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In addition to biophysics, I am becoming more and more fascinated with how the internet can be used to make some of the common tasks in science more efficient. I enjoy thinking about topics such as: | In addition to biophysics, I am becoming more and more fascinated with how the internet can be used to make some of the common tasks in science more efficient. I enjoy thinking about topics such as: | ||
*How to make the literature system more efficient through better user interfaces to searching. | *How to make the literature system more efficient through better user interfaces to searching. To address this, a group of friends and I got together and made [http://maplit.hopto.org mapLit]. [http://maplit.hopto.org mapLit] provides a new way to perform literature searching tasks including displaying related articles in a nested tree view and allowing easy annotation of search results. Users can also save searches to work offline and connect back live at a later date. We appreciate any [mailto:maplit@gmail.com feedback on mapLit!] | ||
*Low-overhead customizable databases for quick and flexible organization of data. If you are interested in this topic, please add your comments to [[OpenWetWare:Software/Flexible_Science_Databases]]. | *Low-overhead customizable databases for quick and flexible organization of data. If you are interested in this topic, please add your comments to [[OpenWetWare:Software/Flexible_Science_Databases]]. | ||
*Using the internet for fast publication of results. | *Using the internet for fast publication of results. | ||
Revision as of 07:18, 15 September 2006
I am a graduate student of David Nelson at Harvard University working on problems in biophysics related to viruses. We are interested in problems ranging from structural properties of viral capsids (and the underlying theory of geometrical defects in curved lattices that is required), to understanding phage genomics.
At the moment I am in the OWW Publishing Working Group where we are discussing alternative publishing models and OWW involvement in them.
Interests
In addition to biophysics, I am becoming more and more fascinated with how the internet can be used to make some of the common tasks in science more efficient. I enjoy thinking about topics such as:
- How to make the literature system more efficient through better user interfaces to searching. To address this, a group of friends and I got together and made mapLit. mapLit provides a new way to perform literature searching tasks including displaying related articles in a nested tree view and allowing easy annotation of search results. Users can also save searches to work offline and connect back live at a later date. We appreciate any feedback on mapLit!
- Low-overhead customizable databases for quick and flexible organization of data. If you are interested in this topic, please add your comments to OpenWetWare:Software/Flexible_Science_Databases.
- Using the internet for fast publication of results.
- Broad community ranking of the usefulness/integrity of such results.
As it turns out, I am not the first to think of such ideas, which is why I am so excited to be a part of the discussion at OWW. If anyone is interested and wants to chat about these, please email me.
Tools I Like
- Python
- Eric Raymond's thoughts on Python vs. Perl
- Perl
- Perl-CGI - check out The Pica Literature Database
- Ruby on Rails
- If you haven't seen the screencasts, they will blow your mind.
Inspiration
There are some really great thinkers out there ...
- Paul Graham's essays are fantastic. He has a lot to say about young people full of creative energy - from how they like to work, to common pitfalls they encounter. If any of you have a need to hear some advice from someone who understands the way you think and work, check these out. In particular I like:
OpenWetWare
Science
Research
My specific projects deal with
- Unzipping DNA at a constant force
- Translocating RNA through nanopores
- Geometrical Defects in curved, two-dimensional crystals (related to viral capsids)
- Phage genome landscapes - a way to visualize important genomic features
Education
- Ph. D. candidate in chemical physics at Harvard University.
- M. Phil. in theoretical physics at the CUC3 at Cambridge University (Churchill College).
- B.S. in chemistry (Math minor) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Publications
J. D. Weeks, J. B. Lucks, Y. Kafri, C. Danilowicz, D. R. Nelson and M. Prentiss. Pause Point Spectra in DNA Constant-Force Unzipping, Biophysical Journal, 88, 2752-2765, 2005.
- DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047340,
- Arxiv: cond-mat/0406246 (FREE)
V. Vitelli, J. B. Lucks, D. R. Nelson. Crystallography on Curved Surfaces. PNAS, 103, 12323-12328, 2006.
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602755103 (FREE)
- Arxiv: cond-mat/0604203 (FREE)
Contact
My email address is lucks@fas.harvard.edu, or you can email me through OWW.
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