| Title | | 1 |
| Editorial | | 3 |
| Content | | 4 |
| Humour | Paul the Postdoc | 6 |
| News | News | 6 |
| Opinion | Observations of The Owl (10): Lost in the Middle | 16 |
| Analysis | Open Access and Peer Review/Richard Smith (PLoS), about open access publishing and criticizes traditional peer review | 18 |
| Humour | One fine day in the lab (6): DNA damage | 20 |
| Analysis | French research reform (II)/Sarkozy and his 'Law on Universities' | 22 |
| Humour | Incredible Science (10): Ice-cold Penis Bones | 25 |
| Analysis | Troublesome lab reagents/A real tale of woe about working with sub-standard lab supplies | 26 |
| Journal Club | Utrecht/Netherlands Colon stem cells | 28 |
| Journal Club | Stockholm/Sweden Topology of membrane proteins | 30 |
| Journal Club | Norwich/UK Plant-environment interactions | 32 |
| Analysis | Career strategies for young European scientists (X: National programmes open to anyone: Austrian Euros | 34 |
| Publication Statistics | Physiology in Europe | 38 |
| Publication Statistics | Don't be misled by citation figures! (10): Good Old Pals | 41 |
| Biobiz | Novartis opens a non-profit vaccine research institute in Siena, Italy | 42 |
| Biobiz | News | 44 |
| Biobiz | The Bizarre World of Health Care (6): Clone Your Pet! | 45 |
| Biobiz | News | 46 |
| Methods | Bench philosophy (11): Writing a short biography | 50 |
| Methods | Tips and tricks of the trade: 10 golden rules for creating good scientific websites | 52 |
| Products | Product Survey : Plasticware: The age of plastic labware | 54 |
| Product Survey | New products | 59 |
| Books | Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates: Theory and Human Use. By Victor R. Alekseev et al. | 60 |
| Books | Biotechnology for Beginners. By Reinhard Renneberg. | 61 |
| Humour | Cartoon: Superdoc (4) | 66 |
