<html><head><base href="x-msg://244/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Julia Wilson (Sense About Science)" <<a href="mailto:jwilson@senseaboutscience.org">jwilson@senseaboutscience.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">April 14, 2011 11:49:12 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:undergradbio@mit.edu">undergradbio@mit.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:undergradbio@mit.edu">undergradbio@mit.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Making sense of science day 3rd May Broad Institute</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-GB"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif; ">Sense About Science is holding a free<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Making Sense of Science day</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on 3<sup>rd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>May at the Broad Institute as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. It would be great if you could pass this on to researchers who would be interested in attending.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif; ">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC', sans-serif; ">Julia<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); "><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); ">How do journalists approach stories? What happens when research announcements go wrong or discussions become polarized?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); "><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); ">What does peer review do for science? Does it illuminate good ideas or shut them down?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Join us at two discussion sessions on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Tuesday</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>3<sup>rd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>May</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>2011</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center</b>, hosted by Sense About Science and Elsevier as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); ">What’s up with Peer review?</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">A discussion examining the process and wider purpose of peer review<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>11.00 – 12.30</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Followed by a buffet lunch<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); ">Standing up for Science</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">A discussion on science and the media<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>3.30 – 5.00<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Followed by a drinks reception<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Further information about the panels can be found below and also on the Cambridge Science Festival website (<a href="http://cambridgesciencefestival.org/2011Festival/2011ScheduleOfEvents.aspx?day=4"><span style="color: blue; ">http://cambridgesciencefestival.org/2011Festival/2011ScheduleOfEvents.aspx?day=4</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">These sessions are free to attend but space is limited,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>so please register by emailing Julia Wilson at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jwilson@senseaboutscience.org"><span style="color: blue; ">jwilson@senseaboutscience.org</span></a></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>stating which sessions you would like to attend<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>by Friday April 29<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2011</b>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); ">Sense About Science</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="EN-US">is a UK charitable trust that equips people to make sense of science and evidence on issues that matter to society. With a network of over 4,000 scientists, we work with scientific bodies, research publishers, policy makers, the public and the media, to lead public discussions about science and evidence. Through award-winning public campaigns, we share the tools of scientific thinking and the peer review process.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">Our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); ">Voice of Young Science network</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(VoYS) engages early career researchers in public debates about science. High profile myth-busting campaigns have included debunking detox products and pressuring the WHO to condemn the promotion of homeopathy for serious diseases. The network actively embraces a civic responsibility to stand up for science, challenge pseudoscientific product claims and respond to misinformation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; "><a href="http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk"><span style="color: blue; ">www.senseaboutscience.org.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>WHAT’S UP WITH PEER REVIEW?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>The Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>11.00 – 12.30<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><br></b>A panel discussion examining the process of peer review and exploring the criticisms of the system. Using highlights from a survey of over 4,000 scientists, the panel will discuss the role of peer review in policy, research and public debates and reflect on some of the recent debates about the subject. <br>What does peer review do for science and what does the scientific community want it to do for them? Does it illuminate good ideas or shut them down? Is maverick science rejected? Should peer review detect plagiarism, bias or fraud?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Does the system need to change? What is the public perception of peer review? Can it help the public understand the status of scientific claims?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Speakers:<o:p></o:p></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Leonor Sierra, Sense About Science<br>Dr Emilie Marcus, Editor in Chief, Cell Press<br>Karen Weintraub, freelance health and science journalist<br>Dr Natalie Kuldell, Biological Engineering at MIT<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>STANDING UP FOR SCIENCE <span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br></span>The Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center<br>3.30 – 5.00<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">This session will combine discussion about science related controversies in the news with practical guidance for how to deal with the media. Why does it matter that the public has access to good science and evidence? What happens when research announcements go wrong; statistics are manipulated; risk factors are distorted; or discussions become polarized? The panel will explain how journalists approach stories and balance the need for news and entertainment with reporting science. What can early career researchers do to encourage good science and evidence in the public domain?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Speakers:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Leonor Sierra, Sense About Science<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Karen Weintraub, freelance health and science journalist<br>Dr Chris Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br>Morgan Thompson, Science in the News<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">B.D. Colen, Senior Communications Officer for University Science, Harvard University</div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>