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Montreal: Science, Tech and Design co-sponsored by WAYS

stevenmansour — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:17:23 -0500

Start: 2008-11-29 14:00

End: 2008-11-29 16:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

((english / french invitation cards)):

On Saturday, November 29th, please join us for an informal discussion panel bringing together Scientists, Technologists and Designers to weigh in about the current and future influence of each of these disciplines on one another. The Mother-Child Health International Research Network, The World Association of Young Scientists and the Canadian Centre for Architecture invite you to a public conversation on collaboration between these three critically important – and increasingly interdependent - fields of knowledge.

This session will be structured around a series of questions posed to our guest panelists, followed by a discussion and open exchange with the audience.

Saturday November 29th, 2008, from 2:30pm until 4:00pm
Canadian Centre for Architecture: 1920 rue Baile, Montréal, Québec – Shaughnessy House.
Refreshments will be provided.
Contact Us for more information.

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Science Dance Contest

David Weinreich — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:06:31 -0500

You can help my friend win the AAAS Science Dance Contest by watching her entry on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Z8zASUnlg

The research of the winners will be created into a full-length dance by a
professional choreographer and premiered at the next AAAS meeting. There is
even talk of a world tour (seriously).

The winner of the most popular category is determined by the number of views of
the video. The current leading video has nearly 12,000 views and there are only
4 days left in the competition. So, Please send this to your friends,
listservs, post to your facebook and myspace pages. Feel free to alter the
subject line and e-mail body as appropriate to encourage people to view the
video.

You can vote (by viewing) as many times as you like

You can learn more about the AAAS Science Dance Contest at this site
http://gonzolabs.org/dance/

Science Dance Contest

David Weinreich — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:15:08 -0400

Are you the sort of scientist who taps her toes while working in the laboratory? You look like you're crunching data over there on the computer, but you're actually browsing 1980s music videos on YouTube. In fact, doesn't your entire scientific career feel like one big dance, like Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring, the Village People doing YMCA, or maybe Michael Jackson dancing with zombies in Thriller, depending on your mood?

If so, then your name is written all over this:

Those who saw the results of the first-ever Dance Your Ph.D. contest know that the human body is an excellent medium for communicating science -- perhaps not as data-rich as a peer-reviewed article but far more exciting. Since then, e-mails have poured in from scientists around the world asking how they can take part in the next event.

For this year's contest, the stage is much larger and the prize is far grander. Rather than a single event in a single place, the dance is global.

Make a video of your own Ph.D. dance.
Post the video on YouTube.
Not later than 23:00 EST 16 November 2008, e-mail your name, the title of your Ph.D. thesis, and the video URL link to: gonzo@aaas.org .

Once this information is posted on the Dance Contest home page, you are officially entered in the contest. On 17 November 2008, a total of four winners will be chosen from the following categories:

Graduate Student: Best among those currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program
Postdoc: Best among those who have a Ph.D. but not tenure
Professor: Best among those with Ph.D. and tenure
Popular Choice: The video with the highest YouTube view count by the deadline

The Prize: On 17 November 2008, you will provide a single peer-reviewed research article on which you are a co-author. (Graduate students who have not yet co-authored an article must choose one from their Ph.D. adviser.) You will be paired with a professional choreographer. Over the next couple of weeks (via e-mail and telephone), you must help your choreographer understand your article, its aims, the hypotheses it tests, and its big-picture context. Then the four choreographers will collaborate to create a single four-part dance based on the winning research articles. Finally, you will be an honored guest at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, where, on 13 February 2009, you will have front-row seats to the world debut of the output -- THIS IS SCIENCE -- a contemporary dance interpretation of contemporary scientific research. Accommodation in Chicago will be provided, and grants are available for travel expenses.

For full details of the contest, visit www.gonzolabs.org.

How to blog science

daniel — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:38:54 -0400

SciDev, always a good source of information on science and development, recently posted a blog entry "How to set up a science blog" which may be of interest here, too, even though, at WAYS, you do not have to set up your own blog (it's all been done already, and you can start typing write away). The SciDev post also offers advice on what to blog and how, how often and how to generate discussion. Enjoy and feel free to use your WAYS blog for your first steps in science blogging!

As for blogging in the developing world, they mention the following: "Jonathan Gosier, a software developer living in Kampala, Uganda, describes blogging from a developing country as "a lesson in patience, endurance and ingenuity". On his blog on Apprifca he recommends ten applications that can ease the challenges of dealing with power cuts, unstable Internet connections and potential data loss."

Like much of the contents at SciDev, this post is also available in Chinese: 如何建立科学博客 .

