Journals Displayed in the Libray Monday 2 October 2006

• Biophysical Journal, 1 October 2006, Volume 91, No. 7
• BMJ, 30 September 2006, Volume 333, No. 7570
• Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, October 2006, Volume 16, No. 5
• Developmental Cell, September 2006, Volume 11, No. 3
• Gene Expression Patterns, 11 October 2006, Volume 6, No. 8
• Journal of Neuroscience, 13 September 2006, Volume 26, No. 37
• Lancet, 30 September 2006, Volume 368, No. 9542
• Molecular Cell, 1 September 2006, Volume 23, No. 5
• Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, 2006, Volume 49, No. 1
• Trends in Genetics, October 2006, Volume 22, No. 10

NIH audio research reports

National Institutes of Health Radio doesn't have forced banter or weather reports, but it does furnish short audio reports about new research funded by NIH, health advice, and other medical matters. You can listen to the programs, which some radio stations also broadcast, at this site. Recent topics include gene therapy to combat melanoma and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the first permanent artificial heart. A new set of stories goes online each Friday. For longer programs, check out NIH's podcasts.
www.nih.gov/news/radio/index.htm

Journals Displayed in the Library Friday 29 September 2006

• Blood, 15 September 2006, Volume 108, No. 6
• Current Opinion in Cell Biology, October 2006, Volume 18, No. 5
• Journal of Immunology, 15 September 2006, Volume 177, No. 6
• Journal of Structural Biology, August 2006, Volume 155, No. 2
• Molecular Microbiology, October 2006, Volume 62, No. 1
• Nature, 28 September 2006, Volume 443, No. 7110
• New Scientist, 30 September 2006, Volume 191, No. 2571
• Trends in Parasitology, October 2006, Volume 22, No. 10

Journals displayed in the Library Thursday 28 September 2006

• Biochemistry, 19 September 2006, Volume 45, Number 37
• Clinical Infectious Diseases, 15 September 2006, Volume 43, Number 6
• Genome Research, September 2006, Volume 16, Number 9
• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, September 2006, Volume 91, Number 9
• Journal of Infectious Diseases, 15 September 2006, Volume 194, Number 6
• Journal of Infectious Diseases, 15 September 2006, Volume 194, Supplement 1
• Neuron, 7 September 2006, Volume 51, Number 5
• Parasitology, October 2006, Volume 133, Number 4
• Protein Science, September 2006, Volume 15, Number 9
• Science, 22 September 2006, Volume 313, Number 5794

Electronic journals available 27 September 2006

• Trends in Neurosciences, Vol. 29, Iss. 10, 2006
• Mechanisms of Development, Vol. 123, Iss. 9, 2006
• Methods, Vol. 40, Iss. 1, 2006
• The Lancet, Vol. 368, Iss. 9541, 2006
• Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 363, Iss. 1, 2006
• Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 14, Iss. 21, 2006

Journals displayed in the Library Wednesday 27 September 2006

• Biochemical Journal, 1 October 2006, Volume 399, Number 1
• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Cell Research, September 2006, Volume 1763, Number 9
• Gene Expression Patterns, October 2006, Volume 6, Number 7
• Journal of Biomolecular NMR, August 2006, Volume 35, Number 4
• Journal of General Virology, October 2006, Volume 87, Number 10
• Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, October 2006, Volume 149, Number 2
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 7 October 2006, Volume 273, Number 1600
• Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, 2006, Volume 48, Number 4

New electronic journal issues

As a trial we are starting to prepare a daily list to notify you of any new journal issues that have become electronically available. At first we are including a select list of key journals, but plan to extend this to include most journals that are of strong interest at NIMR.

Your feedback is welcome.

Electronic journals available 25 September 2006

• Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Volume 16, Issue 21, 2006
• Cell, Vol. 126, Iss. 6, 2006
• Current Opinion in Microbiology, Vol. 9, Iss. 5, 2006
• Developmental Biology, Vol. 298, Iss. 1, 2006
• FEBS Letters, Vol. 580, Iss. 22, 2006
• Immunity, Vol. 25, Iss. 3, 2006
• Methods, Vol. 39, Iss. 4, 2006
• Neuron, Vol. 51, Iss. 6, 2006
• Neuroscience, Vol. 142, Iss. 2, 2006
• Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 47, Iss. 43, 2006
• Virology, Vol. 353, Iss. 2, 2006

Journals displayed in the Library Tuesday 26 September 2006

• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, August 2006, Volume 1761, Number 8
• Chinese Medical Journal, 5 July 2006, Volume 119, Number 13
• Current Biology, 5 September 2006, Volume 16, Number 17
• Endocrinology, September 2006, Volume 147, Number 9
• Journal of Biochemistry, August 2006, Volume 140, Number 2
• Journal of Neuroscience, 6 September 2006, Volume 26, Number 36
• Mechanisms of Development, August 2006, Volume 123, Number 8
• Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, September 2006, Volume 13, Number 9
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 12 September 2006, Volume 103, Number 37
• Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, November 2005, Volume 38, Number 4

