Novel concepts and easy-to-use web tools for biologists
How can the Internet help you to do science more efficiently?
Wikipedia and Google Maps are two prominent results of a quiet web
revolution that is currently taking place. This new movement towards
sharing and community contribution of knowledge, dubbed "Web 2.0",
will deeply influence scientific communication and science in general
- also yours. During four talks, the EMBL Centre for Computational
Biology will introduce you to this field and will show you tools that
can improve your everyday work in biology.
Session 1 - Using new web concepts for more efficient research -
an introduction for the less-techy crowd
What are the concepts of "Web 2.0"? How can you use it to make better
science? This talk will give you an overview about the concepts and
most important examples for non-techy scientist.
Time/place: Tue, May 16h, 2006; 14:30; Small Operon
Speakers: Reinhard Schneider, Konrad Förstner (Bork Group)
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Session 2 - Information overflow? Stay tuned with a click
Biological knowledge increases expotentially. Use the community for
getting stimulating input beyond papers and use blogs for sharing your
opinion with others. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) can help you to
keep track of huge amounts of newly appearing information.
Time/place: Tue, May 23rd, 2006; 14:30; Small Operon
Speakers: Konrad Förstner (Bork Group)
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Session 3 - Tags: simply organize and share links and references with keywords
Drowning in bookmarks and references? "Tagging" is easier than
filing in a big hierarchy. As others do the same, you can take
advantage of "social bookmarking" to tap into their knowledge.
Time/place: Tue, May 30rd, 2006; 14:30; Small Operon
Speakers: Michael Kuhn (Bork Group)
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Session 4 - Stop emailing huge files: How to jointly edit manuscripts and share data
Too many confusing edits in your last manuscript? "Shared Workspace"
tools and wikis help groups of users editing files: keeping track of
versions, noting clashes and providing a central location to keep the
files. Does it work in real life? Which systems are available?
Time/place: Tue, June 6th, 2006; 14:30; Small Operon
Speakers: Christian von Mering (Bork Group)
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