| Title | | 1 |
| Editorial | | 3 |
| Content | | 4 |
| Humour | Paul the Postdoc | 6 |
| News | Financial crisis and UK universities, ... | 6 |
| Opinion | "Observations of The Owl (14): Paper Heroes
" | 14 |
| Opinion | Research Letter from... England: To Smile Or Not To Smile | 16 |
| Analysis | Open access publishing - Becoming The Norm? | 18 |
| Analysis | Web 2.0 for science - A Conversation with Victor Henning (UK) | 24 |
| Analysis | Life science in Spain | 28 |
| Journal Club | Santiago de Compostela/Spain Origin of introns | 32 |
| Journal Club | Ljubljana/Slovenia Metal tolerance in plants | 34 |
| Journal Club | Belfast/Northern Ireland Cellular radiation effects | 36 |
| Humour | One fine day in the lab (10): Publication kit | 37 |
| Publication Statistics | Toxicology in Europe | 38 |
| Publication Statistics | Don’t be misled by citation figures! (14): Tricky Transcriptons | 41 |
| Analysis | Career strategies for young European scientists (XIV) | 42 |
| Biobiz | News | 46 |
| Biobiz | Close-up: Medical engineering on the shores of Lake Como | 50 |
| Biobiz | A selection of upcoming biotech and medical engineering companies in Lombardy (Italy) | 52 |
| Methods | Tips and tricks of the trade: Coomassie staining without alcohol and acetic acid | 53 |
| Methods | Bench philosophy (15): Visualisation of experiments – Put your Paper onto Video | 54 |
| Products | "Product Survey
Cell signalling assays – Uncovering Cell Relay Runners
" | 56 |
| Products | New products | 62 |
| Books | Fruit. By Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler | 63 |
| Books | "Three great 2009 calendars for life scientists and nature lovers
" | 64 |
| Humour | Cartoon: Superdoc (8) | 74 |
