Bioinformatics@Becker

Updates and Musings from the Bioinformatics team at Becker Medical Library


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JAMA Special Issue on Genomics in Medicine

April 10th, 2013 by Kristi · No Comments

The Journal of the American Medical Association released a special issue on genomic medicine today. The issue provides some useful perspectives and content in this field of increasing importance. JAMA – April 10, 2013, Vol 309, No. 14 Other related resources of interest: Genetic Alliance: http://www.geneticalliance.org/ Genetics Home Reference: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ National Coalition for Health Professional [...]

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Tags:2013, genomics, Information, NHGRI, NIH, translational, Uncategorized, Washington University

Introduction to the Analysis of Deep Sequencing Data using CLC bio’s Genomics Workbench and Genomics Server

March 18th, 2013 by Kristi · No Comments

An Introduction to the Analysis of Deep Sequencing Data using CLC bio’s Genomics Workbench and Genomics Server Presented by Rob Mervis, Field Applications Scientist at CLC bio March 20th at 10am in Holden Auditorium This will be an interactive demonstration and discussion of the various applications and work-flows that can be performed on deep sequencing [...]

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Tags:2013, genetic, genome, genomics, Information, tutorial, Washington University

Are you interested in SAS training?

January 22nd, 2013 by Kristi · No Comments

Are you interested in SAS training? Free self-paced SAS e-Learning courses are available to WUSM faculty, staff, and students while using SAS on the Research Pod computers in Becker Library. The available e-Learning courses are: SAS(R) Programming Introduction: Basic Concepts SAS(R) Programming 1: Essentials SAS(R) Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques SAS(R) Programming 3: Advanced Techniques [...]

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Tags:2013, Information, statistics, tutorial

Sign up for JMP Genomics training at Washington University in February

January 10th, 2013 by Kristi · No Comments

Scientists from SAS Institute will be at WUSM providing JMP Genomics training on Feb 13th, 2013. Training will be held in FLTC 404 A&B. This will be a hands-on workshop using JMP Genomics, version 6.0. Data will be provided. Please bring your own laptop with JMP Genomics 6.0 installed. Download JMP Genomics 6.0. Please download [...]

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Tags:2013, bioinformatics, genomics, informatics, Information, JMP Genomics, tutorial, Washington University

NCBI Discovery Workshop

November 6th, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments

Washington University School of Medicine participated as a remote site for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Discovery Workshop held at the University of Michigan in October 2012. The workshop focused on a variety of NCBI resources and consisted of the following four sessions: Sequences, Genomes and Maps Proteins, Domains and Structures NCBI BLAST [...]

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Tags:2012, database, genome, genomics, Information, NCBI, software, tool, tutorial, Washington University, webinar

Genetics in Primary Care Institute

May 31st, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments

The Genetics in Primary Care Institute (GPCI), a 3 year cooperative agreement between the Health Resources & Services Administration Maternal & Child Health Bureau and the American Academy of Pediatrics was established to address the “need to capitalize on this increased understanding as well as advancements in related technologies, so that quality personalized medicine—providing care [...]

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Tags:2012, genetic, health, Information, tutorial

NCBI and IPv6

February 21st, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments

From NCBI: NCBI now supports IPv6 (beta) for data downloads at http://bit.ly/xiQAsj. More information at  http://1.usa.gov/x655AL . Please note that NCBI will be taking part in the World IPv6 Launch (http://www.worldipv6launch.org/). On that day (currently anticipated as June 6, 2012), we plan to add IPv6 service to our main FTP Server (http://bit.ly/yerWAX) and shortly thereafter [...]

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Tags:2012, bioinformatics, Information, NCBI, research, science

A comparison of science mapping tools

February 8th, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments

The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology offers a great comparison of different tools for mapping science in their July 2011 issue. These tools are great for leveraging bibliographic data to understand research efforts over time, collaboration, citation patterns, and much more. I wish I had seen this paper when it [...]

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Tags:data, Information, science, visualization

ScienceOnline & Genomic Medicine

January 18th, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments

Science Online, held every year in North Carolina, is the the BEST event for experiencing everything related to online science. The conference kicks off tomorrow morning (January 19th) and offers three packed days of sessions, conversations, and fun events! You can learn more about the ScienceOnline in this recent post, ScienceOnline2012 – the Unconference, the [...]

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Tags:genomics, Information

NIH launches online genetics course

January 3rd, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments

The new online course presents a nice foundation of information and is targeted to social and behavioral scientists who wish to engage in transdisciplinary collaborations with a genetic component — although the content would be applicable for any number of people who work in complementary areas. The course, Genetics and Social Science: Expanding Transdisciplinary Research, [...]

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Tags:academia, collaboration, education, genetic, Information, NIH, translational