Heather has a new blog, the Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, at http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/ Links to my posts relating to chemistry and open access are gathered in this post http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2005/07/chemistry-and-open-access.html This includes: why OA to chemistry information is both the public and corporate interests The Imaginary Journal of High End Chemistry (more about publishing than chemistry, …
A PEPTIDE SPECIALIST (subscribers only) MICHAEL MCCOY, C&EN NORTHEAST NEWS BUREAU Chemical & Engineering News, 83(29), July 18, 2005 Michael McCoy opens the last section of his article with: “Nothing attracts drug companies like potentially large markets.” Perhaps one of our strategies might be to show vaccine manufacturers how big a market we can offer …
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I propose that our next conference call include online project management, using two initially-free tools. My business group has recently switched to using GoToMeeting for online presentations. I have been using Project KickStart since the old DOS days. It’s a great tool for creating an initial draft of a project. During the conference call, we …
I spoke with Sam Burd (President, Medical and Biotech Developments, Inc.), who has been a member of the San Francisco chapter of Engineers Without Borders for 10 months. The chapter has been around for 2 years and the entire organization for 5 years. Sam recommends staying very focused and to commit to lifetime attachment to …
Here is one which is which open access intersects with planning and funding of the kinds of projects I’m guessing Chemists Withoout Borders would be interested in. Groups like the United Nations and its subgroups are looking for collaboration in projects for developing countries, I understand. The idea is that the most successful projects will …
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Bego just sent me this link from C&E News(subscription only): Take a look, and let us know if you have any ideas for CWB funding sources. ELMO postscript: I will work on getting permission to publish this article or get an open link in the near future. ELMO
It is great to hear that there actually is a Chemists Without Borders group! Best of luck to all of you. Elmo has already mentioned my query to the SPARC Open Access Forum about Chemists Without Borders. For anyone not familiar with the topic, I highly recommend Peter Suber’s A Very Brief Introduction to Open …
I just saw this. Pretty disturbing, if true. ELMO
This is an interesting tidbit: NEW YORK (AP) — A study of smells shows that the scent of grapefruit on women make them seem younger to men — about six years younger. However, a grapefruit fragrance on men does nothing for them. The study by the Smell and Taste Institute (search) in Chicago was conducted …
A recent email from Lynn Geldof, Regional Advisor of UNICEF: From Lynn Geldof, lgeldof@unicef.org, UNICEF, 5/18/05: Right, well to be honest, the NGO (non-governmental organization) world is a different beast and all I know is you have to be a registered charity. What that involves, I cannot say at all. I am sure Chemists without …