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'''The isolation, characterization and pre-clinical screening of novel bacteriophages as therapies for antibiotic resistant, sexually-transmitted bacterial infections'''. | '''The isolation, characterization and pre-clinical screening of novel bacteriophages as therapies for antibiotic resistant, sexually-transmitted bacterial infections'''. | ||
''Next Call: 1/ | ''Next Call: 1/27/13 8:00pm PST/10:00pm CST'' | ||
'''Social Project Goals''': | |||
*Create and foster an open access citizen science project that accomplishes specific project goals while educating and nurturing community scientific creativity. | |||
*'''Community Agreements''' | |||
''We are non-hierarchical'': We recognize the outcomes of hierarchy. Hierarchy represses creative thought in science, | |||
denies access to science, and holds back global scientific development. As a community of citizen scientists working | |||
toward a more complete understanding of molecular medicine, we commit ourselves to nurturing creative, positive voices | |||
within our community. We commit ourselves to hearing everyone and refuse to acknowledge hierarchy based on: sex and | |||
gender; race; age; accreditation; education; class; or access to resources. We will stand in solidarity against | |||
oppression and hierarchy. | |||
''Open Access and transparency'': Everyone is invited to participate in and learn from this project. We will always | |||
make time for conversation and teaching opportunities. Online meetings, communications regarding this project, and | |||
all findings will be publicized on this fully-editable wiki with the stipulation that those participating adhere to | |||
a value system of mutual '''respect''', '''safety and understanding'''; while accepting that these values will be | |||
'''enforced via community-based decision making'''. | |||
''Decision-making'': '''Consensus'''; we believe scientists should be open to discussion around research experiments, | |||
and directions. To foster a spirit of openness and understanding, no decision will be made without 100% consensus. | |||
''Answering Questions'': Our social goal is the pursuit of medical knowledge, we are not approaching this project with | |||
the hope of making money; we want to answer questions - collectively- and serve humanity. We will stand in solidarity | |||
against anyone who chooses to co-opt or privatize any portion of this project. All knowledge must be '''free and accessible'''! | |||