[BOAI] News release - Open access research celebrated

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from BioMed Central.  --Peter Suber.]


*Apologies for cross-posting*

NEWS RELEASE - BUSINESS

14 April 2009
For immediate release

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Open Access Research Celebrated

The winners of BioMed Central's 3rd Annual Research Awards were announced 
at an awards ceremony at London's Barbican Centre last week. The event was 
attended by shortlisted authors, eminent researchers from around the world, 
open access advocates and science journalists.

The Research Awards, now in their third year, recognize excellence in 
research that has been made universally accessible by open access 
publication. The Awards celebrate the best medical and biological research 
published in any of BioMed Central's open access journals in the last year.

The Medicine and Biology Prizes, sponsored by Microsoft Research, were won 
by the following research articles:

Biology Award

Basil Honegger, University of Z=FCrich Imp-L2, a putative homolog of 
vertebrate IGF-binding protein 7, counteracts insulin signaling in 
Drosophila and is essential for starvation resistance Honegger B, Galic M, 
K=F6hler K, Wittwer F, Brogiolo W, Hafen E, Stocker H Journal of Biology 
2008, 7:10 (15 April 2008)

This research describes the genetic identification of the first functional 
insulin-like growth factor binding protein ortholog in invertebrates.

Medicine Award

Weiqi Yan and Guomin Xiao, Hangzhou Normal University Improved outcomes 
from the administration of progesterone for patients with acute severe 
traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial Xiao G, Wei J, Yan W, 
Wang W, Lu Z Critical Care 2008, 12:R61 (30 April 2008)

This study explains how a common component of the contraceptive pill 
(progesterone) could improve the neurologic outcome for patients with 
severe head injuries.

This year, three new awards were introduced:

Editor of the Year
Chris Arme, Parasites & Vectors

Case Report of the Year

Derek Rajakumar, University of Saskatchewan Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
monoarthritis in a child Rajakumar D, Rosenberg AM Pediatric Rheumatology 
2008, 6:15 (18 September 2008)

This case demonstrates the unusual ways that tuberculosis can present in 
our patients and highlights the difficulty in diagnosing non-pulmonary 
tuberculosis.

Open Access Institute of the Year
University of Nottingham

BioMed Central Publisher Matthew Cockerill said "We are delighted with the 
diversity and quality of this year's award nominees and would like to 
congratulate the winners, and those shortlisted, on their exceptional 
research. We would also like to thank our sponsors, Microsoft Research and 
Pfizer, whose support made the awards possible."

Guests at the event were treated to a lively routine from Brian Malow, 'the 
science comedian'. As part of their commitment to open access, Pfizer were 
proud to be the sponsor the Research Awards Dinner.

Photos and full details of the awards can be found at the BioMed Central 
Annual Research Awards website:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/researchawards/

Notes to Editors:

1. BioMed Central (www.biomedcentral.com) is an STM (Science, Technology 
and Medicine) publisher which has pioneered the open access publishing 
model. All peer-reviewed research articles published by BioMed Central are 
made immediately and freely accessible online, and are licensed to allow 
redistribution and reuse. BioMed Central is part of Springer 
Science+Business Media, a leading global publisher in the STM sector.

2. The runner-up for the Biology Prize went to Henrik Glenner and Jens Heg, 
both from the University of Copenhagen, for their research article in BMC 
Biology: Induced metamorphosis in crustacean y-larvae: Towards a solution 
to a 100-year-old riddle Glenner H, Heg JT, Grygier MJ, Fujita Y BMC 
Biology 2008, 6:21 (20 May 2008)

3. The runner-up for the Medicine Prize was awarded to Joachim Silber et al 
of the University of California for their research article published in BMC 
Medicine: miR-124 and miR-137 inhibit proliferation of glioblastoma 
multiforme cells and induce differentiation of brain tumor stem cells 
Silber J, Lim DA, Petritsch C, Persson AI, Maunakea AK, Yu M, Vandenberg 
SR, Ginzinger DG, James CD, Costello JF, Bergers G, Weiss WA, 
Alvarez-Buylla A, Hodgson JG. BMC Medicine 2008, 6:14 (24 June 2008)


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