Introducing BioInformatics Series Tutorials (BITS)
Introducing BioInformatics Series Tutorials (BITS) brought to you by MIT Engineering and Science Libraries and Harvard's Countway Library of Medicine.
These video tutorials highlight bioinformatics resources such as NCBI Entrez, BLAST, and the UCSC Genome Browser and focus on specific activities for conducting genomic research. BITS can be viewed at a user's own pace and own convenience.
The first installment of BITS covers the UCSC Genome Browser, which contains reference sequences and working draft assemblies for a large collection of genomes. Users will learn how to retrieve DNA sequence, display and configure the annotation tracks, identify gene intron-exon boundaries, and use the BLAT tool.
The BITS group encourages you to pass this new opportunity for learning on to your users.
BITS are available here:
MIT Engineering and Science Libraries http://libraries.mit.edu/video
Harvard's Countway Library of Medicine: http://countway.harvard.edu/video_tutorials
Questions?
MIT Engineering and Science Libraries ask-bioinfo@mit.edu
Harvard's Countway Library of Medicine countref@hms.harvard.edu
David L. Osterbur and Paul A. Bain, Harvard's Countway Library of Medicine
Courtney D. Crummett, NLM 2nd Year Associate Fellow, MIT Engineering and Science Libraries
Stay tuned for the next BITS series on BLAST.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:24 AM
New Biology Research Guides
I have revised the Biology Research Guides. Take a look. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
General Biology
--includes Databases, Encyclopedias/Dictionaries, Images, Citation Analysis, Field Guides, Writing & Presenting Science, Style Guides, Guides to the Literature
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
--includes Databases, Encyclopedias/Dictionaries, Methods & Techniques, Identification Manuals.
Microbiology
--includes Databases, Encyclopedias/Dictionaries, Methods & Techniques, Classification/Systematics & Nomenclature.
Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology
--includes Databases, Encyclopedias/Dictionaries, Methods & Techniques, Handbooks.
Print & Historical Biological Sources
--includes print equivalents of databases (for locating articles prior to database coverage), Bibliographies, Catalogues.
Hot Topics in Biology
--includes sources that would be helpful for non-science majors writing papers or doing projects on hot topics in science.
Not sure where to start? Contact the Life Sciences Librarian.
Donna Braquet can be reached at dbraquet@utk.edu, phone 974-0016 or mail Donna Braquet, Hodges Library, Research Services & Collections.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:07 PM
John James Audubon's Birds of America--Digitized
The University of Pittsburgh is fortunate to own one of the rare, complete sets of John James Audubon's Birds of America. It is considered to be the single most valuable set of volumes in the collections of the University Library System (ULS). Indeed, only 120 complete sets are known to exist.
While Audubon was creating Birds of America, he was also working on a companion publication, namely, his Ornithological Biography. Both of these sets were acquired by William M. Darlington in the mid-nineteenth century and later donated, as part of his extensive library, to the University of Pittsburgh. Recognizing that the Darlington Library includes significant historical materials, such as rare books, maps, atlases, illustrations, and manuscripts, the ULS charted an ambitious course to digitize a large portion of Mr. Darlington's collection, including the Birds of America.
We are pleased to present our complete double elephant folio set of Audubon's Birds of America, accompanied by his Ornithological Biography, through this Web site. Together these sets comprise an unprecedented online combination.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:27 AM
New Journal-- Evolution: Education & Outreach
Evolution: Education and Outreach
*** Evolution: Education and Outreach will be free online during 2007/2008! ***
Darwin's Theory of Evolution revolutionized scientific thinking. Since the publication of The Origin of Species 147 years ago, this theory has been extensively and rigorously tested. Overwhelming scientific evidence from many disciplines exists to support this theory. From the vast body of scientific evidence that has accumulated, we have come to an understanding of all areas of the biological world - from our cells and DNA to our lakes and forests. Evolutionary principles are the foundation of all modern biology and have led to major advances in fields as diverse as molecular biology, developmental biology, genetics, behavior, and paleontology. As such, evolutionary theory is a fundamental and necessary component of modern science education.
Evolution: Education and Outreach will promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience. Targeting K-16 students, teachers and scientists alike, the journal will publish articles to aid members of these communities in the teaching of evolutionary theory.
Authors are encouraged to submit general review articles about evolution and the teaching of evolution on a variety of topics from cosmology to genetics and earth history to the evolution of cultural artifacts. The journal will address the question of why we should care about evolution by exploring the practical applications of evolutionary principles in daily life and the impact of evolutionary theory on culture and society throughout history. Publication will be timely and peer reviewed.
The journal will connect teachers with scientists by adapting cutting-edge, peer reviewed articles for classroom use on a variety of instructional levels. Teachers and scientists will collaborate on multi-authored papers and offer tools for teachers such as unit and lesson plans and classroom activities, as well as additional online content such as podcasts and powerpoint presentations.
Main Features
- General review articles about evolution
- The teaching of evolution
- Evolution and society: medicine
- Evolution and society: creationism and social Darwinism
- Profiles of prominent evolutionary biologists, educators, politicians etc.
Additional Features include
- Editor's page/column/blog
- Letters from the Trenches
- Evolution in the news
- This Month in Evolutionary History
- Op Ed pieces
- Fighting Back: What's wrong with ID/Creationism
- Honors, awards, news and announcements
- What's new on the web
- Q & A with evolutionists
- Curriculum Corner. Ideas on teaching evolution - what works, what does not
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:28 AM
When Fins Became Limbs
Read the Nature article "When Fins Became Limbs" mentioned in the film, Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:33 PM
NAP book: Science, Evolution and Creationism
In the book Science, Evolution, and Creationism, a group of experts assembled by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine explain the fundamental methods of science, document the overwhelming evidence in support of biological evolution, and evaluate the alternative perspectives offered by advocates of various kinds of creationism, including "intelligent design." The book explores the many fascinating inquiries being pursued that put the science of evolution to work in preventing and treating human disease, developing new agricultural products, and fostering industrial innovations. The book also presents the scientific and legal reasons for not teaching creationist ideas in public school science classes.
