Preserving the Past, Poetry, and Projects…

All in this edition of blog buzz.

  • Last week one of our colleagues moved on to an exciting new position at Rutgers. In celebration and thanks to Sarah Jewell, I’m happy to share her recently published poem which you can find here! Continue reading

Joan Massagué co-winner of the 2015 Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize and more…

Some mentions of MSK in the news lately;

  • MSK’s Joan Massagué, and Irving L. Weissman of Stanford University, were awarded the Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for their contributions to cancer research. The prizes (each worth CHF 100,000) were presented at the “Breakthroughs in Cancer Research and Therapy” symposium in Zurich.

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New Genetics and Genomics Databases Added to Library Resources

Two new databases related to genetics and genomics have been added to the MSK Library’s database resources.

The National Library of Medicine’s Genetics Home Reference provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on human health.  It includes information on;

  • genetics of more than 1,000 health conditions, diseases and syndromes
  • more than 1,200 genes, health effects of genetic differences and gene families
  • a glossary with medical and genetics definitions Continue reading