The Swiss Physical Society celebrates its 100th Anniversary

The 100th Anniversary of the Russian Pavlov Physiological Society.

The first All-Russian Congress of Physiologists was held in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), Russia in April 1917 at the Medical Institute for Women (11). Ivan Pavlov was the chairman of the organizing committee for this first “Sechenov Physiological Congress,” but he was unable to attend because of a fractured hip sustained in a fall on December 27, 1916 (7). Nevertheless, Pavlov wrote an address...

Journal of Biology celebrates its fifth anniversary

Five years ago this month, Journal of Biology was launched under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Martin Raff and Editor Theodora Bloom as the premier biology journal of the open access publisher BioMed Central, the publisher of Genome Biology and the BMC series of journals. As we celebrate Journal of Biology’s birthday, we take this opportunity to reflect on the first five years during which th...

BMC Medicine celebrates its 5th anniversary

In November 2008, BMC Medicine passed the landmark of its first 5 years of publishing. When we launched the journal with the aim of publishing high quality research of general interest and special importance, we had no idea what the future would bring. To mark the occasion of our 5th anniversary, we consider the achievements of the last 5 years and discuss our plans for the future. Editorial BM...

[The Latin American Journal of Nursing celebrates its 15th anniversary].

Computer Celebrates NASA's 50th Anniversary

E stablished in October 1958, NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary. A significant fraction of Computer’s readers are old enough to remember the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. We have witnessed the space shuttle era and the building of the International Space Station and have watched with keen interest the results of unmanned missions...