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COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
PRESS LAUNCHES CSH PROTOCOLS
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New Online Methods Site Offers
a Community-Driven Resource
Featuring the Latest Web Technology
Visit www.cshprotocols.org for Access Information
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Cold Spring Harbor, New York - Today, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Press launched CSH Protocols, a new, online methods journal in
molecular and cell biology. Bringing powerful online functions
to the Press’ renowned presentation of laboratory protocols,
the site offers scientists:
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A new, community-based source of trusted techniques from laboratories
worldwide
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Classic and cutting edge protocols featuring the strict attention
to procedure that have made Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s
methods international standards
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Step-by-step, uniformly structured formats for ease of use and printing,
with clearly identified materials, cautions, recipes, and troubleshooting
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Moderated, interactive Web tools enabling users to ask questions,
discuss experiences, and contribute suggestions
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Customizable features such as topic-based e-mail alerts and personal
folders, where favorite protocols and searches can be stored
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Robust navigation tools including a unique taxonomy for browsing
and a variety of full-text search options
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A launch archive of 500 protocols that will grow to more than 900
by year-end 2006
The Executive Editor of the journal, Dr. Michael Ronemus, heads a
distinguished editorial board of international advisors. He plans
monthly releases of new protocols including contributions from Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory’s courses and lab manuals, as well
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laboratories around the world. The protocols will cover a wide range of experimental
biology, from genetics and immunology to bioinformatics and imaging. Ronemus
emphasizes that CSH Protocols is a research journal that accepts submissions
of protocols from the scientific community for peer-reviewed publication. Ronemus
also notes that many features of the journal take advantage of Web technology,
in particular the opportunity for scientists to join a conversation about protocols
by adding their own comments, questions, and ideas. “Each published protocol
is a citable contribution to the scientific literature, but, once put online,
protocols will continue to evolve as users add their own observations. In this
way, researchers will have access to the most up-to-date information available.”
This community aspect of the journal is a natural extension of Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory’s long-established tradition of excellence in technical education.
Dr. John Inglis, the journal’s publisher, points out that the scientific
community has gathered for decades at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to discuss
concepts and technologies. “Emerging methods have been explored in hands-on
courses and the resulting knowledge has been conveyed to labs worldwide through
carefully constructed manuals.” Inglis added, “As a not-for-profit
science publisher committed to research and education, our aim is to make CSH
Protocols a virtual gathering place where scientists search for and store information
they can rely on, annotate it, share it with colleagues, and contribute improvements
and updates for the benefit of all.” By registering for the site’s
alerting services, users will keep abreast of the latest developments in their
particular fields of interest.
CSH Protocols is now available via institutional site license. Free trials are
currently underway enabling librarians and scientists to explore the site and
experience its outstanding utility and functions. Further details can be found
at www.cshprotocols.org.
In encouraging trials of the site, Dr. Inglis said, “We realize the community
has a choice in online protocol resources. We believe that a comparison of our
features, subject coverage, and pricing will make CSH Protocols the first choice
in online methods for molecular and cell biologists.”
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CSH Protocols Subject Coverage |
Antibodies
Bioinformatics / Genomics
Cell Biology
Chromatography
Computational Biology
DNA Delivery / Gene Transfer
Electrophoresis
Genetics
High-Throughput Analysis
Imaging / Microscopy
Immunology |
Laboratory Organisms
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Plant Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Proteins and Proteomics
RNA Interference (RNAi)
Small Interfering RNA (siRNA)
Stem Cells
Transgenic Technology |
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About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Established more than a century ago, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
New York, is a private, non profit basic research and educational
institution. Its 330 scientists conduct groundbreaking research in
cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, and bioinformatics. Their studies
have won numerous awards and honors, including three Nobel Prizes.
The Laboratory is recognized internationally for professional training
programs that bring more than 8000 scientists to its campus each
year, innovative graduate education, and outreach that enhances K-12
education and the public understanding of science.
About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
From its beginnings in 1933 as an initiative to publish an Annual
Symposium in Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Press is now an internationally recognized science publisher. The
largest of the five educational divisions of the Laboratory, with
more than 200 books in print, 6 research journals, and a variety
of multimedia and online resources, its publications inspire and
train scientists, educate students, and explain science to the public. |
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