NCBI Webinar Number Two

Hey All!  It’s been awhile (again) since I’ve posted.  Sorry about that.  Who knew how complicated it would be to manage work, life, AND Introduction to Biostatistics?  Yes, I have decided to try to increase my statistical knowledge….  At any rate, we are lucky enough that Dr. Peter Cooper, research scientist at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, is going to do another webinar for us!  Here are the details…

What: NCBI Webinar on Molecular Biology Resources

When: Friday, December 11

Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Where: Taubman Library Classroom (2802 Med Sci II)

What’s Covered: New PubMed, New NCBI website, Discovery Initiative, Overview of databases (OMIM, SNP, BLAST), and more…

A full description and registration information is available here.

This should be good folks and space is limited so register early.  The webinar is being held in the classroom so that you can do hands-on work on the computer.  We look forward to seeing you there!

New PubMed

So, there is ton of information out there on the newly designed PubMed.  It looks different but all of the same information is in there – somewhere.  These are the things I love:

• No need to change views to see MeSH for each citation; simply click on the + sign next to Publication Types, MeSH, etc. at the bottom of the abstract to expand that section
• Database ads – click directly to Homologene, GEO, etc right from the citation view.  Awesome.
• Customizeability – is that a word?  It’s great that you can customize your search results without logging in.  I love having the login option (My NCBI is great folks!), but let’s face it – most of you don’t.

Just my two cents.  There’s a lot of info running around out there on the redesign.  Here’s a link to the NLM Technical Bulletin article on it.

New Book

Ah, I understand that people think that books are blase but…    Here’s a new one at the Health Sciences Libraries:

Statistics and informatics in molecular cancer research.  Edited by Carsten Wiuf, Claus L. Andersen

The call number is: RC267 .S83 2009

Our own Dr. Rhodes is the author of Chapter 7: Two methods for comparing genomic data across independent studies in cancer research: Meta-analysis and oncomine concepts map.

Have fun!

Upcoming Workshops

Hey, it’s been awhile.  I’m sorry.  The rush of the school year always seems to catch me a little off guard.  The Health Sciences Libraries is co-sponsoring some workshops you may be interested in.

• Bioinformatics Basics: Databases and Tools from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
• BLAST Overview
• Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI)
• Cytoscape

In addition, the National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics is also holding an overview of its resources.

• Overview of NCIBI Tools and Resources

(I know; it’s bad form to have a single bullet, but hey…)  Registration is available from the Health Sciences Libraries workshops registration page.  Have fun and thanks for being patient about my blogs!

NCBI Webinar

NCBI will be hosting a webinar at the University of Michigan to give an overview on their latest tools and updates to existing ones.  The webinar will take place at 2pm on Tuesday, September 29th.  Those people on campus who are interested in attending should register using the Teaching and Technology Collaborative website (https://www-a1.lsa.umich.edu/es_conf/app/DisplaySession.asp?sessionid=3367).  Login is required.  Contact the Health Sciences Libraries if you have any questions.