Faculty of 1000 to launch in October 2001

[Gordon Fletcher <Gordon@biomedcentral.com>]

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Press Release: 25th June 2001

Faculty of 1000 - Highlighting Quality Scientific Research

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With thousands of research papers being published every week, there is a
growing need for a research tool that can authoritatively organize and
evaluate the essential information within the mass of life science
literature. A new product being developed by Biology Reports Ltd, part of
the Current Science Group, aims to throw a lifeline to scientists drowning
in a sea of research literature.

Faculty of 1000 is a revolutionary new online service that will
systematically highlight the most interesting papers published in the life
sciences based on the recommendations of over 1000 selected leading
scientists - the end-product is a rapid online service, run by scientists,
that provides a consensus view of important papers and trends across
biology.

Faculty of 1000 will offer researchers a qualitative and concise
evaluation tool that will keep them fully up to date with all developments
within their research areas, and, perhaps more importantly, an insiders'
guide to neighboring areas of interest.

Set to launch in October 2001 with several thousand article
recommendations and updated continuously, Faculty of 1000 divides the
entire field of biology into 16 faculties (or subject areas), each of
which is subdivided into approximately 10 sections run by 2-4 scientists
of international repute. Users will be able to customize the service to
their interests and opt for weekly (or monthly) updates by email.

Faculty of 1000 is the newest brainchild of Vitek Tracz, Chairman of the
Current Science Group, creator of the Current Opinion series, Current
Biology, BioMedNet (HMS Beagle), and the new online site BioMed Central.

As Tony Pawson, Professor of Molecular and Developmental Biology,
University of Toronto, Canada, says: "I visited the (demonstration) web
site, and got immediately excited. This is just what we need."

Faculty of 1000 is a must for all those working within the life sciences
and will be an invaluable research tool. It will be available online with
an intuitive, highly developed web interface and will have direct links to
PubMed. Online subscriptions will be available to individuals, labs and
institutions.

Faculty of 1000 is a new online service produced by Biology Reports Ltd
and will be available through BioMed Central Ltd (www.biomedcentral.com).

For further information about Faculty of 1000, go
to http://www.facultyof1000.com/info
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