Quick Q & A with the Statistical Computational Biology Group
In Quick Q&A, NLM staff share a bit about why they’re motivated and inspired. We also ask them to add something surprising about themselves. For our third Quick Q&A, we reached three scientists in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) who work in the Statistical Computational Biology Group. Meet John Spouge, Mileidy Gonzalez, and… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - November 22, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Sum7 Source Type: blogs
NLM Director ’s Blog Debuts
Dr. Patti Brennan’s new blog launched yesterday, and we’re all invited to read—and comment—as she shares her experiences heading the world’s largest biomedical library, the US National Library of Medicine. She chose to call her new blog NLM Musings from the Mezzanine, which reflects the variety of postings we can expect and the location of… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - November 15, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs
Taking a Stand –NLM Resources Help Students Prepare for National History Day
The National Library of Medicine is helping young historians discover its rich collections related to the National History Day 2017 theme, “Taking a Stand.” Middle school and high school students throughout the US are preparing projects for History Day, which takes place throughout the school year, with the national finals held over several days—June 11-15,… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - November 9, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Collections Source Type: blogs
A Quick Q & A with Computational Biophysicists
In Quick Q&A, NLM staff share a bit about why they’re motivated and inspired. We also ask them to add something surprising about themselves. For our second Quick Q&A, we reached four scientists in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) who work in the Computational Biophysics group. Meet Anna Panchenko and her team: Alexander… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - November 3, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Sum7 Source Type: blogs
Experiencing NLM Outreach: Powwows
The steady rhythm of drums. The smell of sage. The sense of community. You’ve arrived at a Native American powwow. The powwow program at NLM is entering its fifteenth year this month. NLM staff travel up and down the East Coast from New York to North Carolina to about a dozen powwows per year between… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - October 27, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Programs & Services Source Type: blogs
NIH MedlinePlus Magazine – 10 Years of Health Information and News
Celebrities share health struggles. Expert health advice. Discoveries that will help in the future. NIH MedlinePlus magazine has been bringing trusted health information to consumers since 2006. This quarterly publication of NIH and the Friends of the National Library of Medicine brings accurate and timely information on health topics to patients and helps explain how NIH… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - October 25, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Publications Source Type: blogs
“Beauty of Science” at NLM
When NLM Director Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, called on NLM staff to unleash their creativity and provide art that captured the “Beauty of Science,” they answered with 23 submissions. Entries included 3D imaging of T-cells, a scarf woven with a double helix, scientific photographs, blown glass, a hand-carved wooden stamp of the Library’s front facade,… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - October 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Events Source Type: blogs
NLM ’s AIDS Outreach Projects: Groundbreaking Then, Relevant Now
A disease once spoken about in hushed tones and whispers—library voices, if you will—in the early 1980s became the centerpiece of a groundbreaking outreach effort at the National Library of Medicine in 1994. As the Library announces this year’s funded projects, we look at how NLM’s AIDS Community Information Outreach Program (ACIOP) has improved information… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - October 18, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Programs & Services Source Type: blogs
MEDLINE Marks Its 45th Year
We’ve gone from 22 users to 601 million and from thousands to billions of searches. Check out what else has changed over the last 45 years. Notable MEDLINE Events, 1971-2016 1971 2006 (Fiscal Year 2005 Statistics) 2016 (Fiscal Year 2015 Statistics) 236 indexed journals 1,222 indexed journals by September 1972 4,928 indexed journals 5,618 indexed… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - October 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Products Source Type: blogs
Focus on NLM Scientists: Kim Pruitt Has Built a Career on Passion and Persistence
In this new column, we’ll introduce you to some of the scientists at the National Library of Medicine. We’ll start with Kim Pruitt, PhD, staff scientist at NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) since 1998. Her program, the Reference Sequence Database, better known as RefSeq, has grown from an initial public release of 3,439… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - October 4, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
“ A Personal Perspective on Race, Opportunity and the US Health System ” from Louis W. Sullivan: October 4
You’re invited. Louis W. Sullivan, MD, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989–1993), will talk about his life story, and racial disparities and medical care on Tuesday, October 4, 2:00-3:00 pm. Dr. Sullivan’s presentation will be live-streamed globally. It will also open be to the public at NIH, Building 10, in the Lipsett Auditorium.… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - September 26, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Events Source Type: blogs
NLM Board of Regents Recognizes Dr. Alla Keselman
The NLM Regents Award for Scholarship was presented to Alla Keselman, PhD, at the NLM Board of Regents meeting this month. Dr. Keselman, a senior social science analyst in NLM’s Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), is co-editor of Meeting Health Information Needs Outside of Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges about the ways consumers seek, find,… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - September 22, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
Dr. Brennan Publicly Sworn in as NLM Director
On September 12, Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, raised her right hand and publicly swore in as director of the 180-year-old U.S. National Library of Medicine. She is the first woman and first nurse appointed as director. In a ceremony at NLM’s Lister Hill building, Dr. Brennan became the 19th director of the Library and… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - September 19, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Events Source Type: blogs
OSIRIS Prolonging Life
A software tool named after the god of the dead in Egyptian mythology and that began as a way to identify the dead is now, ironically, helping to prolong life. In the NIH Clinical Center, OSIRIS, or the Open Source Independent Review and Interpretation System, is being used to computationally assess the quality of DNA… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - September 15, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Products Source Type: blogs
NCBI ’s Bryant and Bolton Receive 2016 Herman Skolnik Award for PubChem
Stephen Bryant, PhD, and Evan Bolton, PhD, received the American Chemical Society (ACS) 2016 Herman Skolnik Award for their work in developing, maintaining, and expanding the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) PubChem database of chemical substances and their biological activities. The award was presented at the Society’s national meeting in Philadelphia last month. Thousands access… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - September 9, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: People Source Type: blogs