Journals displayed in the Library Monday 25 September 2006

• Biophysical Journal, September 15, Volume 91, Number 6
• Biotechniques - The International Journal of Life Science Methods, September 2006, Volume 41, Number 3
• BMJ, September 2006, Volume 333, Number 7569
• Current Opinion in Immunology, October 2006, Volume 18, Number 5
• The Embo Journal, September 2006, Volume 25, Number 18
• The Journal of Parasitology, August 2006, Volume 92, Number 4
• The Lancet, September 2006, Volume 368, Number 9541
• Trends in Cell Biology, September 2006, Volume 16, Number 9

Journals Displayed in the Library Friday 22 September 2006

• Bioinformatics, 15 September 2006, Volume 22, No. 18
• Febs Letters, 18 September 2006, Volume 580, No. 21
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 22 September 2006, Volume 362, No. 3
• Mammalian Genome, August 2006, Volume 17, No. 8
• Nature, 21 September 2006, Volume 443, No. 7109
• New Scientist, 23 September 2006, Volume 191, No. 2570
• Science, 15 September 2006, Volume 313, No. 5793
• Trends in Neurosciences, September 2006, Volume 29, No. 9

NIMR research summer school

NIMR's Research Summer School funded by the Nuffield Science Bursary Scheme, provides an oportunity for students to conduct their own research projects under the supervision of Institute staff.

This year we hosted another batch of enthusiastic and intelligent students. Posters summarising their projects (15 in total) are now on display in the Library, for about a month.

Contact Michael Sargent (email: msargen tel 2213) if you want to know more about this scheme.

If you are interested in displaying posters of your research in the Library please contact Frank Norman (email: fnorman tel 2227).

Journals displayed in the library Thursday 21 September 2006

• European Journal of Immunology, September 2006, Volume 36, Number 9
• Genetics, August 2006, Volume 173, Number 4
• Journal of Physiology, September 2006, Volume 575, Number 3
• Molecular Biology of the Cell, September 2006, Volume 17, Number 9
• Molecular Microbiology, September 2006, Volume 61, Number 6
• PNAS, September 2006, Volume 103, Number 36

New Book

• Novartis Foundation Symposium 277: New Treatment Strategies for Dengue and Other Flaviviral Diseases, 2006

Report

• Wellcome Trust: Engaging Science - Thoughts, Deeds, Analysis and Action

Journals displayed in the Library Wednesday 20 September 2006

• Acta Crystallographica Section C, September 2006, Volume 62, Number 9
• Biochemistry, September 12 2006, Volume 45, Number 36
• BBA: Molecular Basis of Disease, August 2006, Volume 1762, Number 8
• BioEssays, September 2006, Volume 28, Number 9
• Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, September-October 2006, Volume 41, Number 5
• Molecular Genetics and Genomics, September 2006, Volume 276, Number 3
• Nucleic Acids Research, 2006, Volume 34, Number 14
• Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical, 2006, Volume 39, Supplement 1

Thesis

• Dominic Hoar - Division of Mycobacterial Research
• Towards an understanding of the regulation of the oxidative stress responses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journals displayed in the Library Tuesday 19 September 2006

• AIDS, 11 September 2006, Volume 20, Number 14
• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Gene Structure and Expression, June 2006, Volume 1759, Number 6
• Current Medical Research and Opinion, September 2006, Volume 22, Number 9
• Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2006, Volume 22, Supplement 2
• European Journal of Pharmacology, 21 August 2006, Volume 544, Numbers 1-3
• Immunity, August 2006, Volume 25, Number 2
• Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1 September 2006, Volume 194, Number 5
• Journal of Neuroscience, 30 August 2006, Volume 26, Number 35
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 29 September 2006, Volume 361, Number 1473
• Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, August 2005, Volume 38, Number 3

Books added to the Library

• Novartis Foundation Symposium 273: Epithelial Anion Transport in Health and Disease: The Role of the SLC26 Transporters Family, 2006
• Novartis Foundation Symposium 274: Heart Failure: Molecules, Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets, 2006
• Novartis Foundation Symposium 275: Understanding Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction, 2006

Profiles in Science: Michael Heidelberger

Michael Heidelberger (1888-1991) was the founder of Immunochemistry.

