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25 May 2012

RSC chief welcomes BBSRC investment in UK bioscience The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Chief Executive Dr Robert Parker has welcomed the announcement of £250 million allocation by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as the first phase of a five year strategic investment programmes. The BBSRC investment includes 26 strategic science programmes and 14 key national research capabilities, to be delivered by eight of the UK's world-leading bioscience research institutes and their university partners. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UCSF clears policy to make research papers freely accessible to public The University of California, San Francisco is to make electronic versions of current and future scientific articles freely available to the public. This makes UCSF the largest scientific institution in the US to adopt an OA policy and among the first public universities to do so. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thieme releases Thieme Bookshelf app STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group has released Thieme Bookshelf, the free companion app to Thieme's English language E-Book Store (ebookstore.thieme.com). The E-Book Store allows customers to choose from among hundreds of e-books offering the latest medical content. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Institute of Physics appoints Prof. Paul Hardaker as new Chief Executive The Institute of Physics (IOP) has announced the appointment of Prof. Paul Hardaker as the new Chief Executive. Prof. Hardaker will take over as CEO of IOP from Dr Robert Kirby-Harris, who retires on June 12. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Association for Computing Machinery elects Vinton G. Cerf as president The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the election of Vinton G. Cerf as president for a two-year term, beginning July 1. Prior to his election as ACM president, Cerf was a member-at-large on the ACM Council. Cerf, who is Chief Internet Evangelist at Google Inc., said his vision as president is to take advantage of the global networking infrastructure to invite open dialog with ACM's worldwide membership. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Future Medicine launches new journal - Breast Cancer Management Future Medicine Ltd., part of Future Science Group, has announced a further addition to its journal portfolio with the launch of a new bimonthly title, Breast Cancer Management. The journal seeks to provide a rapid-publication platform for debate and the presentation of new findings in the field of breast cancer treatment. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme National Comprehensive Cancer Network launches new online resource for the Chinese oncology community The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has launched NCCNChina.org.cn, an online resource for the Chinese oncology community. Designed by the Charlesworth Group, NCCNChina.org.cn currently features the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) - China Editions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Accelrys launches trial of Contur ELN with UK university scientists Accelrys has announced that it is enabling up to 400 scientists at 16 UK universities to evaluate the Contur Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN). Projected as a low-cost, easy-to-deploy and use ELN, the tool is offered by Accelrys' Contur Software subsidiary. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BA Insight ties up with MuseGlobal to expand offerings via TotalView Applications BA Insight has partnered with MuseGlobal to expand the number of content sources it can integrate into its TotalView Applications. MuseGlobal's library of connectors to "beyond the firewall' content sources will now be added to BA Insight's existing library of connectors to over 40+ enterprise systems. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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