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Cybertaxonomist Entomology Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K. E-mail: vince@vsmith.info (preferred) or v.smith@nhm.ac.uk (official), iChat Video Conferencing: vsmithuk@mac.com (by invitation) Tel: +44 (0) 207 942 5127, Fax: +44 (0) 207 942 5661, Skype: vsmithuk I am a research scientist at the Natural History Museum, London. My official title is 'cybertaxonomist,' which means I apply computer technology and the web to the study of biodiversity. When I am not doing this, I work on the evolution of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). You can track my research interests and activities through my blog, publications, presentations, reading list, calendar, and my twitter feed. View my profileĀ 
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Senior Drupal Developer Wanted!

Tue, 2010-08-17 17:09

We seek a senior Drupal developer for a 3-year (full-time) position as part of a major collaborative effort to help researchers share and manage biodiversity data on the web (http://scratchpads.eu/). The work will include design and implementation of web applications, web services, data schemas and other applications and services. 

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Junior Drupal Developer Wanted!

Tue, 2010-08-17 17:07

We seek an up and coming junior Drupal developer for a 3-year (full-time) position, as part of a major collaborative effort to help researchers share and manage biodiversity data on the web (http://scratchpads.eu/). The role encompasses the development of content, theming and functionality for new and existing PHP and Drupal systems and applications. 

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Who owns science?

Tue, 2010-05-25 16:16

Last night I attended a Policy Lab event at the Royals Society examining intellectual property in Science. The meeting discussed a report entitled “Who owns Science” produced by the Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation at Manchester University. Speakers included John Alty, Chief Executive of the UK’s intellectual property office; Adam Heathfield, director of science policy for Europe at Pfizer; Charles Leadbeater, author of “We Think” and former advisor to Tony Blair; and Sir John Sulston, who amongst many things is chair of the Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation at Manchester. I must confess that from the outset I was sceptical about the value of this meeting – at least to me personally, and for its value addressing the issues that a majority of my colleagues face when dealing with intellectual property. After seeing the press this morning I think at least some of that scepticism was justified.

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