From andras.paszternak from nanopaprika.eu Fri Aug 1 14:13:24 2008 From: andras.paszternak from nanopaprika.eu (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E1s_Pasztern=E1k?=) Date: Sat Aug 2 13:03:28 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] 4N Newsletter Nr. 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The NanoNewsletter of The International NanoScience Community 2th August 2008 – Nr. 20 ---------------------------------------- Did you know? There are 915 members on NanoScience Network 57 new members joined during the past week ---------------------------------------- TINC News: New thematic group 1.: Future of the nanotube science http://www.nanopaprika.eu/group/futureofthenanotubescience -- New thematic group 2.: SEM and TEM in NanoScience http://www.nanopaprika.eu/group/sem --- Hot Forum Topic: Dye Sensitized Solar Cell http://www.nanopaprika.eu/forum/topic/show?id=1612324%3ATopic%3A23185 Brainstorming about the 1th World Meeting of The International NanoScience Community http://www.nanopaprika.eu/forum/topic/show?id=1612324%3ATopic%3A23444 --- About us on Hirado.hu (in Hungarian) http://www.nanopaprika.eu/profiles/blog/show?id=1612324%3ABlogPost%3A23380 --- About TINC on Kocka.blog.hu (in Hungarian) http://www.nanopaprika.eu/profiles/blog/show?id=1612324%3ABlogPost%3A23478 ----------------------------------------- 4N Newsletter Editor: editor@nanopaprika.eu Every week in your e-mail box! Visit The International NanoScience Community at: http://www.nanopaprika.eu From Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk Mon Aug 4 05:48:23 2008 From: Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk (Heather Vincent) Date: Mon Aug 4 09:13:10 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] New distance courses in Systems Biology Message-ID: <4896DE77.4030105@manchester.ac.uk> Manchester Informatics (http://www.informatics.manchester.ac.uk/) is pleased to announce the award of funding to develop two new distance courses in Systems Biology. These new courses will follow from our existing course, Bioinformatics for Systems Biology. Bioinformatics for Systems Biology will enable the successful student to: explain the need for models of systems; understand network layouts; understand the use of protein-protein interaction networks in function prediction. The last section of this course introduces dynamic models. The details are available here : http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/modules/index.html The two new courses will be : Mathematics for metabolic modelling Computational simulation and analysis of biochemical networks 'Mathematics for metabolic modelling' will provide the necessary mathematical background for the second course, 'Computational simulation and analysis of biochemical networks'. The software used will include Cytoscape and CellDesigner. For further information, please contact Heather.Vincent@manchester.ac.uk From bioscience.ws from gmail.com Mon Aug 4 06:19:21 2008 From: bioscience.ws from gmail.com (bioscience.ws@gmail.com) Date: Mon Aug 4 09:13:18 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] BioScience Web Site (http://www.bioscience.ws/) Message-ID: <026f017b-a407-456c-83e3-982e2f7838ef@j7g2000prm.googlegroups.com> We have launched a new BioScience Web Site (http:// www.bioscience.ws/)! BioScience Web Site's mission is to organize the world's biological science information and make it universally accessible and useful by utilizing the skyrocketing success of the World Wide Web. The objective of this site is to promote biological knowledge in everyday life to serve science and society. The site aims to be a one stop location for everyone: the concerned public, educators, students, and biological science professionals. We intend to educate, facilitate, inform, and direct attention to as many sources of biology- related information as possible. BioScience Web Site offers specialized search engines, a comprehensive encyclopedia, a dictionary with thousands of terms, an events scheduler, a job board application, method and protocol articles, free blog and web hosting services, interactive location maps, links to external resources, tools and tutorials, and many other biology- related products. Please help us grow our content! Let us know about anything that we may have missed to list here. We welcome any comments and suggestions for improvement of the site. -Admin BioScience.ws http://www.bioscience.ws/ From andras.paszternak from nanopaprika.eu Fri Aug 8 02:20:13 2008 From: andras.paszternak from nanopaprika.eu (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E1s_Pasztern=E1k?=) Date: Fri Aug 8 11:13:35 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] NanOlympia - 4N Newsletter Nr. 