Biology News & New Books List
April 2009
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- NIH Public Access Policy classes: Additional sessions have now been scheduled at Becker Medical Library, room 601A. This provides an overview of the,now permanent, NIH Public Access Policy including the steps involved in complying with the policy and how to demonstrate compliance. Upcoming Class Dates:
Wednesday, 05/13/2009 10:00-11:00 AM
Wednesday, 07/15/2009 10:00-11:00 AM
Please pre-register at https://aladdin.wustl.edu/medlib/Projecti.nsf/classcalendar - Rita Levi-Montalcini turns 100: If you remember Rita Levi-Montalcini's time at WU, you may be interested in Neuroscience: One hundred years of Rita (Nature 458, 564-567 (2009)
- Springer Biomedical and Life Science Collection e-books are now being regularly added to the library catalog! If you want to just browse those books, search by keyword for "springerlink" or springerlink AND some other word or author. You may also go to the SpringerLink Ebooks site and search or browse. To get online books from Springer and other sources in our catalog, search by subject or keyword or author and then use the limit/sort or modify button and choose location "internet."
- Best Sellers in Environmental Sciences, July 2008 to date as identified by YPB Library Services. Titles are linked to a local catalog record when available.
1) Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America Friedman, Thomas L. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2008. ISBN 0374166854 [9780374166854]. $27.95
2) Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir Worster, Donald Oxford University Press 2008. ISBN 0195166825 [9780195166828]. $34.95
3) Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture Ehrenfeld, John Yale University Press 2008. ISBN 0300137494 [9780300137491]. $28
4) Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment Dauvergne, Peter MIT Press 2008. ISBN 0262042460 [9780262042468]. $24.95
5) Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years Smil, Vaclav MIT Press 2008. ISBN 0262195860 [9780262195867]. $29.95
6) How Life Began: Evolution’s Three Geneses Meinesz, Alexandre University of Chicago Press 2008. ISBN 0226519317 [9780226519319]. $27.50
7) Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment Ehrlich, Paul R. Island Press 2008. ISBN 1597260967 [9781597260961]. $35
8) Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems Lannoo, Michael University Of California Press 2008. ISBN 0520255887 [9780520255883]. $65
9) Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators Stolzenburg, William Bloomsbury USA 2008. ISBN 1596912995 [9781596912991]. $24.99
10) Global Environmental History Simmons, I.G. University of Chicago Press 2008. ISBN 0226758109 [9780226758107]. $49
11) Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability Sperling, Daniel Oxford University Press 2009. ISBN 0195376641 [9780195376647]. $24.95
12) Green Plans: Blueprint for a Sustainable Earth Johnson, Huey D. University of Nebraska Press 2008. ISBN 0803260202 [9780803260207]. $18.95
13) Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic Ulanski, Stan L. University of North Carolina Press 2008. ISBN 0807832170 [9780807832172]. $28
14) Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration: Five Case Studies from the United States Doyle, Mary Island Press 2008. ISBN 1597260258 [9781597260251]. $70
15) The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together To Create a Sustainable World Senge, Peter Doubleday 2008. ISBN 038551901X [9780385519014]. $29.95
16) Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures Leichenko, Robin M. Oxford University Press 2008. ISBN 0195177312 [9780195177312]. $74
17) Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-First Century Jensen, Sara E. University of California Press 2008. ISBN 0520255895 [9780520255890]. $29.95
18) Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff Pearce, Fred Beacon Press 2008. ISBN 080708588X [9780807085882]. $24.95
19) Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology Gould, Kenneth Alan Oxford University Press 2009. ISBN 0195371127 [9780195371123]. $42.95
20) Global Environment, Natural Resources, and Economic Growth Greiner, Alfred Oxford University Press 2008. ISBN 019532823X [9780195328233]. $45 - PubMed Advanced Search: Try PubMed Advanced Search; you may like it. This 6+ minute PubMed Advanced Search tutorial is very helpful; posted by Melissa Rethlefsen from Mayo Medical School. PubMed has several other tutorials, but these do not highlight the Advanced Search changes.
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- Aponte JC, Vaisberg AJ, Rojas R, Sauvain M, Lewis WH, Lamas G, Sarasara C, Gilman RH, Hammond GB. 2009. A multipronged approach to the study of Peruvian ethnomedicinal plants: a legacy of the ICBG-Peru Project ( big up tri, open). J Nat Prod 72:524-526 Sp. Iss. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Chen CN, Chen HR, Yeh SY, Vittore G, Ho TH. 2009. Autophagy Is Enhanced and Floral Development Is Impaired in AtHVA22d RNAi Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 149:1679-89. PubMed abstract & free fulltext.
