Some people get very exercised by accession numbers – the unique identifiers associated with genes and proteins. When publishing results in a paper it’s accepted, and indeed rightly mandated by scientific publishers, that all associated accession numbers should be declared, … Continue reading →

Article peer review is an important part of our role as scientists, provided free of charge to scientific publishers, and a necessary (though not infallible) quality control on the published record. Clearly, the vast majority of editors and pubishers appreciate … Continue reading →

We’ve always needed to be able to justify our chosen area of research, and this is particularly the case in current times when funding is so hard to come by. This question is also pertinent given the recent successes achieved … Continue reading →