SPARC and ACRL Annual Forum

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evaluating the quality of open access content

Sage Bionetworks

a non-profit organization which pilots a variety of components that are necessary

to build a scientific research commons

focused on a world where biomedical research will fundamentally change to be

more open and collaborative

supports communities of researchers working collaboratively across disciplines

accessopen

accessibility

accessopen

dataopen

scienceopen

science

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science

enables sharing of all digital assets (data, code, results) and their relationships to one another

multi-channel communication instead of uni-directional broadcasting

aides in reproducibility by enabling communication throughout the research process

not only at time of publication

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science

CRC Subtyping Consortium

DREAM ChallengesProgenitor Cell Biology Consortium

TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

CommonMind ConsortiumInteractome

CTDD

Superheroes Project

Influenza Vaccinations

Craniosynostosis Psychosis Spectrum Disorder

Oncology Molecular Classifiers

Next Gen Scientific Publishing

Open Science

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science

collaboration around common questionDREAM Challenges

collaboration around common dataTCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

DREAM Challenges

challenge assisted peer review

DREAM Challenges

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science

collaboration around common questionDREAM Challenges

collaboration around common dataTCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

Cyriac Kandoth

TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

scientific method1. define a question

2. gather information and resources (background research)

3. form a hypothesis

8. retest (frequently done by other scientists)

4. test hypothesis experimentally

5. analyze experimental data

7. publish results

6. draw conclusions based on data

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