Kafatos:iGem

iGEM 2006 @ Imperial (June 12th)

How is OpenWetWare useful for labs?

things that you do already offline but might be more effective on the wiki --> lab namespace

• meeting organization (lab meetings (1,2), retreat planning (1,2), etc)
• ordering
• lab jobs (1, 2, 3)
• equipment pages

things you may not do currently, but which are easy on a wiki --> lab namespace

• long term storage of lab information (protocols, primers, restriction enzymes)
  • (-->rapid turnover of personel in labs, collaborative protocol editing tunes protocols used by several lab members, searchable information.)

• up-to-date, high content level lab webpage (1,2)
  • de-wikifying script can replace static webpage completely (examples:
    
    • http://knight.openwetware.org/ is dewikified from Knight Lab.
      
    • http://syntheticbiology.org is dewikified from Synthetic Biology.
      
    • http://kafatos.openwetware.org/ is dewikified from Kafatos:Kafatos/Christophides Lab
  • remove the webmaster "bottleneck" - democratized contribution

unique opportunities on OpenWetWare

• organising of university courses
• publicize your work, prior to publication
• OWW will probably be the top google hit for your name
• collaborate with people across the world or just downstairs

OWW shared pages

• Shared protocols, materials, equipment, etc. (protocol example)

How is OpenWetWare useful for iGEM teams?

• Strong synthetic biology presence on the site (it is the home of syntheticbiology.org).

• Q&A / Experimental troubleshooting
  • There is an active community of helpful researchers as well as existing resources on the site:
  • BioBricks
  • Useful facts
  • Tutorials
  • Protocols, Materials and Equipment

• Custom extensions
  • Automatic Pubmed citations via Biblio (example use).
  • Recent changes filtering. See iGEM on OWW recent changes.
  • Easy adding of plots and chemistry diagrams (in progess)

How to get started on OWW

• Getting started: a quick guide to using OpenWetWare.