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** Please excuse cross-posting ** Hi everyone, I thought you might be interested in a webinar that I'll be giving in a couple of weeks on the impact of HeLa cells on biomedical research. Here's some more information about it. Analyzing the Legacy of Henrietta Lacks In 1951, a young black woman named Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer. During her treatment, her doctor took a sample of her cells and tried to grow them in culture. The cells, called HeLa cells, were the first human cells that could be grown in a laboratory and are still the most widely studied cells in biomedical research, having led to treatments for diseases such as polio, HIV, and cancer. Join the webinar on Wednesday, November 13, 11:00-12:00 PM EST, where Chris Belter, Informationist at the NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, will discuss how he used advanced analytics and Research Intelligence solutions to analyze the research fields and impact that has resulted from the use of HeLa cells, an approach that can be used to investigate the impact of other research areas as well. To register: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13819/372502 This is the most important thing I've ever done as a librarian, so I hope you can make it. And feel free to pass this along to others, as well. Chris Belter, MLS Bibliometrics Informationist National Institutes of Health Library Division of Library Services Office of Research Services Bldg 10, Rm 1L09G, MSC 1150 Bethesda, MD 20892 USA Tel: (301) 827-3795 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Stay connected with the NIH Library NIH Library: http://nihlibrary.nih.gov<http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nihlibrary Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nihlib ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the LIS-BIBLIOMETRICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LIS-BIBLIOMETRICS&A=1