Innovation showcase 2015

Date:  Wednesday, February 25th 2014
Time:  15:00 - 19:30
Location:  The Courtyard,DIT Aungier St.,Dublin 2

The first Dublin Region Innovation Consortium (DRIC) Showcase will be held in The Courtyard, DIT Aungier Street, Dublin 2 on Wednesday, 25th February from 3pm to 7.30pm.

This event will showcase the latest technologies and research capabilities being developed in Dublin Institute of Technology, ITT Dublin, IT Blanchardstown, IADT Dun Laoghaire and National College of Ireland with the aim of promoting industry-academic R&D collaboration and technology transfer.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet researchers from each institution, learn about technology developments in the areas of ICT, Engineering, Clean Tech and Food & Life Science, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

To register your attendance at this FREE event, please visit DRICinnovationshowcase.eventbrite.ie 

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Why does your PhD matter? #ShareMyThesis competition - closing date 9th Feb. 2015

#ShareMyThesis competition

Are you currently studying for or have you completed a PhD degree? Do you want to tell the world why your research is important? Enter this competition and win a 15 inch MacBook Pro. Closing date: 9 February 2015 10.00 The #ShareMyThesis competition challenges PhD students past and present to summarise why your PhD research is important in 140 characters or less. The competition is open worldwide and to entries from all subject areas. To enter tweet why your PhD research is important using the hashtag #ShareMyThesis. Your tweet should convey why your research is important (not just what your research is about). Make sure your tweet is self-contained and understandable to a non-specialist. For more information and full terms and conditions see www.bl.uk/share-my-thesis This competition is brought to you by EThOS at the British Library and our partners Research Councils UK and Vitae. Find UK theses in EThOS Overall Winner

Top 10 ScienceDirect journals at ITT Dublin for 2014

The International Journal of Pharmaceutics was the most popular journal at ITT Dublin for article downloads from 

ScienceDirect in 2014

Journal Metrics for International Journal of Pharmaceutics

• Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.591 
• SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.403 
• Impact Factor: 3.785 
• 5-Year Impact Factor: 4.090

Top 10 Journals for 2014 for ITT Dublin article downloads from ScienceDirect 

1. International Journal of Pharmaceutics
2. Forensic Science International
3. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
4. Biosensors and Bioelectronics
5. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
6. Food Chemistry
7. Journal of Chromatography A
8. Analytica Chimica Acta
9. Journal of Biomechanics
10. Electrochimica Acta
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

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Xindong Wu; Xingquan Zhu; Gong-Qing Wu; Wei Ding, "Data mining with big data," Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on , vol.26, no.1, pp.97,107, Jan. 2014

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Free Trial - Ovid LWW Collection until 22nd Nov. 2014

We have a free trial of the LWW Collection - online journals published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. You have full text access to over 300 journals of this collection.

Main subjects:

• Clinical Medicine
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The collection contains also journals of reputable societies for example American Heart Association, American Academy of Neurology and American College of Sports Medicine.

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YLS Symposium - Cell to Cell Communication, 12th November 2014

This Young Life Scientists’ Symposium (YLS) is a one day scientific conference organised by PhD students and post-docs for their peers. The aim of YLS 2014 is to promote networking and professional development through social events and careers sessions, as well as scientific talks and poster sessions.

YLS 2014 is being held in conjunction with the Irish Area Section of the Biochemical Society Annual meeting. The focus of YLS 2014 is on cell to cell communication as well as talks on grant writing and non-academic careers.

Registration to YLS 2014 is free and is open until 31st October.

For more information

Pharmaceutical Science - resources at your library

Pharmaceutical Science students have access to many resources through the library website.

Remember to set up your library PIN for access to these resources on and off campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Library book search - search the library catalogue for recommended books or other books on your subject area.

Databases A-Z - ScienceDirect, Academic Search Complete, ACS online, WOS and Academic onefile are just some of the databases available for searching high quality documents.

United States Pharmacopeia online - please note that only one user can access USP at any one time so please log out when you are finished.















Pharmaceutical research at Ciba 1914

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Subject links and support - contact your subject librarian for help with using library resources to find information.

Pharmaceutical Science subject internet gateway provides quick links to useful websites and professional organisations in your field of research e.g. FDA orange book, Eudralex, PDA and ISPE.

Literature Reviews - check out the library blog post

Library tutorials - Library ITT Dublin has developed a number of useful tutorials such as:

• Referencing your sources
• Plagiarism
• Critical thinking

Make some time to complete these tutorials before starting your project.

Related blog posts - Using Statistics, James Reilly