SO'09
clock | January 14, 2009
It's here. The first traveling participants are arriving tomorrow! Anywhere between 200 and 240 people are expected at any given time during the three days of the conference, with another 60+ people, regrettably, remaining on the waitlist even after some last-minute cancellations allowed us to invite a couple of dozen waitlisted folks. The waitlisted locals are welcome to add their names to extra events, e.g., meals or lab tours if there are empty slots remaining, just to meet the participants face-to-face if they want to.
Those who will be here in person will get to meet each other in Real…
clock | January 13, 2009Science 2.0: New online tools may revolutionize research quotes Michael Nielsen, Eva Amsen, Corie Lok and Jean-Claude Bradley. Article is good but short. If you come to ScienceOnline'09 or participate virtually, you can get the longer story straight from them.
clock | January 12, 2009The weather prediction for this week is cold and clear to partly cloudy. If you are coming from Canada, you'll probably think that's warm, but for us here, this is very cold. At least, it appears at the moment, we will avoid snow unlike last year:
clock | January 11, 2009
The Conference is pretty long this year, yet people need to eat!
There will be free food and coffee at Sigma Xi on Saturday and Sunday for breakfast and lunch, as well as a wine-tasting and a cocktail party at the Friday Wise event (though, it is not a full meal - "The networking reception will consist primarily of desserts, wine, coffee, and some non-alcoholic beverages. So unless you want to have dessert for dinner, please make plans accordingly.").
But, it is a free conference with limited funds, so for other meals you need to pay for yourself. That does not mean you are on your own,…
clock | January 9, 2009
Well, ScienceOnline'09 is next week!!!
Most of the stuff on the organizational side is now set and we only have a few last-minute things to take care of. But this is a free, community conference - try to get in touch with each other and organize additional meetups, or to help each other in various ways as much as you can.
The most important thing for the guests out of town is to have reliable transportation. Sigma Xi and Radisson are in the middle of the Triangle and public transportation is, well, not so great. So we would like the locals to offer to give rides as much as possible.
First…
clock | January 8, 2009
Continuing with highlighting sessions at the conference - take a look at this one: Nature blogging
This session is moderated by Grrrlscientist and Kevin Zelnio:
Take your camera outdoors and bring your local natural beauty and wildlife to the homes of your readers. Add information about it. Join the nature blogging community and participate in community activities no matter where on the planet you are.
Go to the wiki page and add your own questions and comments.
Check out other sessions I covered previously:
ScienceOnline'09 - Education sessions
ScienceOnline'09 - individual session pages…
clock | January 7, 2009
There are still some free spots, if you are coming to the Conference on Friday, for some of the Lab Tours (all at 3-4pm):
You can visit the Duke University Smart Home:
Check out the $2 million Smart Home, a living lab and dormitory for ten Duke students to live relatively sustainable and super high tech lifestyles, flushing toilets with rainwater and wearing RFID tags so each room knows who they are and what they'd like to listen to. (PS - the house has 4 Gig fiber optic cable in every room, making it the fastest dorm on the planet!)
Or you can see the primates at the Duke Lemur Center and…
clock | January 4, 2009
Let's highlight the rest of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Theresa Van Acker is a science teacher at the Morehead Montessori Elementary School in Durham.
Dani Vasco is a student at the Riverside High School and was a part of Duke's Summer research program which includes obligatory student blogging - Dani's blog is here.
Robyn Walker is the Communications Assistant at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment.
Robin Walls and Nathan Walls are software developers for McClatchy Interactive.
Adnaan Wasey is the Web Editor for The Takeaway at WNYC Radio…
clock | January 3, 2009I know many of you are trembling in anticipation: "Did I make it this year?". Well, it's like the Oscars - the Academy Awards are kept tightly under wraps until the moment the envelope is opened.
The list of entries was long, and full of excellent posts - this was hard to judge!
And, Jennifer Rohn, this year's Editor, just handed me the envelope. Trust me - I have not seen the list of winners myself until now.
And, the winners are.....
Adventures in Ethics and Science: Research with vulnerable populations: considering the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (part 1).
All My Faults are…
clock | January 3, 2009
Let's highlight some more of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Dixie-Ann Sawin is a Research Fellow in the Neurotoxicology Group at NIEHS.
Amy Sayle is the Educator in the Adult Programs at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in Chapel Hill, NC.
Scicurious is a graduate student in Physiology and Pharmacology and my SciBling, on Neurotopia (v.2.0). She will co-moderate the session on the Web and the History of Science.