View a book brochure>>
Read it free online>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:05 PM
Darwin Day at UTK
Darwin Day events at UTK. About Darwin Day, an international recognition of science and humanity.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:54 AM
Databases Get New Interface
The following databases have a new interface through their vendor OVID. Tutorials and guides for the new interface are avilable. For in depth assistance searching these or any other databases, you may schedule a research consultation with your subject librarian.
AGRICOLA 1970 to January 2008
Biological Abstracts 1969 to December 2007
CAB Abstracts 2000 to November 2007
CAB Abstracts 1990 to November 2007
CAB Abstracts 1973 to November 2007
Food Science and Technology Abstracts 1969 to 2008 January Week 2
Posted by Donna Braquet at 08:04 PM
Henry Stewart Talks Trial
We now have a trial available to The Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection.
"The Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection of audio visual presentations adds something new and valuable to an institution's educational resources--state of the art seminar style talks by world leading experts available online when wanted, as often as wanted. Already containing over 550 talks, and growing to over 1,000 presentations, this constantly updated and regularly expanded collection is a tremendous resource to each and every member of an institution."
If you are interested in this trial, please go to Test & Evaluation Site for UT Campus Use for more information.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:40 PM
EcoSal
The UT Libraries now provides access to:
Title EcoSal [electronic resource] : Escherichia coli and Salmonella : cellular and molecular biology
URL http://proxy.lib.utk.edu:90/login?url=http://www.ecosal.org/ecosal/
Summary "EcoSal is a comprehensive, coherent archive of the entire corpus of knowledge on the enteric bacterial cell--but now it's continually expanded, updated, and revised. EcoSal is comprised of several hundred modules of information and interpretation with links to cognate sites containing extensive tabular and pictorial presentations, as well as to active databases of primary research information."--EcoSal Home page.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:35 PM
Key to protein folding is discovered
Key to protein folding is discovered
September 21, 2007, 01:22 AM
Hi-tech, World
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. researchers has discovered a protein's interactions with water determine how it folds into a three-dimensional shape.
The team led by biophysicist Jeremy Smith of the University of Tennessee used U.S., Italian and German high-performance computers to study simulations of peptides -- the smaller chains of amino acids that make up proteins.
Continue reading>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:46 PM
Springer E-Book Collection
The UT Libraries now has access to thousands of Springer books online.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:42 PM
New Resource: Faculty of 1000 Biology
Faculty of 1000 Biology is run by scientists for scientists and provides a rapidly updated consensus map of the important papers and trends across biology. And the UT Libraries now provides you with a subscription!
Faculty of 1000 Biology:
Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers within any given field of research
Highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear
Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from well over 2300 leading scientists
Systematically organizes and evaluates the mass of information within scientific literature
Offers an immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, and an important complement to the indirect assessment provided by the journal impact factor.
Try it now>>
View the online tutorial>>
Check out the FAQ>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:33 PM
New Database: CSA Illustrata
CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences is the first in a series of CSA Illustrata databases of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature.
CSA employs what it calls "deep indexing" to categorize data, variables and other content represented in tables, maps, photographs and other figures. Usually, indexing of research articles is done at a rather high, general level where only the key concepts of the work are represented by a dozen or so index terms, but by going deeper and specifically indexing the content associated with all the individual tables and figures, CSA Illustrata enables the researcher to find information that otherwise would not be retrievable in traditional, article-level indexing systems. Search results - the objects - can be viewed in full along with the caption, author and source information and additional index terms that can be used for further searching. A link back to the parent record provides a summary view of all the objects associated with that paper. In most instances, the parent abstract is displayed and context is further preserved by links to the full-text documents when available. Thus the researcher can find relevant data faster and, because of the visual impact of the results, can quickly determine whether or not to spend time reading the source documents. The visualization of data and the interdisciplinary nature of CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences can also lead to unexpected discoveries or connections between seemingly disparate pieces of work.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:30 PM
American Ornithologists' Union Taps UC Press as Partner to Publish The Auk
UC PRESS AND BIO-ONE WORK TOGETHER TO EXPAND THE ONLINE PRESENCE OF PREMIER ORNITHOLOGY JOURNAL
Berkeley, California - July 16, 2007, University of California Press Journals + Digital Publishing is proud to announce that The Auk, one of the most distinguished journals of ornithological studies in the world, has joined forces with UC Press. The Press is honored to have The Auk become a part of its publishing program and to begin working with the American Ornithologists' Union, the oldest and largest organization of professional ornithologists in North America. The Press is also eager to begin working closely with BioOne on the online version of The Auk. The journal will continue to be available via BioOne's online aggregation of essential bioscience research journals. It will now also be found as a standalone journal through UC Press and its online hosting platform, Caliber. The partnership between UC Press, BioOne and the AOU is demonstrative of all three organizations' commitment to provide the library community a broader range of options for access to the important scholarship The Auk offers.
Since 1884, The Auk has been a home for serious research articles and has enriched the discipline with lively debate on both theoretical and methodological developments. It has also been a focal point for the nurturing of the ornithology community in America and has seen many prominent members of the society appear in its pages. The Auk has since grown to become one of the top-ranked ornithology journals based on ISI impact factor ratings. Beginning with Volume 125, Issue 1 in January 2008, ornithologists will be able to find the journal at UC Press available in both online and print editions. The journal also will continue to be available on BioOne from Volume 117 (2001) onwards.
"The American Ornithologists' Union and University of California Press are natural partners, as we share the same academic and non-profit goals. We look forward to serving our subscribers better, particularly through offering a wider array of print and electronic subscription options." -Erica Dunn, President, American Ornithologists Union
"The Auk has been a valued participant in BioOne, since the aggregation's launch in 2001. The BioOne community of publishers and librarians is particularly pleased to have found another like-minded partner at UC Press, where our values of independence and sustainability are shared." -Susan Skomal, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, BioOne
"We are honored and very pleased to have been chosen by the AOU to publish The Auk, which is widely regarded as one of the foremost journals in ornithology" says Rebecca Simon, Director, University of California Press Journals + Digital Publishing. "We deeply value our partnership with the AOU, our collaboration with BioOne and the common ground we share in promoting scholarly inquiry and the use of research to serve the public good as well as the scientific community."
