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Upcoming events

NextGen Omics Series US (virtual)

Apr 7, 2020–Apr 8, 2020

In light of the current COVID-19 situation, Oxford Global have made the decision to deliver NextGen Omics US as a fully digital event. The dates and timings for the event will continue as normal, however presentations will be hosted virtually.

Website: http://bit.ly/2Owpgx9

American Association for Cancer Research (virtual)

Apr 24, 2020–Apr 29, 2020

AACR will hold a Virtual Annual Meeting Preview during the dates of the original meeting. Beginning on Monday, April 27, the AACR will host a slate of online sessions featuring innovative presentations of proffered papers and invited content. The virtual meeting program will include exciting clinical trial data from submitted abstracts as well as basic and translational science selected by the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee.

Website: https://www.aacr.org/Meetings/Pages/MeetingDetail.aspx?EventItemID=213

American Society for Human Genetics

Oct 27, 2020–Oct 31, 2020

San Diego, CA

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Booth #

The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics will be held in San Diego. The ASHG Annual Meeting is the largest human genetics meeting and exposition in the world.

Website: http://www.ashg.org/2020meeting/

Charleston Library Conference

Nov 2, 2020–Nov 6, 2020

Gaillard Center
Charleston, South Carolina

The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, to discuss issues of importance.

Website: http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/

CSHL Meetings & Courses

Gene Expression and Signaling in the Immune System (Virtual)

Tue Apr 14–Sat Apr 18 2020
Applications–Fri Jan 24 2020

Protein Homeostasis in Health & Disease (Virtual)

Tue Apr 21–Sat Apr 25 2020
Applications–Fri Feb 14 2020

The Genome Access Course (canceled)

Sun Apr 26–Tue Apr 28 2020
Applications –

Genome Organization & Nuclear Function (Virtual)

Tue Apr 28–Sat May 2 2020
Applications–Fri Feb 7 2020

The Biology of Genomes (Virtual)

Tue May 5–Sat May 9 2020
Applications–Fri Feb 14 2020

Regulatory & Non-Coding RNAs

Tue May 12–Sat May 16 2020
Applications–Mon Mar 9 2020

Media and publications

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Speed sharing of COVID-19 research results

3/27/2020

The cofounders of bioRxiv and medRxiv explain preprint servers and how they are contributing to ending the pandemic. Read the story »

COVID-19 machine learning effort: Preprints are key

3/25/2020

Preprint papers play a key role in a U.S. government-led machine learning effort to understand the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the story »

New book on The PTEN Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

3/8/2020

Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine covers all aspects of PTEN biology and its roles in human diseases. Read the story »

The Digital Cell: Cell Biology as a Data Science

12/16/2019

The book examines the wide variety of statistical approaches that can be used for data analysis, emphasizing concepts such as significance and reproducibility. Read the story »

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Genetic Counseling: Clinical Practice and Ethical Considerations from CSHL Press

12/13/2019

This collection captures the current state of genetic counseling and examines the changing roles of genetic counselors in the genomic age. Read the story »

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New book on metastasis: Mechanism to therapy from CSHL Press

12/13/2019

This collection covers the recent progress that has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying metastasis. Read the story »

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How Henri Termeer built a biotech giant

10/8/2019

In a new biography out from CSHL Press, John Hawkins documents Henri Termeer’s legacy in biotechnology. Read the story »

Conscience and Courage

10/1/2019

Insights into Termeer’s extraordinary life, his transformational approaches and actionable steps used to reshape R&D strategies in biotech. Read the story »

Transparent review in preprints

9/30/2019

Transparent Review in Preprints (TRiP) enables journals and peer review services to post peer reviews of manuscripts on CSHL’s preprint server bioRxiv. Read the story »

Engineering Plants for Agriculture

9/11/2019

Examines the molecular bases of plant traits and addresses how this knowledge can be used to develop crops that are resilient to a changing environment. Read the story »

Targeted delivery of CRISPR interference system against Fabp4 to white adipocyte ameliorates obesity, inflammation, hepatic steatosis, and insulin resistance

8/29/2019

Researchers developed a gene therapy that specifically reduces fat tissue and reverses obesity-related metabolic disease in obese mice. Read the story »

Scientists teach old worms new tricks

6/23/2019

Model organisms such as yeast, fruit flies, and worms have advanced the study of genomics, eukaryotic biology, and evolution. Read the story »

New preprint server for the health sciences announced today

6/5/2019

CSHL, Yale University, and BMJ launch medRxiv, a free preprint service for the medical and health sciences. Read the story »

Plan Universal calls on funders to encourage preprints

6/4/2019

bioRxiv founders propose new plan to encourage organizations to make research readily available via preprint servers. Read the story »

New book on restriction enzymes from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

4/24/2019

Restriction enzymes cleave DNA at specific recognition sites and have many uses in molecular biology, genetics, and biotechnology. Read the story »

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New book on next-generation sequencing in medicine from CSHL Press

4/18/2019

This collection examines next-generation sequencing technologies and their use, particularly in translational research. Read the story »