Closing the Science Gap» Research http://closingthesciencegap.com An Outside-the-Box Attempt to Close the Gap Between Science and Society Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:59:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Clinical and Translational Research Network http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/clinical-and-translational-research-network/ http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/clinical-and-translational-research-network/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:10:21 +0000 S. Morgan http://closingthesciencegap.com/?p=242 ]]> logo_ctscinet_250x70 Welcome to CTSciNet, the Clinical and Translational Science Network, which is a web-based social networking infrastructure developed by Science Careers, AAAS, and sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

The objective of this network is to help scientists who are interested in becoming involved in the clinical and translational research field to communicate with others to establish collaborations, share ideas, discuss career-related issues, and more. In addition to the community, CTSciNet members have access to a fantastic collection of articles and resources for clinical and translational research.

For more information, details, and to register, please visit Welcome to CTSciNet.

If you are a basic scientist, once you join the community, please be sure to join the Translational Research for PhD Scientists group.

]]> http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/clinical-and-translational-research-network/feed/ 0 ResearchGate: Closing the Gap between Scientists http://closingthesciencegap.com/networking/closing-the-gap-between-scientists/ http://closingthesciencegap.com/networking/closing-the-gap-between-scientists/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:47:51 +0000 S. Morgan http://closingthesciencegap.com/?p=71 ]]> In addition to trying to “close the gap” between science and society, one of our goals here is to bring scientists closer to one another to foster openness, cooperation, and collaboration.

I would like to invite you to visit the “Facebook” for scientists: Research Gate launched about 6 months ago. It is a great tool to meet other scientists in your field for discussion and/or collaboration, join groups, and much more.

Visit Research Gate, create a profile, and network with the other 20,000 scientists who are the ResearchGate community.

]]> http://closingthesciencegap.com/networking/closing-the-gap-between-scientists/feed/ 2 The Elegance of Scientific Research http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/the-elegance-of-scientific-research/ http://closingthesciencegap.com/research/the-elegance-of-scientific-research/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:45:34 +0000 S. Morgan http://closingthesciencegap.com/?p=67 ]]> In his editorial in the last edition of 2008 of Science magazine, Bruce Alberts highlights the most significant discoveries covered in Science throughout 2008.

Interestingly, he mentions that the two most prominent discoveries (cell programming and direct observations of planets 100 light years away) span the scale of 10^23 meters, which is a “breathtaking illustration of the tremendous reach of science” as Bruce Alberts puts it.

Despite these amazing discoveries, Dr. Alberts discusses an important aspect of scientific research: the unknowns are unending. These breakthrough discoveries are only the beginning, because while they shed led on new information, they raise a whole new set of questions. In fact, one would say, that (especially relevant for the cell programming breakthrough) a new field has been born.

As I look back at 2008, even for my own research, I agree with Bruce Alberts that scientific discovery is definitely inspiring… I cannot wait to learn about what I as well as other scientists will continue to unravel in 2009.

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