Pamela Shaw

Pamela Shaw, MSLIS, MS
Biosciences  & Bioinformatics Librarian
Ward 1-285
Phone: (312) 503-8689
Email Pamela Shaw

As Biosciences & Bioinformatics Librarian, I apply my research background to support basic science research at the Feinberg School of Medicine. A former lab technician with almost 20 years of bench experience, I understand the process of scientific research and publication.

I have also received specialized training and education in computational biology and bioinformatics.

I provide assistance with molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics and science information tools.

Contact me to set up training and education for your staff, faculty and graduate students in your department, center or laboratory.

Liaison Areas

As your liaison librarian, I can help you:

• search bibliographic databases (Web of Science, MEDLINE)
• select specialized nucleic acid, protein and genome databases
• organize your citations with EndNote
• organize and prepare grant materials in a manner compliant with the NIH Public Access Mandate

Do you need help finding the pig homologue for human tau protein?
Do you need an open-source molecular modeling program?
Do you need to know how to cite GEO DataSets?
Do you need to know how and when to include the PMCID in your grant bibliographies?

I can help you with questions like these, and many more.

Publications

• Feng G, Shaw P, Rosen ST, Lin SM, Kibbe WA.  Using the Bioconductor GeneAnswers package to interpret gene lists. Methods Mol Bio. 2012; 802:101-12.
• Shaw PL, Kirschner AN, Jardetzky TS, Longnecker R.  Characteristics of Epstein-Barr virus envelope protein gp42.  Virus Genes. 2010 Jun;40(3): 307-19.
• Lambert MP, Velasco PT, Chang L, Viola KL, Fernandez S, Lacor PN, Khuon D, Gong Y, Bigio EH, Shaw P, De Felice FG, Krafft GA, Klein WL.Monoclonal antibodies that target pathological assemblies of Abeta.  J Neurochem. 2007 Jan;100(1):23-35.
• Grudzien A, Shaw P, Weintraub S, Bigio E, Mash DC, Mesulam MM. Locus coeruleus neurofibrillary degeneration in aging, mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging.  2007 Mar;28(3):327-35.
• Mesulam M, Shaw P, Mash D, Weintraub S. Cholinergic nucleus basalis tauopathy emerges early in the aging-MCI-AD continuum. Ann Neurol. 2004 Jun;55(6):815-28.
• Mesulam MM, Guillozet A, Shaw P, Levey A, Duysen EG, Lockridge O. Acetylcholinesterase knockouts establish central cholinergic pathways and can use butyrylcholinesterase to hydrolyze acetylcholine. Neuroscience. 2002;110(4):627-39.
• Mesulam M, Guillozet A, Shaw P, Quinn B. Widely spread butyrylcholinesterase can hydrolyze acetylcholine in the normal and Alzheimer brain. Neurobiol Dis. 2002 Feb;9(1):88-93.
• Elsayed MH, Hogan TP, Shaw PL, Castro AJ. Use of fetal cortical grafts in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats. Exp Neurol. 1996 Jan;137(1):127-41.
• Schulz MK, McNulty JA, Handa RJ, Hogan TP, Tillotson GL, Shaw PL, Zimmer J, Castro AJ. Fetal neocortical transplants grafted into neocortical lesion cavities made in newborn rats: an analysis of transplant integration with the host brain. Cell Transplant. 1995 Jan-Feb;4(1):123-32.
• McNulty JA, Fox LM, Shaw PL, Alones VE, Klausen BS, Swenson RS, Castro AJ. Pineal gland transplants into the cerebral hemisphere of newborn rats: a study of the blood brain barrier and innervation. J Neural Transplant Plast. 1991;2(2):113-24.
• Swenson RS, Shaw P, Alones V, Kozlowski G, Zimmer J, Castro AJ. Neocortical transplants grafted into the newborn rat brain demonstrate a blood-brain barrier to macromolecules. Neurosci Lett. 1989 May 22;100(1-3):35-9.

Awards

• National Library of Medicine Individual Fellowship in Informationist Training:  Developing Skills in Research Bioinformatics.  July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009

Conference & Research Presentations

• Shaw PL. Genomic literacy: How much is enough? Panel presentation. AAAS/Science reception and panel discussion: Genomic Medicine, Personalized Genomics, and Genomic Literacy: Contributions from Health Science Libraries. Medical Library Association annual conference. Seattle, WA. May 2012.
• Shaw PL and SM Lin. Developing standards for sequencing methods reporting. Poster presentation.  Medical Library Association annual conference. Seattle, WA. May 2012
• Falk-Krzesinski H, Wimbiscus-Yoon L, Shaw PL.  Comparative matrix of research networking tools. Poster presentation.  VIVO annual conference.  New York, NY.  August 2010.
• Shaw PL.  Too many fish and no fishing pole:  Building a taxonomy for discovery of instruments for the national CTSA federated website.  Paper presentation.  Medical Library Association annual conference.  Washington, DC.  May 2010.
• Shaw PL, Shedlock J, Longnecker R.  The virology bioinformatics librarian:  A year in the life of an embedded NLM Informationist Fellow. Paper presentation.  Medical Library Association annual conference.  Honolulu, HI. May 2009.
• Shaw PL, Flatow J, Lin S. g3p: the Google Gadget Gateway to PubMed.  Poster presentation.  Special Libraries Association annual conference. Seattle, WA.  June 2008.
• Shaw PL.  Protein tools for viral research.  Poster presentation.  Special Libraries Association annual conference.  Denver, CO. June 2007

Classes Taught

Read My Blog!

I write a Biosciences Blog with news and resources of interest to the biosciences and research community at Northwestern.  Blog posts have included topics such as:

• BioSystems resource from NCBI
• Gene Expression Atlas from EMBL-EBI
• Bitesize Bio's Molecular Biologist's Toolbar and Firefox Add-on recommendations
• Pathway analysis resources

Be sure to check it out.