Kafatos:iGem

=iGEM 2006 @ Imperial (June 12th)=

things that you do already offline but might be more effective on the wiki --> lab namespace

 * meeting organization (lab meetings (1,2), retreat planning (1,2), etc)
 * ordering
 * lab jobs (1, 2, 3)
 * equipment pages

things you may not do currently, but which are easy on a wiki --> lab namespace

 * long term storage of lab information (protocols, primers, restriction enzymes)
 * (-->rapid turnover of personel in labs, collaborative protocol editing tunes protocols used by several lab members, searchable information.)
 * up-to-date, high content level lab webpage (1,2)
 * de-wikifying script can replace static webpage completely (examples:
 * http://knight.openwetware.org/ is dewikified from Knight Lab.
 * http://syntheticbiology.org is dewikified from Synthetic Biology.
 * http://kafatos.openwetware.org/ is dewikified from Kafatos:Kafatos/Christophides Lab
 * remove the webmaster "bottleneck" - democratized contribution

unique opportunities on OpenWetWare

 * organising of university courses
 * publicize your work, prior to publication
 * OWW will probably be the top google hit for your name
 * collaborate with people across the world or just downstairs

OWW shared pages

 * Shared protocols, materials, equipment, etc. (protocol example)

How is OpenWetWare useful for iGEM teams?

 * Strong synthetic biology presence on the site (it is the home of syntheticbiology.org).
 * Q&A / Experimental troubleshooting
 * There is an active community of helpful researchers as well as existing resources on the site:
 * BioBricks
 * Useful facts
 * Tutorials
 * Protocols, Materials and Equipment
 * Custom extensions
 * Automatic Pubmed citations via Biblio (example use).
 * Recent changes filtering. See  iGEM on OWW recent changes.
 * Easy adding of plots and chemistry diagrams (in progess)

How to get started on OWW

 * Getting started: a quick guide to using OpenWetWare.