BioResearch Liaison Health Sciences Libraries University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 206.543.8489 Office meminie@u.washington.edu
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Google Talk™The BioResearch Liaison Provides:
Training, consultation and support services for the biological information needs or the UW BioResearch Community ranging from simple molecular sequence analysis to more complex biological research problems. Teaches the Health Sciences Library and Information Center's quarterly BioResearcher Tune-up, is the regional trainer for the National Center for Biotechnology Information, maintains the HealthLinks BioResearcher Toolkit, and moderates the use of the library's networked bioinformatics software and tools.
- Limited support is also available to non-UW users on a fee basis-contact Dr. Minie directly for more details
BioSketch:
Mark Minie received his PhD in Immunology from U. C. Berkeley, where he studied gene regulation in immune cells and won awards for his teaching skills. As a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, Laboratory for Molecular Biology, he studied the basic molecular mechanisms behind gene expression during cellular development and published numerous papers in major peer-reviewed science journals.
Dr. Minie has experience in the both the biotechnology and IT industries, and has worked for companies such as ICOS and Microsoft. He has extensive experience teaching bioscience to a wide audience, and has managed seminars on such topics as nanobiotechnology and helped develop science education software for children.
Most recently, Dr. Minie has acted as the BioResearch Liaison at the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries, where he has managed a unique bioinformatics cooperative program, the University of Washington BioCommons, developed the new Web-based BioResearcher Toolkit, and taught the library's highly successful quarterly BioResearcher Tune-Up course in addition to providing research consultation services there. He is currently an Affiliate Instructor with the University of Washington Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics.
He has also taught courses on bioinformatics resources at MLA meetings, is a regional trainer for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), is part of the team that teaches NCBI's annual Advanced Bioinformatics Workshop for Information Specialists. He is actively sought-out as a biology education and training consultant/speaker by companies, organizations and writers. He most recently provided science consultation to internationally known hard-science fiction author Greg Bear for his award winning bioscience thrillers "Darwin's Radio", its sequel "Darwin's Children" and "Vitals". Dr. Minie is also a co-founder of the Pacific Northwest Bio/Technologies Alliance, a new and prominent Seattle special interest group for scientists, programmers, and investors interested in new technologies used in pursuit of new biological knowledge.
Mailing List:
- UWHSLBIORESEARCHER mailing list: Mailing List subscription page
Assigned Departments:
Library Bioinformation Resources:
- HealthLinks BioResearcher Toolkit: guide to Web resources for molecular sequence analysis, genomics and more...
Courses taught by Dr. Minie:
- Quarterly BioResearcher Tune-Up: a 3-day/3-module intensive course covering the use of NCBI Online Resources, Library Software offerings and advanced topics such as microarray analysis and RNAi
- NCBI Introduction to Molecular Biology and Information Resources for Librarians: a 3-day course providing an introduction to the major domains of information generated by the field of molecular biology
- NCBI Advanced Workshop for Bioinformatics Specialists: This five day course is designed for individuals, particularly those based in medical libraries, who provide bioinformatics support to their institutions.
- 2005 SPRING QUARTER NCBI ONLINE FOR HSLIC LIAISONS Basic introduction to NCBI Online Genomics resources for UWA Health Sciences Libreary Liaisons
- 2005 Genome Sciences Outreach Orientation on genomics resources given in support of the Genome Center's high school outreach program
Recent Presentations by Dr. Minie:
- 2004 Nebula Awards "Science Friday" Presentation- The Digital Biosphere: Earth's BioSphere is rapidly being digitally imaged, stored and modeled on the Internet--what does this mean and where is this taking us?
- Presentation given to audiences in the Western Biomedical Research Infrastructure Networks (BRIN) states of Idaho, Alaska, Wyoming and Hawaii live via the new Acess Grid Node (AGN) on May 17th 2004 from the University of Idaho BRIN- The UW/HSLIC BioCommons: an evolving shared biological information resource.
- Presentation given at the 2004 Medical Library Association meeting in Washington D.C.- The UW/HSLIC Biological Information Resource
- Presentation given at the 2004 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy meeting in Salt Lake City, UT- Exploration and Discovery in BioDataSpace
- Presentation given for MEDED 570/LIS 528 Health Sciences Information Needs, Resources and Environment - Navigating Biological DataSpace
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/liaisons/minie/