- Jung JY, Shin R, Schachtman DP. 2009. Ethylene Mediates Response and Tolerance to Potassium Deprivation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21:607-21. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 12 months after publication.
- Kowalski J, Gange SJ, Schneider MF, Tsai HL, Templeton A, Shao Q, Zhang GW, Yeh MF, Young M, Markham RB. 2009. Relationship of injection drug use, antiretroviral therapy resistance, and genetic diversity in the HIV-1 pol gene. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 50:381-9. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers [available online on medical campus only].
- Kumaran S, Yi H, Krishnan HB, Jez JM. 2009. Assembly of the cysteine synthase complex and the regulatory role of protein-protein interactions. J Biol Chem 284:10268-75. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 12 months after publication.
- Ma X, Suga N. 2009. Specific and nonspecific plasticity of the primary auditory cortex elicited by thalamic auditory neurons. J Neurosci 29:4888-96. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 6 months after publication.
- Marpegan L, Krall TJ, Herzog ED. 2009. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide entrains circadian rhythms in astrocytes. J Biol Rhythms 24(2):135-43. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Mellgren EM, Kloek AP, Kunkel BN. 2009. Mqo, a tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme, is required for virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000 on Arabidopsis thaliana. J Bacteriol 191:3132-41. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 4 months after publication.
- Wen J, Zhang H, Gross ML, Blankenship RE. 2009. Membrane orientation of the FMO antenna protein from Chlorobaculum tepidum as determined by mass spectrometry-based footprinting. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:6134-9. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, free 6 months after publication |In the news.
- Worden AZ, Lee JH, Mock T, Rouzé P, Simmons MP, Aerts AL, Allen AE, Cuvelier ML, Derelle E, Everett MV, Foulon E, Grimwood J, Gundlach H, Henrissat B, Napoli C, McDonald SM, Parker MS, Rombauts S, Salamov A, Von Dassow P, Badger JH, Coutinho PM, Demir E, Dubchak I, Gentemann C, Eikrem W, Gready JE, John U, Lanier W, Lindquist EA, Lucas S, Mayer KF, Moreau H, Not F, Otillar R, Panaud O, Pangilinan J, Paulsen I, Piegu B, Poliakov A, Robbens S, Schmutz J, Toulza E, Wyss T, Zelensky A, Zhou K, Armbrust EV, Bhattacharya D, Goodenough UW, Van de Peer Y, Grigoriev IV. 2009. Green evolution and dynamic adaptations revealed by genomes of the marine picoeukaryotes Micromonas. Science 324:268-72. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers| In the news.
- Zhang ZL, Shin M, Zou X, Huang J, Ho TH, Shen QJ. 2009. A negative regulator encoded by a rice WRKY gene represses both abscisic acid and gibberellins signaling in aleurone cells. Plant Mol Biol 70:139-51. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.
- Asiatic Herpetological Research
- Full text, v.3, 1990+; freely available.
- Common Chemistry, CAS Registry Numbers and synonyms for approximately 7,800 chemicals of widespread general public interest
- Backfile purchased by Medical Library: DNA,v.1-8, 1982-1989 AND DNA and Cell Biology, v.9, 1990+
- Journal of General Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology)
- Full text, v.1-139, 1947-1993; freely available; Highwire.
- Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science
- Full text, v.1, 2009+; freely available; BioOne.
- Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History
- Full text, no.1-33, 1990-1997; freely available; Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Ebooks
New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors, 2nd ed, 2009, "a comprehensive and authoritative style guide for students, professionals, and publishers working with writing in the fields of physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, astronomy, mathematics, and computer science...As far as possible this complies with the house style of the Oxford University Press; it also follows the recommendations of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, and the International Codes of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants, of Prokaryotes, and of Viruses. The dictionary is not intended to be a dictionary of science; many of the entries have only a brief definition, no definition at all, or sometimes an identifying subject label. Full definitions for most of the terms found in this dictionary will be found in A Dictionary of Science (OUP, 5th edn, 2005) or the Concise Medical Dictionary (OUP, 7th edn, 2007)."
