Schools:

A doctoral researcher in a genome research project wants to involve local schools in his research project

This is done by holding a tournament for the best solution to one of the project’s research questions. They will have to organize the competition themselves, using the time allocated for the research project. they

I feel this will promote the project in the community and make school children more interested in science.

1. What challenges will the doctoral researcher face to achieve this?

2. What other benefits can this activity provide?

3. Do you think this type of activity is a good use of researchers’ time?

Data:

Martha conducted several experiments that had negative results and did not help advance her project overall. However, she feels that the results, protocol and data are still interesting. she

Not only does she want to put off work, but she's not sure what to do with it. Says a friend

You should keep it private in case it can be used for posts later.

1. Do you think the friend is right?

2. Is there another, more "open" solution? What else can be done with the data?

3. Would you like to see more negative results published? Why why not?

4. Would you like to access other researchers' protocols and data?

For publication:

Mart is trying to publish some exciting results from his work. However, one magazine has

He rejected one paper and did not receive another. He heard that another laboratory was also there preparing to publish results in a similar field. Another researcher suggests publishing this paper in a preprint so it will be published first, but the lead researcher is a bit unsure if this is a good idea.

1. Do you think he should use preprints?

2. What are the advantages or disadvantages of this approach?

3. Have you ever used preprints? What do you think of them?