[]{style=“font-family: "calibri";”} I attended the UCL Neuroscience Symposium on Friday, an event showcasing work being carried out by scientists at UCL and its partners in to all areas of Neuroscience – from Developmental Neuroscience to Disorders of the Nervous System, and a lot in between!

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[ ]{style=“font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} []{style=“font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} [There is a new prototype tool available for browsing on Europe PMC labs: Acromine. Developed and hosted by the National Centre for Textmining, University of Manchester, Acromine suggests expansions of acronyms and presents articles specific to those expansions.

The Wellcome Trust has joined with the Public Library of Science and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) to recognise the use of scientific research, published through open access, that has led to innovations in any field that benefit society.This new, innovative programme recognises individuals who have used, applied or remixed scientific research – published through open access to innovate and

On May 1st 2013 Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) became the newest member of the Europe PMC Funders’ Group, and we’re delighted to have them on board. YCR fund cancer research that is carried out by world-class scientists and clinicians across Yorkshire, and provide information to help local people beat cancer.

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[[By Claire Sand, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London]{style=“color: #5a595e; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";”}]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} [The Access to Understanding competition had instant appeal for me because it seemed to combine my two greatest interests – science and writing.

Earlier this month HEFCE invited advice on developing their open access policy in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). Both EMBL-EBI, who run the Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) service, and the UK members of the Europe PMC Funders’ Group, strongly support HEFCE’s movement towards requiring that all outputs submitted to the post-2014 REF are published open access.

[By ]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”}[Emma Pewsey, Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge.]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} [I’m a relative newcomer to biosciences – at school, physics and chemistry were more my thing. However, starting a PhD on the corrosion of metal implants in the human body meant I needed to brush up on my biology.

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[We were delighted to announce the winners of the Access to Understanding science-writing competition at an awards ceremony held last night (11 March) at The British Library in London.]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”} []{style=“font-family: "arial";”} [Entrants to the ]{style=“font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;”}[competition were challenged to summarise a