Sciencewoman is, well, my SciBling and a Sciencewoman.
Allison Scripa is a Science Librarian at Virginia Tech.
Megan Scudellari is a freelance…
clock | January 2, 2009
Let's highlight some more of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Talia Page is a future astronaut, senior staff at Talking Science, writer for Space Lifestyle magazine, Chief Editor for the Imagine Science Film Festival, and a blogger on Space Cadet. She will be on the panel Blogging adventure: how to post from strange locations.
Neeru Paharia is a doctoral student who is starting to build AcaWiki, a wiki of open-access long abstracts of peer-reviewed research, which she will present as a demo.
David Palange is a student and blogger in the Nicholas School of the…
clock | January 1, 2009
Let's highlight some more of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
April L. MacKellar is a doctoral student in the Department of Biochemistry at Duke.
Rick MacPherson works for the Coral Reef Alliance and blogs on Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets. He will be on the panel Blogging adventure: how to post from strange locations and will co-moderate the session Hey, You Can't Say That!
Robin Mackar is the News Director at the National Institute of Environemental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
Kelly Malcom is the Editor for Internal Communications at Duke University Health…
clock | December 31, 2008
Let's highlight some more of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Greg Laden is an anthropologist, a part time independent scholar and part time associate adviser with the Program for Individualized Learning at the the University of Minnesota and a prolific SciBling blogger. He will be on the panel
Hey, You Can't Say That!
Benjamin Landis is a student in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke.
Patric Lane is the Health and Science Editor at UNC-Chapel Hill News Services.
Les Lang is the Director of Research Communications and Assistant Director of Public…
clock | December 30, 2008
Let's highlight some more of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Karen James is the Director of Science for The Beagle Project, writes the Beagle Project Blog and also works full time at the Natural History Museum in London doing original research in the Department of Botany. At the conference, Karen will be on two panels: Hey, You Can't Say That! and Blogging adventure: how to post from strange locations.
Anne Jefferson is a hydrogeologist at UNC-Charlotte and blogs on Watershed Hydrogeology Blog.
Clinton Jenkins is an ecologist and researcher in the Pimm group at…
clock | December 29, 2008
Let's highlight some more of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Kevin Emamy is coming to do a demo of his CiteULike reference management platform.
Kay Endriss teaches statistics in Career Center High School in Winston-Salem (see the Wikipedia page).
Martin Fenner is the Clinical Fellow in Oncology at Hannover Medical School in Germany. He blogs on Gobbledygook and will lead a session on Providing public health and medical information to all.
Matt Ford is a writer for Nobel Intent and will co-moderate a session Science blogging without the blog?
Suzanne Franks is my…
clock | December 28, 2008
Let's highlight some more of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Russ Campbell is the Communications Officer at Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Patricia Campbell is the powerhouse behind the Campbell-Kibler Associates, the FairerScience and the FairerScience blog.
Roy Campbell is the Director of Exhibits at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
Paul Cancellieri is a science teacher at Durant Road Middle School and he also writes a blog - Scripted Spontaneity.
Bill Cannon runs the new Science in the Triangle site.
Yang Cao is a Pediatric Epidemiology researcher at NIEHS…
clock | December 27, 2008
So, let's highlight some of the participants of this year's ScienceOnline09 conference:
Eva Amsen is a newly-minted PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Toronto, and she blogs on Easternblot, Expression Patterns and Musicians and Scientists.
Melissa Anley-Mills is the News Director in the Office of Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Samia Ansari is a Biochemistry Undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, and she blogs on 49 percent. She will co-moderate the session on Race in science - online and offline.
Apryl Bailey is the Creative Director…
clock | December 19, 2008
From WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) of Duke:
WiSE is partnering with ScienceOnline'09, a national science blogging and communication conference, to host a Triangle-wide networking event for women scientists, engineers, educators, researchers, science writers, and students. This event also includes many of our local women's groups and promises to be a networking extravaganza. Following a networking reception with free light eats and drinks, there will be a presentation by our guest speaker, Rebecca Skloot, a freelance science writer, contributing editor at Popular Science, and…
clock | December 18, 2008
There is a new interview in the series by the students in Miss Baker's class: An Interview with Danielle Lee, Author of Urban Science Adventures. Danielle Lee will be moderating a session about Race in Science.
clock | December 9, 2008
The first 25 registered participants who sign up here will get to taste some delicious coffee and discuss the science of coffee at Counter Culture Coffee in Durham (map) on Friday, January 16th at 9:30am. Use the same wiki page also to organize carpooling (locals, please offer to give rides to the guests).