Is science out of control?

stevenmansour — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:44:44 -0400

Dr. David Levy musing about whether scientists should have a say in how their research gets used:

TECHNOLOGY OUT OF CONTROL

What do you think?

Should scientists have a say in how their research gets used in society and the world at large?
Will the rapid pace of technological advance bring about cataclysmic events for the human race?
Finally, are robots going to annihilate us? ;)

US DECLARES MIT SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE SECURITY THREATS

Khosrow-Allaf-Akbari — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:36:59 -0400

http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/2008/05/us_declares_mit_...
Posted by Physics Today on May 13, 2008 11:13 AM

US declares MIT science grad students are security threats
The Tech: Eight MIT graduate students with student visas were denied a key credential by the Department of Homeland Security. After their department appealed the decisions on their behalf, the DHS declared at least two of the students “security threats.”

The troubles stem from a new homeland security program called the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, a plastic card which, like an MIT ID, contains personally identifying information and can be read wirelessly. Without the credential, the students will soon have a harder time boarding and leaving ships at U.S. ports, including the three research ships at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, where the students work.

The situation was well-known to WHOI, but it only came to MIT’s attention yesterday, when a German student forwarded to colleagues in the Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences Department a letter from the Department of Homeland Security. The letter said in part: “I have personally reviewed the Initial Determination of Threat Assessment, your reply, accompanying information, and all other information and materials available to the TSA. Based upon this review, I have determined that you pose a security threat and you do not meet the eligibility requirements to hold a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).” A British graduate student received a similar letter, said James A. Yoder, dean of WHOI.

Journal - Genetics and Molecular Biology

mmondin — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:59:37 -0400

To whom are interested in publish papers on Genetics and related matter. This is a traditional scientific journal published by Brazilian Genetic Society - SBG

BASIC INFORMATION

Genetics and Molecular Biology ISSN 1415-4757 (formerly named Revista Brasileira de Genética/Brazilian Journal of Genetics - ISSN 0100-8455) is published quarterly by the Sociedade Brasileira de Genética (Brazilian Society of Genetics).

The Journal considers contributions that present the results of original research in genetics, evolution and related scientific disciplines.

Genetics and Molecular Biology begins with vol. 21, issue 1, of March 1998, following the sequence of numbering of its predecessor, which was published from 1978 to 1997, V. 1 to V. 20.

http://www.gmb.org.br/

Scientific Journal CBAB – CROP BREEDING AND APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY (ISSN 1518-7853)

mmondin — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:55:49 -0400

To whom are interested to published results in Plant Breeding - this is a good option!
CBAB - CROP BREEDING AND APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY

General policy and scope of the journal

The CBAB – CROP BREEDING AND APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY (ISSN 1518-7853) – is the official quarterly journal of the Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding (www.sbmp.org.br/), abbreviated CROP BREED APPL BIOTECHNOL.
It is indexed in AGRIS of FAO, CAB International Abstracts, Periódica, Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Service, Agrobase and Acervo Documental of Embrapa. It publishes original scientific articles which contribute to the scientific and technological development of plant breeding and agriculture. Articles should be to do with basic and applied research on improvement of perennial and annual plants, within the fields of genetics, conservation of germplasm, biotechnology, genomics, cytogenetics, experimental statistics, seeds, food quality, biotic and abiotic stress, and correlated areas. The CBAB publishes, besides articles, other text forms, equally subjected to the discretion of ad hoc reviewers, such as Review, Notes, Plant breeding programs, Release of cultivars, Book review, Viewpoint and, Letters, all of them in English language.
Authors of articles in the journal CBAB - CROP BREEDING AND APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY profit from the following benefits:

Digital submission and revision of articles

Expeditious publication: average time of 4 months

Articles available in pdf on the WEB
Send your article to http://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/index.htm clicking on menu Submission

Thank you for choosing the CBAB.

New initative by Wellcome Trust: Research Capacity Strengthening in Africa

daniel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:25:59 -0500

Details at
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node2175.html .

Scientists and Technologists conference

Dino — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:31:08 -0400

The African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI), has established the Conference of Vice-Chancellors, Deans of Science, Engineering and Technology (COVIDSET) as a forum for University leaders responsible for Science and Engineering Education to meet and dialogue on strategic issues in Science and Engineering Education. COVIDSET is a forum both for the exchange of ideas and experiences as well for the sensitization of University Leaders on trends in science and engineering education in the region and globally.

Date: 5 - 27 Sept. 2007
Johannesburg,
South Africa