For screening purposes only

In all the hubbub of attending a meeting last week, I forgot to point out that our August issue has gone live. This issue is jampacked with research, including the elucidation of enzyme endeavors, thiamin taken from treated turf, and Hsp90 and HuR having helpful or highly complicated roles in the cell (there are all your tongue-twisters for the month).

In addition, this issue includes several articles on high throughput screening, which are all free throughout August. In particular, a Commentary by Inglese, Shamu & Guy proposes guidelines for minimal information that should be included when reporting the results of small-molecule screens. For those of you involved in screening, what do you think of these suggestions? Is there anything you would do differently, or anything that’s lacking? Finally, what other fields could benefit from a discussion of publication guidelines?

We’d be very interested to hear any feedback you all have about the issue via posts or email, and about these guidelines in particular. Until then, happy screening!

Catherine (associate editor, Nature Chemical Biology)

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Science on TV and radio this week

Monday

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Graham Norton and the Ethiopian Wolf.

9.00pm Pleistocene Park, Radio 4. An ice-age ecosystem.

Tuesday

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Jack Osboune and the desert elephant.

9.00pm All in the Mind, Radio 4. Computer games as therapeutic tools.

10.35pm Children Fighting Cancer, BBC1

Wednesday

4.30pm All in the Mind, Radio 4. Computer games as therapeutic tools.

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1.

8.30pm Vet Safari, BBC1

9.00pm Rise of Resistance, Radio 4. Mark Porter looks at antimicrobial resistance.

11.00pm Double Science, Radio 4. Comedy about science teachers at a drama college.

Thursday

4.30pm The Material World, Radio 4. Focus on the Amazonian piranha.

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Saira Khan and turtles.

8.30pm Embarrassing Illnesses, Channel 4.

9.00pm Leading Edge, Radio 4. Recent science with Geoff Watts.

Friday

3.00pm Shared Earth, Radio 4. The bumble bee.

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Nick Knowles and orangutans.

7.30pm Built for the Kill: Swamp monsters, FIVE. Documentary about animal adaptations to extreme environments.

8.00pm Nigel Marven’s Anaconda Adventure, FIVE.

8.30pm Saving Planet Live finale, live from Kew BBC1

Saturday

1.00pm Animal Park, BBC1

Sunday

12.00 The Sky at Night, BBC2

12.20 Animal Park, BBC2

8.00pm Coast, BBC2

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