The American Society for Cell Biology’s Image and Video Library is a great collection of still images and dynamic videos of the highest quality covering the field of cell biology. CellDance is an annual contest hosted by the ASCB that spotlights new video and digital images in microscopy.
My favorite is this video from University of California, San Francisco, which uses synchronized swimmers to illustrate mitosis. (The first place winner on the Golgi Appartus is pretty cool as well.)
The ASCB’s Image & video library invites contributions from all cell biologists who wish to publish high quality images and videos on the site, and all content is available to view for free online. As of yet there are no submissions from LSU! Maybe you could be the first to contribute.
The John P. Isché Library will start opening at 12 noon on Sundays starting, January 11th. The Library will continue to close at 12 midnight.
UK researchers say the video game Tetris may work to reduce Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, BBC news reports:
The Oxford University experiment works on the principle that it may be possible to modify the way in which the brain forms memories in the hours after an event.
A total of 40 healthy volunteers were enrolled, and shown a film which included traumatic images of injuries.
Half of the group were then given the game to play while the other half did nothing.
The number of “flashbacks” experienced by each group was then reported and recorded over the next week, and those who played Tetris had significantly fewer.
The study was recently published in the online, open access journal PLoS One.
View full text of original article (free).
From protecting our genetic information from discrimination to constructing an entire bacterial genome from scratch, here’s a round-up of the top stories in science and medicine for 2008:
Science Magazine names Reprogramming Cells the “Breakthrough of the year”; exoplanets & cancer genes make runners-up.
The NIH open access policy and GINA get a mention in Rick Weiss’s Top 8 Science Policy News Stories of 2008 at ScienceProgress.org.
Time Magazine went whole hog with it’s Top 10 of Everything, but we’re more interested in their Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs and Top 10 Scientific Discoveries.
Amazon editors selected Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin the best science book of 2008. Customers used their wallets to push My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor above Shubin; Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach sounds pretty interesting as well. (2008 was also the year of the colon, apparently.)
For you skeptics out there, The Quakometer offers his take on the best books about quackery, scepticism, complementary and alternative medicine and its effects on society for 2008.
Whether it’s your first H&P or fifty-thousandth, medical students and other health care professionals will find A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine useful.
Created by Charlie Goldberg, M.D. and Jan Thompson at UCSD School of Medicine, A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine is designed eye towards clinical relevance. Each section is constructed to answer the question: “What do I really need to know about this area of medical care?” and the material is presented in a concise, ordered fashion with color photographs that should be readily applicable to the common clinical scenarios seen in day to day practice.
Detailed descriptions of how to function in clinical settings are included. If you’ve ever wondered about oral presentations, patient write-ups, outpatient clinics, functioning on an inpatient service or clinical decision making, there are sections describing exactly that.
A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine is freely available online for anyone.
Everyone knows to watch out for small children and choking hazards, especially when age recommendations are not followed. As tomorrow (January 6th) is the first day of carnival, it is also the first day of the official King Cake season. Make sure you don’t choke on any plastic babies.
The Isché Library elevator will be out of service for the forseeable future. It is being upgraded along with the main elevators for the building. It was taken out of service on December 23rd.
The LSUHSC Libraries (Dental and Isché) are closed for the Winter Break (university holidays). Both Libraries will re-open on January 2nd at 8 a.m.
Exam hours for the Isché Library will end on Thursday, December 18th. Winter Break hours will begin on Sunday, December 21st and will end on Sunday, January 4th. The hours are as follows:
| Friday, December 19th |
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
Regular Hours |
| Saturday, December 20th |
9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
Regular Hours |
| Sunday, December 21st |
12 noon – 8:30 p.m. |
|
| Monday, December 22nd |
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
| Tuesday, December 23rd |
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
| Wednesday, December 24th |
| through |
CLOSED |
University Holidays |
| Thursday, January 1st |
| Friday, January 2nd |
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
Regular Hours |
| Saturday, January 3rd |
9:30 – 6 p.m. |
Regular Hours |
| Sunday, January 4th |
12 noon – 8:30 p.m. |
| Monday, January 5th |
8 a.m. – 12 midnight |
Regular Hours |
Yesterday another milestone was reached in the completion of the Library Commons. “The Conquest of Yellow Fever” frieze by Enrique Alferez was mounted in a specially prepared wall. (Specially prepared because the frieze weighs about 2 tons.)
Conquest of Yellow Fever frieze by Enrique Alferez
The frieze originally hung on the 2nd floor of the original School of Medicine building and was completed sometime before 1933. The frieze was removed from the wall at 1542 Tulane Avenue in 1987 when a proposed drop ceiling would have covered it; the sculpture’s champion was former LSUHSC Libraries Director Judith Caruthers. Sometime before it’s removal it was accidentally painted institutional green (prior to 1961) covering the original aluminum coating (over plaster). It was stored in the Library (both at 1542 and at the then new Resource Center Library, now John P. Isché Library). It was sent to a conservator for restoration in 1999.
Alferez frieze pre-restoration
The conservator will complete the restoration now that the piece is in place. The frieze will be beautiful addition to the Library Commons.
The Isché Library’s Internal Elevator will be taken out of service on Monday, December 22nd. It will be completely overhauled and will be put back in service sometime in January. The internal stairwell will be available for accessing the 4th & 5th floors. For patrons who are unable to use the stairs, check with the Circulation Desk staff for other options.
At the same time elevators #1 & 2 for the Resource Center will be taken out of service. So access to the Library will switch back to elevators #3 & 4 (closest to Tulane Ave).
Wandering around Learningradiology.com today, I stumbled across “22 Must-See Diagnoses for Medical Students“. It’s a great review if you have 12 minutes to brush up on your radiology skills.
LearningRadiology.com has a ton of multimedia radiology resources, from interactive quizzes, and cases of the week. There’s also video podcasts available to download to your iPhone or mobile device too.
Have a favorite radiology site? Post here, and we’ll add it our radiology links page.
A North Carolina State University engineering professor has come up with theories on how Santa Claus can travel around the entire world in a single night (“exploit the space-time continuum”), how he carries all those presents in his sleigh (nanotechnology), and how he makes his list of naughty & nice children (antennas & radar).
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene concluded their 57th annual meeting in New Orleans this week. Since Louisiana is the home for the Hansen’s Disease Center, it only makes sense that the subject of leprosy might come up. The fact that the disease is considered biblical rather than contemporary was discussed at the meeting this week; mis-diagnosis is a frequent problem which, of course, hampers treatment. The article emphasizes that we do not have an epidemic.
Consider buying your grandparent video games. Health Day recently released a report font size=”-1″>(link removed) about a December article in Psychology & Aging which stated that playing video games can boost the cognitive ability of older brains. The research wasn’t even funded by the gaming industry.
But maybe Grandpa isn’t really ready for GTA or Halo.
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