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Nature Network

You may already be on Facebook but now the internationally renowned Nature Publishing Group has launched a network for scientists on the Internet – the Nature Network.

The network allows you to create a personal profile page describing yourself and your research. It also allows you to build global online networks with like-minded scientists which you can use for discussing topics important to your daily work. You can join already existing groups or you can form private or open groups for your lab, department, institution or area of interest.

The homepage contains blogs written by other scientist, and Nature guarantees their quality. ‘We are rather picky about which bloggers we choose’, says Matt Brown, editor of the Nature Network London. ‘We do not want the site to be overloaded, but rather keep it to 4–5 good quality blogs a day, so we monitor for a while the quality of their writing before we release them on the official page’, he says.

Navigation through the site and through groups, discussions, blogs and events is intuitive, and you can find your way around through menus, lists, tags or search function. There is also a group for ‘Nature Network Newcomers’ which you can use to introduce yourself, ask questions, and learn more about using the site. To get started go to http://network.nature.com

Anne-Mette Kirkemo
Med-Vet-Net Science
Communication Intern
Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Nature Network homepage
As an initiative to encourage science collaboration online, we have already created a group for Foodborne Zoonoses (http://network.nature.com/group/zoonoses) so that we can begin to build an online network of like-minded people in these fields.

Please feel free to visit the Nature Network (http://network.nature.com), register and begin exploring and discussing topics with your colleagues. Create a personal profile page and describe yourself and your research – even if you move jobs, your profile will remain on Nature Network. You can also join other groups and participate in discussions with other members and sign up for email alerts or RSS so that you can be alerted when new topics are started in the forums.
 
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