From the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Japan comes GENOME PROJECTOR, an awesome new tool for those interested in molecular biology.
Genome Projector, a searchable database browser with zoomable user interface, currently allows 4 different views: Genome map, Plasmid map, Pathway map, and DNA walk. It’s based on the same software concepts that run Google Maps, so the interface is pretty intuitive.
Check it out:
Genome Projector
Curious as to where politicians and political candidates stand on science issues?
The SHARP Network is the first website that tracks where elected officials and candidates stand on science. SHARP, which stands for Science, Health, and Related Policies, currently provides over 600 pages of information on presidential candidates, senators, representatives, and important issues such as stem cell research, science education, and global warming. Simply enter your zip code to find out where your representatives stand on science issues.
The SHARP Network is a project from SEA: Scientists & Engineers for America, a non-profit nonpartisan educational organization with 501(c)(3) status. SEA’s mission is to renew respect for evidence-based debate and decision-making in politics and at all levels of government.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has issued the first clinical guidelines in the United States for the diagnosis and management of von Willebrand Disease (VWD), the most common inherited bleeding disorder.Typically milder but more common than another bleeding disorder, hemophilia, VWD affects 1 out of every 100 to 1,000 people – both males and females.
The guidelines include recommendations on screening, diagnosis, disease management, and directions for future research. An extensive article on the guidelines is available for free in the March 08 issue of the journal Haemophilia.
?óÔé¼?ôThese are the first guidelines on von Willebrand Disease published in the United States and we are pleased to offer clinicians science-based recommendations in the evaluation and treatment of patients,?óÔé¼?Ø said NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. ?óÔé¼?ôThe disease can be difficult to diagnose, especially in women of child-bearing age and in children, and the danger of excessive bleeding is often under-recognized.?óÔé¼?Ø
Read the Full Report from the NHLBI
Pocket Guidelines from the NHLBI
Using the physical description statistics from Marvel’s Web site , researchers Karen Healey (M.A. University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and Terry D. Johnson (M.S. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley) created a tongue-in-cheek study comparing the mean and normalized distribution of the Body Mass Index of women and men in the Marvel Universe, and with women and men in the ?óÔé¼?ôreal?óÔé¼?Ø world.
Click to read “Comparative Read Sex-Specific Body Mass Index in the Marvel Universe and the ?óÔé¼?ôReal?óÔé¼?Ø World.”
(Eds Note: I do not think this is indexed in PubMed!)
A new meta-analysis published in PLoS Medicine questions the efficacy of Prozac and similar anti-depressants in treating all but the most serious forms of depression. “Using complete data sets (including unpublished data) and a substantially larger data set of this type than has been previously reported, we find the overall effect of new-generation antidepressant medication is below recommended criteria for clinical significance,” wrote researchers.
The study, entitled “Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration” involved researchers from the UK, US and Canada. “Given these results, there seems little reason to prescribe antidepressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients, unless alternative treatments have failed,” says Prof Irving Kirsch, the study’s Principle Investigator and Professor of psychology at Hull University. “This study raises serious issues that need to be addressed surrounding drug licensing and how drug trial data is reported.”
Read the article from PLoS Medicine
News article from Guardian Online
Tiger Run is an annual 5k walk/run hosted by the Medical School Student Government. The race is a fundraiser for student-run charitable projects, including the LSU student-run clinics.
Race Details:
March 30th
Audubon Park, shelter #10 (located at the Magazine St. entrance)
Race day registration and check-in begins at 7:30 AM
Race begins at 9:00 AM
Post-race party will include food, soft drinks, water, beer, and music!
Cost:
Registration includes a t-shirt, race entry and access to the post-race party
$18 for registration by March 7th. ($3 LSUHSC discount using the coupon code – “Tigerrun08”)
$20 for registration on race day
$12 T-shirt only
Registration:
Online: www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/tigerrun
By mail: email tigerrun@lsuhsc.edu for registration form.
Contact Meghan Wilson with any questions at tigerrun@lsuhsc.edu or 504-234-5480
Hope to see you there!!
Presented in time for Children’s Dental Health Month, the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) released a new edition of its knowledge path about oral health and pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents.
This electronic resource guide points to resources that analyze data, describe programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and the quality of oral health care. Separate sections identify resources on specific aspects of oral health including child care and Head Start, dental sealants, early childhood caries, fluoride varnish, K-12 education, pregnancy, and school-based care. A separate section lists oral health resources for consumers. This was produced in collaboration with the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University.
