According to a recent article published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, computational biologists from AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pfizer argue that “high-quality, open and accessible data are the foundation of pre-competitive research, and strong public-private partnerships have considerable potential to enhance public data resources, which would benefit everyone engaged in drug discovery.”
“Pharmaceutical companies need to explore [...]
Forums have become a ubiquitious part of websites in the new Web 2.0 world. Forums allow an exchange of information in a less formal setting than journals and magazines and even allow lurkers to visit and learn from the exchanges that take place. However, very few interdisciplinary forums currently exist. If one were to take [...]
On January 8th 2009 the University of Pennsylvania and Tsinghua University announced an agreement to increase their current academic and research collaborations. Part of the proposals announced in Beijing include developing a conference on undergraduate education to discuss best practices and skills development and identifying a major research collaboration spearheaded by Penn’s School of Engineering [...]
What is the impact of culture in a research institution? Is this impact significant in determining the career trajectory of a new researcher? Over my career, I worked in two very different organizations. One was a teaching–oriented university where hardly any faculty did research. As a consequence, my research efforts waned, especially given that this [...]
Since the introduction of the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act on September 11th 2008 by Congressman John Conyers, D-Detroit , there has been an outcry of opposition to the proposal. Congressman Conyers, who recently ran unopposed in the 14th District, introduced House Resolution 6845, which addresses intellectual properties rights, especially those pertaining to public [...]
