By nature.com Communities Team on 10 Nov 2011
Neuroscience 2011 is almost here! Neuroscience 2011 is this year’s main event for neuroscientists from around the world who will be presenting and discussing the most up-to-date, groundbreaking research on the brain and nervous system. This year’s conference, from November 12th – 16th, is the 41st annual meeting, and is taking place in Washington, DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Organised by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), it’s an opportunity for like-minded professionals to network through lectures, symposia, workshops and events. You can check out the SfN website for regular updates, or use their official conference hashtag #sfn11 … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 04 Nov 2011
Every Friday we publish a round-up of the highlights from Nature Network, Scitable and the nature.com staff blogs. We’ve also been flagging up interesting Communities news and events for our online readers. As there’s an increasing number of these events, we’re now creating a separate round-up. We hope to meet you online or offline soon! Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 04 Nov 2011
Open Science David Basanta is discussing open science in his latest post after being inspired by a TED talk given by Professor Jay Bradner at Harvard Medical. Bradner, who is working on molecules which can target cancer cells, first published a paper with the results and a candidate molecule, making it clear that he would share this molecule with any lab in the world. David elaborates: He calls this open source science. I call it science. You can hear more of David’s thoughts in his post. “Following the sunstone” Barbara Ferreira has been discussing a new study published in Proceeding … Read more
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