NLM Collaboration Improves Standards for Reporting Clinical Genomics Variants
The National Library of Medicine ’s (NLM) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have released a set of standard transcripts for 99% of human protein coding genes and 99.8% of genes of clinical relevance. This set, part of the Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI (MANE) collection, harmonizes transcript and protein sets produced by this joint genome annotation effort. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - April 14, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NLM Continues to Take Action to Support COVID-19 Sequence Data Information Needs
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) makes vast amounts of digital and print information and data available to the global research community to advance scientific discovery and improve public health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, NLM responded swiftly to growing demand for relevant data and information, leveraging its data infrastructure for scientific and public health purposes, and forging new partnerships to provide the data and information needed to guide research and response efforts. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - April 12, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NLM Announces a Research Education Program (R25) Funding Opportunity to Support Short-Term Research Experiences in Bioinformatics and Data Science and Enhance Diversity
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports educational activities that encourage individuals, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. As part of this program, NLM is pleased to announce RFA-LM-22-001, “Short-Term Research Education Experiences to Attract Talented Students to Biomedical Informatics/Data Science Careers and Enhance Diversity (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).” This funding opportunity announcement seeks proposals from institutions that will create innovative educational programs and research experience...
Source: NLM General Announcements - March 23, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PubMed Central Website has a Fresh Look: First Step in Ongoing Modernization Complete
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce an update to the user interface of its PubMed Central (PMC) digital archive —a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles. PMC’s fresh look and feel is the first step in an ongoing effort to modernize PMC, create a more accessible user experience across NLM literature databases, and enhance the long-term stability of the PMC infrastructure. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - March 22, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
IT Specialist
The NLM Office of Computer and Communications Systems (OCCS) is seeking to recruit two (2) IT Specialist Positions. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - March 18, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Staff scientist 1
The National Library of Medicine (NLM ’s) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is recruiting a Staff Scientist 1. The position supports interdisciplinary research in the Computational Biology Branch (CBB), which is part of NLM’s Intramural Research Program NLM is one of 27 Institutes at the National Institutes of H ealth (NIH), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - March 7, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) NLM Associate Director for Scientific Data Resources National Library of Medicine
Vacancy Announcement: Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) NLM Associate Director for Scientific Data Resources National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - February 22, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NLM Classification Updated, February 4, 2022
The major focus of the 2022 winter edition was the evaluation of the 2022 MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) vocabulary for inclusion in the Classification index. Several additions and changes were made to the Index and Schedules based on this review. All main index headings are now linked to the 2022 vocabulary in the MeSH Browser. Additional minor updates were made to the Index and Schedules. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - February 7, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
IT specialist (Network)
The NLM Office of Computer and Communications Systems (OCCS) is seeking to recruit IT specialist (Network) position. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - February 3, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Position announcement: Chief, Systems Technology Branch
The position serves as the Chief of the Systems Technology Branch (STB) in the Office of Computer and Communications Systems (OCCS). This is a second level supervisory position with responsibility for the performance of four sections within the branch. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - January 21, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NLM Announces 2022 History Talks
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces its 2022 History Talks. All talks are free, live-streamed globally, and archived by NIH VideoCasting. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - January 11, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Staff Scientist 1 in Bioinformatics
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is recruiting for a Staff Scientist 1 with demonstrated expertise in bioinformatics methods development. The position is in the Computational Biology Branch (CBB), which is a part of the Intramural Research Program (IRP). NLM is one of 27 Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - January 7, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Supervisory Librarian, GS-1410-14 (Head, Cataloging and Metadata Manag
This position is located in the Division of Library Operations (DLO), National Library of Medicine. DLO selects, acquires, and catalogs biomedical publications; furnishes reference and document delivery services; prepares and publishes indexes, and other publications for the use by the biomedical community; administers national biomedical information retrieval services; supports clinical terminology and health data standards; and coordinates the Network of the National Library of Medicine. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - January 7, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NLM Announces 2022 Michael E. DeBakey Fellows in the History of Medicine
Following its April 26, 2021 call for applications to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, NLM is pleased to announce its 2022 DeBakey Fellows. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - December 17, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Policy (Program) Analyst
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is seeking a Policy (Program) Analyst to work with the Assistant Director of Policy Development on scientific, legislative, informatics, health IT, and public policy issues related to NLM's mission. (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - October 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
