Blog topic: Science

Ashley Jester will assume the position of Assistant Director in the Science and Engineering Resource Group (SERG) on February 1^st. In this position she will manage the Terman Engineering Library and the Li and Ma Science Library. The establishment of this position is part of a reorganization of SERG that was conducted in a response to the consolidation of STEM libraries at Stanford. The new Assistant Director position parallels the position held by Julie Sweetkind-Singer in her role as Assistant Director, Geospatial, Cartographic & Science Data Services.

The Stanford Libraries are very pleased to announce that we licensed three suites of software from Schrödinger:

• Biologics Suite- All the tools that are important in modeling biologics, antibodies, and proteins. 
• Small-Molecule Drug Discovery Suite- A comprehensive suite to accelerate lead discovery and lead optimization. 
• Materials Science Suite - A diverse set of tools for computing the structure, reactivity, and properties of chemical systems. 

Last week I spent 3 days at Google for their annual Google Earth Engine Summit, learning about new features and applications of their Google Earth Engine technology. If you haven’t seen Google Earth Engine, I encourage you to go to https://earthengine.google.com and use the signup link to get an account. It’s absolutely free for non-commercial use and it’s capabilities are pretty mind-blowing.