For more information about The Auk at UC Press, please visit www.ucpressjournals.com
For more information about The Auk at BioOne please visit www.bioone.org
For more information about The American Ornithologists' Union please visit www.aou.org
Posted by admin at 12:04 PM
Nature Archive Now Available
The UT Libraries has purchased an archive to the journal NATURE--UT Libraries now provides online access to NATURE from 1950-present.
Pre-1950 volumes are located in Hodges stacks at Q1 .N2
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:48 PM
Royal Society Journals
Important changes to Royal Society journals in 2008
As a result of increasing popularity of our high quality journals we have seen unprecedented growth in our Royal Society journals leading to major expansion next year.
Two of the internationally acclaimed and long-running Royal Society journals will double their frequency in 2008.
· Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-503X), the best in multidisciplinary physical sciences, will be published twice monthly, doubling in frequency from 12 to 24 issues in 2008. Information on forthcoming issues can be found by visiting www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransa.
· Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8436), the best in multidisciplinary biological sciences, will be published twice monthly, doubling in frequency from 12 to 24 issues in 2008. Information on forthcoming issues can be found by visiting www.publishing.royalsoc.ac.uk/philtransb.
Summary of Royal Society journal developments for 2008
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-503X)
Frequency:
Increase from 12 to 24 issues for Volume 366 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 13th & 28th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A and S
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8436)
Frequency:
Increase from 12 to 24 issues for Volume 363 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 12th & 27th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (ISSN 1742-5689)
Frequency:
Increase from 6 to 12 issues for Volume 5 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on the 6th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 13 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A, B and S
Notes & Records of the Royal Society (ISSN 0035-9149)
Frequency:
Increase from 3 to 4 issues for Volume 62 in 2008
Print:
From 2008 published on 20th day of March, June, September & December
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages S and H
Biology Letters (ISSN 1744-9561)
Pages/Articles:
30% increase in content in 2008
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 6 issues for volume 4 in 2008
Print:
Published 23rd day of February, April, June, August, October & December in 2008
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Proceedings of the Royal Society A (ISSN 1364-5021)
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 12 issues for Volume 464 in 2008
Print:
Published 8th day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages A and S
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (ISSN 0962-8452)
Frequency:
No change in frequency, remains 24 issues for Volume 275 in 2008
Print:
Published 7th & 22nd day of each month
Online:
Online articles published individually well ahead of print (up to 10 weeks)
Package:
Also part of Packages B and S
Posted by admin at 12:08 PM
EPA Library Closings--Update
After considerable pressure by librarians, researchers and the public,
Congress has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
restore its library network. In the fiscal year (FY) 2008 Interior
Appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee orders EPA to
reopen the closed libraries. Last year, EPA closed its Headquarters
Library in Washington, DC, to visitors and walk-in patrons. EPA also
closed several regional libraries, the toxics and pesticides library and
the Ft. Meade Environmental Science Center Library.
The language reads
"$2,000,000 shall be used to restore the network of EPA libraries
recently closed or consolidated by the administration. While the
Committee approves of efforts to make environmental data collections
available electronically, the Committee does not agree to further
library closures or consolidations without evidence of how the public
would be served by these changes. Therefore, the Committee expects the
EPA to restore publicly available library facilities in each region. EPA
is directed to submit a plan on how it will use this funding increase to
reopen facilities and maintain a robust collection of environmental data
and resources in each region by December 31, 2007."
The bill is now headed to the full Senate for consideration. The
House-passed FY 2008 Interior Appropriations bill doesn't contain the
EPA library language.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:51 PM
BioOne Impact Factor
2006 ISI Journal Citation Report Confirms BioOne High-Impact Status
Five BioOne titles gain an Impact Factor according to recently published report
Washington, DC (June 29, 2007)
BioOne (www.bioone.org) is delighted to announce the cumulative increase of journal impact in its BioOne.1, BioOne.2, and Open Access Collections, according to the Thomas Scientific Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) 2006 Journal Citation Report (JCR), published last week.
An innovative full-text aggregator of essential bioscience research journals published by independent not-for-profit societies and institutions, BioOne now boasts 86 ISI ranked titles--a robust 68% of its total collection of 126 journals. This includes five titles that have gained an Impact Factor in the 2006 JCR including:
Castanea, published by the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
URSUS, published by the International Association for Bear Research and Management
Rangeland Ecology and Management, published by the Society for Range Management
Haseltonia, published by the Cactus and Succulent Society of America
Journal of Insect Science, published by the University of Wisconsin
Several other BioOne publications saw marked increases in their Impact Factor from the 2005 to 2006 Journal Citation Reports. BioScience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, became BioOne's most highly ranked participating publication with an Impact Factor of 5.424, up from 4.708 in the 2005 index. BioScience now is ranked 6th of 64 titles in biology.
BioOne also increased its title presence in a number of ISI subject categories, including Ornithology. The Auk, published by the American Ornithologists' Union, ranks 2nd of 19 titles in Ornithology, with an Impact Factor of 2.056 (up from 1.838 in the 2005 index.) The Condor, published by the Cooper Ornithological Society, ranks 3rd in Ornithology, with an Impact Factor of 1.604 (up from 1.337 in the 2005 index.)
Mindful that the ISI Impact Factor is most useful when combined with other metrics for assessing journal quality, we applaud the BioOne participating titles that have made such impressive strides in the 2006 ISI Journal Citation Report.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:53 PM
Art Professor to present zoological prints
Art professor Beauvais Lyons will present a series of recently-made zoological prints on behalf of the Association for Creative Zoology at the 20th Scopes Trial Reenactment, Sat, July 21, in Dayton, Tennessee. For more info call 974-3202.
