| Title | | 1 |
| Editorial | | 3 |
| Content | | 4 |
| Humour | Paul the Postdoc | 6 |
| News | "Evolutionary biologists fired / Austrian research budget / Diversity of the oral microbiome
" | 6 |
| Opinion | "Research letter from ... Sweden: Water Bears in Space
" | 10 |
| Opinion | Observations of The Owl (16): No Plans in the Pipeline | 12 |
| Analysis | Plagiarism: A case of stealing figures from a presentation and including them in a paper | 14 |
| Analysis | "Evolutionary medicine: Evolutionary mechanisms in human diseases are still widely neglected by medical doctors
" | 18 |
| Analysis | "Military-funded science: Chris Langley, Research Officer of Scientists for Global Responsibility, talks about the funding
of university research by government ministries of defence and military companies2009)" | 22 |
| Humour | One fine day in the lab (12): Go get them, Tiger! | 27 |
| Analysis | Humour in science: How many ‘jokes’ in scientific literature are still accepted as genuine research observations? | 28 |
| Journal Club | Lund/Sweden Morphogenic gradients in Drosophila embryonic development | 30 |
| Journal Club | Rome/Italy Transcription control and cancer | 32 |
| Journal Club | London/UK Hormone-induced mutations in cancer | 34 |
| Publication Statistics | Cardiovascular and circulation research in Europe | 36 |
| Publication Statistics | Don’t be misled by citation figures! (15): Tainted Trust | 39 |
| Analysis | Career strategies for young European scientists (XV): Funding opportunities in Sweden | 40 |
| Biobiz | News | 46 |
| Biobiz | Pfizer and MSD rock the pharmaceutical world with multi-billion mergers | 49 |
| Biobiz | "Close-up: The cleaning agents - Remedios of Aberdeen offers environmental services, such as the cleansing of
contaminated land. Lab Times talked to the company’s Technical Director, Graeme Paton" | 50 |
| Biobiz | Opinion: The Bizarre World of Healthcare (8): Morbus Merger | 53 |
| Methods | Bench philosophy (17): Information portal OpenWetWare | 54 |
| Products | New products | 56 |
| Methods | Tips and tricks of the trade: Soft-boiled yeasts | 57 |
| Products | Survey: 2D-Electrophoresis | 58 |
| Books | "Evolution in Health and Disease, by S. Stearns and J. Koella (reviewed by Karin Hollricher)
" | 62 |
| Humour | Cartoon: Superdoc (10) | 70 |
