The SL Lab of Caia Alter

                         The lab

In his first life, Caia Alter is Gus Rosania, an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Michigan College of Pharamcy.

He have his own virtual lab for scientific visualization, simulations and communication.

• SLURL : Second Nature (149, 36, 21)

In first life, his lab  is at:

• Research interests at the college of pharmacy
  http://sitemaker.umich.edu/pharmaceuticalsciences/grosania/research_interests
• http://sitemaker.umich.edu/pharmaceuticalsciences/pharmsci/gus_rosania

And his Open Notebook Lab is at:  http://1cellpk.wikispaces.com

His blog : 1CellPK blog http://1cellpk.blogspot.com/

His work :

Network of Exploratory Centers for Cheminformatics Research
http://neccr.org/
A Cell-Based Molecular Transport Simulator for Pharmacokinetic Prediction and Cheminformatic Exploration
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/mpohbp/2006/3/i06/abs/mp060046k.html

                      Chat @ the lab

When SL and mirror worlds converge…

Web GIS in practice V: 3-D interactive and real-time mapping in Second Life
Maged N Kamel Boulos, David Burden
International Journal of Health Geographics 2007, 6:51 (27 November 2007)
[Provisional PDF]

Abstract :
This paper describes technologies from Daden Limited for geographically mapping and accessing live news stories/feeds, as well as other real-time, real-world data feeds (e.g., Google Earth KML feeds and GeoRSS feeds) in the 3-D virtual world of Second Life, by plotting and updating the corresponding Earth location points on a globe or some other suitable form (in-world), and further linking those points to relevant information and resources. This approach enables users to visualise, interact with, and even walk or fly through, the plotted data in 3-D. Users can also do the reverse: put pins on a map in the virtual world, and then view the data points on the Web in Google Maps or Google Earth. The technologies presented thus serve as a bridge between mirror worlds like Google Earth and virtual worlds like Second Life. We explore the geo-data display potential of virtual worlds and their likely convergence with mirror worlds in the context of the future 3-D Internet or Metaverse, and reflect on the potential of such technologies and their future possibilities, e.g., their use to develop emergency/public health virtual situation rooms to effectively manage emergencies and disasters in real time. The paper also covers some of the issues associated with these technologies, namely user interface accessibility and individual privacy.

Source : http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/6/1/51

Exploring Nano

Earing the professor Mario Ioannidis, director of the nanotech engineering program @ the University of Waterloo.
posted by Daneel Ariantho on Nanotechnology using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

UPDATE : Troy’s post and the audio of this event

The importance of patents for scientists

Tru Indigo (Sue Scott IRL) speak us about patents at the Second Nature Cafe. She is, a patent attorney working as a consultant to Abel & Imray in London. Before that, she acted as an advisor on patent matters to the UK government on a number of occasions, was Head of Patents at BTG and originally began life with a chemistry degree from Oxford.

More : http://network.nature.com
posted by Daneel Ariantho on Second Nature using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

 

 

 

Science Friday speak about Global Health

At the beginning of this session, it was about Global Health :

www.councilscienceeditors.org & medicine.plosjournals.org

62 avatars at this session on the sim Science School!!

Orac : the new Molecule Rezzer of Hiro Sheridan

A Second Life molecule rezzer , named Orac,

that accepts InChI, InChIKey, and SMILES input, queries 3 different web services, and rezzes the 3D minimized molecule.

Video shot on Second Nature Island.

Many thanks to Rajarshi, the folks at chemspider.com, Jean-Claude Bradley (Horace Moody in SL), and Eloise for advising me on how to get the most out of llhttprequest.

Read about it here, and another project (3D periodic table) here.

Hiro Sheridan / Andrew Lang IRL

A Brief History of Medicine (Health 2.0)

http://www.scribemedia.org/2007/09/20/health-20-conference/