Liveblogging Experimental Biology 2008

I’m attending the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in San Diego this week. EB2008 is:

A multi-society, interdisciplinary, scientific meeting featuring plenary and award lectures, symposia, oral and poster sessions, career services, and exhibits of scientific equipment, supplies, and publications

The sponsoring societies include: American Association of Anatomists (AAA), The American Association of Immunologists (AAI), The American Physiological Society (APS), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), American Society for Nutrition (ASN), American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

"Correct" Versus "Interesting"

Maria Brumm has a very nice post up at Green Gabbro discussing some of the journalistic obligations that bloggers inherit when they discuss the primary scientific literature. I want to amplify a little on what she said about this, and then go off on a tangent about the distinction inherent in the conduct of experimental science itself between being “correct” and being “interesting”.

“Correct” Versus “Interesting”

Maria Brumm has a very nice post up at Green Gabbro discussing some of the journalistic obligations that bloggers inherit when they discuss the primary scientific literature. I want to amplify a little on what she said about this, and then go off on a tangent about the distinction inherent in the conduct of experimental science itself between being “correct” and being “interesting”.