Journals displayed in the Library - Friday 1 June 2007

• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Gene Structure and Expression, April 2007, Volume 1769, Number 4
• FEBS Letters, 25 May 2007, Volume 581, Number 12
• Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, March 2007, Volume 1, Number 2
• Journal of Immunology, 15 May 2007, Volume 178, Number 10
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 8 June 2007, Volume 369, Number 3
• Nature, 31 May 2007, Volume 447, Number 7144
• Neuron, 3 May 2007, Volume 54, Number 3
• NewScientist, 2 June 2007, Volume 194, Number 2606

Electronic journal available 31 May 2007

• New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, Iss. 22, 2007

Chemical structure and gene ontology information in RSS

RSS feeds from Royal Society of Chemistry journals will also display ontology terms and compound details, including the 2D image. Users will be able to see at a glance whether the paper is relevant to their research. In addition, hidden coding within the RSS feed allows the metadata to be read by machine.

This is a part of the RSC's Project Prospect - aimed at enhancing the chemical and biochemical information available in RSC journal articles.

Journals displayed in the Library - Thursday 31 May 2007

• Cell, 4 May 2007, Volume 129, Number 3
• Developmental Biology, 1 May 2007, Volume 305, Number 1
• Developmental Cell, May 2007, Volume 12, Number 5
• Genome Research, May 2007, Volume 17, Number 5
• Journal of Neuroscience, 2 May 2007, Volume 27, Number 18
• Molecular Cell, 11 May 2007, Volume 26, Number 3
• Protein Engineering Design and Selection, April 2007, Volume 20, Number 4
• Science, 25 May 2007, Volume 316, Number 5828

Electronic journals available 30 May 2007

• Seminars in Immunology, Vol. 19, Iss. 2, 2007
• Seminars in Immunology, Vol. 19, Iss. 3, 2007

Electronic journals available 29 May 2007

• Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 358, Iss. 2, 2007
• Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 358, Iss. 3, 2007
• Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 15, Iss. 13, 2007
• Developmental Biology, Vol. 306, Iss. 1, 2007
• Gene Expression Patterns, Vol. 7, Iss. 6, 2007
• Immunity, Vol. 26, Iss. 5, 2007
• Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 369, Iss. 5, 2007
• Lancet, Vol. 369, Iss. 9575, 2007
• Molecular Cell, Vol. 26, Iss. 4, 2007
• Neuroscience, Vol. 146, Iss. 4, 2007
• PLoS Computational Biology, Vol. 3, Iss. 5, 2007
• PLoS Genetics, Vol. 3, Iss. 5, 2007
• PLoS Pathogens, Vol. 3, Iss. 5, 2007
• Science, Vol. 316, Iss. 5828, 2007
• Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, Vol. 18, Iss. 2, 2007
• Trends in Immunology, Vol. 28, Iss. 6, 2007
• Trends in Neurosciences, Vol. 30, Iss. 6, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Wednesday 30 May 2004

• BMJ, 26 May 2007, Volume 334, Number 7603
• International Immunology, May 2007, Volume 19, Number 5
• Lancet, 26 May 2007, Volume 369, Number 975
• Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2007, Volume 102, Number 2
• Proceedings of the Royal Society, 22 June 2007, Volume 274, Number 1617
• Trends in Biochemical Sciences, May 2007, Volume 32, Number 5

Journals displayed in the Library - Tuesday 29 May 2007

• Chinese Medical Journal, 20 March 2007, Volume 120, Number 6
• FEBS Letters, 22 May 2007, Volume 581, Number 11
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 1 June 2007, Volume 369, Number 2
• Journal of Parasitology, April 2007, Volume 93, Number 2
• Nature, 24 May 2007, Volume 447, Number 7143
• NewScientist, 26 May 2007, Volume 194, Number 2605
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 8 May 2007, Volume 104, Number 19
• Trends in Cell Biology, May 2007, Volume 17, Number 5

Electronic journals available 24 May 2007

• Analytical Biochemistry, Vol. 366, Iss. 1, 2007
• Mechanisms of Development, Vol. 124, Iss. 6, 2007
• New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, Iss. 21, 2007
• Trends in Genetics, Vol. 23, Iss. 6, 2007
• Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 23, Iss. 6, 2007
• Virology, Vol. 363, Iss. 2, 2007

