This week I stumbled into several conversations on science trends, science communication, and science publishing that sounded so similar I started to get confused about whether they were different hashtags or not. With further attention to detail, these were the hashtags that were serendipitously colliding: #ismbeccb, #iccb2013, #ichstm, #SiP13. Here are some highlights from these accidental conversations.
Procrastinating #ICCB2013 prez writing by reading 'How to make a killer scientific presentation' http://t.co/pAHMmKYQJG via @Philip_A_Martin
— Kerry Charles (@kerryecharles) July 5, 2013
I'm putting my #ICCB2013 talk up on @figshare http://t.co/FJQ6Sa2mrn I'd love your thoughts ahead of delivering it next Thrusday
— Joshua Drew (@Drew_Lab) July 17, 2013
How do you get researchers to tell stories when they aren't used to showing emotion and are used to using PowerPoint? #sip13
— Sarah Cosgriff (@Sarah_Cosgriff) July 22, 2013
Science is slow, ideas and practice are fast- how do we reconcile this? #iccb2013
— Kerry Charles (@kerryecharles) July 22, 2013
The biggest reason we fail to connect science to policy is our collective blind-spot RE the importance of the social sciences #ICCB2013
— Josh Tewksbury (@tewksjj) July 22, 2013
Networking: As a scientist, don't just think about informing management panels, think about being on them in order to make change. #ICCB2013
— Emma S-Walwyn (@eshepw) July 22, 2013
#ICCB2013 Networking panel: @Drew_Lab Every student should have a 30 second, 2 minute, 15 minute, and 45 minute explanation of research
— David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) July 22, 2013
Tweet synthesis of Monday's student networking panel (in case you missed them the 1st time) http://t.co/WqKQmRDQqW #ICCB2013
— Edd Hind (@edd_hind) July 25, 2013
We hide data in scientific publications so well that we need a very advanced research field to get it out again, time for a change #ismbeccb
— Chris Evelo (@Chris_Evelo) July 22, 2013
Europe PMC are not allowed to use semantic enhancement on their own corpus, thanks to publishers #ismbeccb #TT24
— Simon Cockell (@sjcockell) July 22, 2013
Cooper: Citizen Science is not just about birds. There is a project for every taxa and in every discipline. #ICCB2013
— Morgan Tingley (@mwtingley) July 24, 2013
J. Parrish: Citizen science is a marriage between scientists and citizens to do something they couldn't do alone. #ICCB2013
— Karen McLeod (@komcleod) July 24, 2013
#ismbeccb Missed ISMB 2013? Follow the tweets from @genetics_blog https://t.co/KdqueC4iUu and published papers http://t.co/w5N1Xb1Fre
— nextgenseek (@nextgenseek) July 23, 2013
David Eisenberg was worried he couldn't explain protein oligomerization, but not worried enough to become a creationist #ISMBECCB #KN6
— Lars Juhl Jensen (@larsjuhljensen) July 23, 2013
Today on the #ichstm Blog @museionist discusses how social media can generate dialogue & strengthen research – http://t.co/4FDusImyYu PLS RT
— ICHSTM 2013 (@ichstm2013) July 18, 2013
Awesome paper from @WhySharksMatter on live tweeting conferences. http://t.co/HwxhBSJNl0 I'm excited to live tweet #ICCB2013 v soon!
— Kerry Charles (@kerryecharles) July 5, 2013
The 'wow factor' can be a dead end. The 'why factor' is a starting point. Encouraging children to be curious & questioning is key #sip13
— Sara Mynott (@SaraMynott) July 22, 2013
Captain Planet and the World of Tomorrow – superheroes, kids, adults, power and enviro media http://t.co/8eEKntBnfS #ichstm
— Alice Bell (@alicebell) July 25, 2013
Alan Turing day – tour of #UoM Turing history, now contemporary opera! #ichstm http://t.co/Pu8lxgLkBJ pic.twitter.com/vUdZkyGNPm
— Graham Baker (@HistoryBaker) July 22, 2013
Art meets Science: The Reactome Planetarium http://t.co/wOuAsVpTLn #ISMBECCB
— reactome (@reactome) July 23, 2013
First posted at THL Blog: http://wp.me/p1v84h-1mU