> Dear Peter,
> I was admiring the large number of people from your protein course
> using BioMOO. I wondered if you had considered incorporating a
> journal club or seminar series. We have had several successful
> ecology and neurobiology journal clubs here.
> Journal clubs have the advantage that everyone can get a copy of the
> article(s) and see the figures. For a seminar, people either must
> have access to a web browser, ftp the files beforehand, or just not
> see the figures. Then again, I've noticed that many (all?) people in
> the course use web browsers. Anyway, it might be interesting for you
> to expand the experiment a bit, since from what people are telling
> me, things are going outstandingly.
> If you are too busy, you might just propose it to the group and
> solicit volunteer(s) to do all the organizing for you. I'd be happy
> to advise on how such things work, and also to scan people's slides
> for them, if they were sent to me. Also, BioMOO has access to
> several sites worldwide for storing images. We would distribute
> copies to the various sites to decrease the load during the meeting
> itself.
> EricM @ BioMOO
> mercer@caltech.edu
>
I think this is a splendid idea. The literature is just
exploding! Two more structures in Nature last week. (Yes, that's the
only journal I read now, 'cos I get it at home - oh, dear. I rely on the
course to keep me up-to-date. Seriously:)
So, friends - I'd *strongly* suggest that some of you run with this.
If it comes off, it could be yet another breakthrough in protein
informatics...
P.
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Peter Murray-Rust | "Nothing exists except atoms and empty
pmr1716@ggr.co.uk | space; all else is opinion" (Democritos).
Protein Structure Group, Glaxo Group Research, Greenford, MIDDX, UB6 0HE, UK
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