NLM Announcements

ClinVar Unveils New, More Intuitive Variation Display 12/18/2017 02:33 PM EST ClinVar, NCBI's database of clinically relevant genetic variations with supporting evidence, has redesigned its variation display, and welcomes your feedback. The new Variation in ClinVar (VCV) pages provide a better-organized, more-intuitive web display that makes it easy to quickly find … Continue reading → NIH Data Hackathon on campus – January 22-24, 2018 12/18/2017 01:15 PM EST From January 22-24, 2018, the NCBI will help with a data science hackathon on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. The hackathon will focus on general data science analyses, including text, image and sequence processing. This event is for researchers, … Continue reading → January 10 NCBI Minute: QuickBLASTP — a program for rapidly finding high-scoring protein matches in large databases 12/18/2017 01:00 PM EST In the next NCBI Minute on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, NCBI staff will demonstrate the new QuickBLASTP service that can search large databases at least 10X faster than traditional protein-protein BLAST (blastp). You will learn about the strategy QuickBLASTP uses … Continue reading → NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2017, ClinicalTrials.gov: Further Enhancements to Functionality 12/18/2017 09:39 AM EST On December 18, 2017, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) released a new set of updates to ClinicalTrials.gov as part of its ongoing effort to enhance the usability of the database (see ClinicalTrials.gov: First in a Series of Changes to Improve Usability for Stakeholders).   This service is provided to you at no charge by the NLM Office Of Communication and Public Liaison. This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. National Library of Medicine · 8600 Rockville Pike · Bethesda, MD 20894