[from the @Tennessee, 6/25/07]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:00 PM
Encyclopedia of Life-- authoritative, open access resource
http://www.eol.org/press_release.htmlA Leap for All Life: World's Leading Scientists Announce Creation of "Encyclopedia of Life"
Biodiversity, Science Communities Unite Behind Epic Effort To Promote Biodiversity, Document All 1.8 Million Named Species on Planet
WASHINGTON (May 9, 2007) - Many of the world's leading scientific institutions today announced the launch of the Encyclopedia of Life, an unprecedented global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth. For the first time in the history of the planet, scientists, students, and citizens will have multi-media access to all known living species, even those that have just been discovered.
The Field Museum of Natural History, Harvard University, Marine Biological Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, and Biodiversity Heritage Library joined together to initiate the project, bringing together species and software experts from across the world. The Missouri Botanical Garden has become a full partner, and discussions are taking place this week with leaders of the new Atlas of Living Australia. The Encyclopedia today also announced the initial membership of its Institutional Council, which spans the globe, and whose members will play key roles in realizing this immense project. An international advisory board of distinguished individuals will also help guide the Encyclopedia.
Continue reading the press release>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:39 PM
TOXMAP
TOXMAP® Now Includes 2005 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Data
April 18, 2007 [posted]
[Editor's Note: This Technical Note is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see the NLM-TOX-ENVIRO-HEALTH-L Join, Leave, or Change Options page.]
The National Library of Medicine® (NLM) TOXMAP now includes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s 2005 Toxics Release Inventory data (TRI).
The 2005 TRI was released by the EPA on March 22, 2007. TRI 2005 contains 89,325 records. TOXMAP maps the TRI chemicals reported to the EPA, as required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA).
A complete list of TRI chemicals required to be reported to the EPA can be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri/chemical/index.htm.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:40 PM
Chi Alpha Advertisement #3
The Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship has placed a third advertisement in the Daily Beacon regarding intelligent design. The text of the ad comes directly from the website Reason to Believe. Nothing in the text is in the actual scientific article that it cited. Read the actual article below.
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Planetesimals in the Presence of Giant Planet Migration
The astrophysical journal [0004-637X] Lufkin yr:2006 vol:653 iss:2 pg:1464
We present N-body simulations illustrating how giant planet migration can significantly affect the conditions for the formation of interior terrestrial planets. A giant planet migrating through a swarm of planetesimals will scatter many of them onto very eccentric and inclined orbits, preventing them from playing any further role in additional planet formation. The magnitude of this excitation is strongly dependent on the mass and migration rate of the giant planet. We found that if planet migration occurs for low-mass planets (one-tenth of the mass of Jupiter) or proceeds very rapidly (10-3 AU yr-1), planetesimal swarms can dynamically cool via gas drag, collisions, and dynamical friction after the giant passes through. Other simulations produce a population of planetesimals on orbits with very high eccentricity and inclination, which may persist and become a signature of a previous migration event. In some cases further growth of terrestrial planets is possible, leading to our prediction of terrestrial planets existing on orbits outside of some hot Jupiters.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:32 AM
Chi Alpha Advertisement #2
An advertisement for Intelligent Design (sponsored by the Christian Fellowship, Chi Alpha) appeared in Thursday's Daily Beacon.
The paper that was referenced is:
Evidence of giant sulphur bacteria in Neoproterozoic phosphorites.
Source: Nature [0028-0836] Bailey yr:2007 vol:445 iss:7124 pg:198 -201
The text of the advertisement was taken from the Reasons To Believe website.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:31 AM
Advertisement in the Beacon
Chi Alpha (a Christian Fellowship on campus) recently placed an advertisement (which came word for word from this website) in the Daily Beacon referring to a paper in PNAS and linking it to Intelligent Design. The actual paper makes no such claims.
Read the paper>>
The power stroke of myosin VI and the basis of reverse directionality
Zev Bryant*, David Altman, and James A. Spudich*,
*Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5307
Contributed by James A. Spudich, November 15, 2006 (received for review October 24, 2006)
Myosin VI supports movement toward the (-) end of actin filaments, despite sharing extensive sequence and structural homology with (+)-end-directed myosins. A class-specific stretch of amino acids inserted between the converter domain and the lever arm was proposed to provide the structural basis of directionality reversal. Indeed, the unique insert mediates a 120° redirection of the lever arm in a crystal structure of the presumed poststroke conformation of myosin VI [Ménétrey J, Bahloul A, Wells AL, Yengo CM, Morris CA, Sweeney HL, Houdusse A (2005) Nature 435:779-785]. However, this redirection alone is insufficient to account for the large (-)-end-directed stroke of a monomeric myosin VI construct. The underlying motion of the myosin VI converter domain must therefore differ substantially from the power stroke of (+)-end-directed myosins. To experimentally map out the motion of the converter domain and lever arm, we have generated a series of truncated myosin VI constructs and characterized the size and direction of the power stroke for each construct using dual-labeled gliding filament assays and optical trapping. Motors truncated near the end of the converter domain generate (+)-end-directed motion, whereas longer constructs move toward the (-) end. Our results directly demonstrate that the unique insert is required for directionality reversal, ruling out a large class of models in which the converter domain moves toward the (-) end. We suggest that the lever arm rotates 180° between pre- and poststroke conformations.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:47 PM
New Articles by UT Faculty: Biology
Title:
Nanofiltration and reverse osmosis biostability relative to alternative methods of water treatment
Authors:
Liu, SB; LePuil, M; Taylor, JS; Randall, AA
Author Full Names:
Liu, Suibing; LePuil, Michael; Taylor, J. S.; Randall, A. A.
