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SpotOn NYC (#sonyc) is a monthly discussion series organised by Nature Publishing Group and Ars Technica and hosted at Rockefeller University. The organisers are Lou Woodley, John Timmer, Jeanne Garbarino and Joe Bonner.
More information about our events, including related blog posts and Storify and livestream archives can be found on the SpotOn website.
Events
SpotOn NYC’s 2nd birthday – celebrating with a social media slant! 4/25/13 7PM - 9PM
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It’s SpotOn NYC’s 2nd birthday and to celebrate we’d like to try something a bit different… We invite you to help us to create a set of...
SpotOn NYC: Communication and the brain 3/14/13 7PM - 9PM
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Society has a fascination with the ailments of prominent figures, but we don't tend to generalize them; not every cancer patient is Steve...
SpotOn NYC: DIY science 12/13/12 7PM - 9PM
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Scientific research has a reputation for being expensive, requiring fancy microscopes, massive observatories, or even one-of-a-kind...
What's holding up open access? 10/17/12 7PM - 9PM
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In September, the high-energy physics community and 10 publishers came to an agreement: all future papers in the field would be published...
The $1,000 genome is here - are we ready? 9/20/12 7PM - 9PM
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Ion Torrent has claimed that its latest sequencing machine can produce a human genome for under $1,000. Are we ready to handle and...
Reaching out of the ivory tower 6/7/12 7PM - 9PM
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Reaching out of the ivory tower Do researchers have an obligation to take their work directly to the public? The public, through the...
SONYC's first birthday: attendee demo night! 5/2/12 7PM - 9PM
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SONYC has always been about encouraging audience participation so, to celebrate the anniversary of our first event, we thought we'd turn...
Setting the research record straight 3/20/12 7PM - 9PM
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The internet has enabled the faster and more thorough dissemination of published science, meaning that more eyes than ever are available to...
Thinking Digital: Giving your research more reach (and making sure others can find it) 1/25/12 7PM - 9PM
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Only a fraction of the things that scientists do in the lab ever see the light of day in a formal publication. Negative data, new tools,...
Matching medium and messengers to meet the masses 12/8/11 7PM - 9PM
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Reaching an audience that's already interested in science is a relatively easy thing to do. Reaching a broader audience, however, can be a...
In the news, but not reviewed 11/10/11 7PM - 9PM
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Peer review, although not perfect, helps provide validity for new scientific findings. But lately, the headlines have been filled with...
Enhanced eBooks & BookApps: the Promise and Perils 9/20/11 7PM - 9PM
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Enhanced ebooks and tablet apps clearly offer new ways to present material and engage readers. Yet some of the software restrictions and...
Reaching the niches: connecting underrepresented groups with science 8/24/11 7PM - 9PM
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How do we reach and connect groups that are underrepresented in science? Women, minorities, and researchers in developing economies often...
SONYC: Science, science communications, and the law 6/8/11 7PM - 9PM
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Don't know your intellectual property from your libel law? Join us for the June edition of Science Online NYC, where we'll let you reverse...
SONYC: Are scientists antisocial? 5/16/11 7PM - 9PM
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The sharing of information and materials is an integral part of the scientific process. Many communities have found that online tools can...
SONYC: Courting Controversy 4/20/11 7PM - 9PM
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How to successfully engage an online audience with complex or controversial topics Climate change. Nuclear safety. Vaccination. These are...
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