CSHL Library and Archives Newsletter

For this eReader-battlefield of a holiday season, the CSHL Library has set up two trials for you to test your new toys on, the eBook trial is with World Scientific.  Some of CSHL scientists have published with this publisher.  World Scientific presents a diverse array of titles spanning 16 subject areas.  Two subject areas are most relevant to our users:

• Life Sciences (including Biocomputing; genome informatics)
• Medicine and Healthcare

Searching with the word “brain” generates 1278 matches.  Each one is an individual book with table of contents.  Users have the option of reading online or printing out in PDF format of one chapter at a time.  Access is through IP recognition at World Scientific eBooks. [Link updated 12/15/2011]

is from BioMed Central.  It is an online collection of images, movies, illustrations and animations across biology and biomedicine.  BioMed Central is committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.  If you happen to have a color eReader, please do not hesitate to check this out.

Both trials only lasts until January 13th, 2012.  Science Librarians would appreciate any feedback regarding these resource platforms and usability comparing to other providers.

We have just added a new journal trial for your review.

Cancer Discovery provides a unique forum for paradigm-changing, broad- interest original research, reviews, Research Watch journal summaries, and insightful perspectives in addition to rapid, noteworthy, cancer-specific news. Currently, these types of features appear in disparate publications. This journal is the first source scientists will go to for critical information in cancer science and medicine — in a compact format.

In Current Issue

Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment in Cancer: Why Hyaluronidase Deserves a Second Look
Clifford J. Whatcott et al.

Clinical Implementation of Comprehensive Strategies to Characterize Cancer Genomes: Opportunities and Challenges
Laura E. MacConaill et al.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Discovery of Mdm2-MdmX E3 Ligase Inhibitors Using a Cell-Based Ubiquitination Assay
Ariel G. Herman et al.

PPM1H Is a p27 Phosphatase Implicated in Trastuzumab Resistance
Si Tuen Lee-Hoeflich et al. (See In The Spotlight by Nicola Aceto and Mohamed Bentires-Alj)

ERα-Dependent E2F Transcription Can Mediate Resistance to Estrogen Deprivation in Human Breast Cancer
Todd W. Miller et al. (See In The Spotlight by Brian A. Van Tine et al.)

BIM Expression in Treatment-Naive Cancers Predicts Responsiveness to Kinase Inhibitors
Anthony C. Faber et al. (See In The Spotlight by Takeshi Yoshida and Eric B. Haura)

Did you know that you might have to pay a fee to renew  your access to IPA in a few months? 

See the news release and take advantage of it now.

New in IPA:Combine powerful analysis, biological filters, and leading microRNA databases, all in one place It’s here! Log in to IPA today to check out new microRNA content and tools. Over the weekend we released the latest version of IPA, with new microRNA content to benefit researchers who need to prioritize microRNAs and their mRNA targets.  Get complete release details here. IPA’s one-of-a kind microRNA Target Filter helps quickly prioritize targets using a comprehensive collection of more than 640,000 high-quality microRNA findings in the Ingenuity Knowledge Base, including experimentally determined and confidently predicted interactions. Unlike relying upon disparate sources such as the literature and multiple databases, the microRNA Target Filter— by accessing a single comprehensive set of high-quality microRNA findings—enables target prioritization in minutes instead of  weeks. > See how:  Watch our quick video tutorial

NIH is Inviting Comments on the NIH Common Fund Research Topics for 2013

What is the NIH Common Fund?

The NIH Common Fund supports exceptionally innovative programs that are inherently high-risk but have the potential for high-payoff by catalyzing research across NIH and in the biomedical research community. The Common Fund currently supports 26 different programs. New ideas for Common Fund programs are identified annually or as funds are available.

How can I participate?

NIH is asking the research community to help shape initiatives that could be funded by the Common Fund. NIH has developed a website where you can comment on the areas that have already been proposed: http://commonfund.nih.gov/strategicplanning/. Some of the ideas are very broad and need to be refined, while others may need to be expanded or redefined to address the criteria for Common Fund programs. Note that this is not a voting process nor is it a solicitation for new topics. This is an opportunity to give informatics research problems greater visibility at NIH, independently and as components of other areas. NIH hopes you will participate in this interactive dialog over the course of the next few weeks. They expect to close the site in mid-September and compile the comments for review by NIH Leadership. Ideas that emerge from this process as having the highest potential for broad impact will be discussed with the Institute Directors in October, for new programs to be launched in FY13.

Are any of the proposed topics related to informatics?

NLM submitted a topic for consideration that is called Meeting the Challenge of Big Data in Biomedical and Translational Science. Other informatics specific topics include Cross-Cutting Issues in Computation and Informatics and Innovative Mobile and Wireless Technologies (mHealth) to Improve Health Research and Health Outcomes. Informatics is an important consideration for many other of the other topics as well.