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The NanoNewsletter of The International NanoScience Community 8th August 2008 – Nr. 21 ---------------------------------------- Did you know? There are 937 members on NanoScience Network 22 new members joined during the past week ---------------------------------------- Editor need your virtual help: We get the oppurtunity to present or network at a big sciencific program in September 2008 (Budapast, Hungary)! We prepare a stand with presentation and NANOMOSAIC Game for the visitors. 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Thanks! the editor ------------------------------- TINC News: NanOlympia – Visit our Community also during the Olympic Games: http://www.nanopaprika.eu/group/nanolympia NanOlympia – Hot forum topic http://www.nanopaprika.eu/group/nanolympia/forum/topic/show?id=1612324%3ATopic%3A23854 --- HOT Forum topic: Cancer, a serious problem http://www.nanopaprika.eu/forum/topic/show?id=1612324%3ATopic%3A14382 --- >From 1958 pages on the 2th page http://www.nanopaprika.eu/profiles/blog/show?id=1612324%3ABlogPost%3A23963 --- Nano2Life Summer School 2008 video recordings http://www.nanopaprika.eu/profiles/blog/show?id=1612324%3ABlogPost%3A23679 --- Our New partner 1.: Nanomedicinecenter.com http://www.nanopaprika.eu/profiles/blog/show?id=1612324%3ABlogPost%3A23954 Our new partner 2.: Bioinfonano.org http://www.nanopaprika.eu/profiles/blog/show?id=1612324%3ABlogPost%3A23776 ----------------------------------------- 4N Newsletter Editor: editor@nanopaprika.eu Every week in your e-mail box! Visit The International NanoScience Community at: http://www.nanopaprika.eu From a.ekart from aston.ac.uk Fri Aug 8 09:46:28 2008 From: a.ekart from aston.ac.uk (Ekart, Aniko) Date: Fri Aug 8 11:14:16 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] EvoNUM 2009 - Bio-inspired algorithms for numerical optimisation Message-ID: <600F5FE6EF61814FA44511F36077C562012B3A17DC@EXCHANGEMB.campus.aston.ac.uk> EvoNUM 2009 - Second European Workshop on Bio-inspired algorithms for continuous parameter optimisation "The main application areas of EC techniques [in industry] are multi-objective optimization, classification, data mining and numerical optimization". [1] Many engineering problems of both theoretical and practical interest involve choosing the best configuration of a set of parameters to achieve a specified objective. Numerical optimisation refers to the case when these parameters take continuous real values, as opposed to combinatorial optimisation, which deals with discrete values. Examples include designing production processes for maximum efficiency, optimal parameter adjustment for controllers and many others. EvoNUM focuses on such problems. We seek high quality papers involving the application of bio-inspired algorithms (genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, differential evolution, particle swarm optimization, evolutionary programming, simulated annealing... and their hybrids) to continuous optimisation problems in engineering. We also welcome cross-fertilisation between Nature-inspired algorithms and more classical numerical optimisation algorithms. EvoNUM deals with engineering applications where continuous parameters or functions have to be optimised, in fields such as control, chemistry, agriculture, electricity, building and construction, energy, aerospace engineering, design optimisation... EvoNUM aims to cover areas that include but are not limited to: - Local learning of parameters - Mechanisms to incorporate constraints - Theoretical developments - Performance measures and performance analysis - Benchmark problems [1] GS Hornby & T Yu, "EC Practitioners: Results of the First Survey", SIGEVOlution, Newsletter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 2(1), Spring 2007 www.sigevolution.org Important Dates Submission deadline 5 November 2008 Notification of acceptance 15 December 2008 Camera ready papers due: early January 2009 Workshop (within Evo*): 15-17 April 2009 Web Address: http://www.evostar.org EvoNUM chairs Anna I Esparcia-Alcazar, Instituto Tecnol?gico de Inform?tica, Spain Anik? Ekart, Aston University, United Kingdom From editor from gene-quantification.info Thu Aug 14 08:39:34 2008 From: editor from gene-quantification.info (Editor www.Gene-Quantification.info) Date: Thu Aug 14 11:58:44 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] qPCR newsletter August 2008 with focus on PCR efficiency determination Message-ID: <4e0166e9-4951-49e7-a4b4-0e99eff8dd12@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> qPCR newsletter August 2008 with focus on PCR efficiency determination Dear researcher, dear Gene Quantification page reader, Our newsletter informs about the latest news in quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR and qRT-PCR), which are compiled and summarised on the Gene Quantification homepage. The focus of this newsletter issue is: - Update - PCR efficiency page - qPCR Event calendar 2008 - qPCR application workshops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If this newsletter is not displayed correctly by your email client, please use following link: http://qpcrnews.gene-quantification.info/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Determination of real-time PCR amplification efficiency Individual samples generate different and individual fluorescence histories in kinetic RT-PCR. The shapes of amplification curves differ in the steepness of any fluorescence increase and in the absolute fluorescence levels at plateau depending on background fluorescence levels. The PCR efficiency has a major impact on the fluorescence history and the accuracy of the calculated expression result and is critically influenced by PCR reaction components. Efficiency evaluation is an essential marker in gene quantification procedure. Constant amplification efficiency in all compared samples is one important criterion for reliable comparison between samples. This becomes crucially important when analyzing the relationship between an unknown sequence versus a standard sequence, which is performed in all relative quantification models. In experimental designs employing standardization with housekeeping genes, the demand for invariable amplification efficiency between target and standard is often ignored, despite the fact that corrections have been suggested. A correction for efficiency, as performed in efficiency corrected mathematically models, is strongly recommended and results in a more reliable estimation of the ?real expression ratio? compared to NO efficiency correction. Small efficiency differences between target and reference gene generate false expression ratio, and the researcher over- or under-estimates the ?real? initial mRNA amount. The assessment of the exact amplification efficiencies of target and reference genes must be carried out before any calculation of the normalized gene expression is done. LightCycler Relative Expression Software, Q-Gene, REST and REST-XL software applications allow the evaluation of amplification efficiency plots. Different tissues exhibit different PCR efficiencies, caused by RT inhibitors, PCR inhibitors and by variations in the total RNA fraction pattern extracted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Several methods are described in the literature to calculate real-time PCR efficiency: http://efficiency.gene-quantification.info/ Real-Time PCR: A Review of Approaches to Data Analysis (Rebrikov & Trofimov 2006) Effect of DNA damage on PCR ampli?cation efficiency with the relative threshold cycle method (Sikorsky et al., 2004) A kinetic model of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (Mehra S, Hu WS., 2005) A kinetic-based sigmoidal model for the polymerase chain reaction and its application to high-capacity absolute quantitative real-time PCR (Rutledge & Stewart, 2008) Model based analysis of real-time PCR data from DNA binding dye protocols (Alvarez et al., 2007) A new real-time PCR method to overcome significant quantitative inaccuracy due to slight amplification inhibition (Guescini et al., 2008) Highly accurate sigmoidal fitting of real-time PCR data by introducing a parameter for asymmetry (Spiess et al., 2008) qpcR: an R package for sigmoidal model selection in quantitative real- time polymerase chain reaction analysis (Ritz & Spiess, 2008) Comparing Algorithms for Calculating Amplification Efficiencies of Real-Time PCR (Arikawa et al, 2007) Absolute and relative real-time PCR in the quantification of tst gene expression among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: evaluation by two mathematical models (Chini et al, 2007) Enhancing the efficiency of a PCR using gold nanoparticles (Li et al, 2006) PCR inhibition by reverse transcriptase leads to an overestimation of amplification efficiency (Suslov 2005) Relative quantification of mRNA: comparison of methods currently used for real-time PCR data analysis (Cikos et al, 2007) Technical Note - Evaluation of Real-Time PCR Amplification Efficiencies to Detect PCR Inhibitors (Kontanis & Reed, 2006) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the new qPCR INFO PORTAL and all the presented tools we will help you with to find the right information about qPCR and related topics in Molecular Biology in the literature and in the World Wide Web. => Papers / Protocols / Methods / Databases / Alets / Feeds / Books / Forums / E-mail / Directory http://infoportal.gene-quantification.info/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events World-wide academic and commercial qPCR Events http://events.gene-quantification.info/ Symposia, Meetings, Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, Online-Seminars, qPCR Education Program, ...etc.. Please submit your qPCR event here => events@gene- quantification.info -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- qPCR SYMPOSIUM BENELUX The prominent and still growing place taken by real-time quantitative PCR in applied and fundamental research and clinical diagnostics almost appears obvious. However, it is clear that contributions made by various scientists and companies in the field during the last decade rendered this technology useful and affordable for many users. More info => http://www.gene-quantification.de/meetings.html#benelux Importantly, the qPCR domain is still in constant evolution, making it sometimes hard to stay informed about new methodological approaches or original studies using the real-time PCR. Therefore, we have scheduled a one day "Benelux qPCR Symposium" on October 6th 2008, giving the opportunity to the scientific community to get informed and discuss various aspects of real-time PCR (including but not limited to new applications, assay optimization and validation, new technologies, etc.). Scientific talks, posters sessions and industrial booths will be at the menu. Download poster => http://www.gene-quantification.de/qpcr_benelux_poster.