And yet it is exactly this current climate of secrecy and cutthroat competition that encourages scooping and offers little recourse when it happens. if you make your lab notebook public, you could get scooped. Science relies on trust, right? I would say instead that science could be built on trust, if people weren't so worried about it! The most popular argument made against radical openness in science is based on the fear that other people will not act in good faith, i.e. (Therefore change in science must be gradual to succeed.)Though you could agree or disagree with each statement, there are two things I'd like to discuss in particular. Change through consensus is inherently gradual. Trust only remains intact when change occurs through consensus. The creators of put forth the following thesis: The question is, what will that change look like, and how will we get there? Even if people didn't always agree on the details, it was clear that everyone there (a biased group, inarguably) agreed that change is necessary, and inevitable. Each of these topics could be their own blog series, and, in fact, many of them are. At BioBarCamp this past weekend (many thanks to John Cumbers and Attila Csordas for organizing!), the future of science became a recurring theme, with an impromptu discussion on open science the first day and spirited sessions on open science, web 2.0, the data commons, change in science, science "worship", and redefining " impact" and " failure" the second. Michael Nielsen has written about this at length in preparation for his forthcoming book of the same name, with a lively discussion in the comments following. At least in my small pocket of the world (wide web), something is brewing. Maybe you've felt it - the buzz in a room, the tension in the air, the accelerating pace at which people are connecting and the realization that we're all in this together, even if we don't quite know what "this" is. When you call or email us, please let us know your blood type (if you know it) and the best way to reach you.Įmail: YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT KATIE PLEASE CHECK OUT KATIE'S KANCER BLOG AT With this in mind, please do not donate until we coordinate the donation with you to ensure it best helps Katie in her treatment. Unfortunately platelets have a short shelf life. We are trying to create a list of potential donors so we can contact people once the need arises. If you are interested in donating please call/email Lori or Wendy. We need platelet donors and words cannot sufficiently express our gratitude for your assistance and donations! If you know anyone in the Houston area, please forward this message on to them and ask them to forward to everyone they know. We cannot overstate the importance of platelet transfusions to her treatment. Blood type does NOT matter, the number of people donating does. The more people who donate on her behalf, the higher on the priority list Katie gets. We are in desperate need of finding people in the Houston area to give platelet donations for Katie. Due to past negative reactions to multi-donor transfusions, single donor platelets are particularly important to Katie and often unavailable at the moment patients need them. When Katie has her stem cell transplant (in the next 2-3 weeks), she will be in great need of frequent, single donor platelets transfusions. Her current treatment plan includes a very aggressive chemo followed by a stem cell transplant. At that point, Katie and her mom made the difficult decision to move to Houston to undergo treatment at MD Anderson, which is known to have the best treatment available. Katie underwent 3 months of unsuccessful chemo in New York. Katie is presently undergoing treatment at MD Anderson for a very aggressive strain of Hodgkin's Lymphoma!!! Kathryn (Katie) Meacham is 25 years old and was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in April 2008. We are writing because we hope you can help secure or donate blood platelets in the Houston area for our sister/cousin Kathryn (Katie) Meacham. Please donate! Kathryn Meacham, Patient ID: 754592 If you're in the Houston area, please consider donating! See below for more information. The blood type doesn't matter, but the number of donors does the more people who donate on her behalf, the higher on the priority list she goes. If I may divert for a post from our usual programming, this is a call for participation on behalf of a friend of a friend who is in dire need of platelet donors in the Houston area.
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