August 31st, 2010 by Kristi
On September 14th and 15th, the Becker Medical Library will be hosting a one day hands-on workshop for the JMP Genomics desktop application. The workshop is free of charge and the agenda is as follows:
9:00am -11:30am
- Importing data into JMP Genomics
- Affymetrix data
- Illumina data
- One Color Array data
- Two Color Array data
12:30pm – 3:30pm
- Basic expression workflow
- Setting up workflow
- Quality control analyses and interpretation
- Setting up ANOVA
- Results and interpretation
- Normalization: One color, two color ratio analysis
- Downstream analysis
- Hierarchical clustering
- Principal components
- Cross correlation
- Basic exon workflow
If you are interested in attending this workshop, please fill out the online registration form.
For more information about JMP Genomics, visit their website.
Categories:2010, Information, Washington University, course, data, education, genetic, genomics, informatics
August 24th, 2010 by Kristi
Welcome to all new graduate students!
Relevant links that might be helpful (or amusing!) as you begin your adventure:
Categories:2010, Washington University, lab life, science
August 3rd, 2010 by Kristi
Dan Albert contributed an article to the Science Careers Blog this morning based on the “Key to Successful Publications in Peer Review Literature” course taught at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Dan’s post addresses:
- Why should clinicians do research?
- Is the scientific method optional for current medical reports?
- What is “peer review” and why is it important?
- How do I select a journal to publish in?
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Science Careers resources before, do so soon! There are great resources for young scientists on topics such as grants and funding, career-life work balance, resume tips, diversity, alternative careers for scientists, interesting articles, and links to the Science community sites, CTSciNet and MySciNet.
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July 13th, 2010 by Kristi
Just a reminder that July 15th is the deadline for early registration for the VIVO conference. Registration will be an additional $100 after that time. July 15th is also the deadline for late breaking submissions to the conference.
Workshops for the conference are also filling up quickly. Three different workshops will cover the VIVO Ontology, Implementing VIVO at Your Institution, and VIVO Data Analysis and Visualization Services: How to Program, Extend, and Utilize.
Visit http://vivoweb.org/conference to learn more about the workshop and to register for the conference.
We have some wonderful contributions to our program and a knockout group of invited and keynote speakers. I can’t wait! 
More information about VIVO is available at http://vivoweb.org.
Categories:2010, VIVO, collaboration, conference
July 2nd, 2010 by Kristi
The most recent release of RePORTER offers some wonderful features in the areas of general updates, query, search results, and exporting data to Excel. You might also find some of the other RePORTER features such as the FAQ, RePORT Tutorial, Glossary, and Links.
Categories:NIH, academia, award, funding, helpful
July 2nd, 2010 by Kristi
It is the beginning of a long holiday weekend. Enjoy this post from Neurotopia.
Categories:funny
June 18th, 2010 by Kristi
The Economist offers a special report on the human genome this week. Interesting reading!
Categories:2010, Information, genome, genomics
June 16th, 2010 by Kristi
NIH News Release:
NEW VIDEOS REVEAL HOW NIH IDENTIFIES THE MOST PROMISING RESEARCH APPLICATIONS
The National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR) today released a new video to show new applicants and others how NIH assesses over 80,000 grant applications each year to help find those with the most merit. With the majority of NIH’s $31 billion budget supporting grants to researchers, these assessments help ensure investments lead to significant advances in science and health.
“The video provides an inside look at the dynamic way reviewers evaluate NIH grant applications,” said CSR Director Dr. Toni Scarpa. “You’ll see the rigor and integrity of their efforts, which have enabled NIH to identify ground-breaking research year after year.”
The NIH Peer Review Revealed video can be viewed and downloaded via CSR’s website: <http://www.csr.nih.gov/video/video.asp>.
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This NIH News Release is available online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2010/csr-16.htm
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June 3rd, 2010 by Kristi
Science Careers has an interesting piece that discusses a number of issues near and dear to the hearts of postdoctoral scholars and other trainees.
…[Postdoc Ludmila] Tyler’s brave and poignant description of the low pay, insecurity, chancy benefits, difficulty securing maternity leave, and general discouragement that many postdocs endure was effective. “I have colleagues who say, ‘Why don’t I quit science and work at Home Depot? I hear they’re a pretty good employer,’ ” she told the congressional representatives. “And the sad thing is, they’re only half joking.” The members of Congress seemed surprised and, according to Miller, “deeply concerned” and “disappointed” by this and other testimony — which indicates how effectively the viewpoints of the research universities and today’s established scientists have dominated the discussion and how little attention tomorrow’s scientists’ concerns have received.
Benderly, BL. (2010, June 4). Taken for granted: making a federal case of young scientists’ concerns. Science Careers. doi: 10.1126/science.caredit.a1000057
Related Resources:
Categories:Information, academia, jobs, postdocs
June 1st, 2010 by Kristi
Are you a first-stage scientist like Watson and Crick? What about a second-stage scientist like Stephen Altschul? …and what stage are the reviewers who are reviewing your proposals?
Read more: Urban, Lauren. (2010). Evolution of science. The Scientist, 24(5).
Categories:2010, Information, career, collaboration, communication, interesting, lab life, science
