[OWW-SC] Open Access 2.0 -- 2pm 10/20 -- 32-141

[Sri Kosuri]

 Hey all,

For those local to Boston, could you please distribute this announcement on
relevant email lists.

Thanks,
Sri


Open Access 2.0  Chris Surridge, Managing Editor, PLoS ONE

Open to the Public
2pm, Friday October 20, 2006
MIT Stata Center, 32-141

Part of OpenWetWare's Seminar Series on Open Science
http://openwetware.org/wiki/Seminar_Series

Talk Overview
Dr. Surridge is helping start PLoS ONE <http://plosone.org/>, an effort to
democratize scientific contribution, access, review, and merit. This
exciting new journal publishes scientifically sound research regardless of
subjective criteria such as "likely impact" or "reader interest". Following
publication, readers comment, annotate, and rate each paper, adding value to
the work as time goes on. Dr. Surridge will talk of the progress to date,
and the challenges that lie ahead.

Biography
*Adapted from the PLoS Website:
*
Christopher Surridge graduated with a degree in Biophysics from Leeds
University in 1988 and went on to study the dynamics of microtubule assembly
at Imperial College London. After a couple of years of post-doc research he
moved into scientific publishing as Assistant Editor on Nature Structural
Biology in December 1993. In 1995 he moved onto the editorial team at Nature
where he handled an eclectic mix of subject areas mainly focusing on
biophysics, mathematical and systems biology, and plant science. He also
spent some time editing Nature's Brief Communication section which has never
fully recovered. By mid-2005 the allure of reshaping scientific publishing
to satisfy the needs of a new century became irresistible and he moved to
PLoS's Cambridge office working on a new project called PLoS ONE to be
launched in 2006.

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This seminar series is sponsored by OpenWetWare (http://openwetware.org), a
wiki serving the biological science and engineering community.  For more
information, or online videos of past lectures, go to the Seminar
Serieswebsite.  Those interested in meeting with Dr. Surridge, please
contact Sri
Kosuri (skosuri at mit.edu ).
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