Category: Biomedical Informatics

  • Squid studies: How local knowledge lands new insights in scientific research

    Interesting article on the ways that local knowledge can advance scientific inquiry… Squid studies: Local knowledge lands new insights | Expeditions, Scientific American Blog Network. Related articles Japanese researchers confirm squid can fly as fast as Usain Bolt (wired.co.uk) Japanese researchers confirm existence of flying squid (japandailypress.com) Is it a bird? Is it a plane?…

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  • Johns Hopkins University Master of Science in Energy Policy and Climate brings cutting edge sustainability and science training online

    The program will prepare the next generation of interdisciplinary professionals to address the challenges of climate change and sustainable energy systems. Graduates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the science related to a changing climate and global warming, knowledge of the impacts of climate change, vulnerability of natural systems and the built environment,…

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  • Patients Out of Time: Crowd-sourcing access to a prohibited medicine

    This forum and the growing interesting in medical marijuana are yet another example of the power of the Internet and social networking to drive research and access to a recently banned substance traditionally used for medicinal purposes. Patients Out of Time. Related articles Seed of Relief Aims to Find Answers for Pain with Medicinal Marijuana…

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  • Why biotech and pharma companies are taking so long to adopt social media

    Pharma companies have to deal with a lot of hurdles to allow people to collaborate with them online which may explain why they are such late adopters Regulations restrict social media use by biotechs, pharma – Mass High Tech Business News. Related articles Biotech, pharma warming up to Facebook (fiercebiotechit.com) Is FDA keeping social media…

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  • Health Informatics: New Northeastern University Masters degree

    Health Informatics Degree Online | Master’s Degrees | Northeastern University Online. Related articles Becoming The University Of Everywhere (keptup.typepad.com) GSU to offer health informatics degree (bizjournals.com) Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics expert says (medicalxpress.com) Health Informatics Scotland 2013 – CFP Closes 15 May (imianews.wordpress.com) Saint Louis University is Now Accepting Applications…

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  • SleepCoach: Web based ethnographic approach for insomnia

    This is a good idea: a web based method to deliver cognitive therapy for insomnia. I’ve also looked at something called the ZEO which tracks your movements too. There is Mac software that uses the Mac’s webcam and an infrared light to do the same which I have tried. Welcome to the new SleepCoach. Related…

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  • Ensuring self destruction of your digital information

    Increasing research shows that for human health, ensuring that one’s digital information is deleted when no longer needed is just as important as retention. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-08/st_thompson Related articles IDC Releases Alarming Trends for the Digital Universe (brandenwilliams.com) Power and dumb machines are the biggest challenges for big data (alexrudloff.com) Librarian entrepreneurs (mbanks.typepad.com) @datamineruk: What is ‘Open…

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  • In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits | Magazine

    via www.wired.com An interesting new article in Wired on the way that social networking, crowdsourcing and software driven, personal manufacturing is transforming the manufacturing of every type of good. Indeed the worlds of bit and atoms are merging at a rapid clip. Related articles Innovation Lessons From 3-D Printing (sloanreview.mit.edu) Bits of Atoms (farisyakob.typepad.com) Robots Will…

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  • Neurovigil: Replacing a Sleep Lab with an iPhone?

    This is amazing. Daniel Heimpel: Revolutionizing Sleep Science. Related articles iBrain, a Device That Can Read your thoughts (thehandiestone.typepad.com) Leading Phoenix Sleep Center Now Treating Both Adult and Children’s Sleep Disorders (prweb.com) Why a Sleep Apnea Diagnosis May Save Your Life (health.usnews.com) Make Your Dreams Sweeter With These Wonderful Sleep Apps (appadvice.com) Sleep is not…

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  • Heartbeat software: life science document management solutions

    Heartbeat Experts. I’m looking for the best slide and content/document management system for pharma. According to KM for Med affairs CBI conference this is one of the best. Also, Cadient group, Exploria, Open Q, Skila, look good. Related articles Doctors: Become a key opinion leader using social media Best Practices In KOL & Prescriber Management…

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  • Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship, MS | NYU-Poly

    Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship, MS | NYU-Poly. Related articles Researchers set record for detecting smallest virus, opening new possibilities for early disease detection (phys.org) NY-Poly Detector Sets Record for Smallest Virus Identified without Electon Microscopy (medgadget.com) By detecting smallest virus, researchers open possibilities for early disease detection (esciencenews.com) Millimeter Frequencies Proposed for 5G (dailywireless.org) Searching for 1,000…

