This month I want to talk about electronic notebook software.* These apps have become extremely powerful and are something you definitely should consider having in your toolkit. I'm not talking about electronic lab notebooks, although you can use these apps for that. My lab does. I'm talking about a more generalized, and powerful, class of software.

In March the Department had eight publications. That makes 32 listed in PubMed for the first quarter of the year! 1: Kinder JT, Klimyte EM, Chang A, Williams JV, Dutch RE. Human metapneumovirus fusion protein triggering: Increasing complexities by analysis of new HMPV fusion proteins. Virology. 2019 Mar 7;531:248-254. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.03.003. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30946995. 2: Rock S, Li X, Song J, Townsend CM Jr, Weiss HL, Rychahou P, Gao T, Li J, Evers BM.

Dr. Natalia Korotkova, research assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, led a team of investigators who have identified a new potential target for a Group A Streptococcus vaccine.

Mark Williams, MD and Jing Li, MD, MSi are invited to present findings from Project ACHIEVE at the inaugural National Care Transitions Awareness (NCTA) Day Summit hosted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, MD. This summit co-occurs with National Care Transitions Awareness Day (April 16th), initiated to increase awareness and action regarding the importance of safe and effective care transitions between all sites of care. Over 1,100 people are registered to attend the event either in person or online. For more information, visit: https://bit.ly/2UqnWAJ.

This months reading takes a decidedly nautical turn. L. David Marquet's "Turn this ship around!"

Find it here!

This is a rollicking tale of pirates and treasure and...

This is episode two of tool time. As promised, this one is about todo lists. And the related tool, reminders. As with all these things, it doesn’t matter whether you use electronic or paper forms. What’s important is that you find what works for you. And experience that sense of satisfaction you get from crossing items off a todo list.

In addition to the one on useful reading, you’re going to get another monthly post from me. This is the first. I’m going to blather on about some tools you might find useful or should definitely be using. As with the suggested readings, feel free to ignore.

Calendars:

Each month I am going to suggest reading (mostly non-science related) that I think you might find useful or at least interesting. These will typically be books I’ve read at some point. When possible, I’ll stick to books you can get at the Lexington Public Library. Note that these are just suggestions - feel free to ignore them! If you find any of these useful, let me know.

First up is a book called “Deep Work” by Cal Newport.

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April 2, 2019 / In Patient Stories, Heart Health / By UK HealthCare

Being told you have a life-threatening condition that you've never heard of is perhaps a person's greatest fear.

Chester Grundy of Lexington had that experience about two years ago when he arrived at UK HealthCare's emergency department with chest pain. But a clever tool developed by a doctor at the UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute helped inform Chester and his wife, Ann, about his condition and ease their anxiety.