Source:
JOURNAL OF WATER SUPPLY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-AQUA 56 (1): 25-40 FEB 2007
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:55 PM
New UT Faculty Articles: Biology
Title:
Prophylactic trimethoprim-sulfadiazine during chemotherapy in dogs with lymphoma and osteosarcoma: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Author Full Names:
Chretin, J. D.; Rassnick, K. M.; Shaw, N. A.; Hahn, K. A.; Ogilvie, G. K.; Kristal, O.; Northrup, N. C.; Moore, A. S.
Source:
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE 21 (1): 141-148 JAN-FEB 2007
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Title:
Reductive evolution and niche adaptation inferred from the genome of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer
Author Full Names:
Stinear, Timothy P.; Seemann, Torsten; Pidot, Sacha; Frigui, Wafa; Reysset, Gilles; Garnier, Thierry; Meurice, Guillaume; Simon, David; Bouchier, Christiane; Ma, Laurence; Tichit, Magali; Porter, Jessica L.; Ryan, Janine; Johnson, Paul D. R.; Davies, John K.; Jenkin, Grant A.; Small, Pamela L. C.; Jones, Louis M.; Tekaia, Fredj; Laval, Francoise; Daffe, Mamadou; Parkhill, Julian; Cole, Stewart T.
Source:
GENOME RESEARCH 17 (2): 192-200 FEB 2007
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Title:
High expression of Cyp6g1, a cytochrome P450 gene, does not necessarily confer DDT resistance in Drosophila melanogaster
Author Full Names:
Kuruganti, Srilalitha; Lam, Vita; Zhou, Xuguo; Bennett, Gary; Pittendrigh, Barry R.; Ganguly, Ranjan
Source:
GENE 388 (1-2): 43-53 FEB 15 2007
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:34 PM
New Articles by UT Faculty: Biology
These citations were sent via Web of Science's alerts using this search string:
AD=(univ tennessee SAME knoxville SAME (geno* OR walters OR biol* OR biochem* OR micro*))
If you would like to learn more about setting specific alerts, please see the WoS tutorials or ask your Subject Librarian.
Title:
An investigation of /omphalotaceae (Fungi : Euagarics) with emphasis on the genus Gymnopus
Author Full Names:
Mata, Juan Luis; Hughes, Karen W.; Petersen, Ronald H.
Source:
SYDOWIA 58 (2): 191-289 DEC 30 2006
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Title:
Direct quantification of N-(3-oxo-hexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone in culture supernatant using a whole-cell bioreporter
Author Full Names:
Yan, Ling; Allen, Michael S.; Simpson, Michael L.; Sayler, Gary S.; Cox, Chris D.
Source:
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS 68 (1): 40-45 JAN 2007
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Title:
Ensuring that "authors" write - The authors reply
Author Full Names:
Weltzin, Jake F.; Belote, R. Travis; Williams, Leigh T.; Keller, Jason K.; Engel, E. Cayenne
Source:
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 5 (1): 11-11 FEB 2007
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:14 PM
Ecology Articles in Google Scholar
Ecology Articles in Google Scholar: Levels of Access to Articles in Core Journals
Marilyn Christianson
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:45 PM
Nucleic Acids Research: Database Issue
The 2007 Database Issue of Nucleic Acids Research is the fourteenth in a series dedicated to databases in the field of molecular biology. These databases are essential resources for experimental and computational biologists alike and this compilation provides descriptions and updates of the most important of these databases, and serves to introduce newly compiled resources that provide specialist information in the biological area. The current issue is the largest yet and presents 68 new databases and updates of 106 existing databases. The 2007 Database Issue is not included in the print subscription to NAR. Instead, the Database Issue is freely available online to all under NAR's open access model.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:37 PM
New Articles by UT Faculty: Biology
Title:
Systematic status and biogeography of the Javan and small Indian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora)
Author Full Names:
Veron, Geraldine; Patou, Marie-Lilith; Pothet, Geraldine; Simberloff, Daniel; Jennings, Andrew P.
Source:
ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA 36 (1): 1-10 JAN 2007
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Title:
Export fluxes of particulate organic carbon in the Chukchi Sea: A comparative study using Th-234/U-238 disequilibria and drifting sediment traps
Author Full Names:
Lalande, Catherine; Lepore, Kate; Cooper, Lee W.; Grebmeier, Jacqueline M.; Moran, S. Bradley
Source:
MARINE CHEMISTRY 103 (1-2): 185-196 JAN 8 2007
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:23 PM
New Biology Resources
Elsevier's dictionary of medicine and biology : in English, Greek, German, Italian, and Latin
compiled by Giannis Konstantinidis ; grammatical information of Greek entries compiled by Stavroula Tsiantoula.
Hodges Reference / Reference: R121 .E47 2005
[description]
Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
With Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, it's easier than ever for the life scientist to become "fluent" in bioinformatics and master the exciting new frontiers opened up by DNA sequencing.
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:30 PM
New Resource: Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
With Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, it's easier than ever for the life scientist to become "fluent" in bioinformatics and master the exciting new frontiers opened up by DNA sequencing.
Updated every three months in all formats, CPBI is constantly evolving to keep pace with the very latest discoveries and developments. A year of these quarterly updates is included in the initial CPBI purchase price. That's 590 pages of new (80%) and revised (20%) content on average every year since the initial publication of the work in April 2002! Presently two volumes in its looseleaf print version, CPBI...
features step-by-step instructions for working with hundreds of applications and databases from research groups around the globe.
is designed for research biologists, not computational experts.
shows how to select the right software parameters, analyze data, interpret results, generate hypotheses, and advance research to new levels.
includes a valuable appendix on user fundamentals and a glossary of bioinformatics terms.