Electronic journal available 23 May 2007

• FEBS Letters, Vol. 581, Iss. 13, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Thursday 24 May 2007

• Bioinformatics, 1 May 2007, Volume 23, Number 9
• Chinese Medical Journal, 20 February 2007, Volume 120, Number 4
• European Journal of Neuroscience, May 2007, Volume 25, Number 9
• Genes and Development, 1 May 2007, Volume 21, Number 9
• Genetics, April 2007, Volume 175, Number 4
• Immunological Reviews, June 2007, Volume 217
• Keio Journal of Medicine, March 2007, Volume 56, Number 1
• Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, May 2007, Volume 14, Number 5

Journals displayed in the Library - Wednesday 23 May 2007

• Bioinformatics, 15 April 2007, Volume 23, Number 8
• Clinical Infectious Diseases, 15 May 2007, Volume 44, Number 10
• Human Molecular Genetics, 15 April 2007, Volume 16, Number 8
• Jikeikai Medical Journal, December 2006, Volume 53, Number 4
• Journal of Infectious Diseases, 15 May 2007, Volume 195, Number 10
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 7 June 2007, Volume 274, Number 1616
• Science, 18 May 2007, Volume 316, Number 5827
• Virology, 10 May 2007, Volume 361, Number 2

New Books

• Annual Review of Immunology 25, edited by William E. Paul, Laurie H. Glimcher and Dan R. Littman, 2007
• Novartis Foundation Symposium 285: Acetaldehyde-Related Pathology: Bridging the Trans-Disciplinary Divide, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Tuesday 22 May 2007

• Biochimica et Biohysica Acta: General Subjects, June 2007, Volume 1770, Number 6
• Chinese Medical Journal, 5 February 2007, Volume 120,, Number 3
• Development, May 2007, Volume 134, Number 9
• Human Molecular Genetics, 1 April 2007, Volume 16, Number 7
• Journal of Cell Science, 1 May 2007, Volume 120, Number 9
• Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1 May 2007, Volume 195, Supplement 1
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 25 May 2007, Volume 369, Number 1
• Virology, 25 April 2007, Volume 361, Number 1

Electronic journals available in the Library 21 May 2007

• Lancet, Vol. 369, Iss. 9574, 2007
• Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 48, Iss. 24, 2007
• Vaccine, Vol. 25, Iss. 24, 2007

Electronic journals available 18 May 2007

• Cell, Vol. 129, Iss. 4, 2007
• Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 369, Iss. 4, 2007
• Science, Vol. 316, Iss. 5827, 2007
• Vaccine, Vol. 25, Iss. 23, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Monday 21 May 2007

• BMJ, 19 May 2007, Volume 334, Number 7602
• Jikeikai Medical Journal, September 2006, Volume 53, Number 3
• Journal of Physiology, 15 May 2007, Volume 581, Number 1
• Lancet, 19 May 2007, Volume 369, Number 9574
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1 May 2007, Volume 104, Number 18
• Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, 2007, Volume 158

Electronic Journals Available - 17th May 2007

• New England Journal of Medicine, May 17, 2007

Journals Displayed in the Library - 18th May 2007

• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, May 2007, Vol.1771 No.5
• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, May 2007, Vol.1774 No.5
• BioTechniques, May 2007, Vol.42 No.5
• Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology, June 2007, Vol.153 No.2
• Nature, 17 May 2007, Vol.447 No.7142
• New Scientist, 19 May 2007, Vol.194 No.2604
• Science, 11 May 2007, Vol.316 No.5826
• Trends in Neurosciences, May 2007, Vol.30 No.5
• Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, May 2007, Vol.28 No.5

NCBI Newsletter

The latest issue of NCBI News is now available online. Short articles on the following are included:

• PubMed's AbstractPlus display - the new default display
• CD Tree - a program for manipulating and analysing conserved domain records
• Cn3D 4.2 - a new version of the 3D structrue viewer
• Whole Genome Shotgun Growth
• New BLAST View Options
• New Genome Builds—Map Viewer

Electronic journals available 16 May 2007

• FEBS Letters, Vol. 581, Iss. 12, 2007
• PLoS Biology, Vol. 5, Iss. 5, 2007
• Structure, Vol. 15, Iss. 5, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Thursday 17 May 2007

• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: May 2007, Volume 1767, Number 5
• Current Biology, 1 May 2007, Volume 17, Number 9
• Journal of Biochemistry, April 2007, Volume 141, Number 4
• Journal of Endocrinology, May 2007, Volume 193, Number 2
• Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1 May 2007, Volume 195, Number 9
• Journal of Neuroscience, 25 April 2007, Volume 27, Number 17
• Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 22 May 2007, Volume 61, Number 2
• Trends in Immunology, May 2007, Volume 28, Number 5

Electronic journal available 15 May 2007

• Current Biology, Vol. 17, Iss. 10, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Wednesday 16 May 2007

• American Scientist, March-April 2007, Volume 95, Number 2
• Cell, 20 April 2007, Volume 129, Number 2
• Current Biology, 6 February 2007, Volume 17, Number 3
• Molecular Cell, 27 April 2007, Volume 26, Number 2
• Neuron, 19 April 2007, Volume 54, Number 2
• Neuroscience, 14 April 2007, Volume 145, Number 4
• Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 22 January 2007, Volume 61, Number 1

New guidelines for figures for BioMed Central journals

BioMed Central have issued improved figure preparation guidelines for articles submitted to their journals.

There is also an article in their blog asking for user feedback on these new guidelines.

Journals Displayed in the Library - 15th May 2007

• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research, May 2007, Vol.1773 No.5
• Development, April 2007, Vol.134 No.8
• European Journal of Immunology, May 2007, Vol.37 No.5
• Febs Letters, 15 May 2007, Vol.581 No.10
• Journal of Antibiotics, February 2007, Vol.60 No.2
• Journal of Cell Science, 15 April 2007, Vol.120 No.8
• Nature Neuroscience, May 2007, Vol.10 No.5
• Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, June 2007, Vol.101 No.6
• Trends in Biotechnology, December 2006, Vol.24 No.12

Electronic Journals Available - 14th May 2007

• Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 357, Iss. 4, 2007
• Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 358, Iss. 1, 2007
• Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Vol. 17, Iss. 11, 2007
• FEBS Letters, Vol. 581, Iss. 11, 2007
• Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 369, Iss. 3, 2007
• Lancet, Vol. 369, Iss. 9573, 2007
• Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 48, Iss. 23, 2007

Electronic Journal Available - 11th May 2007

• Analytical Biochemistry, Vol. 365, Iss. 2, 2007
• Molecular Cell, Vol. 26, Iss. 3, 2007
• Science, 11 May 2007, Vol. 316 No. 5826

Journals Displayed in the Library - 14th May 2007

• BioEssays, May 2007, Vol.29 No.5
• BMJ, 12 May 2007, Vol.334 No.7601
• Developmental Biology, 15 April 2007, Vol.304 No.2
• Genes & Development, 15 April 2007, Vol.21 No.8
• Immunology, June 2007, Vol.121 No.2
• Jikeikai Medical Journal, March 2006, Vol.53 No.1
• Journal of Immunology, 1 May 2007, Vol.178 No.9
• Lancet, 12-18 May 2007, Vol.369 No.9573
• Trends in Parasitology, May 2007, Vol.23 No.5

Journals displayed in the Library - Friday 11 May 2007

• Genes and Development, 1 April 2007, Volume 21, Number 7
• Journal of Magnetic Resonance, March 2007, Volume 185, Number 1
• Nature, 10 May 2007, Volume 447, Number 7141
• NewScientist, 12 May 2007, Volume 194, Number 2603
• Protein Science, April 2007, Volume 16, Number 4
• Science, 4 May 2007, Volume 316, Number 5825

New Books

• Landecker Hannah. Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies, 2007
• Organic Reactions Volume 68, 2007

Structured abstracts and text mining

A letter in today's Nature calls for journals to move to structured abstracts. These would allow text-mining software to access articles. The abstract would include:

1. list of entities (genes, proteins etc)
2. list of main results described using controlled vocabulary (eg "Protein A binds to Protein B")
3. Evidence codes to show how obtained (eg "affinity purification")

For an example of text mining see Textpresso.