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  • Carnegie Mellon Program in Biotechnology and Management: Healthcare spending and GDP

    Biotechnology and Management. The healthcare system costs the United States $2.7 trillion — 17.5 percent of gross domestic product — in 2010. More than 40 percent of that cost — about $1 billion — comprises pharmaceutical, diagnostics, biotechnology and medical devices. Related articles Inspiration – Carnegie Mellon ETC Projects (designgames12.wordpress.com) Carnegie Mellon University-Rwanda Launches Graduate…

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  • Organogenesis Inc. Home—the world leading tissue regeneration company

      Organogenesis Inc. Home—the world leading tissue regeneration company. Building a huge office in Canton and looks like a good company… Related articles Going Beyond State-Of-The-Art In Tissue Regeneration (medicalnewstoday.com) Histogenics Gets $49 Million for Tissue Regeneration – and Recapitalization (nextbigfuture.com) A few days in Nanomedicine – regeneration, synthetic vaccines, gene therapy, medical tests 1…

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  • Quantum2: an innovative skills development program provided by the Information Professional Development Group at ProQuest

    Quantum2: an innovative skills development program provided by the Information Professional Development Group at ProQuest. Interesting site for information professionals on setting up an information/KM center. Related articles Research databases on the new ProQuest platform (lmulibrary.typepad.com) ProQuest Rolls Out New Graduate Education Program (detroit.cbslocal.com) ebrary Fortifies Strategic E-book Acquisition for K-12 Libraries with Common Core…

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  • Alex (Sandy) Pentland Homepage: Honest Signals, Reality Mining, and Sensible Organizations

    Alex (Sandy) Pentland Homepage — Honest Signals, Reality Mining, and Sensible Organizations. What if you could see yourself as others see you? What if you could have a God’s eye view of how the people in your social network interact? Or `see the rhythms of interaction for everyone in your town? Or even the entire…

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  • Boston University Online Graduate Programs: Online MA in Clinical Investigation at Boston University

    Boston University Online Graduate Certificate Programs: Online Graduate Certificate in Clinical Investigation at Boston University. Related articles What “Cool” Looks Like at Boston University (bostinno.com) The Rise of Online Teacher Ed (insidehighered.com) How Online Education Has Turned Into a Game of Comparing Apples to Oranges (bostinno.com) Boston University Is Fourth Law School to Offer Online…

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  • Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School of Computer Science Bioinformatics

    Knowledge Systems Institute :: Graduate School of Computer Science. Bioinformatics degrees Related articles Proctored exam for Intro to Computer Science now available (udacity.com) The state of IT education (computerworld.co.nz) Making Magic With Computer Science and Art (theepochtimes.com) Redefining the Introduction to Computer Science (ejohn.org) Developers put to the test in Game of Codes (computerworld.co.nz) Engineering…

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  • Biosemiotics: integrating the science of signs with the science of life

    Biosemiotics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Related articles NYC: A Great Place To Visit. But… (thenarcissisticanthropologist.com) Speaking at Semiofest May 26th in London (brandnoise.typepad.com) Of Screen and Semiotics (acejet170.typepad.com) You Did What With Your Hands? (psychologytoday.com) Our Semiotic CultureIntelligence Apps Debut at SXSW 2012 (brandnoise.typepad.com) Semiotics and successful new business pitches (stephengreensted.wordpress.com) The Semiotics of…

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  • Dr Helen Fisher: Biological anthropologist creates online dating algorithms

    Dr Helen Fisher – Biological Anthropologist – Home Page. Related articles Helen Fisher – the brain in love (TED) (lovetheorist.com) Do Pheromones Really Work? (bellasugar.com) Love vs. Lust (and the Brain) (bigthink.com) Survey: 30% of Meat Eaters Won’t Date a Vegetarian (newsfeed.time.com) An Affair Of the Head (wed-gie.com) Love, Sex and Your Smartphone (forbes.com)

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  • Featured articles | ScienceWriters (www.nasw.org)

    Featured articles | ScienceWriters (www.nasw.org). Related articles Congratulations to author Raymond M. Scurfield on winning the 2012 NASW Lifetime Achievement Award! (psypress.com)

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  • IRMS Knowledge Base

      IRMS Knowledge Base. Related articles Job Hunter’s Web Guide: The Library Career Centre (hiringlibrarians.com)

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