If you are a nearing completion of postdoctoral training or just starting a faculty appointment, a career development grant or award could boost your professional prospects. Career development funding provides support for salaries and protected time for junior scientists to reach their full stature as independent primary investigators. If you are a physician/scientist, such an award could provide a respite from clinical responsibilities while you focus on your research. Continue reading
Blog Buzz: July 2 – July 15
Just a few items of note from blogs this past two weeks:
- In a post on KevinMD.com, George Lundberg, MD says “Journals need to explain the reasons for a retraction“
- Neal Mehta wrote several blog posts about Google+. Why not read them all, starting with “Google+ Early Impressions – Lots to Like – A Few Things to Tweak” ? (via Krafty Librarian)
- ScienceRoll discusses the new online health community from the Mayo Clinic
- In one of a series of posts on healthcare innovation, Forbes’ David Shaywitz discussed UpToDate, asking “Why is Medicine’s Killer App an E-textbook?“
PubMed Search Terms Bolded
PubMed has added a bolding feature so that searchers can easily find where the terms they entered appear in the search results. Both the Summary and Abstract formats display the bolding feature. Continue reading