The SciView project is back with another interview. This time, Dr Jeremy Squire answered my questions. He is cytogeneticist from the Ontario Cancer Institute, so I tried to get his view on some bioinformatics topics as wet lab scientist. Some great advices and opinions in his answers, not only for bioinformaticians.
http://blindscientist.genedrift.org/2007/06/25/sciview-part-3-interview-...
After the first interview with Joe Felsenstein, I am continuing with this small project, SciView, with an interview with Brian Golding, from the McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. For those who don’t know, Brian is the person behind EvolDir, where many researchers find new jobs, solve problems and check the next meeting. I would like to thank him for taking the time to answer my (sometimes) dull questions.
The interview can be read at
http://blindscientist.genedrift.org/2007/05/29/sciview-scientific-interv...
During the last three months I have been working as a trainee at the Molecular Systems Biology journal. My contract is know finished I thought I would post about my short experience in publishing for anyone possibly interested is testing this career path. To avoid any misuse, what I am writing is solely my opinion and does not reflect any position of the journal I worked for.My main motivation to try this out was my interest in science publishing and the scientific process in general.
We are at a particular interesting stage of transition from publishing on paper to publishing on the web and most publishers are trying to find ways to best cope with the change.
So what goes on in a journal ?
Nature's blog on web technology and science.
Blog of Jonathan A. Eisen, evolutionary biologist. Topics are related mostly to my work. I am interested in phylogenomics and the origin of novelty in microorganisms (new functions, processes, forms)(see my lab site here). My posts also include some comments on the issue of "Open Access" publishing. Currently, I am a Professor at the U. C. Davis Genome Center.
Notes from the biomass - Horizontal meme transfer - A blog by Roland Krause.
Have you ever wanted to compare different scientists by their publication record? It's not always an easy task, but here is a crude and handy way to benchmark people by their journal publications in Nature, Science or PNAS using PubMed. Let's call it the NSPNAS score, it's not the h-index and it's far from perfect, but it can be useful.
