Tag Archive: open science

Feb
19

Zika Virus- insights from old papers when you can get them

Hunting for information on the Zika virus has revealed several insights for me, both of them point to areas that are obvious. 1. Researchers may have missed out by not reading anything older than a few years old and 2. for all the pronouncements on data sharing and open access, still publishers have not opened …

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Feb
11

A passion for Zika: does anyone want to find an antiviral?

What gets your heart beating fast? For some it is making science progress as fast as they can because life is too short. For me it gets into something totally new and seeing how quickly you can contribute and collaborate with others. How fast can we bring scientists together to do something? I would argue …

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Dec
15

A year in publications – 2014

A year in collaborative publications, the ups and downs and a few random comments as well (with a big thanks to all involved): 1. Ekins S and Freundlich JS and Coffee M, A common feature pharmacophore for FDA-approved drugs inhibiting the Ebola virus, F1000research, 3: 277, 2014. This came initially from a Twitter exchange of …

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