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1. What's Happening in Citizen Science?

   Entry #21

   16 Nov 2019

   5:25 pm

   Erin Saybolt

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   In this month’s newsletter, we highlight multiple upcoming citizen science events, a citizen science-based podcast, call for manuscripts and funding opportunities. On November 22nd, the Citizen Science Association Law and Policy Working Group is hosting the webinar: Approaching Informed...

2. Take a Trip Around the Globe with Citizen Science

   Entry #20

   24 Oct 2019

   11:38 am

   Erin Saybolt

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   Citizen science is taking the world by storm. Not only has citizen science expanded the possibilities for scientific research in the United States, but it has had a large impact all over the world! Many countries utilize citizen science and crowdsourcing due to its flexibility and potential for...

3. Meet Our Intern- Erin Saybolt: Biomedical Innovation Intern

   Entry #19

   06 Sep 2019

   9:05 am

   Erin Saybolt

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   Hi everyone! My name is Erin Saybolt and I am the new Biomedical Innovation Intern working with CitSciBio. A little bit about me- I am currently a senior undergraduate student at Ursinus College. I am pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology with a minor in Politics. At Ursinus, I am a...

4. HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau: Grand Challenges

   Entry #18

   01 Nov 2018

   2:48 pm

   Katrina Theisz

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   By Jessie Buerlein, Public Health Analyst, HRSA The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is running a series of four Grand Challenges in 2018, each addressing a critical issue in maternal and child health. MCHB’s mission is to...

5. Finding the benefits of citizen science

   Entry #17

   10 Aug 2018

   10:26 am

   Katrina Theisz

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   In the CitSciBio newsletter each month you can find our most recent additions to the “library,” where we deliver a sampling of free, publicly accessible scholarly papers from our Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Collection, made possible through the National Library of Medicine. The...

6. Leveraging the Power of the Crowd in Research and Data Analysis

   Entry #16

   25 Apr 2018

   4:55 pm

   Katrina Theisz

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   By Katrina Theisz, Program Analyst, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. This blog article was originally posted on https://www.hhs.gov/idealab/2018/04/24/leveraging-the-power-of-the-crowd-in-research-and-data-analysis/ on April 24th, 2018. This year at Health...

7. Celebrate National DNA Day with Citizen Science!

   Entry #15

   10 Apr 2018

   2:47 pm

   Katrina Theisz

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   By Elizabeth Tuck, Genomics Education Specialist (Contractor) at the National Human Genome Research Institute     Genome is just a fancy word for all your DNA. Whether you realize it or not, many parts of our daily lives are influenced by genomic information and genomic...

8. Citizen Scientists Invited to Speed up Medical Discovery

   Entry #14

   24 Feb 2018

   1:49 pm

   Katrina Theisz

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   This guest blog entry is brought to you from the teams behind Stall Catchers, Mark2Cure and Cochrane Crowd If you were given a chance to improve health evidence, fight Alzheimer’s and uncover hidden clues in rare disease research - all from the comfort of your home - would you dare to...

9. Bringing a Taste of Crowdsourcing to Bioscience

   Entry #13

   10 Oct 2017

   10:07 am

   Katrina Theisz

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   By Nicole L. Garneau, PhD, Curator and Chair of the Health Sciences Department and PI of the NIH SEPA-Funded Genetics of Taste Lab at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science   “Mom, can we please do the taste study? Please?” It is not uncommon for the staff and citizen...

10. Global Mosquito Alert: UN Backed Citizen Science Platform to Fight Mosquito-Borne Diseases

    Entry #11

    16 May 2017

    10:00 am

    Elizabeth Tyson

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    By Elizabeth Tyson     With the summer approaching, so are the mosquitoes. A UN-backed global platform will align citizen scientists from around the world to track and control these disease-carrying vectors. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 212 million...

11. Getting Started

    Entry #9

    14 Jun 2016

    2:12 pm

    Katrina Theisz

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    This hub is pretty complex- it has a lot of features, and there is quite a lot to see. I thought a cheat sheet might help! From registration to submitting a resource, a lot of major features are covered in these seven pages. Some highlights are below. Access the latest guide here and for more...

12. The Science of Team Science conference: 2016

    Entry #8

    14 Jun 2016

    12:48 pm

    Katrina Theisz

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    This year’s SciTS conference took place in Phoenix, AZ. Given that I live in Maryland and we were nearing the end of over a month of rain, visiting the desert was a lovely break from the Mid-Atlantic’s non-stop impression of the Pacific North West. The conference opened with keynote...

13. History of citizen science: crowdsourcing.

    Entry #2

    08 Jan 2016

    2:23 pm

    Gabriel

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    By Gabriel     Today we will discuss the rise of crowdsourcing.  Crowdsourcing is a relatively new term having been widely popularized by a 2006 Wired article by Jeff Howe.  Merriam-Webster defines crowdsourcing as “the process of obtaining needed services, ideas,...

14. Welcome!

    Entry #1

    07 Jan 2016

    8:20 pm

    Katrina Theisz

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    Hello! Welcome to CitSciBio, a hub for people interested in biomedical citizen science and crowdsourcing! To give you a sense of what we’re all about, I’ve included our mission statement from the About section below: The Biomedical Citizen Science Hub is sponsored by...