To ensure you receive F1000 emails, add [email protected] to your safelist. ----------------------------------------------------- Faculty of 1000 | http://f1000.com Monthly Update | May 2015 ----------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F1000 launches F1000Workspace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today we're announcing the launch of F1000Workspace [ http://f1000.com/work ], our new platform for scientists to collect, write & discuss scientific literature. All F1000Prime subscribers have full access to F1000Workspace. You'll also get a credit to publish a free 'short paper' (1,000 words or less) with F1000Research [ http://f1000research.com/ ]. 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[ http://f1000.com/prime/725431925?key=0dbNfhBe9LejslL ] For scientists to generate useful, genuinely new insights, they need space for reflection and informal activities so they can re-learn to think intuitively and with reasoning. Scheffer M, Bascompte J, Bjordam T et al. Ecology and Society. 2015; 20:3 7 * Good news on drug allergies [ http://f1000.com/prime/725281360?key=kkZKcJBdBZzei12 ] A team using a mouse model to study mast cell activation identifies a potential therapeutic target to reduce drug-induced adverse reactions. McNeil BD, Pundir P, Meeker S et al. Nature. 2015; 519:237-41 6 * Natural genetic modifications [ http://f1000.com/prime/725444707?key=fWJkPeJ3BqkHZKW ] If you have a weakness for sweet potato fries, you'll have eaten a genetically modified organism and not known it. The sweet potato is a natural transgenic food crop. Kyndt T, Quispe D, Zhai H et al. 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