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Chemical Biology Summer Online Symposium

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The Fellows of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant would like to invite you to join us for our 2020 Chemistry-Biology Interface Summer Retreat on Friday, July 24th, which will be held virtually over zoom.The symposium will take place from 9:00am – 1:30pm. We are currently accepting abstract submissions for short (15 min) oral presentations. Talks may cover any topic within Chemistry and Biology. There will be no poster session this year due to the virtual event, so please consider giving a 15-minute talk (you will receive a CBI t-shirt if you participate)! The deadline to be considered for a talk is July 10th. 

Our keynote speakers this year are Yael David (MSK), Cynthia Wolberger (Johns Hopkins SOM), and Alexis Komor (UCSD). Please see the current schedule attached.

Please register using the following link: https://forms.gle/JmXgYnhTVSNEz1ij8

You can visit our CBI website (https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbit32/) for information on past symposia.

ISCC-PEG Scholars Program

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The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) is a collaborative group aimed at improving healthcare provider genomics education. Currently, ISSC-PEG has over 180 members, which includes societies, institutes, individuals and industry members. The committee is supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).

The Scholars Program provides exposure to broader genomics community and experts in the field, with opportunities to work on a genetics/genomics-related education projects under the mentorship of an ISCC-PEG member. The appointment is for two years. Each scholar will have their travel funded for the annual ISCC-PEG in-person meeting (typically January or February) for a presentation on their project progress.

Requirements

  • Students or trainees must be enrolled in a college, a higher degree program or a training program for at least the first year as a scholar.
  • Show interest in genetics and medical education. However, expertise or training program focus is not required.
  • Be able to commit to the full two-year term.
  • Be willing to work on a genetics education project with an assigned mentor.
  • Participate in monthly conference calls and attend/present at the annual in-person meetings.
  • Submit a letter of support from the supervisor or program director.
  • Eligible to work in the United States. NHGRI will not sponsor visas or international travel. 

Program Flyer (PDF)

To apply, fill out the online application at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5Y3BBXH

Questions? Contact ISCCPEGScholars@nih.gov

Applications are due on September 1, 2020. Selected candidates will be notified by mid-October, 2020.

Access to Physical Collections at Penn Libraries

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BGS Students, please see the updates below from the Penn Libraries and contact Manuel de la Cruz Gutiérrez with any questions you may have:

Manuel de la Cruz Gutiérrez, PhD, MLS
Director of Data & Innovation Services
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARIES 
Biomedical Library
3610 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-746-2459
@MDelaCG
orcid.org/0000-0001-8796-941X

DELIVERY AND PICK-UP OF LIBRARY MATERIALS 

Beginning July 7, we will launch the following services for physical books located in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, the Libraries’ Research Annex (LIBRA), Fisher Fine Arts Library, and the Museum Library.

FacultyExpress will provide home delivery of books (Books by Mail) and digital delivery of articles and book chapters (Scan & Deliver) for all tenured and tenure-track Penn faculty members. 

The Scan & Deliverservice will be available for current students, faculty, and staff. The service will have a cap of five articles per day from our own and other collections. In adherence with US copyright law, we can scan and deliver articles and book chapters (but not entire books) from our collections for members of the Penn community.

Books by Mail will be available for current Penn students and staff (and faculty through the Faculty Express Service), within North America. International requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Register

In addition, we will also offer a new service, Pickup@Penn,that will make it possible for members of the Penn community to request books and pick them up outside Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. This will include books requested before March 12, which are currently on our hold shelves, and circulating books and personal materials in offices and carrels in Van-Pelt Dietrich Library Center.  

Please note: For health and safety reasons, the libraries will remain closed to all but a limited number of library staff beyond the designated Pickup@Penn location. 

At this time we continue to have access to digital editions in copyright from other libraries’ collections through the Hathi Trust’s Emergency Temporary Access Service. Please note that this expanded access to digital materials in copyright through the Hathi Trust is temporary, and we will not have access in perpetuity to digital materials in copyright beyond the Penn Libraries collections.  

PURCHASE OF DIGITAL CONTENT 

  • We continue to purchase available digital content (e.g., e-books, streaming video) to support teaching and research. Please let me know if you have purchase requests or recommendations by emailing me directly or filling out a purchase request form.

If you are teaching a course in the fall semester and have chosen your required texts, be sure to share this information with me so that I can investigate the possibility of purchasing digital editions for our collections. 

ACCESS TO SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MATERIALS 

  • Access to special and non-circulating physical collections remains suspended. The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts will return to limited on-site operations later this summer.
  • Students, faculty and staff will continue to receive reference services online now, as we work toward re-introducing reprographic and digitization services in August.

REFERENCE, INSTRUCTION, AND CONSULTATION SERVICES 

As your subject librarian, I am available to work with all of you—undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty—throughout the summer and into the fall. I can answer reference questions, provide research assistance, advise on purchase and delivery of digital materials, and troubleshoot access to our electronic resources.

Email me any time.

I am also available to assist students who may be working on research or course work over the summer and into the fall—whether we will be working in person or virtually.

A full summary of current services is available on our Virtual Support page. You will find additional information about forthcoming services in our Phased Re-Start FAQ.  Over time, as public health guidance and building logistics allow, we will introduce additional services, and I will continue to share updates. 

If you have questions about any of these services, please let me know. You may also contact our access services staff at vpcircdk@pobox.upenn.edu.  

Penn Libraries, “Summer Workshops”

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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:

Penn Libraries, “Introduction to Illustrator: Scientific Diagrams”

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Do you have data you want to share with the world, but get stuck whenever you leave Powerpoint? Lexi Voss, Visualizationist for the Penn Biomedical Library, will walk you through the basics of Illustrator and get you on the path to professional diagrams and figures.

Registration is required to receive workshop materials.

Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Registration: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/6785818

Penn Libraries, “Intro to Visual Design Principles and Elements”

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This workshop will introduce you to a few key visual design principles and elements for designing a flyer, poster, or any other visual image.  We’ll help train your eye to identify these things and understand how they impact your creative work to help you make better choices that lead to more polished and eye-catching designs. 

Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Registration: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/6779960