My Hobby and Interest - Research

The Publons Academy peer review training course includes 1.5 hours of video content, exercises at your own pace, and downloadable slides with English language transcripts, helping you: Gain practical experience by reviewing pre-prints and published papers in your field Build your profile as a certified peer review reviewer (certification is free). Connect and build relationships with journal editors and relevant journals Benefit from one-to-one mentor support and get endorsed for your peer review training and efforts Get exclusive access to review templates and expert examples 1. Welcome to Publons Academy Get an overview of what will be covered in the modules and how the course works 2. Academic publishing and peer review Get an overview of the workflow of academic publishing and different types of peer review 3. What journals want Learn how to communicate with editors and what skills they value in peer reviewers 4. Ethical consid...

Thanks to Dina McKelvy and her library team for this contribution! The MMC Library is your partner as you research, plan, draft and submit your work for publication. Visit the PubHub -  https://mainehealth.libguides.com/pubhub  to learn more about EndNote and popular citation guides like the APA Publication Manual or the AMA Style Manual. Other texts available in the library collection can help you with your science writing skills; check out the Chicago Manual or Robert Taylor's Medical Writing.  Need help finding the right image, or the journal most suitable for your manuscript? Visit the image resource guide and the manuscript matching tools!  Learn about fair use and copyright so you can feel confident knowing your work is appropriately recognizing the work of others. You can learn more about open access publishing and some scammy publishers who prey on authors! Visit the PubHub for these resources - and contact the best resource of all - your library staff - wi...

Thanks to Susan  Santangelo for this contribution! Here are some soothing and entertaining aquatic environments via live cam: Monterey Bay Aquarium, the    Live Jelly Cam : Get an up-close look at the delicate sea nettles in our Open Sea exhibit.  Watch as their long tentacles and lacey mouth-arms move smoothly through the water. But don't let these unassuming invertebrates fool you—their graceful trailing parts are covered in stinging cells used for hunting. When their tentacles touch tiny drifting prey, the stinging cells paralyze it and stick tight. The prey is moved to the mouth-arms and then to the mouth, where it's digested. They also have a separate   Moon Jelly Cam : Watch greater Pacific moon jellies (Aurelia labiata) move with the current as they pulse their delicate, translucent bells in our Drifters gallery. Moon Jelly Cam is live every day from 7am to 7pm PST. The several species of moon jellies are common throughout the global ocean....

 Thanks to Kahsi Pedersen for this contribution! As many of you may know my research focuses on anxiety and mindfulness...quite appropriate given our current circumstances. As we face this challenging time, we may all be experiencing some form of anxiety. I wanted to share some resources with you created by one of my mentors, Dr. Judson Brewer, Director of Research and Innovation of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University. "Jud", a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who specializes in mindfulness, anxiety and habit change, is posting daily short (5 minute) videos on his YouTube channel on how to work with fear, anxiety, uncertainty and other relevant topics, and also gives tips on how to develop healthy mindful habits.   Here are some resources that you may find helpful:   Coronavirus Anxiety Daily updates:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6sRqjtLfiTTni7oXKpSj2cQ9290lkpKH   Jud's app,  Unwinding Anxiety , a 30-day progra...

Webinar: The Science of COVID-19 May 28 @ 3:00 pm  -  4:30 pm COVID-19 has changed our world, and research to combat the virus is starting here. In Maine, local scientists and life science’s companies quickly pivoted to focus on research, testing, supply chain, manufacturing, and therapeutic development to address the novel coronavirus. Join us on Wednesday, May 28 from 3-4:30PM for a BioME webinar session devoted to “The Science of COVID-19”. The goal of this virtual event is to facilitate communication and collaboration among Maine’s bioscience community, and the general public, regarding the specificity of the virus and the disease it causes, research progress, testing, possible vaccines and treatment, epidemiology and virology in general, all from a scientific perspective. In this informative live webinar, Dr. Norman Moore (Abbott), Dr. Edison Liu (Jackson Laboratory), Dr. Melissa Maginnis (University of Maine), and Dr. Dora Anne Mills (MaineHeal...

Thanks to Leisa Collins for this contribution! ************************ The May MMCRI Book Group is still open to anyone who hasn't already contacted me about participating. Our discussion meeting is on Friday, May 29, 1:30PM via Zoom. Our book is  The Ghost Map  by Steven Johnson, and  here is a very recent article  about some of his thoughts comparing the London cholera epidemic of the mid-1850s to today's COVID-19 pandemic. All are welcome, whether you’ve finished the book at that point or not - just let me know that you’d like to join in with the Zoom link.  Happy reading! -Leisa ************************

Thank you to Liz Bergst for this contribution! Hello all-  For those of you who missed the wonderful presentations from our 2019-2020 academic interns on May 1, we would like to share the recordings! Our students worked hard, and were flexible and innovative when they were forced to take their internships remote during the last few weeks. Thank you to the PIs who worked with these students over the course of the year, and congratulations to the interns on finishing strong!   Topic: USM intern presentations Start Time : May 1, 2020 01:50 PM Meeting Recording: https://maine.zoom.us/rec/share/ospIIpevyD5Ofa_U6V7NA_NmHojhT6a803QW-_MLyEpmx8aEbrdWc4lSOjMjyEf2 Access Password: 2t%9f7?t  

Thanks to Kerri Barton for sharing these photos from our 2020 Lambrew retreat! Thanks again to our organizers and participants for a great day.