Go to the Common Fund Strategic planning page to learn how you can participate in this process.

Libguides, a new CSHL Library service, offers web based guides to library services and topics of interest to the CSHL community. We presently offer guides on:

• Library electronic resources
• Open Access at CSHL
• Library Archives
• EndNotes
• InterLibrary Loan / Document Delivery Service

We will be adding and updating Libguides continuously. Bookmark this site for a variety of information and instructional guides.

http://cshl.libguides.com/

Presented by Thomson Reuters and the CSHL Library & Archives
Location: Carnegie Building, Szybalski Room
When: Wednesday, August 17th 12 noon to 3:15PM (Lunch Included)

Event includes sessions on: ISI’s new Researcher ID Service, new Web of Science features, EndNotes and other bibliographic software.

Tentative Schedule

12 Noon - 1:00PM: The New Web Of Knowledge (Lunch Provided)
Introduction to the new features added to the Web of Science database, in addition to Citation Mapping and Citation Reports.
Presented by Don Sechler, MLS, Manager Customer Education and Support Americas and Europe, Thomson Reuters Science

1:15Pm – 2:15PM: EndNote Web and X4
Presented by Douglas Nguyen, EndNote Trainer. With Q&A (level will be from beginning through intermediate to advanced)

2:15PM – 3:15PM: Researcher ID
Introducing Research ID – Presented by Don Sechler, Thomson Reuters,  w/ Q&A

You are invited to join us for a talk in the Szybalski Room,

Carnegie Building, on

Thursday, August 11th, at 4 p.m.

“Family-Science Career Balance & Breaking through the Spiral Ceiling”

Presented by Dr. Laura Hoopes

Hosted by CSHL Library & Archives

Laura L. Mays Hoopes entered the field of molecular biology after completing her PhD at Yale back in 1968.  Before and after that point, she encountered resistance to women in science, but persisted in her desire to study how DNA is expressed and regulated.  Her current research is on the molecular aging of yeast cells.  Hoopes is the Halstead-Bent Professor of Biology and Molecular Biology at Pomona College, the founding member of the Claremont Colleges just east of Los Angeles, CA.  She moderates Nature’s blog on Women in Science on the Scitable web site and writes often for Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Magazine.

Laura is in phased retirement, is winding down her biology research, and preparing for a second career in creative writing.  She is working on an MFA at San Diego State University and is writing a novel and a double biography of Joan Steitz and Jennifer Doudna.  She is passionate about providing as many role models as possible for women considering a career in science, particularly ones that emphasize not giving up on family aspirations.  Come to hear about how her life unfolded and her insights into how to keep life balanced for women who enter the realm of science.

  Complimentary Trial to Science Classic

This Institutional site-wide trial includes the digital archive content of Science from 1880 to 1996.  The Trial will run from 7/8/2011 through 9/30/2011.  Presently without the trial, we have access to the same material through JSTOR.  The difference between JSTOR back-files and AAAS back-files is that the latter are fully integrated into the Science website, fully indexed and thus searchable within AAAS, as well as in Google.

Annual Reviews Biomedical/Life Sciences Collections Trial

This Trial of Annual Reviews covers the 2007-2011 Biomedical/Life Sciences Collection of 25 journals.  It will End on 8/31/2011.  The CSHL Library currently subscribe to 13 of the 25 titles.  Annual Reviews is a non-profit publisher of prestigious topical review journals.  Each journal has its own editorial board of experts who choose both the topics and the appropriate authors for articles.  Advanced search is available within the Annual Reviews Website.

 

Please contact the Science Librarian (ext. 6994) if you have any question or comments.

Complete Schedule

Using IPA to Explore microRNA Impacts on Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

• June 29, 10 am Pacific
• October 5, 10 am Pacific
• October 19, 10 am Pacific
• Pre-recorded version of the talk presented at Molecular Medicine in 2011

Biomarkers and microRNA: Integrative Analysis of microRNA and mRNA as Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer

• July 13, 10 am Pacific
• July 27, 10 am Pacific
• November 2, 10 am Pacific
• November 16, 10 am Pacific

NGS: Insights into Prostate Cancer Mechanisms via Integrated In Silico RNA-Seq Analysis of NGS Patient Data

• August 10, 10 am Pacific
• August 24, 10 am Pacific
• December 7, 10 am Pacific
• December 21, 10 am Pacific
• Pre-recorded version of the talk presented at X-Gen in 2011

Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer: How IPA can help explore potential biomarkers for a complex disease

• September 7, 10 am Pacific
• September 21, 10 am Pacific