BioMed Central's 5th Annual Research Awards, and the winners are...

"The winners of our [BioMed Central's] 5th Annual Research Awards were announced last night at ZSL London Zoo, Regent’s Park, London, UK. Celebrating the very best research that has been made available by open access publishing, more than 120 guests attended the prestigious ceremony including leading researchers, shortlisted authors and science journalists from around the world. The winners were selected from 214 BioMed Central journals which published more than 17,000 peer-reviewed open access articles over the last 12 months...." Biology Award, Roberto Danovaro, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy; Medicine Award, Christina Jones, University of Liverpool, UK; Open Data Award, Tommi Nyman, University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Case Report of the Year, Michael J Keogh, Lincoln County Hospital, UK; Editor of the Year, Jean Louis Vincent, Critical Care; Open Access Advocate of the Year, Andrew Waller, Open Access Librarian, University of Calgary.