Thanks to Amanda Lessard for this contribution! The Spring Garden post literally read my mind! I was thinking about posting something similar!  Typically in mud season and the start of spring my husband and I are trying to get the last runs down the slopes at Sugarloaf or out on a lake or stream tossing in a line to see what fish we can catch but this year we've been "staying safer at home" and therefore our weekends have us checking off lots of the homestead chores and projects!  Things are a bit slower coming out of the ground here in Bowdoin than the greater Portland area but my flowerbeds are starting to green up with things coming up and even have a few daffodils bloom this past weekend with more on the way! Our veggie gardens have a few cold hardy items starting to sprout (peas and bok choy in the raised beds with spinach and lettuce sprouting in pots we bring in at night). My perennial herbs (thyme, sage and mint) are beginning to rebound and I think in the last ...

Here is something growing  rampant in the  yard of  Jess Davis-Knowlton The next few are sure signs of spring in Ilka Pinz's garden... And here is another one to identify - shared by Volkhard Lindner:

Thanks to Liz Bergst for this contribution! Hi colleagues- Some may be reading the MMC Daily updates meticulously, but for those who might not, here are a few things they've included lately in the Wellbeing Corner that I found interesting! -   Do you mock yourself for being a neat freak? If so, read this article:  Cleaning Lessens Anxiety  for reassurance. It’s interesting to view cleaning as a coping tool to combat anxiety. -  Recipe escapism- travel to the Magic Kingdom via the recipe for Dole Whip, released by Disney: Dole Whip Recipe   For all you purists out there, apparently the ACTUAL Dole Whip found in the Magic Kingdom is dairy free, and the version they released includes ice cream, but maybe still worth a try :) - Can't go outside? Is your body getting achy or restless? The YMCA of Southern Maine has some great ways to get you moving! They offer many live and on-demand exercise classes through Zoom  YMCA Schedule and pre-re...

Would love to see what is growing in everyone's gardens. Who can identify these?

Thomas Maciag Award for Excellence in Basic and Translational Science Trainee 1st place award: Eben Estell PhD (Cliff Rosen, Mentor) - The myosin iris stimulates osteoclast differentiation and function Trainee 2nd place award: Jessica Davis-Knowlton PhD (Lucy Liaw, Mentor) - The in vivo role of Notch2 in atherosclerotic plaque burden and composition Faculty/Staff award: Heather Campbell MS (Michaela Reagan lab) - Investigation of the relationship between obesity, weight cycling, and tumor progression in a myeloma xenograft model Harold Osher Award for Excellence in Clinical and Population Health Trainee 1st place award: Prathusha Yerramilli, Maine Track medical student (Alexa Craig, Mentor) - Hospital birth volume impacts resuscitation and outcomes of infants after therapeutic hypothermia Trainee 2nd place award: Kaitlin Minnehan MD, Resident, Family/Sports Medicine (Dirk Kokmeyer, Mentor) - Panoramic ultrasound measurement of vastus medals cross-sectional area: a ...

New Webinar Series for the NIGMS Training Community  Webinar Link Posted by Dr. Jon Lorsch and Dr. Alison Gammie on April 29, 2020 We’re pleased to announce  a new webinar series for students, postdocs, and faculty.  Each hour-long webinar will include a 10- to 15-minute presentation by the speaker followed by a moderated question and answer session. Our hope is that these webinars will enhance our trainees’ ongoing learning experiences.  The webinar series kicks off next Monday, May 4 , and a tentative list of dates and speakers is on the link above. As plans are finalized, additional details will be posted on  our website . We strongly encourage our sponsored trainees and other interested students, postdocs, and faculty to participate in these webinars, and we ask that you to share this information with anyone who may be interested in attending.  Participants requiring sign language interpretation should email  info@nigms.nih.gov ...

Thanks to Elizabeth Campbell for this contribution! Meet the Xenobots, Virtual Creatures Brought to Life By  Joshua Sokol

Thanks to Elizabeth Campbell for this Nature article contribution! NEWS   17 APRIL 2020 How research funders are tackling coronavirus disruption As lockdowns force scientists worldwide to put their research on hold, funders are introducing measures to minimize stress. While science is crucial to the fight against COVID-19, researchers confined to their homes and unable to carry on with grant-funded work are becoming increasingly concerned about how the coronavirus pandemic will affect their funding. The disruption — such as the closure of labs and universities — means researchers face challenges in completing projects by their deadlines and might struggle to pay lab members when grants run out. “If this situation lasts for more than two to three months it will be impossible to finish the projects on time,” says Juan Astorga-Wells, a biochemist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He is involved in two projects supported by grants from the European Union’s ...