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- qPCR Symposium USA 10. - 13. November 2008 Clarion Hotel San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, CA , USA More info => http://www.gene-quantification.de/meetings.html#qpcr_usa - High throughput platforms: High throughput applications, real-time RT-PCR arrays, digital PCR - Forthcoming technologies: Immuno PCR, Methylation sensitive PCR, SNP analysis, High resolution melt, microRNA detection, - Multiplex technologies - Single-cell qPCR: Pre-amplification techniques, sub-cellular PCR, Expression heterogeneity, laser microdissection, FACS sorting, Enrichment of rare cells - Multimarker diagnostics: Disease markers, Tissue specific markers, Cancer markers, Stem cells, Differentiation markers, Cancer stem cells - Real-time PCR Expression Profiling: multivariate and multiway expression profiling, temporal expression profiling, spatiotemporal maps - Pre-analytical Steps: Sampling technologies, Extraction methods, Reverse Transcription, Quality Control, Standards, Standard Operating Procedures, Interlaboratory Exercises - Normalization & Standardization: Normalization strategies, Reference genes, Spikes, Standard curves, multiplexing, inter-run calibrators, quantification strategies, mRNA degradation - Data management and data treatment: software applications, data mining, data visualization, biostatistics, multivariate statistics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- qPCR WORKSHOP TATAA Biocenter Germany - qPCR Application workshops http://tataa.gene-quantification.info/ At the TATAA Biocenter Germany we offer qPCR application workshops, the 3-day Core Module and a 2-day Biostatistics Module. qPCR courses are held in regularly in G?teborg, Sweden, in English and in Freising- Weihenstephan, Germany, in German and English, and in Prague, Czech Republic in English and Czech. Depending on the occasion the workshop language and the different prices may apply. Further customized workshops and specialized trainings will be held as well across Europe and world-wide. TATAA Biocenter Germany courses are held in cooperation with the Institute of Physiology, located at the Technical University of Munich, in Freising-Weihenstephan, near Munich, very close to the Munich Airport (MUC). For more information and to register for the qPCR application workshops, please see our web page: http://tataa.gene-quantification.info/ Course Occasions summer and autumn 2008: 25-29 Aug Prague qPCR Core Module + Practical Biostatistics 8-12 Sep G?teborg Sample Preparation + qPCR Core Module 15 - 19 Sep Freising Germany qPCR Core Module + Biostatisticsy (English language ) 13-17 Oct Prague RNA Isolation + qPCR Core Module + HRM 13-17 Oct Freising Germany qPCR Core Module + Biostatistics (Kurs wird in DEUTSCH gehalten, German language) 27-31 Oct G?teborg qPCR Core Module + HRM + Biostatistics 17-21 Nov Prague qPCR Core Module + Practical Biostatistics 24-28 Nov Freising Germany qPCR Core Module + Biostatistics (English language) 1-5 Dec G?teborg qPCR Core Module + Biostatistics 15-19 Dec Prague RNA Isolation + Expression Profiling and Data Analysis Download list of TATAA courses in autumn and fall 2008 Please register here => http://www.tataa.com/Courses/Courses.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forward Please send the qPCR NEWS to further scientists and friends who are interested in qPCR ! Best regards, Michael W. Pfaffl responsible Editor of the Gene Quantification Pages http://www.gene-quantification.info -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If this newsletter is not displayed correctly by your email client, please use following link: http://qpcrnews.gene-quantification.info/ The qPCR NEWS and the Gene Quantification Pages are educational sites with the only purpose of facilitating access to qPCR related information on the internet. The qPCR NEWS and the Gene Quantification Pages are edited by Michael W. Pfaffl and powered by BioScience Events. Copyright ? 