Some say they’re the ultimate slicers and dicers because they cut through so much copy so you can find what you need. Others believe indexers are the ultimate timesavers, because they cull through millions of bits of information so you don’t have to. Some people call them unsung heroes because their behind-the-scenes work makes possible…
They’re vibrant, wild, and colorful. But much more than cool pictures, the art hanging outside of the Lister Hill auditorium at NLM shows life itself in views that most people never get to see. It’s called BioArt. Look closely and then read the captions. The skyline of New York City was created by “printing” nanodroplets…
How did a guy with an electrical engineering degree from MIT wind up at the National Library of Medicine? ♢ The question has two answers ♢ The short answer, said NLM’s new deputy director Jerry Sheehan, is that “NLM is the place to be if you’re interested in information technology and information dissemination, and want to put…
“We are interested in understanding the evolution of life.” So begins the statement of research interests for NCBI’s Evolutionary Genomics Research Group, headed by Eugene Koonin, PhD. It’s a lofty, even audacious, goal, perhaps not fully achievable, but the progress toward it has the potential to uncover amazing things. In fact, it already has. Since…
When Anne Altemus was a teenager, a medical illustrator came to her high school and talked about her career. Altemus missed the presentation, but her friends were there. They had advice for her: This is really cool. You should do this. Altemus agreed. Even though she had no idea what it would be like be…
NLM in Focus 