From: inthenews <inthenews_at_SIGMAXI.ORG>
Subject: Science In the News
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RESEARCH REBEL URGES COLLEAGUES TO PUBLISH ON THE WEB, NOT IN HIGH-PRICED
JOURNALS
from The San Francisco chronicle
Pat Brown, a biochemist at Stanford University, invented a cheap way to put
thousands of bits of DNA on test slides, helping to pave the way for
industrial-scale studies of how genes control cells.
But spying out the secrets of cells is not what he likes to talk about
these days.
Brown has a new scheme in mind: He wants to raise about $20 million in
foundation grants to bring together top scientists to review scientific
research, and publish it on the Web -- for free.
"We'll just give it away" to undercut the pricey subscription journals that
dominate academic publishing, Brown said.
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Thomas J. Walker
Department of Entomology & Nematology
PO Box 110620 (or Natural Area Drive)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
E-mail: tjw_at_ufl.edu (or tjwalker_at_mail.ifas.ufl.edu)
FAX: (352)392-0190
Web:
http://csssrvr.entnem.ufl.edu/~walker/
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Thomas J. Walker
Department of Entomology & Nematology
PO Box 110620 (or Natural Area Drive)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
E-mail: tjw_at_ufl.edu (or tjwalker_at_mail.ifas.ufl.edu)
FAX: (352)392-0190
Web:
http://csssrvr.entnem.ufl.edu/~walker/
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Received on Tue Sep 03 2002 - 17:38:04 BST