tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.comments2009-05-13T08:36:34.922-07:00One Big Labshwuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635857272681128326noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-43330585304198140432009-05-13T08:23:00.000-07:002009-05-13T08:23:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Evgör Mobilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513709637877453335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-54370724701109880452009-02-02T06:47:00.000-08:002009-02-02T06:47:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-14892011237234653572008-12-26T12:14:00.000-08:002008-12-26T12:14:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-89084716387046597382008-12-24T13:48:00.000-08:002008-12-24T13:48:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Evgör Mobilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513709637877453335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-46674135867955498952008-12-17T15:15:00.000-08:002008-12-17T15:15:00.000-08:00Have you checked out LabRoots (www.labroots.com) y...Have you checked out LabRoots (www.labroots.com) yet? It offers the latest applications to help scientists network.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-54794235022701907212008-12-16T17:22:00.000-08:002008-12-16T17:22:00.000-08:00I think researchgate and epernicus are right now t...I think researchgate and epernicus are right now the winner in webpages for researchers. Right now researchgate has more applications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-67202752747366787472008-12-15T06:58:00.000-08:002008-12-15T06:58:00.000-08:00Seems that there are some interesting websites com...Seems that there are some interesting websites coming up for researchers. I believe networking among scientists really makes sense. I am already logged on to www.researchgate.net and I am quite fond of it. Sure I will check epernicus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-67820918633487527112008-10-25T18:55:00.000-07:002008-10-25T18:55:00.000-07:00What's Epernicus business model? How are they maki...What's Epernicus business model? How are they making money in order to pay their bills (it looks like it's a huge network).<BR/><BR/>They have about 20,000 profiles, how are they going to capitalize on that?<BR/><BR/>Additionally, I beg to differ about the Project Management aspect in Epernicus, I don't think it's the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-72270382854371056922008-08-29T17:43:00.000-07:002008-08-29T17:43:00.000-07:00Hi Shirley,It is great that you are sharing your p...Hi Shirley,<BR/><BR/>It is great that you are sharing your poster on your blog. Maybe you'd like to make a video to accompany your poster and create a postercast on SciVee? It is feature we have just introduced. It would give your work even more exposure and it would be helpful for those of us who didn't get to go to ISMB this year. Just a thought.<BR/><BR/>http://www.scivee.tv<BR/><BR/>Best Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-12074038131122624602008-08-22T17:22:00.000-07:002008-08-22T17:22:00.000-07:00@Anders: exactly so.@Anders: exactly so.Bill Hookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00366270586730870964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-13996228778917817762008-08-20T03:39:00.000-07:002008-08-20T03:39:00.000-07:00"Science doesn't select for friendliness or person..."Science doesn't select for friendliness or personality, it selects for achievement, and being a driven jerk is a selective advantage."<BR/><BR/>But when discussing "the future of science" then I guess it should be allowed to assume that science <I>could</I> select for something else. In my view what you describe is not really "science" selecting. But rather the old-world institutions around Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00807216800351567752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-69292067700437886142008-08-09T05:55:00.000-07:002008-08-09T05:55:00.000-07:00Is Wikipedia a believable source? I have my doubt...Is Wikipedia a believable source? I have my doubts, but here's their <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin" REL="nofollow">article</A> on the subject:<BR/>"On the completion of their model, Francis Crick and James Watson had invited Maurice Wilkins to be a co-author of their paper describing the structure.[84][85] Wilkins turned down this offer, as he had taken no part in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-5885041825531871662008-08-08T22:59:00.000-07:002008-08-08T22:59:00.000-07:00Franklin was offered coauthorship as I recall, but...<I>Franklin was offered coauthorship as I recall, but chose instead to let credit fall to those who had the insight she lacked at the time</I><BR/><BR/>Never heard this, and it would change my view of the situation considerably; can you point me to a source? (Pre-emptive: Watson's book doesn't count!)<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Would you rather be a great scientist or a cog in the machine?</I><BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-6552881171972611312008-08-08T18:50:00.000-07:002008-08-08T18:50:00.000-07:00shwu--Well, as I recall, there was some collaborat...shwu--<BR/>Well, as I recall, there was some collaboration between Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins (Franklin's boss)--Wilkins and Franklin chose to publish their paper separately from Watson & Crick's in the same issue of Nature (and W&C's paper cites Franklin's work, both published and unpublished).<BR/><BR/>Good points though on trying to introduce tools where there&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-62483881778178357262008-08-08T17:37:00.000-07:002008-08-08T17:37:00.000-07:00Something else that doesn't sit right with me: tim...Something else that doesn't sit right with me: <BR/><BR/><I>timestamping won't help in this circumstance, unless the point you want to prove is that you did the legwork and someone else smarter than you figured out what it meant first.