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NEWS RELEASE - BUSINESS<br><br>
14 April 2009<br>
For immediate release<br><br>
Media Contact<br>
Matt McKay<br>
Head of Public Relations<br>
BioMed Central<br>
Tel: +44 (0)203 1922 2216<br>
Mob: +44 (0)7825 257 423<br>
Email: matthew.mckay@biomedcentral.com<br><br>
Open Access Research Celebrated<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
The Medicine and Biology Prizes, sponsored by Microsoft Research, were
won by the following research articles:<br><br>
Biology Award<br><br>
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)<br><br>
This research describes the genetic identification of the first
functional insulin-like growth factor binding protein ortholog in
invertebrates.<br><br>
Medicine Award<br><br>
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)<br><br>
This study explains how a common component of the contraceptive pill
(progesterone) could improve the neurologic outcome for patients with
severe head injuries.<br><br>
This year, three new awards were introduced:<br><br>
Editor of the Year<br>
Chris Arme, Parasites & Vectors<br><br>
Case Report of the Year<br><br>
Derek Rajakumar, University of Saskatchewan Mycobacterium tuberculosis
monoarthritis in a child Rajakumar D, Rosenberg AM Pediatric Rheumatology
2008, 6:15 (18 September 2008)<br><br>
This case demonstrates the unusual ways that tuberculosis can present in
our patients and highlights the difficulty in diagnosing non-pulmonary
tuberculosis.<br><br>
Open Access Institute of the Year<br>
University of Nottingham<br><br>
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."<br><br>
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.<br><br>
Photos and full details of the awards can be found at the BioMed Central
Annual Research Awards website:<br>
<a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/researchawards/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.biomedcentral.com/researchawards/<br><br>
</a>Notes to Editors:<br><br>
1. BioMed Central
(<a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/" eudora="autourl">
www.biomedcentral.com</a>) 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.<br><br>
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)<br><br>
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)<br><br>
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