New supplement from BMC Bioinformatics
BMC Bioinformatics has published the proceedings of the Symposium of Computations in Bioinformatics and Bioscience (SCBB07) held in Iowa City, IA, USA on 13-15 August 2007.

Image of the Month for BMC Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology's Image of the Month for May shows Tmem10 is expressed during oligodendrocyte differentiation.

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases tracked by Thomson Reuters
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases was recently accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters. It is included in the ISI Web of Knowledge database and will receive its first Impact Factor this summer.

Launch of PMC Biophysics articles
PhysMath Central recently launched PMC Biophysics. The journal is edited by Huan-Xiang Zhou of Florida State University and covers all areas of biological physics.

Image of the Month for BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Developmental Biology's Image of the Month for May shows Mek 1/2-related defects in zebrafish notochord development.

Abstracts from Breast Cancer Research 2008
Breast Cancer Research has published the abstracts from Breast Cancer Research 2008, held in London, UK on 13 May 2008.

MLA in Chicago, USA 16 - 21 May 2008
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #541.

New supplements from BMC Bioinformatics
Proceedings of the 10th Bio-Ontologies Special Interest Group Workshop 2007. Ten years past and looking to the future. A semantic Web for Bioinformatics: Goals, Tools, Systems, Applications. Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Network Tools and Applications in Biology (NETTAB 2007). Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Languages in Biology and Medicine (LBM) 2007.

Image of the Month for BMC Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology's Image of the Month for April shows multiple immunofluorescence labeling of fixed sections of breast cancer.

Launch of BMC Medical Physics
BMC Medical Physics provides an excellent open access venue to allow physicians and physicists to discuss and disseminate their clinical and technical advances in the field of medical physics.

New Editor-in-Chief for Particle & Fibre Toxicology
Professor Paul Borm has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Particle & Fibre Toxicology. Professor Borm, from Zuyd University, has served as Deputy Editor since the journal's launch in 2004.

Launch of International Archives of Medicine
BioMed Central recently launched International Archives of Medicine – a journal encompassing all aspects of medical science and clinical practice, with a unique relationship with Spanish-language journal Archivos de Medicina.

Biotechnology for Biofuels publishes its first articles
Biotechnology for Biofuels recently published its first articles. The journal will officially launch at the 30th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans in May.

Breast Cancer Research celebrates its 10th anniversary
Breast Cancer Research's Editorial Board members met at the recent AACR Annual Meeting to welcome Dr Lewis Chodosh as the new Editor-in-Chief.

Image of the Month for BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Developmental Biology's Image of the Month for April shows teneurin expression in the chick brain.

Health Care in Burma thematic series published by Conflict and Health
Conflict and Health has recently published a thematic series on Health Care in Burma, edited by Dr. Chris Beyrer.

BioMed Central eMarketing Seminar
BioMed Central is offering a complimentary seminar 'Online and on-message: Going Digital eMarketing Seminar for Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sectors' next month.

Five more journals tracked by Thomson Scientific
Thomson Scientific recently accepted the following journals for tracking: BMC Veterinary Research, Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Frontiers in Zoology, Neural Development and Nutrition Journal.

ECCMID in Barcelona, Spain 19 - 22 April 2008
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #645.

NIH open access policy takes effect
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy now requires all peer-reviewed articles funded by NIH to be deposited in the PubMed Central archive, and to be made freely available within a year of publication.

AACR in San Diego, California 12 - 16 April 2008
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #923.

Image of the Month for BMC Cell Biology
BMC Cell Biology's Image of the Month for March shows confocal image of GFAP expression in cultured glial cells.

Launch of Molecular Cytogenetics
BioMed Central recently announced the launch of Molecular Cytogenetics - an independent journal which encompasses all aspects of chromosome biology and the application of molecular cytogenetic techniques in all areas of biomedicine.

BioMed Central continues its support for open access and the developing world
As part of the Research Awards ceremony, BioMed Central presented Computer Aid with a donation raised from the proceeds of the sale of open access t-shirts.

New supplement
BMC Bioinformatics has published a new supplement from the Italian Society of Bioinformatics (BITS): Annual Meeting 2007. Naples, Italy, 26-28 April 2007. Edited by Graziano Pesole.

Image of the Month for BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Developmental Biology's Image of the Month for March shows differentiation of cholinergic amacrine cells during chick embryonic development.

BioMed Central announces the winners of its annual research awards
The winners of the BioMed Central Research Awards 2007 were revealed recently at a ceremony held at the Royal Society of Medicine.

New supplement
Chemistry Central Journal has published its first supplement: abstracts from the 3rd German Conference on Chemoinformatics: 21. CIC-Workshop held in Goslar, Germany on 11-13 November 2007.

Neural Development and Behavioral and Brain Functions join the NPRC
We are pleased to announce that Neural Development and Behavioral and Brain Functions have joined the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium (NPRC), enabling the more efficient handling of peer review between several neuroscience journals.

University of Bergen considers open access policy
In light of Harvard's recent adoption of an open access policy, Norway's University of Bergen has joined a host of many other institutions considering initiatives to make their research more openly accessible.

New supplement from Critical Care
Critical Care has published the abstracts from 28th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 18–21 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium.