Highlights of ISPN on Its 20th Anniversary

CyanoBase: a large-scale update on its 20th anniversary

The first ever cyanobacterial genome sequence was determined two decades ago and CyanoBase (http://genome.microbedb.jp/cyanobase), the first database for cyanobacteria was simultaneously developed to allow this genomic information to be used more efficiently. Since then, CyanoBase has constantly been extended and has received several updates. Here, we describe a new large-scale update of the da...

Comment on “Ahead of Its Time? Reflecting on New Zealand’s Pharmac Following its 20th Anniversary”

We appreciated Robin Gauld’s assessment of PHARMAC’s role in New Zealand’s medicines funding, published in PharmacoEconomics [1]. The article [1] reflects PHARMAC’s (New Zealand’s Pharmaceutical Management Agency) attempts to achieve in New Zealand the best health outcomes from pharmaceuticals within available funding [2–4]. We would like, however, to clarify a common and easily made assumption...

Celebrating our 20th digital anniversary.

In 1997, 6 years after the World Wide Web became accessible to the public, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences launched its website, heralding our entry into the Internet age and the expeditious dissemination of our scientific content worldwide (see Infographic). Toward the end of the last millennium, we redesigned the website to improve user experience and rebranded the journal...

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences comes of age on the 20th anniversary of publication

10th Anniversary Highlights