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OpenWetWare is [[wiki]] created on April 20, 2005. | [[Image:OWWEmblem.png|thumb|right|OpenWetWare logo, designed by Jennifer Cook-Chrysos]] | ||
OpenWetWare is a [[wiki]] created on April 20, 2005. The mission of the site is "to support open research, education, publication, and discussion in biological sciences and engineering." | |||
OpenWetWare was founded by graduate students at [[MIT]]. Initially, OpenWetWare served as a private lab wiki for the labs of [[Drew Endy]] and [[Tom Knight]] at [[MIT]]. The site was opened up to allow any lab to join on June 22, 2005. As of August 21, 2006 the site hosted [http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=Labs&oldid=63186 50 research laboratories] from [http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=Labs&oldid=63186 30 institutions], including [[Boston University]] [[Brown University]],[[Caltech]],[[Cambridge Research Institute]],[[CNRS]],[[Harvard University]], and [http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=Labs&oldid=63186 many others]. | |||
OpenWetWare was founded by graduate students at [[MIT]]. Initially, OpenWetWare served as a private lab wiki for the labs of [[Drew Endy]] and [[Tom Knight]] at MIT. The site was opened up to allow any lab to join on June 22, 2005. | |||
In addition to laboratories, a number of scientific communities are based on the site, including [[Synthetic Biology|synthetic biology]], ([http://openwetware.org/wiki/Synthetic_Biology home]), [[Mimulus]] ([http://openwetware.org/wiki/Mimulus_Community home]), and the [[BioBricks Foundation]] ([http://openwetware.org/wiki/The_BioBricks_Foundation home]). | |||
OpenWetWare runs on MediaWiki software on Linux servers. All content is available under free content licenses, specifically the [[GNU Free Documentation License|GNU free documentation license (GFDL)]] and the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.] | |||
==External Links== | |||
*[http://openwetware.org OpenWetWare] | |||
===News Reports=== | |||
*[http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060605/full/441678a.html Online methods share insider tricks] Nature June 7, 2006. | |||
*[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol311/issue5757/netwatch.dtl Wikis: Lab Partnering] Science January 6, 2006. | |||
*[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112222874/PDFSTART BLOG and WIKI your science] Biotechnology Journal December 27, 2005 | |||
*[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7068/full/438548a.html Science in the web age: Joint efforts] Nature December 1, 2005. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:13, 21 August 2006
OpenWetWare is a wiki created on April 20, 2005. The mission of the site is "to support open research, education, publication, and discussion in biological sciences and engineering."
OpenWetWare was founded by graduate students at MIT. Initially, OpenWetWare served as a private lab wiki for the labs of Drew Endy and Tom Knight at MIT. The site was opened up to allow any lab to join on June 22, 2005. As of August 21, 2006 the site hosted 50 research laboratories from 30 institutions, including Boston University Brown University,Caltech,Cambridge Research Institute,CNRS,Harvard University, and many others.
In addition to laboratories, a number of scientific communities are based on the site, including synthetic biology, (home), Mimulus (home), and the BioBricks Foundation (home).
OpenWetWare runs on MediaWiki software on Linux servers. All content is available under free content licenses, specifically the GNU free documentation license (GFDL) and the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
External Links
News Reports
- Online methods share insider tricks Nature June 7, 2006.
- Wikis: Lab Partnering Science January 6, 2006.
- BLOG and WIKI your science Biotechnology Journal December 27, 2005
- Science in the web age: Joint efforts Nature December 1, 2005.