SO'09
clock | December 8, 2008
As you know, a portion of the Friday program at ScienceOnline09 is organized by Duke WiSE. They have now put up a webpage with additional information.
In short, if you have signed up for the conference and checked the "I will attend the Friday evening event" box on the registration form you are fine - no need to do anything else, just show up.
But if you are local and want to attend ONLY the WiSE event (and you have not registered for SO'09), you need to register by using this online form.
The program?
6:30 pm Registration
7 - 8 pm Networking reception and informational booths with local…
clock | December 6, 2008
Danielle Lee was profiled in The St.Louis American the other day. Among else, the article says:
Recently, she was invited to co-moderate a panel on diversity in the sciences at the third annual ScienceOnline conference in Research Triangle Park, N.C. In January, scientists, science bloggers, journalists and students from around the world will meet to explore how online and digital technologies influence science communication and education, and vice versa.
clock | December 3, 2008
As you know, Anton Zuiker, David Kroll and I were on the radio earlier today, chatting for an hour with Ernie Hood of Radio In Vivo, here in Carrboro.
We discussed science communication, education, publishing, blogging, popularization, journalism, social networking, Second Life, etc. The focus was on ScienceOnline09, but we also mentioned The Open Laboratory anthologies (2006, 2007 and 2008), LabLit.com, the NCCU BRITE, Duke Health, Inside Duke Medicine, PLoS, BlogTogether, SCONC and, of course, our blogs.
Try to find an hour of peace and quiet and listen to the show here (mp3).
And then…
clock | December 1, 2008It's midnight! So, the submission form is now closed.
Over the past year we have collected hundreds of excellent entries for the anthology - thanks to all who made the submissions.
Jennifer Rohn has lined up some star people to judge all the entries, and in the end, we'll have the best 50 (plus a poem and a cartoon/image) published in a book with Lulu.com. We will announce the winners in a couple of weeks or so, but in the meantime, bookmark this post - this is the best of science blogging for the year!
And if the winter break is long enough for you to read all of these entries and…
clock | December 1, 2008
This Wednesday at 11am, tune in to Radio In Vivo with Ernie Hood at WCOM-FM 103.5 in Carrboro, NC (or check out the podcast online afterwards), because the show will be fantastic:
Radio In Vivo
December 3, 2008
Guests: David Kroll (NCCU), Anton Zuiker (Duke), Bora Zivkovic (PLOS) - co-organizers of ScienceOnline'09
Topic: ScienceOnline'09, coming Jan. 16-18, 2009, Sigma Xi, RTP
Ernie will even open up the phone lines (919-929-9601) for the audience so you can call in to heckle us or ask really tough questions ;-)
clock | November 27, 2008
The Friday page for the ScienceOnline09 is not up to date yet, but will be soon.
What is planned?
In the morning, there will be something related to coffee - Coffee Science of sorts. Place and time TBA.
For lunches, you are free to organize yourselves by editing the Friday page.
In the afternoon, we will have a set of Lab Tours starting at 2:30pm and ending around 4pm. BRITE and NC Museum of Natural Science are already set in stone. Several others are still in the process of finalizing the details (e.g., how many participants, etc.). We will soon have the complete list up on the wiki so…
clock | November 20, 2008
Eva Amsen uncovered some important information for the international travelers into the USA: International travel info - Science Online '09:
For those of you who are traveling to the Science Online '09 conference from Europe, Australia, NZ, South Korea, Singapore, or on a passport from one of those parts of the world, this is of importance:
As of January 12 2009, travelers using the Visa Waiver Program to enter the US (that is when you don't need to apply for a visa but you get one of those green forms to fill out at the border) will need to register online before their trip.
I had a look at…
clock | November 18, 2008
Hmmm, who is coming from the wild, wild West?
Two from Washington state: Deepak Singh and John McKay.
Two from Oregon: Bill Hooker and Maureen Hoatlin.
From New Mexico: Sol Lederman.