The knowledge path is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_oralhealth.html
Other topics are also available: http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html.
February is Children’s Dental Health Month.
In recognition of this annual event, Julie Schiavo, Reference Librarian at the LSUHSC Dental School, and the Pediatric Dentistry Department worked together to create a brochure on good dental habits for children. The pediatric dentistry department will be distributing this to their patients and it will also be going to the school nurses in the New Orleans Recovery School district.
Check out Denty’s Tips for Healthy Teeth online! (PDF)
Another Blackboard update:
As of 3:45 am 2/14/08, we are still waiting on the complete restore of the Blackboard software/databases. The process is taking longer than expected.
We’ll keep you updated as the situation changes.
Happy Valentines Day!
Currently the Blackboard system has encountered a major problem, that will require a major shutdown of the system. Blackboard Tech support needs to do a complete rebuild of the operating system.
A backup of all user information was created at 2am 2/13/08, and all transactions since that time is being stored on the transaction server that works in conjunction with the database server. Once we get the database server back online, all user accounts will be updated once it syncs up with the transaction server.
Bottom line: Blackboard is still down for the time being.
The Blackboard server is currently experiencing problems. You will experience problems with ID Works, and other services. Blackboard is aware of the problem and they are working on trying to resolve the issue.
Mardi Gras is over, but we can’t resist one final Carnival connection between LSUHSC and the glittering courts of faux royalty.
If you read Sunday’s (2-10-08) Times-Picayune Living section’s “Splendid ending: a confluence of crowns”, you may have noticed that 1982 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Bengt I. Samuelsson attended the Rex Ball. Dr. Samuelsson and his colleagues received the 1982 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work with prostaglandins and related biologically active substances. Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence, also made mention. He took a day off from synaptic signaling to sling beads at Carnival revelers Tuesday morning.
(Eds note: If you have any boeuf gras left, Dr. B, the library is taking donations!)
Ever click on a link to a full text journal article & run into this error message?
?óÔé¼?ôThe file is damaged and could not be opened?óÔé¼?Ø
Aggravating, right? Well fret no more, a solution is here!
Turns out, this error message is related to settings in Adobe Acrobat (the program that lets you read PDFs). Try these simple steps to fix the full text from our online journal providers.
1. Close your browser.
2. Open Adobe Reader.
3. Go to the Edit menu and select Preferences
4. In the left column select Internet
5. Uncheck Allow fast web view
6. Uncheck Display PDF in browser
7. Click OK, and try again
The PDFs will display in a separate window rather than in your browser window.
STILL NOT WORKING?
Check to see if you have pop ups disabled in your browser. Internet Explorer does this automatically, and this will also cause the full text not to display.
As always, if you still can’t get the PDF full text, PLEASE LET US KNOW! Email reference@lsuhsc.edu or call 504 568 6100 with the article information, and we will get the article for you. If we don’t know its broke, we can’t fix it!
On Monday 4 February 2008 (Lundi Gras to us) the Ovid screen that you’re used to seeing changed.
Do not be alarmed. LSUHSC Librarians have looked at the new interface and our implementation of it should not cause you too many problems. Several functions have been moved to different positions on the Ovid screen, but the functionality you need remains.
One reason for the change is a new “enhanced” Basic Search screen, which facilitates natural language searching. LSUHSC users will see a screen similar to the one in old Ovid-also known as the Advanced Ovid Search. If you want to try the new Basic Search there is a tab for you to use.
Other new features include a ‘Find Citation” tab, an easy way to connect to Books@Ovid, and a new name. “OvidSP” refers to the new Ovid interface.
Want the basics? Spend ten minutes watching this OvidSP tutorial from the Whitney Medical Library at Yale University School of Medicine and you’re on your way to becoming an OvidSP expert.
As always, if you need help with the new Ovid, you can call us at 504 568 6100.
Researchers who receive funds from the NIH take note: most U.S. biomedical scientists will have to send copies of their accepted, peer-reviewed manuscripts to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for posting in a free archive (or as us librarians like to call it, PubMedCentral). If they don’t, they could have trouble renewing their grants or even lose research funding, reports ScienceNOW Daily News
The New NIH public access mandate was announced January 11th and will take effect in early April 2008. To learn more about how this may affect you, including a list of journals that already submit to the archive (meaning no further action is needed to comply with the submission requirement of NIH Public Access Policy) click here.
NIH Public Access Homepage
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