Nicolas SchmellingThe People vs. Elsevier?The appointment of Elsevier as a subcontractor for the Open Science Monitor caused some heated discussion about Elsevier’s role in Open…5 min read·Jul 6, 2018--1--1
Nicolas SchmellingThe origin of the Earth-Moon system and its implication on evolution*Disclaimer: I’m a biologist turned self-taught computational biologist and now digging into computer science, artificial life…7 min read·Jan 23, 2018----
Nicolas SchmellingWhat I Learned From One Year Of iGEMOver the last ten months I was part of the advisor team of our university’s iGEM team. In the following, I will share my experience as an…14 min read·Dec 7, 2017--1--1
Nicolas SchmellingECR’s discuss future of cyanobacterial researchLast month I co-organized the second edition of an early career researcher (ECR) conference on cyanobacteria. The conference was initiated…5 min read·Oct 9, 2017--1--1
Nicolas SchmellingPreprints, #ASAPbio, and the “Central Service”There is currently a lot of discussion in the scientific community about preprints and a central service to host them all. Preprints are…4 min read·Feb 18, 2017----
Nicolas Schmelling“I could have downloaded the ugly word doc from the server or simply use protocols.io”A question that always comes up when talking about protocols.io addresses the problem of repeating a method from a published paper for your…3 min read·Feb 7, 2017----
Nicolas SchmellingSelf-learning Computer Programs and EvolutionComputers play an increasing role in today’s society. On the one hand, we are actively using computers on a daily basis for various…8 min read·Feb 7, 2017----