A unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants
The lack of a consistent naming convention for histone variants has led to much confusion for histone researchers in recent years, at a time when genome… Read more »
Liz Bal
Liz completed an MSci in Biology at Imperial College London, before joining BioMed Central in 2010. Now, as an Associate Publisher in the Biological Sciences team, she is responsible for the development of a portfolio of neuroscience, biotechnology and cell biology journals.
Latest posts by Liz Bal (see all)
- Why neuroscience needs neuroinformatics: a Q+A with Helena Ledmyr - 15th March 2016
- How can we advance data sharing in dementia research? - 9th October 2015
- Podcast: Understanding the links between sex/gender and autism - 26th May 2015
Latest supplement from Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases has published a supplement of proceedings from the International Meeting on Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune-Albright Syndrome and… Read more »
Winners announced for the 2011 Ming K Jeang Award for Excellence in Cell & Bioscience
Our annual Ming K Jeang Award for Excellence in Cell & Bioscience, established this year, recognizes the excellence of research published in the journal in… Read more »
Add health to life
It is expected that at some point during the 21st century there will be more older people than children in the world. Whilst our life expectancy has improved,… Read more »
Rare Disease Day 2012
Today marks the fifth international Rare Disease Day, an annual event aiming to raise awareness for rare diseases and improve access to treatment and support… Read more »
Weather forecasting models could predict brain tumor growth
Meteorologists predict the weather through complex mathematical models, monitoring changes in state in a given time and space. Today, an innovative study… Read more »
Evolution Day
Today is Evolution Day, marking the anniversary of the first publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859. Darwin’s work is widely… Read more »
Clinical Epigenetics goes open access with BioMed Central
Clinical Epigenetics, the official journal of the Clinical Epigenetics Society, has published its first open access articles today. Led by Professor Ulrich… Read more »
'Feed a cold, starve a tumor' – glucose deprivation as a therapy for TSC-related tumors
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder, caused by mutation in one of the tumor-suppressor genes, TSC1 or TSC2. The condition is… Read more »
New evidence for active DNA transposons in somatic cells
Mobile DNA, or transposable elements, constitutes much of the genome in all organisms. Some elements, retrotransposons, copy themselves in a two-stage process,… Read more »