Staying Current with Science Blogs & Wikis

Science & Research on the Internet
“ Certainly what people bring to the internet, such as their interest in science and how closely they follow scientific discoveries, shapes their online science habits.”
Horrigan, John. The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science. November 2006. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/191/report_display.asp

Science & Research on the Internet
“ These 1,000 or so science blogs provide authoritative opinions about pressing issues in science, such as evolution or climate change, or aim to engage other scientists in open and frank discussions about the scientific literature or science policy. Because of their freewheeling nature, these blogs take scientific communication to a different level.”
Bonetta, L. Scientists Enter the Blogosphere. Cell 129(3) 4 May 2007:443-445.

Blogs
Blog was originally short for Web Log, and were used mostly as online equivalents of diaries, journals, or logged entries on specific topics.
Now blogs are used as content management systems, to create RSS feeds, inexpensive ways to design small web sites, and more.

Life in the Science Blogosphere
North Carolina Science Blogging Conference
The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs 2006 by Bora Zivkovic, Editor (Book) in Medicine & Science

General Science Blogs
Method: http://science.blogdig.net/
Science Blog: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/
ScienceBlogs.com: http://scienceblogs.com/

General Science Blogs

Blogs from Science Journals & Publishers
Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science: http://www.badscience.net/
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols: http://www.cshblogs.org/cshprotocols/
New Scientist: Short Sharp Science: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/shortsharpscience/
Wall Street Journal: Health: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/
Wired Science: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/
World Science: http://world-science-blog.blogspot.com/

Blogs from Science Journals & Publishers
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols: http://www.cshblogs.org/cshprotocols/

Blogs from Scientists & Researchers
A Scientist and the Web (Peter Murray Rust, Cambridge Center for Molecular Informatics): http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=345
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted): http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
Pharyngula (Paul Z. Myers): http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/
Sandwalk, Strolling with a Skeptical Biochemist (Laurence A. Moran): http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/

Sandwalk, Strolling with a Skeptical Biochemist (Laurence A. Moran): http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/

More Blogs from Scientists & Researchers
Science & Politics (Bora Zivkovic): http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/
SCLin’s neuroscience blog: http://forebrain.blogspot.com/
Thus Spake Zuska (Suzanne E Franks): http://scienceblogs.com/thusspakezuska
Useful Chemistry (Jean-Claude Bradley & Students): http://usefulchem.blogspot.com/
MORE: Bonetta, L. Scientists Enter the Blogosphere. Cell 129(3) 4 May 2007:443-445.

SCLin’s neuroscience blog: http://forebrain.blogspot.com/

NOTE: Blogging in Teaching & Education
Useful Chemistry (Jean-Claude Bradley & Students): http://usefulchem.blogspot.com/

Blogs about Research
Peer-to-Peer: http://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/

Blogs as Research
Blogical Construction -- On blogging as a pedagogical tool in writing classrooms. http://blogicalconstruction.blogspot.com/

Special Topics Blogs: Genomics
DNA direct talk: Your DNA, Your Health, Your Choices: http://talk.dnadirect.com/
Eye on DNA: http://www.eyeondna.com/
Genetics and Health (Hsien Hsien Lei, Ph.D.): http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/
MedBioWorld: Post-Genomics, Forging a Connection Between Research and Clinical Applications: http://www.medbioworld.com/postgenomics_blog/
Mendel's Garden: http://mendels-garden.blogspot.com/
The Personal Genome, Genomics as a medical tool and lifestyle choice: http://www.thepersonalgenome.com/
What's Next in Health: Category: Gene Research: http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/health/index.php?cat=61

Special Topics Blogs: Genomics
Eye on DNA: http://www.eyeondna.com/

Special Topics Blogs: Proteomics
Genomics Proteomics: http://genomics-proteomics.biotechnewstoday.com/
myProteome.com, The Proteomics IT Blog: http://www.myproteome.com/
Proteome Measures: http://proteomemeasures.blogspot.com/

Special Topics Blogs: Proteomics
myProteome.com, The Proteomics IT Blog: http://www.myproteome.com/

Special Topics Blogs: Bioinformatics
Biological Computations: http://bifo.livejournal.com/
Biological Informatics: http://biologicalinformatics.blogspot.com/
Flags and Lollipops - Bioinformatics & Genomics News and Views: http://www.ghastlyfop.com/blog
Inforbiomatica: http://moseshohman.com/blog/
NodalPoint (A Bioinformatics Weblog): http://www.nodalpoint.org/
Notes from the Biomass: http://nftb.net/
Propellor Twist, RNA & Bioinformatics research and other interests: http://fjossinet.u-strasbg.fr/

Special Topics Blogs: Bioinformatics
Notes from the Biomass: http://nftb.net/

Special Topics Blogs: Nanotechnology
Advanced Nanotechnology (Brian Wang): http://advancednano.blogspot.com/
Foresight: Nanodot, the original nanotechnology weblog: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/
nano | public, a weblog of nanotechnology and its impact on the public (Dietram A. Scheufele): http://nanopublic.blogspot.com/
Responsible Nanotechnology (World Care): http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog

