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PLoS Medicine: New Articles

Towards a Data Sharing Culture: Recommendations for Leadership from Academic Health Centers
Rebecca Crowley and colleagues propose that academic health centers can and should lead the transition towards a culture of biomedical data sharing.
Key Issues in Conducting a Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression Microarray Datasets
Adaikalavan Ramasamy and colleagues outline seven key issues and suggest a stepwise approach in conducting a meta-analysis of microarray datasets.
Revision Rates after Primary Hip and Knee Replacement in England between 2003 and 2006
Jan van der Meulen and colleagues show that about one in 75 patients with a primary hip or knee replacement needed a revision of their prosthesis within 3 years.

EurekAlert! - Biology

Biophysical Society names 2009 award recipients
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400
(Biophysical Society) The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2009 Society awards. The eight recipients will receive their awards at the Society's 53rd Annual Meeting on Monday, March 2, 2009, at the Boston Convention and Exhibitions Center in Massachusetts.
Iowa State wins $18.5M grant to create NSF Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400
(Iowa State University) The National Science Foundation has awarded Iowa State University and its research partners an $18.5 million grant to establish an NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals based at Iowa State. The center's focus will be to develop catalysts that promote the chemical reactions that can efficiently produce biorenewable chemicals. The center is also expected to create partnerships that promote innovation, transform engineered systems and produce engineering graduates who can contribute in a global economy.
INCF organizes the first congress dedicated to the emerging field of neuroinformatics
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400
(INCF - International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility) The first INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics will convene Sept. 7-9 at the Stockholm City Conference Center in Stockholm. The emerging neuroinformatics field combines neuroscience and informatics research to develop advanced tools and approaches to understanding the structure and function of the brain. The tools may also be applied to brain disorders and diseases. With a broad international outreach, the meeting will bring together experts from all disciplines contributing to neuroinformatics.

 

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Animal Info - Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals - Biology, ecology, habitat, and status of rare, threatened and endangered species of mammals and information on their native countries: biodiversity, ecosystems, population, and land use.
Meta Description: [ Biology, ecology, habitat, and status of rare, threatened and endangered species of mammals and information on their native countries: biodiversity, ecosystems, population, and land use ]

404 Australian Mammals: Living and Extinct - Species profiles including habitats, characteristics, behavior, breeding cycles, feeding, images, and range maps.
Meta Description: [ Australia's wildlife is unique, rich and diverse due to our long geological isolation from other continents, which took place over the last 50 million years. Today over 770 species of birds, 283 species of mammals, approximately 750 species of reptiles, over 200 species of frogs and an estimated ... ]

Class Mammalia - Introduction to mammals, with detailed information about subclasses and orders of mammals, from the Animal Diversity Web.

500 European Mammal Database by Teddy Wilkin - A database of historic trends of mammals populations in Europe; an undergraduate project with references.

Mammal Species of the World - Names and literature citations for the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus.

Mammals of Kansas - Checklist, descriptions, and photos.

500 Mammals of Texas - Guide to the 181 species of Texas mammals, based on Davis and Schmidly's classic printed handbook.
Meta Description: [ an online guide to the 181 species of Texas mammals, based on Davis' and Schmidly's classic printed handbook. ]

MAMMFAUN - A bibliography of publications concerning the geographical distribution of mammals.
Meta Description: [ a bibliography of works concerning the geographical distribution of mammals ]

Mark Kostich - Rare and Endangered Mammals - High quality images of species from around the world. Includes Giant Muntjac, Owston's Civet, Binturong, Spotted Linsang, Pangolin, Yellow Throated Marten, Indian Civet, Genet Cat, Sun Bear, Pygmy Loris, and Slow Loris.

404 National Museum of Natural History Division of Mammals - With roughly 570,000 voucher specimens, by far the world's largest mammal collection. Located in Washington, DC, USA.

Tasmanian Mammal List - Guide to Tasmania's mammals.

The Ultimate Ungulate Page - Biology of the infraorder Ungulata and related groups, including Artiodactyla, aardvarks, elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, and Perissodactyla.
Meta Description: [ Your guide to the world's hoofed mammals ]

UCMP Hall of Mammals - University of California Museum of Paleontology site providing an introduction the Class Mammalia and to the subcategories of mammals, including the marsupials, monotremes, multituberculata, and the eutheria (placentals).

University of Kansas Natural History Museum: Division of Mammals - The mammal collection is one of the largest in North America and the second largest university collection, with over 158,000 cataloged specimens.

Walker's Mammals of the World - Online version of the reference work by Ronald W. Nowak. Some sections are free, but subscription is required for most areas.