Science in social media, a literature update in the Sijbren Otto's group in Groningen (The Netherlands). 11 June 2013 Vittorio Saggiomo @V_Saggiomo

1. Science in Social Media
@V_Saggiomo

2. pre-internet
era

3. discuss
outreach
funding
job market
disseminate
now

4. What are we talking about?

5. 500000 views in 1 month

9. Debate is good for science

10. debate

14. Last year I was at a dinner symposium where EJ Corey gave a brilliant impromptu talk
before a toast. It was a captivating speech all about how things have rapidly changed
over the span of his 80+ years.
The take home message was that change is natural and you can either embrace it
and adapt or be left behind.
I'm no fortune teller but it is clear to me that blogging is here to stay and is gathering
momentum. The purpose of this blog is to give you a no holds barred, behind the
scenes look into our science.
This blog will, hopefully, be like an open flask.

16. Outreach
(the existence of the word “chemophobia” is our fault)

17. outreach
disseminate

24. Crowdfunding

25. funding

29. (old)new jobs?

30. job market

34. Problems?
time consuming

35. passion, not work

36. Fun of course

38. A dilution was made somewhere between
1:2000 and 1:500 because our 1ul pipettor is crap
Crystals were obtained by the
“I forgot the flask in the fume hood” technique.
This work was made possible by EPSRC Grant #1234
& eBay from where we scrounged parts to repair our ancient apparatus

39. start a blog - news, group meeting discussion,
explaining papers, lit update, sharing slides
group twitter account - “rotating account”
embrace discussion on internet
Suggestions
1 time in a month - lit(internet) update

41. Links:
Why scientists should use social media:
https://peerj.com/preprints/16/ (The role of twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication)
http://deepseanews.com/2010/08/what-is-twitter-and-why-scientists-need-to-use-it/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2012/01/15/how-could-twitter-influence-science-and-why-scientists-are-on-board/
http://compassblogs.org/blog/2012/04/30/twitter-and-why-scientists-should-bother/
http://colinschultz.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/why-scientists-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-blogging-and-social-media/
http://mrepidemiology.com/2012/01/23/twitter-for-scientists-or-how-a-procrastination-tool-can-be-useful-part-1/
Dissemination and outreach:
http://altmetric.com
http://www.reddit.com/r/chemistry/
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/06/04/scientists-do-outreach-or-your-science-dies/
http://www.youtube.com/user/ProfessorDaveatYork/videos
Mispractice in science:
http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com
http://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.nl
Discussion, debate:
http://blog-syn.blogspot.nl
http://raphazlab.wordpress.com
http://raphazlab.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/stripy-timeline/
http://pubpeer.com
http://pubpeer.com/publications/5FF53E410A9B65348D98301B32B122
Fun - overlyhonestmethods:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/jan/10/scientists-twitter-methods
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/doing-good-science/2013/01/23/reasonably-honest-impressions-of-overlyhonestmethods/
http://nos.nl/op3/artikel/460635-wetenschappers-doen-boekje-open-overlyhonest-methods.html
Job Market:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i8/Real-Time-Community.html
http://cenblog.org/grand-central/2013/05/chemclub/
http://www.koniev.com
http://chemjobber.blogspot.nl/2013/01/interview-pierre-morieux-chemdraw-wizard.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03WNbvZLDkk&fmt=22
Crowdfunding:
http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2013/05/03/crowdfunding-another-form-of-science-outreach
http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v66/i4/p23_s1?bypassSSO=1
http://www.petridish.org
https://www.microryza.com
http://www.rockethub.com/projects/11106-crowdsourcing-discovery
http://www.rockethub.com/projects/11806-autism-and-protein-markers
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubiome-sequencing-your-microbiome