Special Topics Blogs: Nanotechnology
Foresight: Nanodot, the original nanotechnology weblog: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/

Special Topics Blogs: Clinical & Health
Blogborygmi: Grand Rounds: http://blogborygmi.blogspot.com/2004/09/grand-rounds-archive-upcoming-schedule.html
DB’s Medical Rants: http://www.medrants.com/
Family Medicine Notes: http://docnotes.net
GruntDoc: http://www.gruntdoc.com/
Living Code (Richard Gayle): http://www.corante.com/livingcode/
MedMusings (Enoch Choi, MD): http://www.enochchoi.com/thoughts/

Special Topics Blogs: Clinical & Health
DB’s Medical Rants: http://www.medrants.com/

Finding Blogs Like These
BMJ: Blogs: http://blogs.bmj.com/
Nature: Blogs: http://www.nature.com/blogs/
New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
ScienceBlogs.com
Science & Politics: http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/
Thinking Blogger Awards: http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/02/thinking-blogger-awards_11.html

Science & Politics: http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/2007/04/one-stop-shopping-for-framing-science.html

ScienceBlogs.com

Finding Blogs: Searching for Blogs on a Topic
Technorati Blog Finder: Genomics: http://www.technorati.com/blogs/genomics
Mendel's Garden #2: The Best of Genetics Blogging (By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD): http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2006/07/01/mendels-garden-2-the-best-of-genetics-blogging/#more-919
Genetics and Health: Archive for the 'Featured Genetics and Health Blogs' Category (By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD): http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/category/genetics-blogging/featured-blogs/
Google: Blog Search: inblogtitle:"(omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR bioinformatics OR nanotechnology)"

Finding Blogs: Searching Blogs for Entries or Posts
BlogDigger: http://www.blogdigger.com/
Daypop: http://www.daypop.com/
Feedster: http://www.feedster.com/
FaganFinder: http://www.faganfinder.com/
Globe Of Blogs: http://www.globeofblogs.com/
Google Blog Search: http://blogsearch.google.com/
Technorati and Technorati: Tags: http://www.technorati.com/
Ari Paparo Dot Com: Big List of Blog Search Engines: http://www.aripaparo.com/archive/000632.html

Want Your Own Blog?
University of Michigan: Mblog: http://mblog.lib.umich.edu

Wiki
Hawaiian word for “quick” or “fast”
Acronym for “What I Know Is”
“ A website that allows visitors to add, remove, and edit content” (Wikipedia)
A tool for:
collaborative document drafting and editing
rapid document prototyping
collaborative problem-solving
knowledge organization
consensus building
document version tracking
web design and content provision
but mostly COLLABORATION
NOTE: A wiki is only as good as its community

Science & Research Wikis
BioWiki: http://biowiki.org/BioWikis
BiWiki: Bingen Bioinformatics Wiki: http://biwiki.fh-bingen.de/biwiki
Evolving Code Wiki: http://www.evolvingcode.net/index.php
Fred Hutchinson Computational Proteomics Laboratory (CPL) Proteomics Repository: https://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPAS/Project/home/home.view
GUS: The Genomics Unified Schema: http://www.gusdb.org/wiki
nodalpoint [nodalpoint wiki] (bioinformatics): http://wiki.nodalpoint.org/

BioWiki: http://biowiki.org/BioWikis

Evolving Code Wiki: http://www.evolvingcode.net/index.php

Fred Hutchinson Computational Proteomics Laboratory (CPL) Proteomics Repository: https://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPAS/Project/home/home.view

Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF): http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Main_Page
Open Wetware: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page
Proteome Commons: http://www.proteomecommons.org/archive.jsp
Science of Spectroscopy: http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Wiki
Wikiomics Bioinformatics Wiki: http://wikiomics.org
Wise-Nano Project: http://wise-nano.org/w/Main_Page

Open Wetware: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page

Proteome Commons: http://www.proteomecommons.org/archive.jsp

Health & Clinical Wikis
Fluwiki: http://www.fluwikie.com

The INSIGHT Project on Infectious & Chronic Disease: http://nie.wikispaces.com/The+INSIGHT+Project

Medical Matters Wiki: http://usabiomedmatters.wikidot.com/

Neurodegeneration Research Wiki: http://wiki.iop.kcl.ac.uk/default.aspx/Neurodegeneration/Neurodegeneration%20Research%20Wiki.html

Wikis for Academic Purposes
Useful Chemistry: http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com/

Science Wikis?
Maybe it's like the difference between flicking acorns to bring down a house of cards, and planting acorns to bring down a mountain ...
Zhurnal Wiki: Science: http://zhurnal.net/ww/zw?ScienceWiki

Contact:
Patricia Anderson, pfa@umich.edu

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