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evaluating the quality of
open access content

Sage Bionetworks
a non-profit organization which pilots a
variety of components that are necessary
to build a scientific research commons
focused on a world where biomedical research
will fundamentally change to be
more open and collaborative
supports communities of researchers
working collaboratively across disciplines

accessopen

accessibility

accessopen

dataopen

scienceopen

science

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science
enables sharing of all digital assets (data, code, results)
and their relationships to one another
multi-channel communication
instead of uni-directional broadcasting
aides in reproducibility by
enabling communication throughout the research process
not only at time of publication

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science
CRC Subtyping Consortium
DREAM Challenges
Progenitor Cell Biology Consortium
TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium
CommonMind Consortium
Interactome
CTDD
Superheroes Project
Influenza Vaccinations
Craniosynostosis
Psychosis Spectrum Disorder
Oncology Molecular Classifiers
Next Gen Scientific Publishing
Open Science

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science
collaboration around common question
DREAM Challenges
collaboration around common data
TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

DREAM Challenges

challenge assisted peer review
DREAM Challenges

Synapse enabling large-scale collaborative science
collaboration around common question
DREAM Challenges
collaboration around common data
TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

Cyriac Kandoth
TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

TCGA Pan-Cancer Consortium

scientific method
1. define a question
2. gather information and resources (background research)
3. form a hypothesis
8. retest (frequently done by other scientists)
4. test hypothesis experimentally
5. analyze experimental data
7. publish results
6. draw conclusions based on data

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