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Facts over Feelings

September 28, 2020

A recent string of provocative papers blurred the line between the enforcement of academic rigor and the mob mentality of cancel culture. Science is by no means apolitical, but if we want to gain the public’s trust, we have to make it clear that we are pushing the truth, not an agenda.

Riley Bannon ⋅ Perspectives in Research Data, Ethics, scientific papers, Social Media ⋅

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Electronic Health Records Shape the Medical Student Experience

September 7, 2018

While entering a clinic room one day, I closely followed the attending physician as she greeted the patient and made introductions. That morning I was participating in a form of learning that is all too common in medical school: passive observation. “Now let me just pull up the note,” the doctor said to the patient, […]

Benjamin Ostrander ⋅ A Day in the Life Data, EHR, electronic health records, medical records, Technology ⋅

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Open Access: Making Scientific Findings Available to All

August 15, 2018

Most would agree that a principal goal of scientific research is to enhance society’s understanding of the world around us. In biomedical research, we are particularly interested in discovering the workings of the body to find better treatments for disease and enact better guidelines and policies for healthy living. A crucial element of this endeavor […]

David Ottenheimer ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Biomedical Research, Data, journal, open access, scientific papers ⋅

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Drowning in Data: New Challenges in Modern Biology

February 15, 2018

Biology is a vast and rapidly evolving field. The science of life ranges from studying the physical and chemical interactions of molecules to mapping a network of billions of brain cells. How can we make sense of an entity as complicated as an organism? A prevailing attitude in biomedical research has been that if we […]

David Ottenheimer ⋅ Perspectives in Research Brain, Data, DNA ⋅

Lessons Learned in Graduate School: Be Good to Your Data

December 2, 2015

Part 3 in a series of posts called “Lessons Learned in Graduate School.”  Read Part 1 | Part 2. If you find yourself unenthused at the thought of topics like data management and correspondence security, you’re not alone. I usually keep these ideas filed away in the category of “probably important but too much trouble […]

sarahlaskey ⋅ Events and Happenings Data, Data Management, JHBox, johns hopkins ⋅

Cracking the Code: How to Create Intuitive Tools for Visualizing Data

August 25, 2015

These days, science is ripe with “big data” challenges. From next-generation sequencing to complex structural analysis, experiments that were once considered niche are becoming more commonplace in many laboratory environments. A single sequencing run alone can produce up to terabytes of data, and with this massive increase in information comes an inherent need to also […]

Bree Yanagisawa ⋅ Perspectives in Research Big Data, Code Academy, Data, Data Visualization, EA Games, Girls Who Code, Jmol, Minority Male Makers, Molecular Editor, Programs, PyMOL, Software, UnityMol, Video Game Engines, Video Games ⋅

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