science 2.0

MyDaughtersDNA.org This site is dedicated to expanding our understanding of genetics conditions and variations in the human genome. The primary purpose of the site is to provide a forum for those searching for explanations and the help of the interested community of geneticists, patients, physicians, scientists and family members.

BioCurious: a hackerspace for biotech Our mission We believe that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone. We're building a community biology lab for amateurs, inventors, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to experiment with friends. BioCurious is… a complete working laboratory and technical library for entrepreneurs to cheaply access equipment, materials, and co-working space a training center for biotechniques, with an emphasis on safety a meeting place for citizen scientists, hobbyists, activists, and students

OpenPCR is a low-cost, open source Personal PCR machine used in labs around the world. The portable Thermocycler has a heated lid and connects to your PC or Mac.

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DeepDyve is the largest online rental service for scientific, technical and medical research.

Connecting scientists worldwide, with blogs, forums, and groups. Social networking for scientists. From the publishers of Nature.

Scholastica makes managing an academic journal better and faster. It provides an academic ecosystem around the activities that scholars do in real life - peer review new ideas, decide which to publish, and discuss new ideas to push knowledge ever forward. Simple tools to help manage your scholarly journal Powerfully search and sort all of your journal's manuscripts.

Elsevier boycott after the Research Works Act

Prior to all the nonsense with the Research Works Act, I had been having a discussion with Heather Morrison about licenses and Open Access and peripherally the principle of requiring specific licenses of authors. I realized then that I needed to lay out the background thinking that leads me to where I am.

"EMAPS (Electronic Maps to Assist Public Science) is a collaborative research project aiming at answering in the most innovative way the topic SiS.2011.3.0.6-1 which calls for an assessment of "the opportunities and risks in the use of the web and the social media as a meaningful information tool and for developing a participatory communication between scientists and the different publics". To do that, our proposal focuses first on the emerging uses of the web as a tool of collective endeavor and public debate, then on engaging actors involved in two particular technoscientific issues (aging/life expectancy and climate change adaptation) in an 'open-air' experiment using online interactive platforms that will be designed and developed within the project."

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research project on open access (incl. software)

interesting article with many author

"An easy and efficient way to find the most appropriate answers to your questions and subsequently ...discover new questions to be answered." At the service of research and science since 2001.

The Third Reviewer is a forum for scientists to share opinions about recently published research. It's like journal club, but... Faster. No need to set aside an hour of your time. Convenient. Check in from home or at lab, at 5 a.m. or 10 p.m. Comprehensive.

The core service of Faculty of 1000 (F1000) identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications. The selection process comprises a peer-nominated global 'Faculty' of the world's leading scientists and clinicians who rate the best of the articles they read and explain their importance.

Citizen science, volunteer monitoring, participatory action research... this site supports organizers of all initiatives where public participants are involved in scientific research. More about this...

Results: Participatory health is a growing area with individuals using health social networks, crowdsourced studies, smartphone health applications, and personal health records to achieve positive outcomes for a variety of health conditions. PatientsLikeMe and 23andMe are the leading operators of researcher-organized, crowdsourced health research studies. These operators have published findings in the areas of disease research, drug response, user experience in crowdsourced studies, and genetic association. Quantified Self, Genomera, and DIYgenomics are communities of participant-organized health research studies where individuals conduct self-experimentation and group studies. Crowdsourced health research studies have a diversity of intended outcomes and levels of scientific rigor.s