Monthly Archives: June 2008

Your Monday evening simulations

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 30, 2008
Image via WikipediaHot, long day, so just wanted to point folks to a couple of interesting papers that crossed my feed reader. Alexey Onufriev and colleagues at Virginia Tech have carried out the kinds of simulations that get me all excited. An atomistic-level study of dynamic pathways of ligand binding in myoglobin. The paper [...]
Posted in Modeling & Simulation | 7 Comments

BioBarCamp: A reminder about participation and sponsorship

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 29, 2008
The venue and dates for BioBarCamp have been finalized and we would like to continue to get the word out for participants and sponsors. BioBarCamp is a gathering of people interested in the life sciences and we hope to have about a 100 people to come together for a 24 hours of fun and serious discussion. [...]
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Building scientific communities

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 29, 2008
Image via WikipediaRun into this subject in a couple of places today, e.g. FriendFeed and it’s top of mind following the New Communication Channels in Biology workshop. I will start with something I have quoted all too often Data finds data, then people find people That quote by Jon Udell, channeling Jeff Jonas is one that, to me [...]
Posted in Social Networking, Software & Internet | 4 Comments

Great time on Day 1

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 27, 2008
The first day on Day 1 of the New Communication Channels for Biology workshop was great. Lots of interesting talks and Q&A sessions at a very good venue. More after I return to Seattle, but it is good to see scientists discuss wikis, blogs, video, open science, etc openly, without too much rhetoric. [...]
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Chris Anderson, you are wrong

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 25, 2008
Chris Anderson is a man I respect and Wired a magazine I like most of the time. During my chat with Jon Udell, I had bemoaned the gap between science and the general public, and Anderson’s latest article on Wired only serves as a reinforcement of that frustration. In an article entitled The [...]
Posted in Computing, Science | 6 Comments

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