2011 IAP UROP Expo
Various Departments
Thu Jan 20, 02-04:00pm, Kresge Lobby
Single session event
Never participated in UROP? Want to get involved, but don't know where to start? Come to the 2011 IAP UROP Expo and meet faculty, staff, and students representing UROP departments, labs, and centers across campus. The Expo provides an excellent opportunity to find out about UROP in the areas that interest you most, including Biology, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Urban Studies and Planning, Chemistry, and Political Science.
Knowledgeable representatives from participating departments will be on hand to answer your UROP-related questions, such as:- When is the best time to start looking for a UROP?
- What is the best way to approach faculty within the department?
- What kind of experience might I need?
- I'm interested in a specific type of research. Who in the department should I contact?
UROP students will display posters on their research, and share their UROP experiences with you. UROP staff will be on hand to answer your questions about UROP funding, research credit, and the application process. Refreshments will be served.
Eighty-seven percent of MIT students participate in UROP. Join us in Kresge Lobby, January 20, 2-4PM, and find out why!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop/
Contact: UROP Staff, 7-1043-7306, urop@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Cosponsor: Office of Minority Education
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BIOBASE Training
Courtney Crummett
Wed Jan 19, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Learn to use the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (BKL) and Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) bioinformatics tools. Interested in finding out what's known in the scientific literature about a particular gene, disease or drug? Want to apply that information to high-throughput data analysis? Learn to search the BKL by topic or multi-gene data sets. Interested in human inherited diseases and their associated mutations? Learn to use HGMD, a comprehensive database on human germ-line mutations associated with disease, to determine whether an identified gene lesion is novel, search for known mutations within a given gene, or search for a type of gene mutation within a chromosomal location. The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Wait listed folks will be invited to bring their laptops. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Biology
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Bioinformatics for Beginners
Courtney Crummett
Tue Jan 11, 10:30am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Wed Jan 12, 03-04:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez family of databases is the foundation of knowledge for molecular level bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization of and interconnectedness of NCBI databases while focusing on several specific databases. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools. Participants welcome at any session. Both sessions taught by Bioinformatics Librarian, Courtney Crummett, and Computer Science Librarian, Amy Stout. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Biology
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Biotech business information - for engineers and scientists
Howard Silver
Tue Jan 25, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
It's not Brain Surgery...it's Market Research. This session will introduce scientists and engineers to information resources that cover biotechnology industries and markets. We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace.
The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-136, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Biology
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Building an EndNote Library
Peter Cohn, Donna Kirking
Tue Jan 18, 01-02:30pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Come to this session taught by Donna Kirking from Thomson Reuters, the producers of EndNote. In this session you’ll get an in-depth look at how to build your database of references in EndNote. This is a great opportunity to have your EndNote questions answered by an expert. This session covers some of the same topics as the EndNote Basics class, but in greater depth.
The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, (617) 258-5596, pcohn@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Citation Tools Quick Tour: Quosa, Mendeley, Papers, and JabRef
Mathew Willmott, Peter Cohn
Thu Jan 27, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
In this session we’ll give a whirlwind tour of 4 products (some free and some paid) that can help you download, manage, and cite your references and pdfs. Each product has unique strengths that may make it more appropriate in some situations or a better fit for some users. Come join us to get a quick look at Quosa, Mendeley, Papers and JabRef.
The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Mathew Willmott, 14S-M40, (617) 324-5855, willmott@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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EHS Representative Orientation
Pam Greenley
Tue Jan 25, 09:30am-12:30pm, N52-496
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Register at http://web.mit.edu/sapwebss/PS1/training_home.sh
This is a training course for new and existing EHS reps on their role in the EHS Management System, their responsibilites under the EHS-MS, and a brief overview of EHS issues they may be asked about by their lab mates.
Topics include:
--- Interacting with your PI and labmates
--- Updating your lab's PI/Space registration database
--- Helping new people complete the Training Needs Assessment
--- Generating training reports for your lab group
--- How to conduct a Level I inspection
--- How is your lab evaluated during a Level II inspection
--- EHS issues and resources like finding MSDS's, how to set-up chemical storage, and what to look for in hazardous waste satellite accumulation areas.
Web: http://ehs.mit.edu
Contact: Melissa Kavlakli, N52-496, x2-3233, mjpotter@mit.edu
Sponsor: Environment, Health and Safety Office
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EndNote Basics
Mathew Willmott, Peter Cohn, Howard Silver
Wed Jan 12, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Fri Jan 21, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Wed Jan 26, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
EndNote is a "personal bibliographic software" package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references.
Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed, & other sources of published literature. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. It can also help you organize and manage your PDF files.
The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Mathew Willmott, 14S-M40, (617) 324-5855, willmott@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Finding Research Datasets: ICPSR and the Harvard-MIT Data Center
Katherine McNeill
Thu Jan 13, 10-11:30am, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2011
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Need data to answer a research question? Interested in analyzing raw datasets with micro-level records about individual respondents? This hands-on workshop will familiarize you with the resources of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Harvard-MIT Data Center, which provide access to datasets in the social sciences and related fields. Topics will include the structure of data files, finding and downloading datasets, and understanding data documentation.
