A bunch of semi-related newsitems, shoehorned into a single post.
PLoS Biology has a new Academic Editor-in-Chief, and in fellow scifoo Jonathan Eisen, they couldn’t have found a better candidate. Jonathan, who’s been an academic editor for a while, is an OA champion, a wonderful scientist, and best of all, one of the most fun people to read or meet in person.
Meanwhile, this is TED week. As anyone remotely connected to bbgm knows, TED is a favorite around these parts. Since I have already watched every video they have ever released on their wonderful website, it’s time for a new batch and voila, TED 2008 is just round the corner. Check out the list of speakers.
Speaking of TED, former TED prize winner, E. O. Wilson’s Encyclopedia of Life is supposed to finally go live this Thursday (probably to coincide with TED. Could he be one of the surprise speakers?)
Update: Looks like it’s already up
Right as TED ends, Monterrey will host BIL, the “open source” version of TED (and has been blessed by TED). I was planning to go, but other matters are going to keep me away.
At the same time, on March 1, UCSF is playing host to the BioBricks Workshop, which I blogged about earlier. I am still scheduled to attend, although that’s beginning to look a little dicey.
Technorati Tags: PLoS Biology, Jonathan Eisen, Open Access, TED, BIL, BioBricks, Encyclopedia of Life
2 Comments
Thanks for that Deepak.
I was aware of most of the above but didn’t know about BIL. What a great idea to host on “open source” event right on the back of TED. Looking forward to further checking out with BIL website for new content.
Thanks for that Deepak.
I was aware of most of the above but didn't know about BIL. What a great idea to host on “open source” event right on the back of TED. Looking forward to further checking out with BIL website for new content.