Dihydroceramides: From Bit Players to Lead Actors

An interesting article has been published on The Journal of Biological Chemistry  by Dr. Monowarul Mobin Siddique of School of Biosciences. The details can be accessed here

Published research on Natural Products

Recent findings on detailed structure elucidation and biological activity of six new indole alkaloids and two new vobasinyl-iboga bisindole alkaloids, in addition to other known alkaloids isolated from the stem-bark extract of the Malayan Tabernaemontana corymbosa have been published on Journal of Natural Products by Dr. Lim Kuan-Hon of School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, …

Brain imaging and machine learning to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury

“In this work, we are developing novel diagnostic methods for mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) using brain imaging (e.g., electroencephalography) and machine learning (e.g., support vector machines) techniques to supplement and enhance traditional approaches”, Dr. Jason Satel of School of Psychology explained, the outcomes have been published on relevant international journals. Sculthorpe-Petley, L., Liu, C., Hajra, …

Exciting new publications

Veronica Alicia Yap, Bi-Juin Loong, Kang-Nee Ting, Sandy Hwei-San Loh, Kien-Thai Yong, Yun-Yee Low, Toh-Seok Kam, Kuan-Hon Lim (January 2015). Hispidacine, an unusual 8,4’-oxyneolignan-alkaloid with vasorelaxant activity, and hispiloscine, an antiproliferative phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, from Ficus hispida Linn. Phytochemistry, Volume 109, Pages 96–102. (check it here) The paper describes the detailed structure elucidation and biological activity …

Palgrave Macmillan: Free access through March

Throughout March 2014, Palgrave Macmillan is offering free access to its journals. This is a great opportunity to catch up with articles that you may not normally have access to. In my area, for example, I publish in the Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS) and I don’t think we have an institutional subscription …

University Of Nottingham Lecturer Assigned Associate Editor for Leading Journal

The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology (JHSB), a leading peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality research in the field of horticulture, has recently assigned Dr Asgar Ali from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus as an Associate Editor. Established in 1919, JHSB was the first journal to achieve global circulation and impact in the field …

Free online access to Palgrave Macmillan Journals in April 2013

Palgrave Macmillan journal articles are free of charge during April 2013. I specifically mention the Journal of the Operational Research Society, as I am an Associate Editor of this journal, and it would be good to have more readers! The official announcement from Palgrave is as follows: “From April 1-30, 2013 Palgrave Macmillan is offering …

Royal Society Journals: Free Access until 29th Nov 2012

The Royal Society has made all of its journal’s free access until the 29th Nov 2012. See here for a list of their journals. These journals are very prestigious (for example one of their journals published Watson and Crick’s detailed description of the structure of DNA). As well as reading these journals, they would also …

Free access to Machine Learning until 30th Nov 2012

Springer are offering free access to Machine Learning, one of their flagship journals, till 30th Nov 2012.