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Open Knowledge Foundation launches Panton Fellowships
The Open Knowledge Foundation has announced the launch of the Panton Fellowships. These will be awarded to scientists who actively promote open data in science, and who endorse the Panton Principles for making scientific data open.
The Panton Principles are a set of recommendations that address how best to make published data from scientific studies available for re-use, following the belief that “open data means better science”. The first draft of the Panton Principles was written in July 2009 by Peter Murray-Rust (part of the Journal of Cheminformatics Editorial Board), Cameron Neylon, Rufus Pollock and John Wilbanks, and was officially adopted in February 2010. The lack of a definition of 'open' was identified by the Blue Obelisk movement as a considerable stumbling block in advocating the release of scientific data as 'open data' but the launch of the Panton Principles provided a major step forward.
Panton Fellows will receive £8000 per annum to promote the concept of open data in science, and will be encouraged to explore practical solutions for making data open, facilitate discussions about the value of openness, and catalyse the open community.
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Journal of Cheminformatics accepted for Impact Factor tracking
We are pleased to announce that Journal of Cheminformatics has been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters and is expected to receive its first Impact Factor later this year.
This development comes after an exciting year in which the journal published its first thematic series of papers covering PubChem3D, RDF Technologies in Chemistry, and the Visions of a Semantic Molecular Future symposium, along with high profile articles on important cheminformatics tools, such as Open Babel and CDK-Taverna.
The journal’s standing in its field can be seen in the 2011 SCImago Journal Rank, which places it 4th out of 194 journals in the computer science applications category. Now that it has been accepted for Impact Factor tracking, we look forward to seeing even more growth and development over the coming years and we would like to thank our editors, authors and reviewers for their help in establishing Journal of Cheminformatics as a leading open access publication.
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Chemistry of Ageing: New thematic series for Chemistry Central Journal
We are pleased to announce a new thematic series for Chemistry Central Journal covering the Chemistry of Ageing.
Gerontology has traditionally been dominated by biological research groups. In recent years, the potential impact of chemical analysis and small molecule interventions has become widely recognised, and there are now a growing number of chemists undertaking ageing research. Research into ageing spans the full range chemistry. Advanced analytical and physical techniques are being used to observe age-related changes in living organisms. Equally, novel synthetic and medicinal chemistry is generating small molecule tools for the dissection of complex biological pathways, as well as potential life- and health-span extending therapeutics.
This thematic series, edited by Elizabeth Ostler from the University of Brighton, will cover:
- Glycation, oxidative stress and other degenerative processes
- Cellular senescence; mechanistic dissection and interventions
- Telomerase inhibitors and activators
- Small molecules with life-extending activity such as resveratrol and rapamycin
- Novel methods for mining complex cohort and life-course data
The first article in the series has already been published. In this study, Mark Bagley and colleagues at Cardiff University synthesised two diaminopyridine-based JNK inhibitors, and tested their effects on the proliferation and morphology of Werner syndrome fibroblasts in comparison to the widely used JNK inhibitor SP600125.
We welcome your contributions to this thematic series, and if you are interested in submitting a paper then please feel free to contact us for further information.
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Most accessed articles in December
Take a look at our ten most accessed papers for December.
The most popular article last month was published in Journal of Cheminformatics and covers new developments in the CDK-Taverna project. The CDK-Taverna project aims at building a free open-source cheminformatics pipelining solution through a combination of different open-source projects, and it recently migrated to the most up-to-date versions of its foundational software libraries with a complete re-engineering of its worker's architecture.
The most popular Chemistry Central Journal article last month was a study into the role of various forms of resveratrol in cancer proliferation. Resveratrol is a component of red wine that has been associated with various health benefits, and this paper compared the anti-proliferative effects of three isomers of resveratrol.
And the first publication reporting the features, implementation and validation of the open source toolkit Open Babel also continues to be very popular. 
1. New developments on the cheminformatics open workflow environment CDK-Taverna
Andreas Truszkowski, Kalai Vanii Jayaseelan, Stefan Neumann, et al.
Journal of Cheminformatics 2011, 3:54 (13 December 2011)
2. Trans-, cis-, and dihydro-resveratrol: a comparative study
Natalia YU. Anisimova, Mikhail V. Kiselevsky, et al.
Chemistry Central Journal 2011, 5:88 (20 December 2011)
3. Open Babel: An open chemical toolbox
Noel M O'Boyle, Michael Banck, Craig A James, et al.
Journal of Cheminformatics 2011, 3:33 (7 October 2011)
4. MyChemise: A 2D drawing program that uses morphing for visualisation purposes
Jorg-Hubertus Wilhelm
Journal of Cheminformatics 2011, 3:53 (12 December 2011)
5. Cacao seeds are a "Super Fruit": A comparative analysis of various fruit powders and products
Stephen J Crozier, Amy G Preston, Jeffrey W Hurst, et al.
Chemistry Central Journal 2011, 5:5 (7 February 2011)
6. Different extraction methods of biologically active components from propolis: a preliminary study
Boryana Trusheva, Dorina Trunkova, Vassya Bankova
Chemistry Central Journal 2007, 1:13 (7 June 2007)
7. Molecular structure input on the web
Peter Ertl
Journal of Cheminformatics 2010, 2:1 (2 February 2010)
8. A highly efficient green synthesis of 1, 8-dioxo-octahydroxanthenes
Andivelu Ilangovan, Subramani Malayappasamy, Samraj Muralidharan, Sundaram Maruthamuthu
Chemistry Central Journal 2011, 5:81 (8 December 2011)
9. Development of validated stability-indicating chromatographic method for the determination of fexofenadine hydrochloride and its related impurities in pharmaceutical tablets
Hadir M Maher, Maha A Sultan, Ileana V Olah
Chemistry Central Journal 2011, 5:76 (3 December 2011)
10. Polyphosphates as a source of enhanced P fluxes in marine sediments overlain by anoxic waters: Evidence from 31P NMR
Poulomi Sannigrahi, Ellery Ingall
Geochemical Transactions 2005, 6:52 (22 June 2005)
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