The science community has been slow to pick up on most forms of social media. Where you do find scientists poking around in the social media world though, there are some pretty good success stories, some beautiful failures and lots that lie somewhere in between. Many scientists and researchers have embraced Twitter, not to share thoughts on what they had for lunch, but to share quick ideas, links to research, and to advocate for funding.  Our social media efforts including our GenOmics application will be part of a discussion called  Experiments in new media: Beautiful failures and startling successes   at the U.S. National Association of Science Writers Annual General Meeting and Conference at Yale this November. I'll be on that panel and like to think we won't fall into the 'beautiful failures' category,  but why not visit the site at http://facebook.genomealberta.ca - just to make sure.
As @mikesgene and @genomealberta we follow or are followed by a variety of reseachers, science writers, and PR people involved in the science or research sectors. Every couple of weeks we bring you a few highlights from what we have found among the many postings. The links are safe and we generally try to make sure the people behind the posts have a credible pedigree.







@AccessDNA Master gene-shuffler makes us all different http://ow.ly/2Bdhc 

@andrewhessel Synthetic microbes a growing security threat? ICT has 35 year head start over genetics. http://bit.ly/aBXoYj 

@BiologyAnswers What are mutagenic agents? http://bit.ly/cGSjIZ 

@Caanz Well that's a relief: RT @NASA: Two small asteroids safely pass Earth today. Check out details at http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov

@digiphile  "#Gov20: D.C. Helps Other Gov'ts Learn to Open Up" @eyeseast http://to.pbs.org/dkCz7A  #opengov #g2s #smgov

@genomicslawyer GLR Post: Getting Serious About Personal Genomics' Risks: http://bit.ly/bczqcZ 

@hillaryrosner Eerily apocalyptic pics from the #boulderfire, via Denver Post: http://bit.ly/dor3vm 

@idtdna Stanford students learn what's in their genes http://ow.ly/2B8im

@JennyRohn Scientists, engineers and supporters thereof, march to preserve your funding on Central London 9 Oct! http://bit.ly/98hbP8  #scienceisvital 

@LATimeshealth Researchers uncover the role of testosterone in business deals http://lat.ms/axXDRT 

@LouiseJJohnson UK has 1% of world's population; produces 8% of world’s sci papers, gets 12% of citations. Howzat for "more with less"?

@moorejh blogged about our new #PSB paper on human #microbiome #visualization. #infoviz #infovis http://compgen.blogspot.com/  

@phylogenomics Next up - Julie Segre from NHGRI on the human skin microbiome #

@ralphmercer The emergence of “new media” and “social media" the begining http://bit.ly/b6ttH3  

@Sagebio RT @mikesgene: People want to be asked before sharing genetic data, study finds http://bit.ly/be81S

 @Sheril_ Best American Science Writing 2010 Is Out! http://tinyurl.com/2enthqf  (with a contribution from CM & I)

@AccessDNA  is located in Los Angeles and provides genetics counselling and information. http://www.accessdna.com/

@andrewhessel  describes himself as Building DIYbiotech Founding Director, CEO at Pink Army Cooperative. Co-Chair, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology at Singularity University

@BiologyAnswers Biology Questions and Answers is a website that explains the entire Biology through reviews made of questions and answers. http://www.biology-questions-and-answers.com/

@Caanz Catherine Arrow is a PR professional, listener, writer, beach walker and tea drinker in Auckland, New Zealand and writes more at PR From the Beach at http://inconversation.typepad.com/prfromthebeach/

@digiphile  Alex Howard is based in Washington, D.C. and promotes Gov 2.0 ideas. He is a correspondent,  at OReillyMedia and says he is intrigued by technological change, taken with ideas, cooking, the great outdoors, books, dogs, and media, in all forms. http://digiphile.wordpress.com/about/

@genomicslawyer Dan Vorhaus is behind the Genomics Law report at http://www.genomicslawreport.com/ where he offers up the latest news and notes from the frontier of genomics, personalized medicine and the law

@hillaryrosner  Hillary Rosner is science and environment journalist covering climate, biodiversity, energy, green biz. She is also  2010-2011 Knight Science Journalism Fellow. Hillary lives in Boulder, Colorado and you can fine more of her work at http://www.hillaryr.net/Hillary_Rosner/Home2.html

@idtdna is the company account for Integrated DNA Technologies in Iowa and online at http://www.idtdna.com/Home/Home.aspx

@JennyRohn Jennifer L. Rohn is based in London, England. By day she is a cell biologist at UCL. By night anovelist, broadcaster, science writer, sci-lit-art pundit and Editor of http://www.lablit.com/  and blogs at Mind The Gap

@LATimeshealth is the  current health and medical news from the Los Angeles Times account

@LouiseJJohnson Louise Johnson is an evolutionary geneticist. Likes beer and silly rhymes. Knits. Bakes cakes and sings in Reading, England

@moorejh Jason H Moore is a Professor of Genetics, Director of Bioinformatics at Dartmouth Medical School

@phylogenomics Jonathan Eisen is an evolutionary biologist, microbiology & genomics researcher, open science advocate, and professor at UC Davis

@ralphmercer  · is a social media advocate and mentor. Developing a diploma program for Candian Forces Non Commissioned Members and bringing social media tools to the Military.


@Sagebio  Is the account for Sage Bionetwords, an open access, integrative bionetwork evolved by contributor scientists. Tweeted by Jon Izant. More at http://sagebase.org/

@Sheril_  Sheril Kirshenbaum is a science writer and research associate at the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She also blogs at Discover Magazine on marine biology, policy, food, & conservation and is the author of  The Science of Kissing  and Unscientific America