Please register at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
Courtney Crummett, GeneGo Trainer
Fri Jan 21, 03-05:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Attend this IAP session and learn how to use GeneGo's MetaCore,a bioinformatics software tool licensed by the MIT Libraries with support from the Whitehead Institute, the Koch Insitute, and MIT's Department of Biology. MetaCore provides a solution for using "omics" gene lists to generate and prioritize hypotheses. Learn how to work with different types of data (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interaction data) beginning with how to upload gene lists and expression data. Use GeneGo software to upload, batch upload, store, share and check data properties and signal distribution; extract functional relevance by determining the most enriched processes across several ontologies; emphasize the role of expression data in your analysis; visually predict experimental results, associated disease and possible drug targets; and compare data sets and work with experiment intersections. The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/ Wait listed folks will be invited to bring their laptops.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Biology
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Going beyond Google Scholar: using the Web of Science and other citation searching resources to discover articles
Michael M Noga
Thu Jan 20, 27, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Standard keyword searches easily identify articles and other research literature. Discover other literature with citation searching. Track ideas back and forth in time with the Web of Science and other databases and Web sites that feature citation searching. Several examples will be shown.
Contact: Michael M Noga, 14S-222, x3-1290, mnoga@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Learn to use IPA during IAP
Courtney Crummett, IPA Trainer
Thu Jan 13, 02-05:00pm, 14N-132 DIRC
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2011
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Attend this introductory and hands-on training session and learn how to use Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA), newly licensed by MIT Libraries and friends. IPA is an all-in-one software application that helps researchers model, analyze, and understand complex biological and chemical systems relevant to their experimental data. Researchers can search the scientific literature and find insights most relevant to their experimental data; analyze and build pathways for targets, biomarkers, diseases and biological functions from various data types; compare and contrast across list, pathways, biomarkers and analyses; and share and collaborate with colleagues. The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/ Wait listed folks will be invited to bring their laptops. Need an IPA account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=14149&sid=843471
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Biology
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Managing Research Data 101
Amy Stout, Anne Graham
Tue Jan 11, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Fri Jan 14, 12:30-01:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
For researchers struggling to manage their data, basic strategies will be provided for
-- best practices for retention and archiving
-- effective directory structures and naming conventions
-- good file formats for long-term access
-- data security and backup options
-- metadata, tagging, and citation
-- other relevant issues
Register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/data-management
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442, astout@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Peter Cohn
Tue Jan 11, Wed Jan 19, 05-06:15pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Tue Jan 25, 12-01:15pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. These software packages allow users to search databases, retrieve relevant citations, and build a bibliography to be added to a paper or thesis or stored for future reference. But which software package should you use, and how do you get started? This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT. We will include a discussion comparing and contrasting the three softwares, and we will introduce some of the basic concepts and functionality of each program.
20 computers are available; first-come first-served. Attendees are welcome to bring their laptops. Please register at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, (617) 258-5596, pcohn@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Patent Searching Fundamentals
Howard Silver, Georgiana McReynolds
Wed Jan 19, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132
Thu Jan 20, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2011
Limited to 40 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
While you won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams.
The session will be a hands-on practicum that will help de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patents through free resources available on the web.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-136, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Technology Licensing Office
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Protocols and Methods: Recipes for Successful Research
Howard Silver
Thu Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: none
A couple hours in the Library can save you a couple of weeks in the lab. Don’t waste your time reinventing the gelatin sponge-choriallantoic membrane assay. Improve your efficiency by learning strategies for finding published research protocols and methods. This session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent introduction to resources that support bioscience bench research.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-136, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Biology
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RefWorks Basics
Anita Perkins, Georgiana McReynolds
Mon Jan 24, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, easily cite references as you write your paper, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts.
The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Anita Perkins, E53-100, x2-1510, perkins@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Using EndNote’s Cite While You Write
Peter Cohn, Donna Kirking
Tue Jan 18, 03-04:30pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
In this session you’ll get an in-depth look at using EndNote to create your references and bibliographies for your manuscripts. The class will be taught by Donna Kirking from Thomson Reuters, the producers of EndNote. This is a great opportunity to have your EndNote questions answered by an expert. This session covers some of the same topics as the EndNote Basics class, but in greater depth.
The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, (617) 258-5596, pcohn@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Zotero Basics
Remlee Green
Thu Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Zotero is a free, open-source program for Firefox that helps you to collect, manage, cite, and share your citations and files. With one click, you can save pdfs and citations for most articles, then cite them in Word or OpenOffice. Make a searchable pdf library, and find out how to publish dynamic bibliographies and collaborate by using group collections. In this hands-on session, learn tips and tricks on how to use Zotero more efficiently to save you time and energy.
Bring a laptop, or use one of our computers. The training room has 20 PC terminals and a large table in the back for laptop use. Please register at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Remlee Green, 10-500, (617) 253-4088, remlee@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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