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Contrary to popular belief, the last rule of BioCamp isn’t: If this is your first BioCamp, you have to present. We recognize that not everybody wants to get up in front of a crowd of people and start talking. That said, the format of BioCamp doesn’t work unless a non-trivial fraction of attendees volunteer to [...]

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One month until BioCamp!

March 4, 2009

BioCamp Houston is now just one month away! BioCamp is based on the BarCamp concept that has taken off in popularity among the IT crowd. It’s an “unconference.” There are no agendas or invited speakers. If you want to present something, you simply volunteer the morning of the conference by choosing a time and a [...]

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BioCamp Houston is coming up in April. BioCamp is based on the BarCamp concept that has taken off in popularity among the IT crowd. It’s an “unconference.” There are no agendas or invited speakers. If you want to present something, you simply volunteer the morning of the conference by choosing a time and a room. We [...]

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Open Source Science

August 25, 2008

I wanted to call your attention to an article in the Boston Globe last week about Open Source Science. I’ve had a couple of conversations about this topic recently, and I think the general consensus is that it’s going to shake up the way things are done, but it’s inevitable. Publication cycles are too long, [...]

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