</I> <BR/><BR/>Why is it *necessarily* someone smarter than me? In my experience of the reverse situation, when I realize what someone else's data mean before Bill Hookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00366270586730870964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-90444049686108419652008-08-08T17:24:00.000-07:002008-08-08T17:24:00.000-07:00If Watson/Crick hadn't acted badly ("sordid", inde...If Watson/Crick hadn't acted badly ("sordid", indeed), that example would have ended very differently -- as per Shirley's comment about collaboration. <BR/><BR/>David, you seem to agree that the general idea is sound -- that collaboration is more efficient and productive than dog-eat-dog competition. Would you consider, then, opening up some aspect/s of your research, while keeping closed Bill Hookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00366270586730870964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-2683233892450351002008-08-08T17:12:00.000-07:002008-08-08T17:12:00.000-07:00David,We differ in philosophy. I actually would l...David,<BR/><BR/>We differ in philosophy. I actually would love if someone did something cool with data that I collected. All power to them.<BR/><BR/>Alternatively, we need to figure out how to apply copy left licenses, but locking it up for your eyes only is limiting yourself to the confines of a broken system.Deepakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861724362109914953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-47666797215254590442008-08-08T16:49:00.000-07:002008-08-08T16:49:00.000-07:00It would be wonderful if every time a Rosalind Fra...It would be wonderful if every time a Rosalind Franklin - Watson/Crick situation arose, Watson/Crick said, "hey, she's really on to something here, and I think we can help figure it out. Let's collaborate!" It doesn't happen as much as it should, but it does happen. I agree that the reward system needs to change before this becomes accepted, though - a system that recognizes all your myriad shwuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635857272681128326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-48384630159897848622008-08-08T16:41:00.000-07:002008-08-08T16:41:00.000-07:00Deepak, I think that's a very noble attitude, but ...Deepak, I think that's a very noble attitude, but one I would have difficulty maintaining as I was telling my students, postdocs and technicians that they'd have to seek employment elsewhere, or telling my family we wouldn't be able to afford food or rent for a while because the NIH had given away the grant money in my area of research to someone else who made a breakthrough using my data.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-18302066561599596792008-08-08T15:47:00.000-07:002008-08-08T15:47:00.000-07:00DavidI take a very different view, partly cause I ...David<BR/><BR/>I take a very different view, partly cause I subscribe to the view, "wherever you are, the smarter people are somewhere else" (via Bill Joy).<BR/><BR/>If you have data and someone can come up with an idea faster you can, all power to them. There is no guarantee that you can come up with every idea from your own data. <BR/><BR/>What is important is trust and credit. I would argueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-89181247422267693162008-08-08T14:13:00.000-07:002008-08-08T14:13:00.000-07:00I'm always confounded by the notion that someone "...I'm always confounded by the notion that someone "scooping" someone else's research involved being unethical. That's not the real danger, as you point out, if someone else claims your results, you can hopefully right that wrong.<BR/><BR/>The real problem is that exposing your half-baked data to the world opens you up to someone else realizing what it means before you do. The fear isn't someone Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-30258177369987704422008-08-03T18:00:00.000-07:002008-08-03T18:00:00.000-07:00Shirley,Love the poster and, even more, the notion...Shirley,<BR/><BR/>Love the poster and, even more, the notion of not carrying poster tubes through the Airport.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to meeting you next week.Froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02599538461796665267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-69814757910746994902008-07-30T10:40:00.000-07:002008-07-30T10:40:00.000-07:00Hi Shirley, Thanks for bringing up this topic - I ...Hi Shirley, Thanks for bringing up this topic - I just read your post and liked the idea. I agree that a collaborative community/market is much needed. But I had a negative visceral reaction to motivating directly with money. I'm a member of an online network for doctors called Sermo and find myself frequently turned off by their monetary incentives to answer questions on the site (posed Vivek Murthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488055998391450619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-3479108196481226032008-07-06T13:14:00.000-07:002008-07-06T13:14:00.000-07:00What a small world -- I was just catching up with ...What a small world -- I was just catching up with this blog, found the link to Epernicus, and I see that the CEO, Eric Silberstein, is an old friend of mine from college! <BR/><BR/>I am sure there's something very insightful and clever about social networking that I could write here.Runahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188320689336798514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424557775521599908.post-58106157566834771612008-07-05T02:52:00.000-07:002008-07-05T02:52:00.000-07:00Check this http://videolectures.net/Check this http://videolectures.net/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com