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On CIRM’s Medical and Ethical Standards in Plos Medicine
Geoffrey P. Lomax, Zach W. Hall, Bernard Lo: Responsible Oversight of Human Stem Cell Research: The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s Medical and Ethical Standards Source: Plos blog, In...
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Uncensored gmail chat between 2 science bloggers on adult issues
me: Hi Bora, can you send me the Nature piece on the Blogging Anthology? I am not in the Institute and do not have subscription http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7146/full/447779b.html Sent at...
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Pecha Kucha for scientists? I’d love to participate
Pecha Kucha Night was invented four years ago by 2 architects, Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, in Tokyo. During the event each presenter is allowed 20 slides each shown for 20 seconds each giving 6...
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The Gonzo Scientist on IdeaCity in Science and on the web
If you compare the Nature and the Science front pages (which is not the topic of the current post) you can notice a big difference: there are a lot of “web 2.0″ish fresh features on the Nature site...
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Multitalent in science
There are scientists who became big players in a particular discipline but before that they made also more or less successful efforts in an unrelated branch of science. For instance, Kary Mullis,...
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Craig Venter and Tim O’Reilly chat: when 2 worlds meet
Biotech is the next infotech (or at least the 2 worlds need to be merged) and it is good to detect the signs of the growing biotech interest on part of the general tech crowd. At the Web 2.0 summit...
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Feed reading trends: I am a Valleywag addict, help me!
Show me your feed reading habits and I’ll tell you who you are! I hope this statement is not true as according the item reading trends on Google Reader I have been a serious Valleywag addict in the...
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It’s now judging time at The Laboratory Website Awards…
and I really like it. The nominations for the best laboratory websites are now closed at the Laboratory Website and Video Awards hosted by The Scientist. Now it’s the job of the judging panel (and I...
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Let’s vote now for the 10 Finalist Lab Websites at The Scientist!
Ladies and gentlemen of science! You can now rank the 10 finalist websites from 1 to 10 (1 being the best) at the Laboratory Website and Video Awards hosted by The Scientist. Please do not hesitate,...
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The received view in 3.5 paragraphs on Ending Aging in Nature (part 1)
In the 15 November Nature issue Judy Illes neurology professor turned neuroethics expert reviews Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People by John Harris and Ending Aging: The...
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We have only winners at the Laboratory Website Awards!
I hope that scientists and IT and financial managers of scientists worldwide will be able to utilize the collective lab website culture and wisdom accumulated by the first ever Laboratory Web Site...
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My transatlantic air reading: Bubble City, a blog novel by Aaron Swartz
At least I know what I will read on the plane over at the Atlantic tomorrow back to old Europe: Bubble City by Aaron Swartz. What by who? Bubble city is a blog tech novel with chapters as posts. The...
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2008 Edge Annual Question: What data have changed your mind? Why?
The science part is emphasized in the title of this post on the 2008 Edge Annual Question, which is again well formulated and thought provoking. The whole question embraces science, philosophy and...
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Working without a personal assistant on the top of the big G…is fun!
I’m on my way to a Friday comprehensive exam from stem cell and mitochondrial biology which gives me no time to immerse into blogging this week. I mostly think of big holes in my knowledge like...
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The Spittoon: the eminent corporate blog of 23andMe and Consumer Enabled...
The personal genomics service 23andMe just launched publicly a corporate blog called The Spittoon that has been internally up for a few weeks. It is a new chapter in biotech corporate blogging. Just...
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Bubble City’s South Park: geek tourism
Finally back from my Bay Area trip, the workshop I participated turned out to be very stimulating in terms of people and ideas. Also visiting The Blood Knot performance at the American Conservatory...
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Biotechies at O’Reilly ETech, March 3 – 6, San Diego
The O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) is on and this year they had a growing number of biotech related sessions. Fellow SciFoo Campers like Hugh Rienhoff and Timo Hannay, Makers like Phil...
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The conditions of a mass biotech DIY movement
The idea of doing biological experiments with current biotechnological methods and conducting research projects at home is quite new. There are already many names in use referring to the same concept:...
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PITTCON, 2008: bioDIY questions, RFVials, and Science’s new web hirings
As a local New Orleans face (my colleagues just call me Mitoman in the lab) I had the chance to just simply walk into the grandiose PITTCON exhibiton at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center and I...
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My body is my thesis: The 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest
The 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest is for hidden artists disguised as scientists, nerds and shameless self promoters who are tempted to dance their PhDs, upload it to YouTube and enjoy microcelebrity....
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