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EDP Sciences wishes to warmly congratulate Pierrick Massiot and Hubert Mahiu, the winners of this 2015 edition.
After quivering with them during several days, we are now sharing their joy. It is with great pleasure and pride that we supported their team, during this humanitarian and sporting adventure.
We wish Pierrick Massiot and Hubert Mahiu all the best, and once again: congratulations!
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 was awarded jointly to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells: each of the laureates has respectively elucidated a key point of the machinery regulating vesicle traffic.
Biologie Aujourd’hui will publish in its forthcoming issue a French version of the three 2013 Nobel Conferences (Cell Biology), that these researchers presented during the 2014 Claude Bernard Day. The topics are the following:
- The principle of membrane fusion in the cell, James Edward Rothman
- The genes and proteins that control the secretion pathway, Randy W. Schekman
- The molecular machinery of neurotransmitter secretion, Thomas C. Südhof
For further information, click on the Nobel Foundation’s website, Nobelprize.org and on the Société de Biologie’s website, http://www.societedebiologie.com
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EDP Sciences will be attending the UKSG 38th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Glasgow,
30 March-1 April 2015 – booth #65.
Anne Simoneau (Director of Sales and Marketing) and Nathalie Clément (Subscriptions services Manager), will be present, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make an appointment to discuss EDP Sciences publications and the services we can provide for our partners.
Come and see us!
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This year EDP Sciences wished to give financial support the team of 2 students from ECP, Hubert MAHIU and Pierrick MASSIOT and give materials to children for the humanitarian association « Enfants du désert ».
The Raid 4L Trophy is a true humanitarian and sporting adventure for students between 18 and 28 years old. The competition is based on orientation not speed. In this competition success is making it to the finish line. In getting there participants discover the real meaning of helping one another.
In addition to their lust for wide open spaces, the teams transport classroom materials in their 4Ls to be given to the poorest children in Morocco. Solidarity is deeply ingrained in the DNA of the 4L Trophy, this is shown by the emotion experienced each year by participants during the ceremony to handover donations organised in partnership with "Enfants du désert", this is one of the high points of the adventure.
Do not hesitate to follow their adventure at www.4ltrophy.com or on Facebook
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Medicine/Sciences invites you to celebrate this event
March 12, 2015 at the Institut Pasteur (Auditorium CIS - 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris)
Free and required registration (limited places)
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In this New Year we are pleased to congratulate François Paquet for his nomination as editor-in-chief for Radioprotection.
François Paquet, who replaces Henri Métivier, is an expert in different fields. A Project manager for scientific programs and strategy at the French Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), he is also a professor at the National Institute of Nuclear Sciences and vice-chairman for the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).
We especially would like to thank Henri Métivier for his commitment and hard work throughout these last years.
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Our new Open Access journal SICOT-J published on behalf of the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) has now launched. To learn more, or to submit your article visit www.sicot-j.org.
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Paris, France – May 27th, 2014. EDP Open, the Open Access publishing arm of EDP Sciences, has today released the results of a survey to appraise attitudes toward Open Access amongst learned society publishers.
The survey was answered by 33 learned societies and the results were further supplemented by a focus group held at the annual UKSG meeting in Harrogate in April.
Key findings include:
- Learned societies overwhelmingly agree that Open Access will inevitably place some learned societies’ journals into financial jeopardy.
- Competing with large Open Access specialist publishers was also considered a significant challenge for learned societies.
- Gold Open Access is the Open Access method that is least offered by learned society journals, however nearly two-thirds of learned societies indicated that they would like to be offering this option.
- More than ever before, with so many journals being published Open Access of dubious origin, learned societies should look to endorse content with a stamp of quality and authority.
- Collaboration between learned societies could help in the transition to Open Access, by pooling resources and sharing complex tasks.
- Two-thirds of all learned societies are also looking for support on best approach to OA, and compliance with funder mandates.
“We wanted to undertake this research to help us more fully understand learned society attitudes toward Open Access,” said Jean-Marc Quilbé, President of EDP Sciences. “As a learned society-owned publisher ourselves, we face many of the same issues. This is why we have launched EDP Open, as a vehicle through which learned societies can collaborate and share resources and develop opportunities that are unique to them and their communities.”
Although the survey results reveal concerns amongst learned societies relating to their traditional activities and revenue streams, there was also enthusiasm for the potential of Open Access to increase dissemination of research information, particularly to poor and developing countries. Learned societies also felt there was a strong opportunity for increasing inter-disciplinary access to research information and for the acceleration of research impact.
“Open Access is here to stay,” continued J.-M. Quilbé. “We believe it’s critical that learned societies don’t get left behind as bigger, well-resourced publishers continue to launch new Open Access titles. It is our intention that EDP Open will help level the playing field by providing services to learned societies to help them compete effectively and maintain their valuable role of providing authoritative content to their communities and beyond.”
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About EDP Sciences and EDP Open
EDP Sciences is a not-for-profit publisher, established in 1920, belonging to learned societies with a mission to participate in the dissemination of important research that accelerates scientific progress and cross-fertilisation of ideas of the society in general. EDP Open (www.edp-open.org) is the Open Access arm of EDP Sciences. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London and publishes over 55 scientific journals in the physical sciences, mathematics, life and environmental sciences, energy, materials and engineering, health and biomedical sciences. It also publishes 20 professional magazines, conference proceedings (www.webofconferences.org) and books.
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Paris, France, February 4th 2014 – EDP Sciences, a learned - society owned publisher – has announced the launch of EDP Open – a new Open Access imprint.
EDP Sciences has almost a century’s experience of publishing high quality, international journals, magazines, books and websites. Today, EDP partners with prestigious societies, publishers and prominent academics.
Open Access represents a significant shift in the journals publishing landscape, creating both opportunities and threats for societies and other specialist publishers. EDP Sciences has extensive experience of both converting subscription journals to Open Access, and launching Open Access titles. EDP Open becomes their new platform for Gold Open Access publishing.
“We have an active Open Access programme,” said Jean-Marc Quilbé, President of EDP Sciences. “We’ve worked with a range of societies and publishers to advise them on their best response to Open Access trends and policies. For some of our partners, this has been to convert their journal to full Open Access; for others, a hybrid approach has been more appropriate. Increasingly now we’re being asked to support the launch of new Gold Open Access journals, and EDP Open is our response to this.”
EDP Open provides access to more than 70,000 Open Access scientific articles from across all EDP Sciences’ journals and also hundreds of conference proceedings. EDP Open has also launched two new Gold Open Access journals: Manufacturing Review – a forum for presenting the latest advances, developments and applications of manufacturing engineering, technology and applied sciences; and also EPJ Applied Metamaterials – a platform for multidisciplinary researchers to exchange information on metamaterials with a focus on high impact engineering applications.
“At EDP we believe Open Access holds many opportunities for society publishers,” continued Quilbé. “Of course, we’re aware that the threat to establis hed income sources need managing too. We don’t dictate a specific approach, but we do feel it’s important for societies to explore their options and begin to integrate Open Access into their activities. We help them do just that. There can be little doubt that Open Access is here to stay.”
About EDP Sciences and EDP Open
EDP Sciences is a not-for-profit publisher, established in 1920, belonging to learned societies with a mission to participate in the dissemination of important research that accelerates scientific progress and cross-fertilisation of ideas of the society in general. EDP Open is the Open Access arm of EDP Sciences. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London and publishes over 55 scientific journals in the physical sciences, mathematics, life and environmental sciences, energy, materials and engineering, health and biomedical sciences. It also publishes 20 professional magazines, conference proceedings (www.webofconferences.org) and books.