2005 - 2008 All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of this message or its contents, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. Disclaimer & Copyrights are displayed on the homepage www.gene-quantification.com To subscribe or change your e-mail address in qPCR NEWS, and if you would like to receive future issues FREE of charge, please send an e- mail with the subject SUBSCRIBE to mailto:newsletter@gene- quantification.info?subject=SUBSCRIBE From jboyce from genengnews.com Sat Aug 16 16:22:53 2008 From: jboyce from genengnews.com (Boyce, Joan) Date: Sat Aug 16 16:35:48 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] posting of an upcoming webinar Message-ID: <38E0939B1BC9FF4590265020A2136904015C454E@mal-ms1.liebertpub.com> Hi, Please consider posting this webinar about metabolomics. Thank you for your consideration. Joan Boyce Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Metabolomics Webinar: Analytics, Tools, and Applications Date: August 28, 2008 Time: 1:00 pm EDT Register for free at [url=null]www.genengnews.com/metabolomics[/url] Metabolomics-the small molecule chemical footprint of biological processes-is poised to take its rightful place beside genomics and proteomics as an enabling biotechnique. Scientists involved in the discovery and clinical development of new drugs should attend this free webinar to learn how this technique can advance research. Key learning points for this webinar: *Examples of metabolomes and where they fit into the larger biological picture *Analytical techniques for uncovering and exploiting metabolomics-capabilities and limitations *Implications of metabolomics for biomedicine, drug discovery, and development *Metabolomics case studies in diabetes and prostate cancer Your hosts for this webinar, [b]Chris Beecher, Ph.D[/b]. (University of Michigan), and [b]Chris Newgard, Ph.D[/b]. (Duke University), [b]Steven Fischer, Ph.D.[/b] (Agilent Technologies), bring years of combined experience surrounding metabolomics. They will present specific examples of how metabolomics can be applied to translational medicine, diabetes, and prostate cancer. A live Q&A session will follow the presentations, offering you a chance to pose questions to our expert panelists. Produced by [i]Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News[/i][/font][/size][/size] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/bioforum/attachments/20080816/db243f8e/attachment.html From igaribay from cs.ucf.edu Mon Aug 18 12:28:54 2008 From: igaribay from cs.ucf.edu (Ivan Garibay) Date: Mon Aug 18 16:05:07 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] Extended Deadline (2nd): FOGA X; Jan 9-11 2009, Orlando, Florida USA; Submission Deadline: September 10, 2008 Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS FOGA X Foundations of Genetic Algorithms Orlando, Florida USA, 9-11 January 2009 (Friday-Sunday) http://www.sigevo.org/foga-2009 Extended Deadline (2nd): September 10, 2008 We invite submissions of extended abstracts for the tenth Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, sponsored by ACM SIGEVO. FOGA focuses on theoretical foundations of evolutionary computation. It will be held from Friday, January 9 until Sunday January 11, 2009 in Orlando, Florida in the USA. Attendance will be limited to individuals who have submitted papers, or those requesting attendance in advance. Students are particularly encouraged to participate. Submissions should address theoretical issues in evolutionary computation. Papers that consider foundational issues, place analysis in the context of the wider community of theoretical computer science, or focus on bridging the gap between theory and practice are particularly encouraged. These topics do not preclude the acceptance of papers that use an experimental approach, but such work should be directed toward validation of suitable hypotheses concerning foundational matters. Extended abstracts should be between 10-12 pages long. To submit, please email a compressed postscript or a PDF file to foga09@ist.ucf.edu no later than Wednesday, September 10, 2008. In their submission message, authors should provide the title of the paper, as well as the name, address and affiliation of the author(s). Submitted papers should use standard spacing and margins, with 11pt or 12pt font for the main text. Authors using LATEX should either use the standard article style file or the FOGA style file which can be found at the conference web-site. A double-blind reviewing process will be employed, so authors are asked to remove references to themselves from their paper. Notification will be in early November, and drafts of the full paper will be due one month after notification. These drafts will be distributed as part of a preprint to participants at FOGA. Authors of papers presented at the FOGA workshop will be asked to contribute final versions of their papers (based on discussion/feedback at the meeting) as part of the final volume. IMPORTANT DATES Extended abstracts due September 10, 2008 Requests for attendance due September 10, 2008 Notification of acceptance early November, 2008 Full papers due early December, 2008 FOGA Workshop January 9-11, 2009 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Thomas Jansen, Thomas.Jansen@tu-dortmund.de Ivan