In NIH's Profiles of Science there is an extensive biographical account of his science and this is linked with an archive of supporting papers (published articles and some correspondence) and pictures.
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/DH/

Textbook free for all

A new wiki-project has been started at the University of Georgia, which aims to pool knowledge in free online texts. The "Global text project" is planning to create 1,000 online textbooks. The books will span undergraduate subjects from biology to literature to computer science.
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060911/full/060911-13.html

Survey of funding agency policies on open access

BioMed Central today released the results of its international survey of 75 biomedical funders on their policies regarding open access to the results of research. The survey confirms that there is strong support by funders for moves to increase access to the results of research, through open access publishing and open access archiving.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/authors/funderpolicies

Journals Displayed in the Library Monday 18 September 2006

• BMJ, 16 September 2006, Volume 333, No. 7568
• Endocrinology, August 2006, Volume 147, No. 8
• Human Molecular Genetics, 15 September 2006, Volume 15, No. 18
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 15 September 2006, Volume 362, No.2
• Lancet, 16 September 2006, Volume 368, Number 9540
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 29 August 2006, Volume 103, Number 35
• Proceedings of The Royal Society:Biological Sciences, 22 September 2006, Volume 273, No. 1599
• Scientific American, September 2006, Volume 295, No. 3

New Scientist available as e-journal

We have complimentary access to New Scientist via ScienceDirect from now until end of December 2006.

Issues from Aug 2006 to Dec 2006 will be available

Temporary free access to Royal Society journal archive

The complete archive of the Royal Society journals is to be made freely available electronically for the first time today (14th September 2006) for a two month period.

Professor Martin Taylor, Vice President of the Royal Society and Chair of the Publishing Board, said: "The Royal Society archive is a unique source of information for practicing scientists, science historians and indeed anyone with an in interest history. The rich, varied and sometimes entertaining archive documents the earliest accounts of the seventeenth centurys new experimental philosophy', through which an understanding of the natural world was acquired by experiment and observation. This provided the foundation of the modern scientific method."

http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=5165

Journals Displayed in the Library Friday 15 September 2006

• Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, September 2006, Volume 63, No. 9
• Febs Letters, 4 September 2006, Volume 580, No. 20
• Microbiology, September 2006, Volume 152, No. 9
• Nature, 14 September 2006, Volume 443, No. 7108
• New Scientist, 16 September 2006, Volume 191, No. 2569
• Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 1 October 2006, Volume 65, No. 1
• Trends in Biochemical Sciences, September 2006, Volume 31, No. 9
• Virology, 1 September 2006, Volume 352, No. 2

Journals displayed in the Library Thursday 14 September 2006

• Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, September 2006, Volume 62, Number 9
• Biochemical Journal, 15 September 2006, Volume 398, Number 3
• Biochemistry, 5 September 2006, Volume 45, Number 35
• BioEssays, August 2006, Volume 28, Number 8
• Current Biology, 22 August 2006, Volume 16, Number 16
• Development, August 2006, Volume 133, Number 16
• European Journal of Neuroscience, August 2006, Volume 24, Number 4
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 8 September 2006, Volume 362, Number 1
• Journal of Neuroscience, 23 August 2006, Volume 26, Number 34
• Nature Research Update: Psychiatric Disorders, September 2006
• Scientist, September 2006, Volume 20, Number 9
• Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, August 2006, Volume 209, Number 4

Reports

• NBSB Annual Report 2005/2006
• Novartis Foundation Annual Report 2006
• Royal Marsden Institute of Cancer Research Annual Research Report 2005

Journals Displayed in the Library Wednesday 13 September 2006

• Cell, 25 August 2006, Volume 126, No. 4
• European Journal of Pharmacology, 14 August 2006, Volume 543, No. 1-3
• Febs Journal, September 2006, Volume 273, No. 18
• Journal of Physiology, 1 September 2006, Volume 575, No. 2
• Molecular Pharmacology, September 2006, Volume 70, No. 3
• Science, 8 September 2006, Volume 313, No. 5792

Journals Displayed in the Library Tuesday 12 September 2006

• Acta Crystallographica Section A, September 2006, Volume 62, No. 5
• Blood, 1 September 2006, Volume 108, No. 5
• Developmental Dynamics, September 2006, Volume 235, No. 9
• Embo Journal, 6 September 2006, Volume 25, No. 17
• Journal of Cell Science, 15 August 2006, Volume 119, No. 16
• Journal of Immunology, 1 September 2006, Volume 177, No. 5
• Molecular Cell, 18 August 2006, Volume 23, No. 4
• Nucleic Acids Research, 2006, Volume 34, No. 13
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 22 August 2006, Volume 103, No. 34
• Trends in Biotechnology, September 2006, Volume 24, No. 9

Annual Review.

• The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Annual Review 2005

Scientific Reports.

