com/journal/atmosp…
Our special issue devoted to SiC miniaturized devices has already published 8 papers. Submit your manuscript by December 31 #siliconcarbide #mems #micromachines #electronicdevices @MDPIOpenAccess @micromach_mdpi mdpi.com/journal/microm…
Traumatic brain injury, clean air and obesity! New research from some of our researchers here at SPGH - Jane Hayworth, @GinaAmbrosini & Jesse Young (@jtyoung_edu) mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/1… mdpi.com/2073-4433/10/1… thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
New publication: 'Fabrication and In Vitro Characterization of Electrochemically Compacted Collagen/Sulfated Xylorhamnoglycuronan Matrix for Wound Healing Applications' mdpi.com/280232 @GordonGWallace @KangLingzhi @Zhi05845090 @UOW @uowresearch @StVincentsMelb @unimelb pic.twitter.com/cgplK89QvB
What do you think? If mining were done in our open oceans instead of on land or in addition to on land would that benefit the environment? "The analysis presented here shows that, for most elements, extraction from seawater is so…lnkd.in/gaxpwAa lnkd.in/g3bKkDD
NEW RAINE STUDY RESEARCH: Modelling the Effects of Beverage Substitution during Adolescence on Later Obesity Outcomes in Early Adulthood: Results from the Raine Study mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/1… #rainestudy #oneofuscouldchangeyourlife
Our latest two papers on #alcoholhangover 1. advantages and disadvantages of naturalistic studies. 2. evidence of reverse tolerance to hangover (now with correct links!) @DrSarahBenson @alcoholHRG @SwinCHP mdpi.com/538890 @MDPIOpenAccess mdpi.com/590282
Nanoparticle Delivery Systems in the Treatment of Diabetes Complications mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/2…
Such a pleasure working with @gmasselink @PlymUniResearch on this #coastal #resilience piece for @Water_MDPI (mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/1…). Gerd said, "I wrote a report for @EnvAgency @EAGeomorphology – want to turn it into a paper?" Umm – yes, please. @NERCscience @BLUEcoastUK
Interested in the verification of cybersecurity policies using software product lines?, check out our paper CyberSPL. It is an extension of our paper for the spanish national securtiy conference mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/24… @Applsci @Idea_Group_US @MayteGoLo
📖 Investigating the In Vitro Regeneration Potential of Commercial Cultivars of Brassica @MDPIOpenAccess @sparrow_penny mdpi.com/2223-7747/8/12… pic.twitter.com/RaYtSlcOAP
Circulating miRNAs as Biomarkers of Obesity and Obesity-Associated Comorbidities in Children and Adolescents #miRNA #Biomarkers #Obesity mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/1…
The Interplay between the Endocannabinoid System, #Epilepsy and #Cannabinoids mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/2…
Social Sciences has a special issue on the personal experiences of researchers edited by Dr Pooja Sawrikar @Griffith_Uni : Personal Essays in Social Science. See here - mdpi.com/journal/socsci…
A review on the #endocannabinoid system, #epilepsy and #cannabinoids, with focus on the role of neuro-#inflammation mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/2…