And of course a bunch of Californians: Craig McClain, Erin Davis, Janet Stemwedel, Alex Lee, Rick MacPherson, Neeru Paharia, Miriam Goldstein, Peggy Kolm, Andrew Su, Peter Binfield and Aaron Rowe.
clock | November 17, 2008
Each of the show-and-tell sessions now has its own wiki page so you can start discussions, ask questions from the presenters, etc.
We will also have more information about Friday events soon. The Lab Tours and Food Tours will be in the morning, and the WiSE event in the evening, but you can also use that same page to organize your own events, lunch, carpooling, late-night bar-hopping, etc.
clock | November 14, 2008
Peggy and Stephanie are asking for your input on shaping their ScienceOnline09 session on Science Fiction on Science Blogs.
Go and help them out - just answer a few questions in the comments sections of their blogs.
clock | November 10, 2008
Continuing with the Program we have set for theScienceOnline09, here are some sessions dealing with the Open Access, the freedom of information and the world of publishing:
Open Access publishing: present and future:
This session is moderated by Bill Hooker and Bjoern Brembs:
The world of scientific publishing is undergoing rapid change. Where is it now? Where is it going? What will happen to Impact Factors? Will there still be journals 20 years from now? How will a scientific paper look like? Who will be the 'peers' in peer review?
Open Access in the networked world: experience of…
clock | November 7, 2008
Here is the sixth interview in the series on Miss Baker's Biology class blog - Anna's interview with David Kroll.
Previously in this series:
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with...me!
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Eric Roston
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Clinton Colmenares
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Erica Tsai
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Brian Switek
clock | November 4, 2008
You already know that the Program for ScienceOnline09 contains several sessions that look, from different angles, at the question of reputation and authority in science, online and offline.
Related to this, as a recent lively discussion on science blogs demonstrated, is the question of the use of language. So, it is quite fitting that we have a session planned just about this topic:
Rhetoric of science: print vs. web:
This session is moderated by Christian Casper and Neil Caudle:
There is no doubt that online communication environment is changing the way we use language. LOL. Scientific…
clock | November 3, 2008
Continuing with the series of posts highlighting sessions in the Program at the upcoming ScienceOnline09, here are some sessions that deal with collaboration and networking between scientists and between their data.
Community intelligence applied to gene annotation:
This session is moderated by Andrew Su and John Hogenesch:
Despite identification of the ~25,000 genes which comprise the "parts list" of the human genome, researchers continue to largely study previously-studied genes, leaving half of the genes in the human genome virtually unannotated. Moreover, there is growing recognition…
clock | November 1, 2008
Here is the fifth interview in the series on Miss Baker's Biology class blog - Stephen's interview with Brian Switek.
Previously in this series:
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with...me!
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Eric Roston
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Clinton Colmenares
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Erica Tsai
clock | October 29, 2008
Let's look at few other sessions on the Program - on topics that are rarely seen at either tech or science meetings:
Art and science -- online and offline:
This session is moderated by Jessica Palmer and Glendon Mellow:
Art is not just illustration. And it is not the opposite of science ("Two Cultures"). How can the two work together and help each other?
Web and the History of Science:
This session is moderated by GG, Brian Switek, Scicurious and John McKay:
Why is History of Science important for scientists? How to blog about it. How does Open Access and the Web in general (Google Books in…
clock | October 28, 2008
Here is the fourth interview in the series on Miss Baker's Biology class blog - Samantha's interview with Erica Tsai.
Previously in this series:
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with...me!
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Eric Roston
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Clinton Colmenares
clock | October 28, 2008
If you are coming to ScienceOnline09, it's time for you to reserve a hotel room, find a room-mate if you want, and organize your travel - do all of that here.
If you'll be in town on Thursday evening, please sign up for the Early Bird Dinner so we can figure out the numbers and reserve the appropriate amount of space at Town Hall Grill.
clock | October 27, 2008
Here is the third interview in the series on Miss Baker's Biology class blog - William's interview with Clinton Colmenares.
Previously in this series:
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with...me!
ScienceOnline09 - an interview with Eric Roston