Electronic journals available 10 May 2007

• Neuroscience, Vol. 146, Iss. 3, 2007
• New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, Iss. 19, 2007
• Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Vol. 32, Iss. 5, 2007

Encyclopaedia of Life covers all species

Leading scientists and scientific institutions from around the world have announced the launch of the 'Encyclopedia of Life', an international initiative which plans to document all 1.8 million named species of animal, plant and other forms of life on Earth. The initiative brings together species and software experts, who will collate detailed information on all known species, which will be made freely available online to scientists, students and the general public. In addition to written information, photographs, video, sound, maps and other multi-media information is likely to be included in the encyclopaedia.

'The Encyclopedia of Life will provide valuable biodiversity and conservation information to anyone, anywhere, at any time,' said Dr James Edwards, who has been named Executive Director of the project. 'The Encyclopedia of Life will ultimately make high-quality, well-organised information available on an unprecedented level. Even five years ago, we could not create such a resource, but advances in technology for searching, annotating and visualising information now permit us, indeed mandate us, to build the Encyclopedia of Life.'

Journals displayed in the Library - Thursday 10 May 2007

• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Biomembranes, May 2007, Volume 1768, Number 5
• Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, May 2007, Volume 64, Number 5
• Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1 May 2007, Volume 44, Number 9
• FEBS Letters, 1 May 2007, Volume 581, Number 9
• Journal of Neuroscience, 18 April 2007, Volume 27, Number 16
• Trends in Genetics, May 2007, Volume 23, Number 5

New Books

• Dawkins Richard. The Selfish Gene, 2006
• Herold Eve. Stem Cell Wars: Inside Stories from the Frontlines, 2006
• Methods of Biochemical Analysis Volume 50: Physical Chemistry for the Biological Sciences, by Gordon G. Hammes, 2007

Electronic journal available 9 May 2007

• Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 369, Iss. 2, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Wednesday 9 May 2007

• Bioinformatics, 1 April 2007, Volume 23, Number 7
• Current Biology, 17 April 2007, Volume 17, Number 8
• Developmental Dynamics, April 2007, Volume 236, Number 4
• Molecular Cell, 13 April 2007, Volume 26, Number 1
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 17 April 2007, Volume 104, Number 16
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 24 April 2007, Volume 104, Number 17
• Structure, April 2007, Volume 15, Number 4
• Trends in Biochemical Sciences, April 2007, Volume 32, Number 4

New Books

• Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 589: Neural Crest Induction and Differentiation, edited by Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet, 2006
• Morgan David O. Primers in Biology - The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control, 2007
• van Drongelen Wim. Signal Processing for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to the Analysis of Physiological Signals, 2007

Electronic journals available 8 May 2007

• Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 15, Iss. 12, 2007
• Current Opinion in Immunology, Vol. 19, Iss. 3, 2007
• Developmental Cell, Vol. 12, Iss. 5, 2007
• DNA Repair, Vol. 6, Iss. 6, 2007
• FEBS Letters, Vol. 581, Iss. 10, 2007
• Gene, Vol. 395, Iss. 1-2, 2007
• Immunology Letters, Vol. 110, Iss. 1, 2007
• Lancet, Vol. 369, Iss. 9572, 2007
• Neuron, Vol. 54, Iss. 3, 2007
• Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 48, Iss. 22, 2007
• Trends in Cell Biology, Vol. 17, Iss. 5, 2007
• Vaccine, Vol. 25, Iss. 22, 2007
• Virology, Vol. 362, Iss. 2, 2007
• Virology, Vol. 363, Iss. 1, 2007

Electronic journal available 4 May 2007

• Developmental Biology, Vol. 305, Iss. 2, 2007
• Science, Vol. 316, Iss. 5825, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Tuesday 8 May 2007

• BMJ, 5 May 2007, Volume 334, Number 7600
• Current Science, 10 March 2007, Volume 92, Number 5
• Journal of Cell Science, 1 April 2007, Volume 120, Number 7
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 18 May 2007, Volume 368, Number 5
• Lancet, 5 May 2007, Volume 369, Number 9572
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 29 May 2007, Volume 362, Number 1481
• Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, December 2006, Volume 72, Number 4
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 22 May 2007, Volume 274, Number 1615
• Revista de Saúde Pública, April 2007, Volume 41, Number 2
• Trends in Biotechnology, May 2007, Volume 25, Number 5

Blogs and science - 2

Two other blog-related stories also highlight the way that blogs are getting noticed.

1. PhD student Shelley Batts was threatened with legal action for posting figures from the Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture on her blog. The Society of Chemical Industry, owners of the journal, later apologized to her, saying that it was due to an over-enthusiastic staff-member. The Scientist has the full story.

