Visible Body has traditionally been a desktop application that allows students to view and manipulate different parts of the human anatomy to help them focus on specific organ systems and learn at their own pace. Recently, Visible Body has gone…
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Health Science Librarians present on 3D printing
Recently two of the Health Science Librarians, Molly Higgins and Jamie Saragossi presented, “A Comparison of two 3D printing programs in Academic Library Settings” at the annual SUNY Librarians Association conference. The presentation highlighted how 3D printing is being introduced to…
View & Manipulate Molecular Structures
Two workshops are being offered to introduce the primary molecular databases, PDB & MMDB, and will demonstrate the NCBI’s Cn3D software tool for viewing and manipulating structures. One of the fastest growing areas of study in biology focuses on the molecular…
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Let’s Have a “BLAST” with Sequence Similarity Searching
One of the most widely-used tools in computational biology/bioinformatics is the NCBI’s Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). BLAST allows rapid, easy sequence similarity searching online. However, use of BLAST is only truly effective when you understand what it does…
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SBU Hospital CEO Recognizes Pop-Up in Library
Reuven Pasternak, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Stony Brook University Hospital hosts his own blog to recognize and highlight achievements throughout the hospital and medical schools. These blog posts usually focus on the clinical departments and achievements within the hospital.…
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Upcoming Workshops: Introduction to Bioinformatics
There are a vast number of bioinformatics databases, software tools, and resources available on the web covering a wide range of biological data including genes, genomes, sequences, molecular structures, proteins, gene expression and genetic variation. This workshop will help you…
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Advanced Searching Techniques Workshop
This workshop will provide a step-by-step structure for building a complex literature search with a focus on the health/medical literature. Topics include the effective use of Boolean Logic, controlled vocabularies, and database field searching. Date: 02/01/2016 Time: 1:00 pm –…
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Call for Participation – Survey of Faculty Use of Author IDs
Are you a faculty member or researcher at Stony Brook University? Have you published in academic journals? If so, we need your help. We are conducting a survey on the utilization of author identification and research networking tools. Survey link:…