Garibay, igaribay@cs.ucf.edu R. Paul Wiegand, wiegand@ist.ucf.edu Annie S. Wu, aswu@cs.ucf.edu FURTHER INFORMATION Web: http://www.sigevo.org/foga-2009 Enquiries and submissions: foga09@ist.ucf.edu From dnaresearchcentre from gmail.com Wed Aug 20 00:10:07 2008 From: dnaresearchcentre from gmail.com (Dna research centre) Date: Wed Aug 20 10:26:14 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] training and projects Message-ID: <46f4fdcb-1412-4cac-9e3e-24f051e9a5c1@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com> DNA RESEARCH CENTRE *HYDERABAD *BHUBANESHWAR *CHANDIGARH DNA RESEARCH CENTRE IS NOW REGISTERED UNDER MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, GOVT OF INDIA. WE ARE NOW REGISTERED UNDER THE NAME BIOAXIS DNA RESEARCH CENTRE PRIVE LIMITED. WHY DRC? (http://www.dnares.in) *Over 2000 students trained in the year 2008 as of June *Tie up with various national and international universities *Services to Hospitals, Biotech R&D Organizations and Life science sectors *Placement with high profile companies *Unmatched training modules and curriculum *Total R&D Experience in the training session *Students encouraged to work with our Scientists and Researchers on various projects *Paper Publications every month *Maximum updated facilities in DRY and wet labs. *Unmatched courses and course curriculum *Student exchange programs *India=92s only lab in Immunoinformatics and among very few labs undertaking private DNA Forensics cases and trainings. *One year membership to every trainee free of cost *Group discounts and scholarships *Membership to different academics and corporate *Industrial and live projects COURSES OFFERED ON (http://dnares.in/trainings.asp) BIOINFORMATICS (30 DAYS, 45 DAYS, 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS, 180 DAYS, 365 DAYS) CHEMIOINFORMATICS (30 DAYS) IMMUNOINFORMATICS (30 DAYS) PHARMACOINFORMATICS AND DRUG DESIGN (45 DAYS) METABOLOMICS (30 DAYS) MEDICAL AND CLINICAL INORMATICS (30 DAYS) RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY (15 DAYS, 2MONTHS) IMMUNOTECHNOLOGY (15 DAYS, 2 MONTHS) ENZYMOLOGY (15 DAYS, 2 MONTHS) DNA FORENSICS (45 DAYS) SAS GENOMICS AND CLINICAL TRIALS (30DAYS, 60 DAYS, 120 DAYS) CLIENT SPECIFIC TRAININGS BATCHES STARTING IN 2008 28TH JULY, 11TH AUG, 25TH AUG,8TH SEP, 15TH SEP, 29TH SEP, 6TH 0CT, 20TH OCT, 27TH OCT, 10TH NOV, 24TH NOV, 8TH DEC, 22ND DEC, 29TH DEC REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR BATCHES UPTO SEPTEMBER EITHER BY POST OR IN PERSON: 23RD OF AUGUST (Till 6:00pm) FOR BATCHES AFTER SEPTEMBER =96 15TH OF OCTOBER 2008 (Till 6:00pm) HOW TO REGISTER? (http://dnares.in/online-registration.asp) Please visit the online registration portal of the website www.dnares.in, www.bioaxis.in in the training section. (http://dnares.in/ trainings.asp) If you are interested in us please contact: DRC Hyderabad: +91-40-40180502/09247438983 DRC BBSR: +91-674-6548502/09238338983 DRC Chandigarh: +91-1762-286502/09256280538 Write to us at dnaresearchcentre@gmail.com (national), dnaresearchcentre@yahoo.com (International) From koster.jan from gmail.com Mon Aug 25 06:24:03 2008 From: koster.jan from gmail.com (koster) Date: Mon Aug 25 09:57:37 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] PubMed PubReminer: Detailed analysis of PubMed search results Message-ID: <6d094282-cd76-4d3f-b3ed-1d4260d0284c@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> PubMed PubReminer: Detailed analysis of PubMed search results In the vast amounts if medical literature, finding information tailored to your needs and interest is becoming more and more complex. Using the right keywords is essential for effective searches, but which ones should you use? Pubreminer is a free web-based tool that allows simple text-based query building and information gathering (mining) of the NCBI literature search engine PubMed. Pubreminer presents its results, gathered from abstracts, in frequency tables of journals, authors, words, year of publication, mesh terms, substances and countries which can subsequently be included/excluded in an iterative fashion. This process provides you a guide through large bodies of literature automatically homes in on papers of your interest. Once done with refinements, you simply take the query build in pubreminer and view it in PubMed with a click of the mouse. Next to building efficient queries, Pubreminer can also be helpful in other areas: *Selecting a journal for your current work (by scanning the most often used journals of similar research) *Finding experts in a research area (by viewing the authors associated with your query) *Determine the research interest of an author (by viewing the keywords associated with an author) Recently, field subtypes (like first and last author) and toggles for output have been added. Furthermore some routines have been rewritten to allow the processing of up to 10.000 abstracts for initial queries. The Website can be accessed at : http://bioinfo.amc.uva.nl/human-genetics/pubreminer