Category Archives: Open Access File of the Day

Open Access Report November 2012

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Since January, I have been posting a monthly summary of Open-Access-related activities pertaining to Wikimedia projects as part of the GLAM Newsletter on the Wikimedia Outreach wiki. I am posting these reports also here on the blog in order to reach out … Continue reading →

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Let the White House know what you think about Open Access to the research literature

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Have you ever failed to get hold of a scientific article you wanted to read? Had the failure something to do with a paywall surrounding the article and its siblings? If your answer was confirmative on both accounts, chances are … Continue reading →

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Ten Years of Open Access – and how to celebrate the wiki way

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Ten years ago, the Budapest Open Access Initiative went public by inviting individuals and organizations to sign a statement in support of Open Access to the scholarly literature, defined as its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users … Continue reading →

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For some, Blue Monday is green under UV light

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

After featuring a model organism yesterday, today’s Open Access File of the Day depicts another one: mice. The photo – taken under illumination with ultraviolet light – shows two transgenic mice (on the left and right) expressing enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein, whereas … Continue reading →

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Fast growth may be debilitating

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Model organisms are used in many branches of the life sciences in order to render the study of particular structures or mechanism more amenable to experimental manipulation. Zebra finches have helped to address research loads of research questions related to … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing pyrophilous beetles

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

On December 14, we got a glimpse of the Northwest Crown Fire Modeling Experiment, one of the most detailed studies of forest fires. Today, we return to the subject of forest fires: pyrophilous insect species like the beetle Melanophila acuminata lay their eggs … Continue reading →

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Tail kinkiness varies among genetically identical littermates

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Axin is a regulator of Wnt signaling, and a mutation in the axin gene can lead to cloned mice differing in the kinkiness of their tail, as shown in today’s Open Access File of the Day.     Fig. 1 of the feature Human Epigenome … Continue reading →

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A beautiful mountain with wings

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Today’s Open Access File of the Day takes us to a mountainous area in northwestern Yunnan, China, which is the habitat of some of chaos theory’s most famous mascots – butterflies, specifically of the species Phengaris atroguttata and Phengaris xiushani. The latter was recently described, and the … Continue reading →

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Universal access to oxygenated blood? Please enter credit card details.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

In light of the ongoing debate around the Research Works Act, universal access and the role of publishers in research communication, some images – like the suckling pigs on December 21 or today’s Open Access File of the Day - may take on a special meaning: just imagine … Continue reading →

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The rove beetle Dalotia coriaria is featured on Wikispecies

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Today’s Open Access File of the Day comes straight from the Main Page of Wikispecies: the rove beetle Dalotia coriaria. Fig. 46 of the article New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada. I. Aleocharinae, published in 2009 by Reginal … Continue reading →

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