Center for Open Science. This position is not with the Center for Open Science, but is, instead, a courtesy posting for the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in Social Sciences.
The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in Social Sciences (BITSS) is a new effort to promote the integrity, replicability, and validity of empirical social science research. The program is fostering an active network of social science researchers and institutions committed to strengthening transparency in economics, political science, behavioral science, and related disciplines. Central to BITSS is the identification and evaluation of strategies or tools to improve research transparency, including study registries, pre-analysis plans, data archiving and sharing platforms, and replications.
Headquartered at the Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley, BITSS is looking for a Program Associate to support the initiative’s evaluation and outreach efforts. Making the world a better place, one Evil Mad Scientist at a time. Blog. The International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM) is opening to DIY teams next year.
It’s grown from a small experiment with 5 teams in 2004 to the largest community and conference of synthetic biologists in the world (with over 200 teams competing in 2013). I’m on the organizing committee for the new track – the “Community Labs” track – and I’m terrifically excited about the opportunity the iGEM competition provides for growing DIYbio. I was asked to make the announcement at the recent iGEM World Jamboree, and below you can read a rough transcript of what I said.