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Defining Future Value: An Editors’ Perspective Katrina L. Kelner , PhD Editor, Science Translational Medicine Former Deputy Editor , Science. The (Real) Value is the Science. Charles Darwin (1809-1882).
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Defining Future Value: An Editors’ Perspective Katrina L. Kelner, PhDEditor, Science Translational MedicineFormer Deputy Editor, Science
“…Formaldehyde, as well as sodium nitrite destroy the activity of zymasemore easily than that of the true enzymes...” OSCAR LOEW. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Science, 1899
A scientific publisher’s core mission is to present science to scientists
What We Cannot Do Well:Three dimensional brain scansGenome sequences and their derivativesSystems biology (network) analyses
A scientific publisher’s core mission is to present science to scientistsTo stay true to this mission, publishers should develop tools to help scientists disseminate their results
Crowdsourcing to Solve Scientific ProblemsSage Bionetworks-DREAM Breast Cancer Prognosis ChallengeDREAM=Dialogue for Reverse Engineering Assessments and Method
Input from 2000 patients with breast cancer:Clinical information Median 10-year survival timeExpression levels of all genes Copy numbers of all genes Donated Google computer power
Wei-Yi Cheng Graduate Research Assistant, Columbia University
PROBLEMS1. The results are a computer program. How to review them?2. After publication, how can readers access the model to use it? We cannot host an executable program.3. The authors want to publish another paper describing the contest. This is even more unconventional.
As a publisher, our role is to disseminate science.The need for digital and computational tools, as well as platforms for data handling, present a huge opportunity.
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