New on ScienceDirect:
Methods in Enzymology v.456: Mitochondrial Function, Part A: Mitochondrial Electron Transport Complexes and Reactive Oxygen Species
Current Topics in Developmental Biology v.86: Evolution and Development
Methods in Enzymology v.459: Complex Enzymes in Microbial Natural Product Biosynthesis, Part B: Polyketides, Aminocoumarins and Carbohydrates
Methods in Enzymology v.458: Complex Enzymes in Microbial Natural Product Biosynthesis, Part A: Overview Articles and Peptides
Selected titles from SCI-TECHnetBASE:
Cluster Randomised Trials
Environmental Assessment of Estuarine Ecosystems
Advances in Chromatography, Volume 47
Microarray Methods and Protocols
New from Springerprotocols [These will be added to Becker Medical Library Catalog]:
Lipid Signaling Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.462)
Kidney Research: Experimental Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.466)
Inflammation and Cancer: Methods and Protocols: Volume 1: Experimental Models and Practical Approaches (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.511)
Inflammation and Cancer: Methods and Protocols: Volume 2: Molecular Analysis and Pathways (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.512)
Plant Genomics: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.513)
Extracellular Matrix Protocols: Second Edition (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.522)
Gene Knockout Protocols: Second Edition (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.530)
Macrophages and Dendritic Cells: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.531)
Horizontal Gene Transfer: Genomes in Flux (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.532)
Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs): Generation and Analysis (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.533)
Glycomics: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.534)
Leukemia: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.538)
Clinical Epidemiology: Practice and Methods (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.473)
Epitope Mapping Protocols: Second Edition (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.524)
Bioinformatics for DNA Sequence Analysis (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.537)
Proteases and Cancer: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.539)
Computational Systems Biology (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.541)
DNA-Protein Interactions: Principles and Protocols, Third Edition (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.543)
New Ebooks from Springer [These books are now being regularly added to the library catalog!]:
Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in non-Western cultures
Jellyfish Blooms: Causes, Consequences, and Recent Advances (Developments in Hydrobiology, v.206)
Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology: Volume 1: Molecular Toxicology (Experientia Supplementum 99)
Patterns and Processes of Speciation in Ancient Lakes (Developments in Hydrobiology, v.205)
Hot Topics in Neural Membrane Lipidology
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
Integrated Pest Management: Innovation-Development Process, Volume 1
Machinery of Life, 2nd ed
Guide to Signal Pathways in Immune Cells
Spectroscopic Data of Steroid Glycosides: Cholestanes, Ergostanes, Withanolides, Stigmastane, vol.1
Arterial Chemoreceptors (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, v.648)
Riboswitches: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.540)
DNA Microarrays for Biomedical Research: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.529)
Plant Pathology: Techniques and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.508)
Chromatin Protocols, 2nd ed. (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.523)
Identification and Characterization of Neural Progenitor Cells in the Adult Mammalian Brain (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, v.203)
The Handbook of Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers, Endophenotypes and Genes: Neuropsychological Endophenotypes and Biomarkers
The Handbook of Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers, Endophenotypes and Genes: Neuroanatomical and Neuroimaging Endophenotypes and Biomarkers
The Handbook of Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers, Endophenotypes and Genes: Metabolic and Peripheral Biomarkers
The Handbook of Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers, Endophenotypes and Genes: Molecular Genetic and Genomic Markers
Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, v.519)
Rabbit Biotechnology
Chemosensory Systems in Mammals, Fishes, and Insects (Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, v.47
Representation and Brain
The Biology of Echinostomes: From the Molecule to the Community
Paleogene Fossil Birds
Foundations of Systems Biology: Using Cell Illustrator® and Pathway Databases (Computational Biology, v.13)
Plant Cell and Tissue Culture - A Tool in Biotechnology: Basics and Application
Applied Statistical Genetics with R: For Population-based Association Studies
Natural Image Statistics:A Probabilistic Approach to Early Computational Vision (Computational Imaging and Vision, v.39)
Paper books Click on the title for more info or to request
April 3, 2009-April 10, 2009
Darwin slept here : discovery, adventure, ... Simons, Eric.
F2225 .S56 2009
Structure and function of plants. MacAdam, Jennifer W.
QK641 .M33 2009
April 10, 2009-April 17, 2009
Cheatgrass : fire and forage on the range Young, James A.
QK495.G74 Y68 2009
Natural products : chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology
RS160 .N38 2009
April 17, 2009-April 24, 2009
Redox metabolism and longevity relationships in animals and plants QP85 .R44 2009
Tinbergen's legacy : function and mechanism in behavioral biology QL751 .T552 2009
April 24, 2009-May 1, 2009
Chaos [videorecording] Strogatz, Steven H.
Q172.5.C45 S763 2008 pt.1
Chaos [videorecording] Strogatz, Steven H.
Q172.5.C45 S763 2008 pt.2
Chaos [videorecording] Strogatz, Steven H.
Q172.5.C45 S763 2008 guide
Drosophila information service
QH431 .D837 no.91 (2008)
From molecules to networks : an introduction to...
QP356.2 .F76 2009
Protocells : bridging nonliving and living matter
QH501 .P76 2009
Sequence alignment : methods, models, concepts...
QH324.2 .S47 2009
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