Edited by: Andreas D. Baxevanis, Editor-in-Chief (Bethesda, Maryland); Gregory A. Petsko (Brandeis University); Lincoln D. Stein (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory); Gary D. Stormo (Washington University); Guest Editor: John R. Yates III (The Scripps Research Institute); Advisory Editor: Daniel B. Davison (Morrisville, Pennsylvania); Past Editor: Roderic D.M. Page (University of Glasgow)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:23 PM
New Articles: Biology
*View Full Record: http://gateway.isiknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=WOS&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=000243537800014
*Order Full Text [ ]
Title:
A sensitized screen of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-mutagenized mice identifies dominant mutants predisposed to diabetic nephropathy
Authors:
Tchekneva, EE; Rinchik, EM; Polosukhina, D; Davis, LS; Kadkina, V; Mohamed, Y; Dunn, SR; Sharma, K; Qi, Z; Fogo, AB; Breyer, MD
Author Full Names:
Tchekneva, Elena E.; Rinchik, Eugene M.; Polosukhina, Dina; Davis, Linda S.; Kadkina, Veronika; Mohamed, Yassir; Dunn, Steve R.; Sharma, Kumar; Qi, Zhonghua; Fogo, Agnes B.; Breyer, Matthew D.
Source:
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY 18 (1): 103-112 JAN 2007
Language:
English
ISSN:
1046-6673
IDS Number:
126TG
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Title:
Thermodynamic characterization of the interaction between CAR-RXR and SRC-1 peptide by isothermal titration calorimetry
Authors:
Wright, E; Vincent, J; Fernandez, EJ
Author Full Names:
Wright, Edward; Vincent, Jeremy; Fernandez, Elias J.
Source:
BIOCHEMISTRY 46 (3): 862-870 JAN 23 2007
Language:
English
ISSN:
0006-2960
IDS Number:
125ZX
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Title:
Vocalizations emitted during mother-young interactions by captive eastern red bats Lasiurus borealis (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae)
Authors:
Schmidt-French, B; Gillam, E; Fenton, MB
Author Full Names:
Schmidt-French, Barbara; Gillam, Erin; Fenton, M. Brock
Source:
ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 8 (2): 477-484 2006
Posted by Donna Braquet at 07:14 PM
PuMed Central International
KPMC the first PubMed Central International Site, was officially released on January 8, 2007. UKPMC will function as the United Kingdom's archive of free, full text biomedical research articles and will contain most of the content currently available in PubMed Central.
The UKPMC project includes an installation of the United Kingdom Manuscript Submission System (UKMSS), a version of the Portable PubMed Central Manuscript Submission system (pNIHMS) developed at NCBI. These two systems provide a mechanism archiving and distributing research manuscripts funded by the UKPMC consortium.
UKPMC is sponsored by a consortium of organizations involved in funding biomedical research in the United Kingdom and is operated by British Library and the University of Manchester.
Information about PubMed Central International.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:03 PM
NIH offers free access to wealth of disease data
Project aims to mine information on genotypes, phenotypes and lifestyle.
An unprecedented repository of disease-related data, dbGaP, is bringing together information about the genes, health and lifestyles of thousands of subjects studied over many years. The web-based portal will allow any interested investigator to search across multiple epidemiological studies, in the hope of identifying new links to disease.
Continue reading>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:52 PM
New from the National Academies Press
Free access to online books from NAP:
Biographical Memoirs V.88
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11807.html
Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11797.html
Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11728.html
Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11571.html
Gulf War and Health: Volume 4. Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11729.html
Gulf War and Health: Volume 5. Infectious Diseases
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11765.html
Implementing Cancer Survivorship Care Planning
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11739.html
Measuring Respirator Use in the Workplace
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11799.html
Successful Response Starts with a Map: Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11793.html
U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11801.html
Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies: A Workshop Summary
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11804.html
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:39 PM
Free Online Book from National Academies Press
Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate
Authors:
Committee on Assessing Interactions Among Social, Behavioral, and Genetic Factors in Health, Lyla M. Hernandez and Dan G. Blazer, Editors
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:34 PM
Nature Introduces Chemistry Blog
Chemistry blog from Nature: join in the daily debate
Introducing "The Sceptical Chymist",
A new blog from the editors of Nature and the Nature research journals.
Intended as a forum for our readers, authors and the entire chemical
community we will discuss what's new and exciting in chemistry and
chemical biology, be it in our journals or elsewhere.
We plan on discussing:
- Chemistry and biochemistry papers published in Nature journals and
elsewhere
- Chemistry and chemists in the news, including scientific and
popular press coverage, important policy developments, new
initiatives in chemistry, etc.
- Upcoming conferences, meetings we're attending, newly published
books about chemistry, and interesting websites we've found
- And anything else you'd like to talk about...
This isn't the first blog at Nature: there's also the
Nature Newsblog
Free Association
(a blog from the editors of Nature Genetics)
Action Potential
(a blog from the editors of Nature Neuroscience)
But this is our first blog in the chemical sciences and we hope that
you'll help us make it a successful one!
We hope that you will help us fill this blog with stimulating
discussions of all things chemical. To share thoughts and opinions on
the latest news, research and events in chemistry and chemical
biology join in here.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:26 AM
BioMed Central Update Newsletter
In this issue...
2006 Retrovirology Prize: Call for nominations
Images of the Month for March
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling accepted by MEDLINE
Launch of two new journals
Focus on BMC Ophthalmology
A free commentary from Breast Cancer Research
Popular articles: From Molecular Cancer, Environmental Health and Critical Care
Editor's choice: 'Establishing endomembrane asymmetry in fucoid zygotes'; 'Can HLA haplotype influence melanoma outcome?'
The Scientist Careers Job of the Week
Faculty of 1000 -- Hidden Jewels
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:24 AM
OA Biodiversity Heritage Library
Smithsonian Institution Teams with Major International Natural History and Botanical Libraries to Digitize Biodiversity Holdings
Eight of the world's major natural history and botanical libraries are working together to develop a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature on biodiversity that they jointly hold and make it freely accessible to all on the Web. The project, the Biodiversity Heritage Library, will establish a major corpus of publications drawn from each of their collections. Much of the published literature is rare or has limited global distribution and is available in only a few select libraries. From a scholarly perspective, these collections are of exceptional value because the domain of systematic biology depends more than any other science on historic literature.
