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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]

Science and Informatics

A Becker Guide for Proteomics Data Repositories Part 2

By — December 13, 2024

In the first part of this blog series, I provided an overview of the ProteomeXChange (PX) Consortium and introduced its most important member – the PRIDE Database. I also introduced ProteomeCentral, the common portal providing the ability to browse and search all of the public datasets within the PX Consortium member repositories. Here in the  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Reproductive Rights: Highlights from Becker Archives and Rare Books

By — November 22, 2024

Reproductive rights in America are constantly changing. But how did we get here? Historical context can help us understand our current moment and even possible futures. Becker Library has a variety of historic materials that shed light on the history of reproductive rights at WashU and in St. Louis.

Announcements

Open October 2024 

By — November 20, 2024

Now that October has come and gone, I’d like to take a minute to reflect on our recent Open October programming. Open October is an annual, month-long series of events highlighting trends in open science, open data and open access presented by Bernard Becker Medical Library in collaboration with Washington University Libraries. The goal of  [Read more]

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