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Biology News & New Books List

June 2009

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**Additions to Publications from WU Biology Department
[ http://library.wustl.edu/subjects/life/reprints/ ] This PubMed search link will retrieve most WU Biology Dept. researchers' publications, plus a few in biomedical engineering, chemistry, etc. (Strategy is biology [ad] AND washington university [ad] AND 63130 [ad]).
**Recent Additions to Library Homepage or Research Guides [Suggestions welcome!]**
Journal of Vegetation Science
Full text, v.7, 1996+; WU access only; Wiley.
**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**NEW BOOKS**

Ebooks

Now available online: AMA Manual of Style (10th ed., 2007) Access is provided for all of Washington University by the Becker Medical Library.

Sage E-Books:
Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (2008)
Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods (2008)

New on ScienceDirect:
Current Topics in Membranes, v.63, 2009
The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Life Spans
Molecular machines involved in protein transport across cellular membranes
Encyclopedia of microbiology, 2009. Contents include: Antimicrobial Agents Applied Microbiology: Agro / Food Applied Microbiology: Industrial Cell Morphology, Chemical Composition Fungi Genetics, Genomics History and Culture History and culture, (and Biographies) Microbial Ecology Microbiology and Society Model Systems Mutualism and Commensalism Pathogenesis Physiology Systematics, Evolution Techniques
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2009. Note: Springer Verlag also has a 2009 online Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Editors and contents are different.

Selected titles from SCI-TECHnetBASE:
In Vivo Optical Imaging of Brain Function, Second Edition
Biochemical Applications of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy
Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data, Second Edition
Genomic Approaches for Cross-Species Extrapolation in Toxicology
Experimental Surgical Models in the Laboratory Rat
Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara
Gene Expression Studies Using Affymetrix Microarrays
Combinatorial Pattern Matching Algorithms in Computational Biology Using Perl and R
Environmental Management, Sustainable Development and Human Health

New from Springerprotocols [These will be added to Becker Medical Library Catalog]:
Human Embryogenesis: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology,550)
Therapeutic Applications of RNAi: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, 555)
Microarray Analysis of the Physical Genome: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, 556)
Type 2 Diabetes: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, 560)
Transgenesis Techniques: Principles and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, 561)
Angiogenesis Protocols: Second Edition (Methods in Molecular Biology, 467)
Protein Structure, Stability, and Interactions (Methods in Molecular Biology, 490)
Protocols for In Vitro Cultures and Secondary Metabolite Analysis of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (Methods in Molecular Biology, 547)
High Throughput Screening: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition (Methods in Molecular Biology, 565)

New Ebooks from Springer [These books are now being regularly added to the library catalog!]:
Genetics and Genomics of Rosaceae
Viral Genome Replication
Coordinated Activity in the Brain: Measurements and Relevance to Brain Function and Behavior (Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience, v.2)
Alginates: Biology and Applications (Microbiology Monographs)
The Marmoset Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates
Human Adult Stem Cells (Human Cell Culture v.7)
A Primer of Ecology with R
The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology
Adaptive Environmental Management: A Practitioner's Guide
Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs
The Baboon in Biomedical Research
Grapevine Molecular Physiology & Biotechnology, 2nd ed
Springer Handbook of Enzymes: Class 2 Transferases EC 2.7.11.17-2.8
The Sticky Synapse: Cell Adhesion Molecules and Their Role in Synapse Formation and Maintenance
An Intermediate Course in Probability
Mathematical and Statistical Estimation Approaches in Epidemiology
Proceedings of the VIIIth Conference of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH), the IXth Conference of the Nordic Trace Element Society (NTES)
Genetics and Genomics of the Triticeae (Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, v.7)
Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices (Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, v.9)
Tree and Forest Measurement, 2nd ed
Centromere: Structure and Evolution (Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, v.48)
Plant Metabolic Networks
Visualizing Immunity (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, v.334)
Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems
Endosymbionts in Paramecium (Microbiology Monographs, v.12)
Oxidative Damage to Nucleic Acids (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit)
MicroRNA Interference Technologies
Sustaining the World's Wetlands: Setting Policy and Resolving Conflicts
Animal Models in Cardiovascular Research
Duvernoy’s Atlas of the Human Brain Stem and Cerebellum: High-Field MRI: Surface Anatomy, Internal Structure, Vascularization and 3D Sectional Anatomy
Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease: A Field and Laboratory Manual
Marine Hard Bottom Communities: Patterns, Dynamics, Diversity, and Change (Ecological Studies, v.206)
Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant Signaling
Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact
Viral Proteases and Antiviral Protease Inhibitor Therapy: Proteases in Biology and Disease
Photosynthesis in silico: Understanding Complexity from Molecules to Ecosystems (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, v.29)
Forest Dynamics, Growth and Yield: From Measurement to Model
High Resolution EPR: Applications to Metalloenzymes and Metals in Medicine
Metabolic Encephalopathy
Microarrays in Inflammation
Oxidative Neural Injury
Synaptic Plasticity in Pain

Paper books Click on the title for more info or to request. New books are being cataloged for Olin Library now so you may also want to consult the New Books listings in the catalog. I am working on ways to provide subject-tailored lists of new books in the future.

June 5, 2009-June 12, 2009

Molecular aspects of plant disease resistance SB750 .M65 2009

June 12, 2009-June 19, 2009

Essays in biochemistry. - Systems biology QH345 .E8 v.45 (2008)
Maternal effects in mammals QL738.5 .M38 2009

June 19, 2009-June 26, 2009

Atlas of opossum organogenesis : opossum... Krause, William J. QL737.M34 K72 2008
Kingdoms and domains : an illustrated guide... Margulis, Lynn QH83 .M36 2009
Principles of animal behavior Dugatkin, Lee Alan QL751 .D748 2009
Quantitative conservation of vertebrates Conroy, Michael J. QL607.6 .C66 2009
Tao of chemistry and life : a scientific journey Cordes, Eugene H. QD415 .C66 2009

June 26, 2009-July 2, 2009

Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry Review serial v.62 (2009)
Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach. Alcock, John QL751 .A58 2005
Field guide to the mammals of Central America... Reid, Fiona QL723.A1 R45 2009

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