Breaking down walls
Fuel ethanol in the US is most widely used as an E10 gasoline blend (10% ethanol) and the supply chain from existing corn ethanol plants, currently outstrips… Read more »
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.
Latest posts by Helen Whitaker (see all)
- Biotechnology for a bio-based economy - 5th June 2019
- Sustainable energy at the American Chemical Society Spring meeting - 11th April 2018
- Biotechnology for Biofuels – Special Issue on Life Cycle Analysis - 17th May 2017
Political push for green energy
Today sees the announcement of a UK pledge to cut carbon emissions to 50% of 1990 levels by 2025. Prime Minister, David Cameron, over-ruled the economic… Read more »
Celebrate National Robotics Week
National Robotics Week (April 9-17) is a celebration of the science and technology behind automatons, unmanned vehicles and all things robotic. Across the… Read more »
Journal of Nanobiotechnology – tracked by Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters have accepted Journal of Nanobiotechnology, the first fully open access journal in this burgeoning research area, for Impact Factor tracking.… Read more »
Daphnia genome sequence complete
Genomics charts new territory today – your nearest pond – with the publication of the water-flea (Daphnia pulex) genome sequence in Science. Intriguingly,… Read more »
Cell Division to receive first Impact factor in June 2011
Launched in 2006, Cell Division is now accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters and the first official Impact Factor for the journal will be announced next… Read more »
Tony Pawson awarded Signal Transduction Society medal
The Signal Transduction Society (STS) held their 14th annual meeting in Wiemar, Germany, last week. A major highlight was the award of the STS medal to… Read more »
Boom or Bust for Biofuels Research?
A recent special section of Science is devoted to the discussion of alternative energy and its technical and economic challenges (content requires subscription… Read more »
Journal of Molecular Signaling welcomes new co-Editor-in-Chief
Yung Hou Wong, Head of the Section of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Division of Life Science, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has… Read more »