By nature.com Communities Team on 08 Feb 2012
February’s Science Online NYC (SoNYC) co-organised by nature.com, is a super social media week special event at the American Museum of Natural History! You can join us on Thursday February 16th in person, or online via the social media week livestream to discuss Beyond a Trend: Enhancing Science Communication with Social Media: … Read more
Posted in Science education, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #IamScience, #SoNYC, science communication, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 26 Jan 2012
On Wednesday evening, we hosted the eighth installment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. The topic for debate this month was, “Thinking Digital: Giving your research more reach (and making sure others can find it)” and the panel featured: … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, digital, Figshare, ORCID, science communication, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 09 Dec 2011
On Thursday evening, we hosted the seventh installment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. The topic for debate this month was, “Matching medium and messengers to meet the masses” and the panel featured: … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, #WSF, citizen science
By nature.com Communities Team on 11 Nov 2011
On Thursday evening, we hosted the sixth installment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. The topic for debate this month was, “In the news, but not reviewed” and the panel featured: … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, peer review
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Sep 2011
On Tuesday evening, we hosted the fifth installment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series at Rockefeller University in NYC. The topic for debate this month was “Enhanced eBooks & BookApps: the Promise and Perils” and the panel featured: … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, Apps, ebooks
By nature.com Communities Team on 25 Aug 2011
On Wednesday evening, we hosted the fourth installment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. The topic for debate this month was “Reaching the niches: connecting underrepresented groups with science” and the panel featured: … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, minorities, STEM
By Laura Wheeler on 24 Aug 2011
To complement this week’s SoNYC discussion, on Of Schemes and Memes we have been delving into the world of minority scientists. Our first installment from Jeanne Garbarino, a Postdoc at Rockefeller University, considered some of the underrepresented groups within science. In our second installment, Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer discussed her role as the vice-director of Ciencia Puerto Rico, a non-profit, grassroots organization that promotes science, research and scientific literacy in Puerto Rico. Our third post was from Subhra Priyadarshini, editor of Nature Publishing Group’s India portal who talked about life for scientists in India. In our forth post we heard from Satoshi Uchiyama, a Japanese researcher working abroad, as he details his career hurdles and visa issues. In our next post, Amanda Adeleye, a medical student discusses how the glamorous world of cheerleading can mix with science. Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, minorities, Science Cheerleaders, STEM
