FundScience Enters Social Media

Social media is not new. Sites like MySpace and Facebook have been around for years, and social media is increasingly becoming a meeting place for professionals seeking to connect and network with other professionals from around the world. As science continues to move toward more openness, more and more scientists and research organizations are embracing social media for its limitless opportunities to network and share ideas. Collaboration is the most efficient method of doing science, and open science is the future of scientific research. Providing a mechanism for open science is one of the primary goals of FundScience. We will be discussing this topic much more on this site in the future. Until then, you can connect with FundScience on Twitter @fundscience and on Facebook.

More resources for scientists in social media:

Social Media for Scientists: Video Resources for Life Science Researchers (via San Diego Biotechnology Network)

Social Media for Scientists (via San Diego Biotechnology Network)

Social Media for Scientists (via Sciencebase)

Scientists and social media (via Pharma Strategy Blog)

Scientists Use Social Media (via The Scholarly Kitchen)

Twitter links scientists, writers, geeks and more (via examiner.com)