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ScienceOnline 2010: The Votes Are In

Now that the ScienceOnline 2010 meeting -- a conference about scientific blogging -- has ended, bloggers are having a field day sharing their views on how it went. That's a good thing for those of us who couldn't get in to the sold-out event. There are far too many blog posts for us to include here, but for a full listing, check out this compilation page from conference organizer Bora Zivkovic. Jonathan Eisen wrote a post on the top 11 things he learned at the event, citing this as an example: "openness in science continues to spread, in publishing, education, outreach, data, etc." Meanwhile, bbgm's Deepak Singh authored a post asking, "Where are the geeks?" He thought there were too many sessions on science journalism and issued a "call to action" to readers: "Next year, we should get better representation from the geeks, people thinking about API’s, data resources, doing science online."

The Scan

Testing, Testing

Vox says that investment in genomic surveillance and updated regulatory approaches could help the US better respond to future pandemics.

'Virus, Variants, and Vaccines'

A US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel is to discuss how the agency can prepare for new SARS-CoV-2 variants, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Push for Wider Availability

The Alzheimer's Association is campaigning for a controversial Alzheimer's disease drug to be more widely available, according to the New York Times.

Genome Biology Papers on Tumor Thrombus Transcriptomes, RNA-Seq Method, More

In Genome Biology this week: transcriptomic analysis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma with venous tumor thrombus, improvements to barcoding-based bulk RNA sequencing approach, and more.