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Penn Libraries now offers institutional access to Overleaf, the online collaborative LaTeX editing platform. Set up your free Overleaf Professional account or convert your existing personal account through the Penn Libraries Overleaf Portal.
To learn more about the tool and helpful tips for using it, please visit: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/LaTeX
LabArchives will provide the Penn community free online training sessions to help with your use of its electronic research notebook system on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. A professional LabArchives trainer will provide orientations and answer questions.
1-2pm EST: Introductory Session for Researchers – Register
2-3pm EST: Advanced Session for Researchers – Register
JRNLclub is a new video platform allowing scientists to watch videos on new scientific literature. Critical to the success of scientific discovery is the ability for researchers to understand and build upon new discoveries, but with nearly 1 million new biomedical publications annually, this is often a difficult endeavor. By publishing short engaging talks by authors of recent research articles, they facilitate the dissemination of science and help researchers stay up to date on the scientific literature. They have published well over 100 videos from renowned labs around the world (including from the Brian Capell, Virginia Lee, Celeste Simon, Katalin Susztak, and Greg Beatty labs at Penn) and were recently approved by US National Library of Medicine to put our resource on PubMed such that articles with a corresponding video on JRNLclub will have a direct link to the video. Website: www.JRNLclub.org
Also note that JRNclub is actively recruiting video submissions for upcoming publications or those published in the last year. For more information, contact Victoria.Fang@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Registration is now open for iBiology’s new course, “Share Your Research: How to Give a Good Talk.” This is a free, 5-week course hosted by iBiology staff that begins July 27th, 2020. Hear from practicing scientists and professional science communicators about how to give an engaging research talk.
Learn more about the course on the iBiology blog.
The NIGMS PRAT Program is a competitive three-year postdoctoral fellowship program that provides high quality research training in the basic biomedical sciences in NIH intramural research laboratories, and prepares trainees for leadership positions in biomedical careers. The program places special emphasis on training fellows in all scientific areas supported by NIGMS, including but not limited to biological chemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, cellular and molecular biology, computational biosciences, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology, and technology development. Appointments are made at competitive stipend levels, commensurate with experience and recognition of selection for this program, and fellows receive a travel and training allowance.
The webinar will be of interest to those with an interest in pursuing postdoctoral research at the NIH, especially graduate students likely to defend in the next year, or recent Ph.D. graduates.
Webinar information: The webinar will be on Tuesday, July 14, 2:00- 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To access the webinar, visit the WebEx meeting page and enter the meeting number (access code) 126 419 4975 and the password PRAT. You can also attend by phone by calling 1-650-479-3208 and entering the meeting number. Slides will be posted on the NIGMS PRAT Program website following the webinar.
More information can be found here: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/2020/06/webinar-for-postdoctoral-research-associate-training-prat-program-applicants-3/
Trying to figure out how to have a productive summer? Looking for training? Exploring new skills? From R to archives, the Penn Libraries is offering a variety of workshops and series to help you make the most of Summer 2020.
Check out their calendar as well as their online guide which contains links to register for workshops in seven tracks, plus recordings and materials from completed workshops.
The workshops will cover the following topics: