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OpenWetWare
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A wiki for capturing and sharing biological knowledge
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Problem
Much of the knowledge produced by biological research is passed down by oral tradition.
This makes it difficult for newcomers, especially in Systems Biology due to its multi-disciplinary nature.
OpenWetWare
OpenWetWare seeks to capture information not usually recorded in biological research. It offers a complement to traditional publishing mediums and enables new modes of collaboration.
OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering.
Motivation
As engineers learning biology, we struggle with the fact that much of biological research can't be learned from books and papers.
OpenWetWare's contributions
- Democratizing and disseminating content generation
- Digitization of biological knowledge, as it is generated
Courses on OpenWetWare
20.109, Student-recorded data
"The wiki has also been unspeakably useful in developing curricula with my fellow teaching faculty and teaching assistants. Finally, with all the course material public, researchers and teachers around the world have stumbled into the site and have subsequently contacted me to discuss implemented parts of the curriculum in other settings. Other electronic teaching platforms exist, but none is so collaborative and open."
--Natalie Kuldell, Department of Biological Engineering, MIT
"This course has turned out to be a big success. I never expected that the students would engage so well in the class. One reason they have engaged so fully is that the students feel that they have some control over the content and they can see that the materials they post are creating a record and an organized resource. Hosting on OWW also allowed the more reserved students in the class to participate fully by writing down questions and comments on the wiki so they didn't have to depend so much on speaking in class."
--Maureen Hoatlin, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University
See all 20 OpenWetWare courses
Wiki-Based Model Construction and Documentation Efforts
- YeastPheromoneModel.org -- Ty Thomson, MIT
- Agile Informatics project -- Jeremy Muhlich, HMS/CDP; Brian Joughin, MIT/ICBP
OpenWetWare's success
- 2,800 contributors
- 100 labs
- 1.5 million pageviews per month
- 275,000 sessions per month
