Quad Bulletin





For the week of Monday, July 21, through Sunday, July 27

QUAD BULLETIN (QB) is distributed electronically every Monday and contains news and announcements of interest to faculty, staff, and students located around the HMS Quadrangle and at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Events should be submitted no later than 5 pm the Wednesday preceding the event.

 

LECTURES/FORUMS
 

Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center Annual Symposium: Protein Folding and
Neurodegeneration
Martin Citron, John Collinge, Christopher Dobson, Alfred Goldberg,
Christian Haass, Cynthia Lemere, Susan Lindquist, Richard Morimoto, Ronit
Sharon
Sept. 29, 8 am–5:15 pm
NRB, Joseph B. Martin Conf. Center

Join us for our annual symposium, which this year will focus on the role of protein folding and aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases. Registration is required. A reception will follow. For more information or to register, visit
http://www.neurodiscovery.harvard.edu/symposium.html.

Contact:
Neurodiscovery@hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-3370

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CLASSES
 

Countway Brown Bag: Introduction to Refworks: An Alternative to EndNote                   
July 22, 12:30–1:30 pm
HSPH, Kresge Building, Rm. G-2

Looking for a bibliographic management tool but aren’t sure you need all the features (and expense) of EndNote? RefWorks, an easy to use, web-based bibliographic management application, may be the answer. Attend this brownbag presentation to learn how RefWorks can help you manage citations and prepare your reports, papers, and manuscripts. Registration is not required.

Contact:
countway_reference@hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-2134

 

Countway Brown Bag: Research Tools for Public Health
July 24, 12:30–1:30 pm
HPSH, Kresge Building Rm. G-2

Do you wonder if you’re missing something by searching only PubMed? Are you conducting research on an interdisciplinary topic that goes beyond the scope of biomedicine? Learn to take advantage of the extensive databases and indexes available to you through the Harvard libraries. We’ll also show you how to save references from a variety of databases into EndNote or Refworks. Registration is not required.

Contact:
countway_reference@hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-2134

 

Countway Library: Quosa Demonstration
Eszter Hars
July 28, 2–3 pm
TMEC, Rm. 250

Quosa is a program that automates downloading and organizing scientific literature, creating an indexed and searchable library.

Contact:
Julia Whelan
617-432-2632

 

Countway Brown Bag: EndNote Essentials
July 29, 12:30–1:30 pm
Warren Alpert Bldg., Rm. 436

Learn how to save time by using EndNote bibliographic software. Topics include working with EndNote libraries, importing references from databases (e.g. PubMed), and writing with EndNote. Registration is not required.

Contact:
countway_reference@hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-2134

 

Information Technology Brown Bag: Using Time Machine and Time Capsule
July 30, 12–1:30 pm
TMEC, Rm. L-209

Time Machine is Apple’s automatic backup utility for Mac OS X Leopard. Time Machine backs up everything and then if needed, you can “go back in time” to recover anything. Time Capsule is both a wireless router and a shared hard drive that, when used in conjunction with Time Machine, provides data backup and peace of mind. For session details and to register for Using Time Machine and Time Capsule, visit http://ecommons.med.harvard.edu/pub_forms.asp?sid=HMS_3267.

Contact:
Lauren Kreisberg
IT Training Coordinator
lauren@hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-0321


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HAPPENINGS
 

Rewards and Recognition Committee: Ice Cream Social and Team Awards 2008 Presentation
July 22, 3–4:30 pm
HMS Quad

The 2008 Team Awards celebration will include make-your-own-sundae station, Italian ice, and an eight-piece band.

Contact:
rewards@hms.harvard.edu

 

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QB SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please send QB submissions to the Office of Public Affairs via e-mail no later than 5 pm on the Wednesday preceding the event. Please do not send submissions as e-mail attachments. Event submissions should also be sent to the Focus calendar. If you have any further questions, please contact quad_bulletin@hms.harvard.edu.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SHOULD BE:
- free
- work-related
- Quad-based
- of broad interest to faculty and staff on the Quad
- no more than 200 words long AND include a contact name, telephone number, and e-mail address

EXAMPLE OF FORMAT:

Division of Neurological Trauma: Tampering with the Brain
Phineas Gage
March 15, 1:30–2:30 pm
Countway Library, Warren Anatomical Museum

Mr. Gage will demonstrate the pros and cons of having railroad construction equipment penetrate the frontal lobe. Food will be served, so please RSVP.

Contact:
P.T. Barnum
pt_barnum@hms.harvard.edu, 202-456-1111

QB is also on eCommons at ecommons.med.harvard.edu.

The Office of Public Affairs reserves the right to edit submissions for length and clarity. QB does not publicize events more than twice—one week prior to the event and the week of the event. The QB e-mail distribution list is maintained by the HMS postmaster. Please contact the postmaster if you are not receiving QB via e-mail.


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