To register and learn more, visit http://guides.hsl.unc.edu/bioinformatics

Upcoming Workshops in March

-  Introduction to UNIX for Biologists, Part 1 – Tuesday, 3/19/2013, 1:00pm – 3:00pm (Location: HSL 307)

-  Introduction to UNIX for Biologists, Part 2 – Tuesday, 3/26/2013, 1:00pm – 3:00pm (Location: HSL 307)

Additional Spring 2013 BBT workshops will be announced as they are scheduled; details at http://guides.hsl.unc.edu/bioinformatics

The Spring 2013 workshops listed above will be held at the Health Sciences Library in the Biogen-Idec Classroom (307; 3rd floor).

Space is limited and registration is required. Registration for each workshop will close when it is full.

The Basic Bioinformatics Tools (BBT) Workshop series provides seminar and hands-on computer classes on bioinformatics tools and resources to faculty, staff and students of UNC-Chapel Hill.

This workshop series is sponsored by the UNC Health Sciences Library in partnership with the UNC Center for Bioinformatics.

Please contact me if you have questions about these classes.

Barrie Hayes

Bioinformatics and Translational Science Librarian, Health Sciences Library

Adjunct Instructor, School of Information and Library Science

CB 7585, 335 S. Columbia Street

University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7585

919-962-0264

barrie_hayes@unc.edu

Connecting people everywhere with knowledge to improve health.

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/

“When the funding stream dries up, even briefly, work doesn’t just pause for a bit; instead, the blow cuts deeper, past fat, through muscle and into bone.”

From the Department of Mathemathics:

‘Von Neumann had many motivations from mathematics and physics in introducing what he called “Rings of operators” – certain algebras of operators on Hilbert space. I will give a definition suitable for those who remain shaky on the concept of Hilbert space, and explain how the subject has developed.

Lecture 1:  “WHAT IS……A VON NEUMANN ALGEBRA?” – Monday, March 4, 3:30-4:30 PM, Phillips Hall 215

Lecture 2:  “SUBFACTORS” – Tuesday, March 5, 4:00-5:00 PM, Phillips Hall 332

Lecture 3:  “SUBFACTORS AND EVERYTHING” – Wednesday, March 6, 4:00-5:00 PM, Phillips Hall 332

There will be a reception in the Mathematics Faculty/Student Lounge on the third floor of Phillips Hall, Room 330, starting at 4:45 P.M. on Monday, March 4th. Refreshments will be available at 3:30 before the second and third lectures.’

“On Thursday February 14, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act<http://doyle.house.gov/sites/doyle.house.gov/files/documents/2013%2002%2014%20DOYLE%20FASTR%20FINAL.pdf>(FASTR) was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This bi-cameral and bipartisan legislation would require federal agencies with annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with online access to research manuscripts stemming from funded research no later than six months after publication in a peer-reviewed journal. In addition to requiring greater access, the legislation would require agencies to examine whether introducing open licensing options for research papers they make publicly available would promote productive reuse and computational analysis of those research papers.”

The Library, in partnership with the Center for Faculty Excellence, will offer workshops about these powerful design tools during the spring 2013 semester.

Workshops will take place in room 124 of the R.B. House Undergraduate Library. Then practice and use your skills in the Undergraduate Library’s Design Lab, featuring high-end equipment with Adobe and other software.

All classes except for Advanced Adobe Photoshop are appropriate for beginners. Sign-up requires a valid UNC Onyen. Classes are open to staff.

Basics of Adobe Photoshop
Thursday, January 24, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Basics of Adobe Illustrator
Thursday, February 21, 2013
10:30 a.m. – noon

Basics of Adobe InDesign
Thursday, March 21, 2013
10:30 a.m. – noon

Advanced Adobe Photoshop
Thursday, April 18, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

More information on the Library news blog.

More information here: http://www.provost.duke.edu/pdfs/KeohaneLecture.pdf

‘Scientists working at the UNC Herbarium of the North Carolina Botanical Garden have named a new species of wildflower based on the study of specimens from known populations of the very rare plant. Dr. Alan S. Weakley, Herbarium director and faculty member in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Biology Department, and biology graduate student Derick B. Poindexter, published their taxonomic treatment in the journal Phytoneuron on November 26, 2012.

‘The newly named Marshalli legrandii is an herbaceous perennial plant in the composite family. Associated with a rare fire-dependent habitat that is found today in a limited area of the Piedmont of north-central North Carolina and south-central Virginia, it is believed to be imperiled and thus warranting conservation protection. Botanists have located only four known populations of the “Tall Marshallia,” two of which appear to be extirpated.

More info here.

Science-as-Story Festival

2-day event exploring where science, media, & the environment meet

Click here to see the flyer 

THURSDAY 11.29.12

Services and Resources for Research Computing at UNC-Chapel Hill

Date:  Wednesday October 31, 11am – 12pm

Location:  14 Manning Hall (NO registration required for in-class attendance)

OR  Online with prior registration:http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/classes/classregistration.cfm

Presenter:  Mark Reed, Director, ITS Research Computing

This session provides a brief introduction to the services, resources and projects Research Computing makes available to the university community. Attendees will hear how they can use these resources and services to better serve their research needs. Some of the topics to be covered include the Virtual Computing Lab, Training Opportunities, Compute Clusters, Software, Mass Storage, TarHeel Linux, and Secure Data Exchange.

The Data Management Short Course series was initiated in November 2010 to examine funders’ data management plan requirements and discuss resources available to assist researchers in preparing plans.

SCIENCE UNDER THE STARS will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, on the front lawn of the French Family Science Center on Duke’s West Campus.

http://sites.duke.edu/dukeresearch/2011/10/06/science-under-the-stars/