The eight participating libraries have more than 2 million volumes of biodiversity literature collected over 200 years to support scientists and students throughout the world. Until now, this body of biodiversity knowledge effectively has been unavailable for wide use in a broad range of applications, including research, education, taxonomic study, biodiversity conservation, protected area management, disease control and maintenance of diverse ecosystems. The participants are:
-Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Museum of Natural History, Washington
-American Museum of Natural History, New York
-Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.
-Harvard University Botany Libraries, Cambridge, Mass.
-Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
-The Natural History Museum, London
-The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y.
-Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey
The participating organizations will work with the global taxonomic community, rights holders and other interested parties to ensure that their collective historical heritage is available to all who seek it. Web-based access to the collections will provide a substantial benefit to people living and working in the developing world who have not been able to benefit from the information held in these collections. This could have major implications for biodiversity and ecological research. Cristi Samper, director of the National Museum of Natural History said, "The Natural History Museum and botanical libraries hold a wealth of resources that describe and explain the diversity and depth of life on earth. Mining these texts for research and other vitally important uses is difficult, time-consuming and often leads to redundant efforts. By opening this important biodiversity literature to the world, the Biodiversity Heritage Library will immeasurably advance science."
"The Web gives us new opportunities to share our collections with people all over the world, especially with those who previously would have had to visit us to gain access. This is particularly important for the developing world, where much of the planet's biodiversity is to be found. With more than 25,000 periodicals in our collections, as well as a huge number of books, we are eager to work with the other institutions involved in the Biodiversity Heritage Library," said Dr. Richard Lane, director of science at the Natural History Museum in London.
The consortium is in discussion with the scientific, biological and computer science communities to take the project to the next stage. More information about the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:57 AM
Database Reviews in Nucleic Acids Research
The annual database review issue of Nucleic Acids Research is available.
Posted by admin at 06:10 PM
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology Now Available
Access it now through the UT Libraries>>
Updated every three months in all formats, CPMB is constantly evolving to keep pace with the very latest discoveries and developments. A year of these quarterly updates is included in the initial CPMB purchase price. That's 670 pages of new (39%) and revised (59%) content on average every year since the initial publication of the work in 1987! Presently five volumes in its looseleaf print version, CPMB...
-includes more than 1,000 procedures from hundreds of biologists at top laboratories around the globe.
-offers basic methods for DNA preparation to advanced procedures for microarray analysis, chromatin assembly, and more.
-covers emerging areas, including Drosophila and C. elegans basic techniques, mouse phenotyping, chemical biology, DNA construction by recombination.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:00 PM
Current Protocols in Immunology Now Available
Access it now through the UT Libraries>>
Current Protocols in Immunology is a "best-practices" collection that provides comprehensive coverage of immunological methods from classic to the most cutting edge: the most sophisticated protocols in immunology today.
-covers the latest in antibody detection and preparation, molecular immunology, innate immunity, tumor immunology, engineering immune molecules and receptors, and more.
-includes a recently-added chapter on sources and proven methods for isolation and characterization of stem and progenitor cells, as well as animal models for analyses.
-offers valuable reference information in five extensive appendices, including commonly used reagents, equipment and techniques; and a full appendix devoted to the CD system of leukocyte surface molecules.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:40 PM
Current Protocols in Cytometry
Get Access through the UT Libraries>>
Published in affiliation with the International Society for Analytical Cytology, Current Protocols in Cytometry is a "best practices" collection that distills and organizes the absolute latest techniques from the top cytometry labs and specialists worldwide. It is the most complete set of peer-reviewed protocols for flow and image cytometry available. Continuously updated since its initial publication in October 1997, this quarterly-updated two-volume set
-provides complete coverage of flow cytometry, with hundreds of basic to advanced techniques from instrumentation to interpretation; fluorescence to antigen density; research to clinical applications.
-offers in-depth coverage of microscopy, including detailed discussion of objectives and expert guidelines on image interpretation, confocal microscopy, and illumination sources.
-includes valuable data, plus descriptions of stock solutions, equipment, common techniques and more in three appendices.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:39 PM
Current Protocols in Cell Biology Now Available
Get access through UT Libraries>>
Developed by leading scientists in the field, Current Protocols in Cell Biology is an essential reference for researchers who study the relationship between specific molecules and genes and their location, function and structure at the cellular level.
Updated every three months in all formats, CPCB is constantly evolving to keep pace with the very latest discoveries and developments. A year of these quarterly updates is included in the initial CPCB purchase price. That's 590 pages of new (69%) and revised (31%) content on average every year since the initial publication of the work in November 1998! Presently three volumes in its looseleaf print version, CPCB...
-includes nearly 1,000 detailed protocols carefully written by the foremost investigators in cell biology from all around the world.
-offers expert research tips and guidelines for isolating and culturing cells in two- or three-dimensional cultures, analyzing the morphology of the cell, and characterizing the functions of organelles and molecules in the cell and its environment.
-includes special appendices on the use of inhibitors and pharmacologic agents, protein motifs, absorption and emission maxima for common fluorophores, and more.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:35 PM
National Academies unveil resources to teach about Evolution
National Academies Unveil Evolution Web Page
June 13 -- The National Academies have designed a new Web page to allow easy access to books, position statements, and additional resources on evolution education and research. Evolution is one of science's most robust theories, and the National Academies have long supported the position that evolution should be taught as a central element in any science education program. Over the past several years, there has been a growing movement around the country to include non-scientifically based "alternatives" in science courses. Currently there are challenges to the teaching of evolution in some 40 states or local school districts.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:18 PM
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Lives
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has video footage, photos, and articles about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.
Books in the UT Libraries about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker:
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, by James T. Tanner.
New York, Dover Publications
Hodges Library / Stacks: QL696.P5 T3 1966
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers : A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds, by Christopher Cokinos.
New York : J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, c2000.
Ag-Vet. Med Library / Stacks: QL676.8 .C65 2000
In search of the ivory-billed woodpecker, by Jerome A. Jackson.
Washington : Smithsonian Books, c2004.
Hodges Library / Stacks: QL696.P56 J24 2004
The race to save the Lord God Bird, by Phillip Hoose.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2004.
