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SUMMARY:Briggs Speaker Series - Dr. Rachel Ankeny
DESCRIPTION:
 Dr. Rachel Ankeny (Professor,University of Adelaide; 
 Dr. Ankeny is a historian and philosopher 
 of biology and medicine) will give a lecture 
 on the "Bermuda Principles of human genomics 
 and the ideal of 'open science'."\n
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 Abstract:This 
 paper explores the sociocultural history 
 of the 'Bermuda principles' (drafted in 
 their initial form in 1996-7) for scientific 
 data sharing, considered by many to be a model 
 of collaboration within science. The principles 
 require researchers to post their genomic 
 data publicly within 24 hours for unconditional 
 use by others. The Bermuda principles are 
 often cited as critical to the ethos of contemporary 
 biomedical research, and many emphasize 
 the communitarian motivations related to 
 the desire by some researchers to foster public 
 science as being central to their drafting. 
 However much less attention has been paid 
 to a variety of pragmatic considerations which 
 underlay the drafting of the principles, including 
 the need to develop coordination mechanisms 
 for biomedical research which was occurring 
 on an unprecedented global scale (perhaps 
 the best example of 'big science'(TM) within 
 biomedical research) as well as at a relatively 
 rapid speed. Using historical and sociological 
 research techniques, we explore the 
 epistemological and pragmatic values underlying 
 the principles as well as their effects on 
 scientific practices particularly within large-scale 
 genomic research.\n
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 For futher reading:\n
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 "Bermuda 
 Rules: Community Spirit, With 
 Teeth," by Elliot Marshall\n\n
 Price: Free\n
 Sponsor: Lyman Briggs College\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.lbc.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Robert Bell\n
 Contact email: bellro@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://lbc.msu.edu/SpeakerSeries\n
LOCATION:C-102 Holmes Hall
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