Science on Google+ 200,000 Member Community Celebration!
The Science on Google+ community, where I am one of the many moderators, hit 200,000 members. We had a HOA to introduce some of the moderators to the public, and talk about why we...
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Crowdfunding for research and the SciFund Challenge
In this HOA, Professor Alisa Woods, Professor Jarret Byrnes and Dr Anthony Salvagno discuss how crowdfunding science can be an alternative to more traditional routes of funding such as grants and fellowships. Given the major...
Virology and Media Hype
Professor Vincent Racaniello, Dr Tommy Leung and Dr William McEwan discuss the recent scare-mongering about ‘ferret flu’. We discuss the experiments that were carried out, and also talk how the science has been sensationalised...
Going Viral
Professor Vincent Racaniello is a virologist at the University of Columbia. Vincent also writes extensively about viruses in his Virology Blog, and also hosts the popular show TWiV (This Week in Virology). In this...
Decoding ENCODE
This HOA is panel discussion, where we talk about the findings of the ENCODE project. The panel consisted of Dr Ian Bosdet, Dr Josh Witten and Professor Rajini Rao. We explained the basics of...