Hodges Reserves / Juvenile Coll.: 598.7H66ra
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:34 AM
Article in BIO IT World about OA Biology Databases
More than 700 'open' databases now available from around the world
BY KEVIN DAVIES
"The 2005 compendium of molecular biology databases compiled and published by Nucleic Acids Research shows a dramatic increase of 171 databases from 2004, bringing the new total up to 719."
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:16 PM
Biodiversity Research and Copyright
Donat Agosti, Is Copyright undermining Biodiversity Research and Conservation? A preprint from Biodiversite: Science et Gouvernance, L'Institut International du Développment Durable.
[source: Open Access News blog]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:43 AM
Environmental Research Workshop
One Tree, Many Roots:
Tips for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research
[register online]
Thursday, February 3, 2005
3:00 p.m. -- 4:30 p.m.
Location: 211 Hodges Library (InfoLab)
Instructors: Donna Braquet, Life Sciences Librarian (braquet@lib.utk.edu); Jeanine Williamson, Engineering Librarian (jwilliamson@utk.edu)
This workshop is an introduction to interdisciplinary research in the Environmental Sciences. Topics to be discussed include: the broad array of resources available at the UT Libraries for environmental research; different information types (such as reports, articles and statistics); and choice of terminology when researching interdisciplinary topics.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:43 PM
PLoS to offer three new journals
PLoS has posted a press release
with additional details
about the three new journals to be introduced in 2005.
PLoS Computational Biology
Fulltext forthcoming June 2005
Print ISSN: 1553-734X | Online ISSN: 1553-7358
PLoS Genetics
Fulltext forthcoming July 2005
Print ISSN: 1553-7390 | Online ISSN: 1553-7404
PLoS Pathogens
no start date or website yet at PLoS
Ulrich's indicates September 2005 -- Print ISSN: 1553-7366
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:17 AM
Nucleic Acids Research: Database Update
Beginning in January 2005, Nucleic Acids Research is moving to a full 'Open Access' publishing model. All articles published online will be immediately available without charge. [announcement]
The Molecular Biology Databases Update: 2005 is also now available.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:53 AM
Immunity & Ageing - New Journal
Immunity & Ageing is the latest of the more than 60 independent, Open Access journals hosted by BioMed Central. The journal publishes material in the realm of immunosenescnence and all aspects of ageing examined from an immunological point of view. Immunity & Ageing - Fulltext v1+ (2004+); ISSN: 1742-4933.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:39 AM
Biomolecular Simulations repository
BioSimGrid: towards a worldwide repository for biomolecular simulations
Kaihsu Tai , Stuart Murdock , Bing Wu , Muan Hong Ng , Steven Johnston , Hans Fangohr , Simon J. Cox , Paul Jeffreys , Jonathan W. Essex and Mark S. P. Sansom
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2004, 2, (Advance Article)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:34 PM
Open Access to Biodiversity Information
On November 20, the third IUCN World Conservation Congress (Bangkok, November 17-25) will adopt the Conservation Commons Statement of Principles. Read more atOpen Access News.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:56 AM
Life Sciences websites
The Life Science edition of the Scout's Report is now available. There are also reports for Physical Sciences and Math & Engineering. Since 1994, the Internet Scout Project has focused on research and development projects that provide better tools and services for finding, filtering and delivering online information and metadata.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:54 AM
Gene Expression Omnibus
The Gene Expression Omnibus is a high-throughput gene expression / molecular abundance data repository, as well as a curated, online resource for gene expression data browsing, query and retrieval. GEO became operational in July 2000.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:05 AM
Glossary of Genetic Terms
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) created the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms to help people without scientific backgrounds understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research. Simply click on the term of interest to open a page with a wealth of information, including the term's pronunciation, audio information, images and additional links to related terms. Students, teachers and parents will find the glossary an easy-to-use, always available learning source on genetics.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:17 PM
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
The SORA project is an open access electronic journal archive and is the product of a collaboration between the American Ornithologists Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society, the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Wilson Ornithological Society and the University of New Mexico libraries and IT department. This archive provides access to an extensive Ornithological literature of international scope, and detailed material documenting the history of Ornithology in North America over the last 120 years. The content of this site includes the following titles: The Auk (1884-1999), The Condor (1899-2000), The Journal of Field Ornithology (1930-1999), The Wilson Bulletin (1889-1999), Pacific Coast Avifauna (1900-1974) and Studies in Avian Biology (1978-1999). The North American Bird Bander will also be available in the near future.
*Discovered on the Open Access News blog.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:29 AM
New Open Access Journal --Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling (TBiomed) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal adopting the broadest definition of "biology", and the conceptual modelling required to understand its complexity.
Theoretical biology inevitably involves modelling, our way of conceptualising something tangible enough not to rely entirely on the spoken word. Medical modelling is included in the journal scope because a lot of fundamental biology leads to medical or veterinary applications. Cancer is a clear example. In this age of computing and bioinformatics, mathematicians, biophysicists, philosophers, historians of science, surgeons and cell physiologists come together to lend their talents to our emerging concepts. This is the field in which TBiomed will operate.
Continue reading about TBioMed>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:15 AM
Arabidopsis Book
The Arabidopsis Book is an Open Access project bringing together an encyclopedic description of one of the most heavily studied plant species. Quoting from the American Society of Plant Biologist's (ASPB) website:
This electronic book, The Arabidopsis Book (TAB), ISSN: 1543-8120, is an attempt at a new mode of communication between researchers and a new model for scientific publishing. TAB in its initial stage is a compilation of over 100 invited chapters, each reviewing in detail an important and interesting aspect of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, with reference to what is known in other plants and in other kingdoms.
Arabidopsis Book
Fulltext v1+ (2002+)
ISSN: 1543-8120
The ASPB version is organized into sections, then access is at the individual chapter level, in PDF only. BioOne provides both HTML and PDF versions of each chapter. In addition, BioOne has implemented a search interface.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:59 PM