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University of the Sciences Open Chemistry Talk

submitted by: jcbradley
Jean-Claude Bradley presents on "Open Education in Chemistry Research and Classroom" at the University of the Sciences on January 11, 2011. The talk covers screencasting, wikis, chemical information validation, Open Notebook Science and smartphones.

Anthony Livingston "Why Science is Cool"

submitted by: Alivingston
This video is for the Kavli Video contest

OpenSciNY Open Notebook Science Talk

submitted by: jcbradley
On May 14, 2010 Jean-Claude Bradley presented on Open Notebook Science at the OpenSciNY conference at the New York University Library. He introduced the topic by telling a few stories about how new forms of communication are affecting how we think about concepts like "scientific precedent", "peer review", "scientific publishing" and "scientific scholarship". At the end he spoke about archiving Open Notebook Science projects culminating in the publication of the Reaction Attempts and ONS...

Isolation and characterization of lactic acid bacteria from different bee species in the Philippines and screening for activity against the causal organism of American Foulbrood Disease (Paenibacillus larvae ssp. larvae)

submitted by: UP Los Baños
Report on the project aimed to isolate lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from three bee species collected from different sampling sites, characterize and identify antagonistic LAB isolates and screening for antagonistic activity against Paenibacillus larvae. Prof. Noel G. Sabino Mr. Andrew D. Montecillo Institute of Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines Los Baños www.uplb.edu.ph

Peer Review and Science2.0

submitted by: jcbradley
Jean-Claude Bradley presents on "Peer Review and Science2.0: blogs, wikis and social networking sites" as a guest lecturer for the “Peer Review Culture in Scholarly Publication and Grantmaking” course at Drexel University. The main thrust of the presentation is that peer review alone is not capable of coping with the increasing flood of scientific information being generated and shared. Arguments are made to show that providing sufficient proof for scientific findings does scale and...

Micronic Track IT - Samples Batch Tools powered by LabCollector

submitted by: bonnecarrere
Using LabCollector software interface (http://www.labcollector.com/),Track IT can help you manage your samples storage and keep track of the activity and aliquots. It will help your lab do biobanking quickly and easily. No more paper records or loose excel files! The Samples Batch Tools are allowing you to catalogue samples that have been scanned by lab equipment, such as readers and scanners.

Single molecule analyses of DNA in environmental microbes

submitted by: dougramsey
Comprehensive characterization of genomic composition in environmental microbial samples has been challenging, because the majority of microorganisms are difficult to culture. Additional challenges include a high degree of genetic diversity between and within species, various level of relative abundance and ubiquitous presence of cell-free DNA. Single cells or single molecules genomic assays hold great promise for tackling these challenges. Recent progresses in the developments of these...

Reconstruction of Alternative Splice Variants and Associated Abundances from Short Sequence Reads (CSHL Genome Informatics Conference 2008)

submitted by: micha
The FLUX CAPACITOR : next generation sequencing technologies provide an unprecedented capacity for surveying the nucleic acid content of cells. This profound sequencing depth may allow in particular for exhaustively sequencing through the large dyanimc range of RNA abundances in the cell, overcoming limitations imposed by current (random) clone selection approaches. However, the very short reads produced by the most cost-effective such technologies make the reconstruction of complete RNA...

Cannabinoids

submitted by: alex01
Daniele Piomelli, PhD. - Another approach was discussed by D. Piomelli (University of California, Irvine). URB 597, an inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), is expected to increase anandamide signaling and is being currently clinically tested in the therapy of pain. An increase in anandamide signaling may also be useful in the therapy of depression. This is a novel approach to the development of antidepressants. The signaling can be enhanced by blocking anadamide metabolism or by...

Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis

submitted by: alex01
J. Kocsis, PhD. - The current approaches to the therapy of multiple sclerosis are reviewed by J. Kocsis (Yale University). His research emphasizes remyelination as an approach to the therapy of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.