By Pinar Istek
San Diego, CA, June 30, 2008 -- More than 20 experts presented their views on the future and use of new media and communications in the biological and other sciences. The New Communications Channels in Biology Workshop at UC San Diego was organized by the Calit2-based Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA) with funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Talks ranged across topics in e-science communications, including science blogs, semantic Web tools, authenticated wiki-like research discussions and analysis, as well as the potential to formalize community-level contributions. Calit2 speakers included CAMERA executive director Paul Gilna and the developer of the Research Intelligence portal, Jerry Sheehan. Calit2 offered a live webcast of the workshop; the individual talks are now archived for on-demand viewing [Windows Media player and broadband connection required; to troubleshoot any problems accessing the videos, click here].THURSDAY | JUNE 26 |
New Communications Channels/Opening Remarks
Srikrishna Subramanian, Burnham Institute for Medical Research Length: 9:04 [video] |
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SESSION I - Scientific Discovery and Dissemination
Chair : George Garrity, Michigan State University Length: 01:23 [video] |
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Apprehending Life's Complexity : Making and Communicating Biological Discoveries
Aravind L. Iyer, Computational Biology Branch, NCBI, NLM, NIH Length: 33:12 [video] |
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Nature Proceedings and the Flow of Scientific Research
Hilary Spencer, Nature Publishing Group Length: 34:02 [video] |
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Video-Publication for Biological Research : Why and how to do it
Moshe Pritsker , CEO, Journal of Visual Experiments Length: 24:21 [video] |
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SESSION III Web 2.0 Applications & Impact on Biology
Chair : Gerard Manning, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Length: 04:26 [video] |
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WikiPathways : An Experiment in the Community-based Curation of Biology
Alexander Pico, The Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco Length: 32:58 [video] |
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modENCODE & Wormbase - Wikis for Genome Biology
Sheldon McKay, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Length: 36:40 [video] |
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Future of Science
Michael Nielsen, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ontario, Canada Length: 1:03:17 [video] |
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FRIDAY | JUNE 27 |
Citizendium and Community-driven Knowledge Efforts
Chris Day, University of Wisconsin Length: 26:10 [video] |
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A Community-driven Cyber Infrastructure for Metagenomics
Paul Gilna, University of California, San Diego Length: 24:16 [video] |
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Communicating Science to the Public with New Media
Chris Condayan, American Society of Microbiology Length: 29:14 [video not currently available] |
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Toward a Standards - Compliant Genomic and Metagenomic Publication Record George Garrity, Michigan State University Length: 30:53 [video] |
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SciVee: Taking scientific communication into the 21st century SciVee Team Length: 22:26 [video] |
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Breakout Groups Assignments and Instructions John Wooley, University of California, San Diego Length: 1:51 [video] |
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Building and Sustaining Online Communities Blue Team Length: 6:37 [video] |
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What Are the Real Problems in Scientific Communication? Green and Yellow Team Length: 6:47 [video] |
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Critical Mass : A Multifaceted Problem Red Team Length: 11:10 [video] |
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Discussion and Closing Comments John Wooley, University of California, San Diego Length: 16:54 [video] |
Related Links
CAMERA
Research Intelligence Portal
Related Projects
Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis