By nature.com Communities Team on 02 May 2012
To celebrate SoNYC’s first birthday, we have been reminiscing on past events by highlighting some of the key take home messages, linking out to pictures and hearing from the co-organisers. (We recently summarised all of the past SoNYC events; you can read the recap of the events from the science communication and outreach strand here, online tools for scientists and digital publishing here and the implicational issues – legal, policy and community here.) It has been a great year and we hope you have enjoyed the conversations, whether it has been in person, online, or via our write-ups and Storifys. … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 01 May 2012
To celebrate SoNYC’s first birthday, we have been reminiscing on past events by highlighting some of the key take home messages, linking out to pictures and hearing from the co-organisers. (We recently summarised all of the past SoNYC events; you can read the recap of the events from the science communication and outreach strand here, online tools for scientists and digital publishing here and the implicational issues – legal, policy and community here.) It has been a great year and we hope you have enjoyed the conversations, whether it has been in person, online, or via our write-ups and Storifys. … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 30 Apr 2012
To celebrate SoNYC’s first birthday, we have been reminiscing on past events by highlighting some of the key take home messages, linking out to pictures and hearing from the co-organisers. It has been a great year and we hope you have enjoyed the conversations, whether it has been in person, online, or via our write-ups and Storifys. Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 20 Apr 2012
This month, SoNYC, our monthly discussion series in NYC about all aspects of communicating and carrying out science online, turns one! We’re hosting a party on May 2nd to celebrate, and to warm up we’re taking a look back at all the SoNYC events from the past year. Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 19 Apr 2012
This month, SoNYC, our monthly discussion series in NYC about all aspects of communicating and carrying out science online, turns one! We’re hosting a party on May 2nd to celebrate, and to warm up we’re taking a look back at all the SoNYC events from the past year. Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 18 Apr 2012
This month, SoNYC, our monthly discussion series in NYC about all aspects of communicating and carrying out science online, turns one! We’re hosting a party on May 2nd to celebrate, and to warm up we’re taking a look back at all the SoNYC events from the past year. Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 28 Mar 2012
The first Science Online NYC (SoNYC) took place on April 20th 2011 which means it’s almost our first birthday! To celebrate, we’d like to continue with our theme of maximum audience participation and invite you to an ‘appy hour and a half with a difference. Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Mar 2012
On Thursday evening, we hosted the tenth instalment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. For this month’s SoNYC, the topic for debate this month was, “Setting the research record straight.” … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Mar 2012
Last summer, Science retracted a much-publicized paperon the genetics of longevity by a team of Boston University reasearchers. Outside scientists had raised questions about the validity of conclusion based on multiple types of genotyping platforms used for the study. Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 19 Mar 2012
Ivan Oransky, M.D., is executive editor of Reuters Health and treasurer of the Association of Health Care Journalists’ board of directors. He blogs at Embargo Watch and at Retraction Watch. Before taking his current position in June 2009, he was the Managing Editor for Scientific American online, deputy editor of The Scientist, co-editor in chief of Pulse, the medical student section of the Journal of American Medical Association, and founding editor-in-chief of Praxis Post, an online magazine of medicine and culture. Co-author of The A-Z Symptom Answer Guide (McGraw-Hill, 2004), he has written for publications including the Boston Globe, The New Republic, and USA Today. Read more
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