Siddhartha Mukherjee’s ‘The Gene’ Added to Our Collection!

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The Gene: An Intimate History from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, has recently been added to the library collection.

See Mukherjee discuss his work in this clip from Vintage Books:
Mukherjee’s latest title is a magnificent history of the gene and an answer to the defining question of our future: “What becomes of being human when we learn to “read” and “write” our own genetic information?” Continue reading →

Reproducibility, Rare Cancers and More….

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Surfing the web, I uncovered these new items worth sharing:

  • Nature recently published survey results on the subject of reproducibility of scientific experiments.   Hear what the scientists divulged:
  • Scientists from the National Cancer Institute have made new discoveries using technology called cryo-EM (cryo-electron microscopy) where they were able to capture images of glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme found in cells with a level of atomic detail.  They were also able to demonstrate cancer target proteins, too small to view in the past. A discussion of these findings was published in Cell.
  • NIH Research suggests that rare cancers may share symptoms with ADHD in the pediatric population. The specific tumors that have been shown to mimic symptoms of ADHD are pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Read more on this research in Hormone and Metabolic Research.

Travel and Family Support Awards for Hallmarks of Cancer

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The Hallmarks of Cancer Symposium will bring together global leaders in cancer research and provide a forum for exchanging ideas and establishing a dialogue amongst clinicians, scientists and drug development companies. To help support and encourage participation, the following awards are being offered:

  • Seahorse Bioscience Travel Awards – $500-700 for graduate students, postdocs and young investigators who have presented or will present a poster or presentation citing data generated using XF technology at an eligible conference.
  • Elsevier Family Support Awards – Up to $500 for graduate students, postdocs and young investigators to help offset the costs of childcare during conference attendance.

For more information and to submit your applications, see the Cell-VIB Symposia: Hallmarks of Cancer website. The abstract submission deadline is August 19, 2016.