New Database: DrugBank Online

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DrugBank Online is a comprehensive database containing information on drugs and drug targets. This bioinformatics and cheminformatics database combines detailed drug (i.e. chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug target (i.e. sequence, structure, and pathway) information. 

DrugBank Online is offered to the public as a free-to-access resource. Use and re-distribution of the content of DrugBank Online or the DrugBank Data, in whole or in part, for any purpose requires a license. Academic users may apply for a free license for certain use cases and all other users require a paid license.  If you have any questions regarding this resource, don’t hesitate to ASK US!

Register Now for “The Future of Scientific Publishing: An Insight Into Book Innovation at Springer Nature”

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Join us and discover how Springer Nature is changing how they publish books through new technology and innovative solutions. Presentations will focus on Springer’s new platform towards a personalized book and machine-generated literature overview, as well as an editor’s experience working on machine-generated text in collaboration with a subject matter expert and author. 

You’ll also have an opportunity to participate in an interactive exercise where you can share your thoughts on the future of scientific publishing.

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Time: 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM, EST
Location: Zoom Webinar – Register Now

Speakers

Julia von Graberg, Industry Director, Springer Nature – Julia joined Springer Nature in 2016 as Director Pharmaceutical & Biotech Markets and in 2017 Julia’s role expanded to all of the Life Sciences, including the Health & Hospitals market.  Julia holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Queensland, Australia (2008). Before joining Springer Nature, Julia held books editorial positions at Wiley and CSIRO Publishing.

Janina Krieger, Project Manager, Books Publishing Solutions, Springer Nature – Janina is responsible for setting up new workflows and developing new products based on AI.  She joined the organization in 2017, where she worked in the editorial department before moving to Books Publishing Solutions in 2020.

Aaron Schiller, Associate Editor, Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment, Springer Nature – Aaron is focused on acquiring authored and edited books in oceanography, environmental science, sustainable development, geography (human and physical), and interdisciplinary topics related to his areas of responsibility.

Love Data Year Round

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Love Data Week (February 14-18) is an important reminder of the role that data creation and management play in research. It’s a week where we collectively recognize the value of datasets, code, analytical tools, and all the people who engage with data to provide informational support for science.

Of course, like many of you in the MSK community, the Library loves data all year round! For the past few years, we have been developing a Research Data Management program which has focused on developing services and applications to integrate with researchers’ workflows, lower administrative burdens, and encourage partnerships to support researchers throughout the life of their experiments, from planning to publication, and beyond.

Recently ResearchDataQ, a digital platform from the Association of College and Research Libraries Digital Scholarship Section, published an editorial profile written by the Associate Librarian for Data Management Services and the Library Director at MSK about the origin of our program, our new service and application initiatives, and our roadmap for future development. Read more here.

So, if you are interested in learning more about any of our initiatives, especially if you love data the same way we do, then send us an email, sign up for a class, request some one-on-one time with a data librarian, or ask us to set up a personalized data session for your lab. We hope you’ll take some time to love data, this week and throughout the year!