• Bernhard Nocht Institute For Tropical Medicine, Scientific Report 2004-2005
• Fox Chase Cancer Center, Scientific Report 2005

Journals Displayed in the Library Monday 11 September 2006

• BMJ, 9 September 2006, Volume 333, No. 7567
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 1 September 2006, Volume 361, No. 5
• Lancet, 9 September 2006, Volume 368, No. 9539
• Molecular Endocrinology, August 2006, Volume 20, No. 8
• Nature Neuroscience, September 2006, Volume 9, No. 9
• Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, September 2006, Volume 27, No. 9

Journals Displayed in the Library Friday 8 September 2006

• BBA: Proteins and Proteomics, August 2006, Volume 1764, No. 8
• Current Science, 25 May 2006, Volume 90, No. 10
• International Immunology, September 2006, Volume 18, No. 9
• Journal of Antibiotics, June 2006, Volume 59, No. 6
• Journal of Computational Biology, July - August 2006, Volume 13, No. 6
• Nature, 7 September 2006, Volume 443, No. 7107
• New Scientist, 9 September 2006, Volume 191, No. 2568
• Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, July 2006, Volume 209, No. 3

Journals displayed in the Library Thursday 7 September 2006

• Acta Medica Okayama, August 2006, Volume 60, Number 4
• Biophysical Journal, 1 September 2006, Volume 91, Number 5
• Journal of Neurophysiology, September 2006, Volume 96, Number 3
• Protein Engineering Design and Selection, September 2006, Volume 19, Number 9
• Science, 1 September 2006, Volume 313, Number 5791
• Trends in Immunology, September 2006, Volume 27, Number 9

Thesis

• Emma Tamsin Cadman - Division of Parasitology
• Changes in splenic microarchitecture and B cell responses in acute and chronic Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi (AS) infection in mice

Nature Publishing Group

A long letter from Annette Thomas, the Managing Director of Nature Publishing Group (NPG) makes interesting reading. She outlines the changes in technology that are impacting on scholarly publishing, and the way that NPG "remains committed to innovation, internationalism, experimentation and value". That last word may surprise some of her librarian readers. NPG have in recent years shown themselves every bit the equal of Elsevier when it comes to commercial profiteering, and have thought nothing of inflicting 20% price increases for their online site licences.

After protracted negotiations for 2007 we have got away with a 30% increase, somewhat better than the threatened 180% increase we were looking at before negotiations started. NPG argue that the heavy use that MRC scientists make of their journals means these higher prices still represent good value for money. Annette Thomas does acknowledge that "pricing has remained a contentious issue" and promises "we envision a period of more stable site license pricing". Librarians may be forgiven for some scepticism about that - list prices may go up only slightly but then the discount given reduces so you still end up paying a lot more.

When she says "we have only just begun to glimpse the potential" I can't help wondering whether she is talking about new technical wizardry or fat new profits for the company.

Journals displayed in the Library Wednesday 6 September 2006

• AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, August 2006, Volume 22, Number 8
• Bioinformatics, 1 September 2006, Volume 22, Number 17
• EMBO Reports, September 2006, Volume 7, Number 9
• European Journal of Neuroscience, August 2006, Volume 24, Number 3
• Journal of Neuroscience, 16 August 2006, Volume 26, Number 33
• Structure, August 2006, Volume 14, Number 8

New Book

• Berg, Jeremy M., Tymoczko, John L. and Stryer, Lubert. Biochemistry, 6th edition, 2006

Thesis

• Eleni Bazigou - Division of Molecular Neurobiology
• Analysis of Target-Derived Factors Regulating Axon Guidance in the Visual System of Drosophila

Journals Displayed in the Library Tuesday 5 September 2006

• Aids, 22 August 2006, Volume 20, No. 13
• Biochemistry, 29 August 2006, Volume 45, No. 34
• Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1 September 2006, Volume 43, No. 5
• Developmental Biology, 15 August 2006, Volume 296, No. 2
• Embo Journal, 23 August 2006, Volume 25, No. 16
• Genes and Development, 15 August 2006, Volume 20, No. 16
• Journal of Biomolecular NMR, July 2006, Volume 35, No. 3
• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, August 2006, Volume 91, No. 8
• Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, August 2006, Volume 101, No. 5
• Neuron, 17 August 2006, Volume 51, No. 4
• Trends in Genetics, September 2006, Volume 22, No. 9
• Virology, 15 August 2006, Volume 352, No. 1

Journals Displayed in the Library Monday 4 September 2006

• BBA: Biomembranes, July 2006, Volume 1758, No. 7
• BMJ, 2 September 2006, Volume 333, No. 7566
• Current Science, 10 May 2006, Volume 90, No. 9
• Febs Journal, September 2006, Volume 273, No. 17
• Human Molecular Genetics, 1 September 2006, Volume 15, No. 17
• Journal of Neuroscience, 9 August 2006, Volume 26, No. 32
• Lancet, 2 September 2006, Volume 368, No. 9538
• Molecular Microbiology, September 2006, Volume 61, No. 5
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 15 August 2006, Volume 103, No. 33
• Trends in Parasitology, September 2006, Volume 22, No. 9