#BlackBirdersWeek took place across social media platforms last week as an initiative by a group of Black scientists to celebrate Black birders, and affirm the rights of Black naturalists to be in nature without having to face racism. The inaugural event was founded...
World Penguin Day: Dr. Dee Boersma shares her knowledge (from 50 years of research) and love of penguins with us!
Today is World Penguin Day, an educative initiative that encourages people to learn more about penguins, their environment, and how important they are to the ecosystem. The celebratory day also coincides with the annual northern migration of Adelie penguins. An...
Roundup of 2019 PeerJ Award winners!
2019 PeerJ Award Winners From Best Poster to Best Presentation, PeerJ Awards were won by students and early career researchers exhibiting rigorous scientific effort throughout 2019. The PeerJ Awards were offered at conferences and workshops around the globe in fields...
Caio Ferraz Cruz, PeerJ Award winner at Brazilian Biomechanics congress, discusses his Parkinson’s disease research and future plans
PeerJ homepage About PeerJ Submit your article PeerJ congratulates Caio Ferraz Cruz, winner of the PeerJ Award for Best Oral Presentation at the 18th Congress of Brazilian Biomechanics. The Congress was held May 1-4, 2019 in Manaus, Brazil. Caio presented results...
PeerJ Award winner, Vanessa Nascimento, discusses supramolecular chemistry, new drug treatments and challenges
PeerJ homepage About PeerJ Submit your article We are pleased to congratulate Vanessa Nascimento, winner of the PeerJ Award for Best Oral Presentation at the 8th Workshop of the International Scientific Network Selenium Sulfur Redox & Catalysis (WSeS-8). This...
Richard Howard, PeerJ Award winner at ProgPal, discusses his research on Ecdysozoans, evolution and biodiversity
PeerJ homepage About PeerJ Submit your article Well deserved congratulations go to Richard Howard, winner of the PeerJ Award for Best Talk at Progressive Palaeontology. ProgPal is an annual conference for postgraduate research students who wish to present their...
PeerJ Award winner, Serguei Rico-Esenaro, aims to contribute to coral reef conservation
Congratulations to Serguei Rico-Esenaro, winner of the PeerJ Award for Best Contribution at the 10th Mexican Coral Reef Congress. Organized by University of Colima and Mexican Society of Coral Reefs (SOMAC), the Congress was held April 2-5, 2019 in Manzanillo, Colima,...
PeerJ Award winner, Danielle Quallich, describes her zebrafish lab research and its potential human applications
Congratulations go to Danielle Quallich, winner of the PeerJ Award for Best Overall Presentation at the inaugural Ohio Zebrafish Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference was held at Ashland University on March 23, 2019. She presented her current research that...
PeerJ Award winner Delphine Angst from French Paleontological Association meeting shares about fossils and giant extinct birds
Congratulations go to Delphine Angst, winner of the PeerJ Award for Best Oral Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association Paléontologique Française. The meeting was held last month in Aix-en-Provence, France. Her presentation was on the jaw of a giant bird...
Interview with Timothy Jenkins, PeerJ Award winner from Wellcome Genome Campus microbiome conference
Well deserved congratulations go to Timothy Jenkins, winner of the PeerJ Award for Best Short Talk at Exploring Human Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease. This Wellcome Genome Campus human microbiome conference was held in December 2018 near Cambridge,...