<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Great offer, and I am sure you will get many offers.<br><br></div>A lot of modern science is (or should be) knowledge-driven - much of the work that is currently done is wasted through bad or zero publication. So there is much scope for repurposing and re-using the current literature. Bench science is harder - yes there is some bioscience that can be done in a garage but for much of it we have to have academic labs. <br><br></div>Many/most academic scientists are very bad at data. They need help; Some would welcome additional help. I can envisage a "market" where data scientists "outside" academia work with bench scientists "inside" academia. <br><br></div>It will be very difficult to get this started, because of culture. Academics are now forced to compete against everyone instead of collaborate. Citizens are seen as second-class. This is simplistic, but it's a common view. <br><br></div>I think Open Notebook Science has great potential. Here's a talk I gave in Brasil at their wonderful Open Science meeting: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/petermurrayrust/osbrazil">http://www.slideshare.net/petermurrayrust/osbrazil</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Svetlana Belkin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:belkinsa@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">belkinsa@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">All,<br>
<br>
As some of you already know (at least from the Mozilla Science Lab<br>
mailing-list) that I'm seeking any (job and volunteer) opportunities<br>
that deal with building communities around Open Science without working<br>
on coding projects or studying the various tools that Open Science is<br>
offering.<br>
<br>
Building community is what I want to mainly focus on since I am keen on<br>
communities, mainly Online Open Source based communities. Most of my<br>
work is volunteer work in the Ubuntu community and my "resume"/"CV" is<br>
here: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/belkinsa" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/belkinsa</a> I also have this blog post that<br>
have some other skills: <a href="http://ubuntusense.com/2014/04/24/my-dream-job/" target="_blank">http://ubuntusense.com/2014/04/24/my-dream-job/</a><br>
I want to move on from the Ubuntu community and help build a Open<br>
Science community because I'm a bench biologist and I want to tie in my<br>
hobby of Open Source with my profession. I am working on learning<br>
Python along with data science in case I need those skills.<br>
<br>
The latter, studying Open Science methodologies, is my backup plan. I<br>
had one pointer from skay from the Science Lab but I have lost that<br>
link. I'm mainly looking for groups that are looking for a bench<br>
scientist that can help with the experiments along with testing out the<br>
tools.<br>
<br>
I'm looking forward for your replies and I'm okay with off-list replies<br>
also, just don't forget to mark them off-list!<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
P.S. This e-mail can be forwarded to other Open Science mailing-lists<br>
and any of these three mailing-lists that I'm writing to can be CC'd also.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Svetlana Belkin<br>
A.K.A: belkinsa<br>
User Wiki page: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/belkinsa" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/belkinsa</a><br>
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