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Health and Science Communication

Maximize the impact of your research with an effective graphical abstract

By — March 26, 2025

A graphical abstract is a visual summary of your research, designed to encapsulate your key findings and give readers a quick understanding of the main message, while inspiring them to engage and find out more. As the volume of scientific literature continues to expand, graphical abstracts have emerged as powerful tools for filtering and assessing  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

The Antichrist cometh

By — February 17, 2025

A fountain pouring blood instead of wine. A blood-red moon and blood raining from the sky. The capture of a fish that looks like a lion. What do these unsettling events portend? The answers can be found in a compilation of early modern religious propaganda by the German preacher Heinrich Oraeus (1584-1646). Oraeus was a  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Comrades in science? U.S.-U.S.S.R. exchanges in health and medicine

By — January 31, 2025

As the United States and the Soviet Union vied for global dominance during the Cold War, they also engaged in scientific and technical exchanges—including in the fields of health and medicine. These exchanges ranged from informal delegations to state-sponsored visits, and they often included scientists affiliated with universities and hospitals. Read more about how Washington  [Read more]

Science and Informatics

A Becker Guide for Proteomics Data Repositories Part 3

By — January 24, 2025

In the first two parts of this blog series, I introduced the main player in the proteomics data repository ecosystem, the ProteomeXchange (PX) Consortium. Outside of the PX Consortium, there are an additional handful of repositories holding proteomics data. These additional repositories serve special cases or certain scientific communities, but it may be useful for  [Read more]

Scholarly Publishing

The Updated 2024 NIH Public Access Policy for Publications

By and — January 22, 2025

The updated NIH Public Access Policy (2024 Public Access Policy) for publications was issued on December 17, 2024. The updated 2024 Public Access Policy includes two supplemental notices: Publication Costs and Government Use License Use and Rights. The updated Policy is effective for peer-reviewed articles accepted for publication in a journal on or after December  [Read more]

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