2. Another PhD student, Reed Cartwright, posted some thoughts he had about an alternative explanation of results reported in a genetics paper. It was a little outside his field so he didn't attempt to pursue the idea. Six months later someone else had the same idea and seeing it also on Cartwrights blog he got in touch to invite Cartwright to be a co-author. Again the full story is in The Scientist (this one needs a subscription, or see the print version - Vol 21, Issue 4; page 21). They also mention some other similar tales.

Journals displayed in the Library - Friday 4 May 2007

• Acta Medica Okayama, April 2007, Volume 61, Number 2
• Current Science, 10 February 2007, Volume 92, Number 3
• Journal of Cell Science, 15 March 2007, Volume 120, Number 6
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 11 May 2007, Volume 368, Number 4
• Nature, 3 May 2007, Volume 447, Number 7140
• NewScientist, 5 May 2007, Volume 194, Number 2602

New Books

• Atkins, Peter and de Paula, Julio. Atkins' Physical Chemistry, 8th edition, 2006
• Watson James D., Caudy Amy A., Myers Richard M. and Witkowski Jan A. Recombinant DNA: Genes and Genomes - A Short Course, 3rd edition, 2007

Electronic journals available 3 May 2007

• Cell, Vol. 129, Iss. 3, 2007
• Microbes and Infection, Vol. 9, Iss. 6, 2007
• New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, Iss. 18, 2007

Blogs and science - 1

Blogs are getting noticed more and more in science. Just as I was gearing up to write a little review of science blogs into my inbox pops a lovely article in the latest issue of Cell that has done the job for me. Scientists Enter the Blogosphere by Laura Bonetta (Cell 129(3), 4 May 2007, Pages 443-445) notes that

1,000 or so science blogs provide authoritative opinions about pressing issues
in science, such as evolution or climate change, or aim to engage other
scientists in open and frank discussions about the scientific literature or
science policy.

She gives a number of links, including links to some key finding aids. She also mentions the phenomenon of "Blog Carnivals". Wikipedia explains:

A Blog Carnival is a type of blog event. It is similar to a
magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, and is published on a
regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in
the form of a blog article that contains permanent links to other
blog articles on the particular topic. ... Communities of blog readers, writers, and edition hosts form around specific carnivals.

Some that are not mentioned in the article include

• Bio:blogs - a blog carnival covering bioinformatics and computational biology
• Pedro Beltrao's blog on (mainly) bioinformatics
• Seven Stones - EMBO's new systems biology blog

Journals displayed in the Library - Thursday 3 May 2007

• Journal of Cell Science, 1 March 2007, Volume 120, Number 5
• Journal of General Virology, May 2007, Volume 88, Number 5
• Journal of Molecular Biology, 4 May 2007, Volume 368, Number 3
• Journal of Physiology, 1 May 2007, Volume 580, Number 3
• Nagoya Journal of Medical Science, January 2007, Volume 69, Numbers 1-2
• Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 2007, Volume 101, Number 5

New Books

• The Mouse in Biomedical Research, 2nd edition, edited by James G. Fox, Muriel T. Davisson, Fred W. Quimby, Stephen W. Barthold, Christian E. Newcomer and Abigail L. Smith, 2007
• Volume 1 - History, Wild Mice, and Genetics
• Volume 2 - Diseases
• Volume 3 - Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models
• Volume 4 - Immunology

Electronic journals available 1 May 2007

• Current Biology, Vol. 17, Iss. 9, 2007
• Trends in Microbiology, Vol. 15, Iss. 5, 2007
• Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 23, Iss. 5, 2007

Journals displayed in the Library - Wednesday 2 May 2007

• Acta Medica et Biologica, March 2007, Volume 55, Number 1
• Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, May 2007, Volume 1772, Number 5
• Clinical Infectious Diseases, 15 April 2007, Volume 44, Number 8
• Current Opinion in Neurobiology, April 2007, Volume 17, Number 2
• International Immunology, April 2007, Volume 19, Number 4
• Journal of Cell Science, 1 February 2007, Volume 120, Number 3
• Journal of Cell Science, 15 February 2007, Volume 120, Number 4
• Science, 27 April 2007, Volume 316, Number 5824