blog

This week’s buzz in Open Science:

• Introducing OpenTrons: easy to use biotech tools that you can connect together to make a modular lab automation system so you can do more science than ever before!
• Looking for tips on how to write a winning grant? Check out these sample applications and summary statements provided by a group of NIH funded scientists.
• The Office of Science and Technology Policy wants your opinion on how to solve the science reproducibility problem.
• The Max Planck Digital Library celebrates Open Science days, October 13-14, 2014. Attendees will have the opportunity to present their own ideas, experiences, initiatives or activities and to discuss current topics related to the global movement towards a more open and transparent approach to science.
• Want to make science more open? Check out these 7 tips from the folk at ScienceOpen.com
• Check out BrainBrowser, an open source JavaScript library exposing a set of web-based 3D visualization tools primarily targetting neuroimaging and take your brain for a spin!
• Speaking of which, peer into the brain of Nobel Prize winner and F1000Research Advisory Board member, Randy Schekman and read what he has to say about the current state of publishing.