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2009 Molecular Parasitology
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Home» Molecular Parasitology Meeting
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PRINCIPLES: Scientific meetings are important mechanisms for rapid advancement and dissemination of new ways of thinking, particularly for pressing public health challenges such as parasitology. Clarity and openness from meeting participants is necessary for useful community feedback, appreciation, and debate.
THE CODE: To meet the goals of this meeting, it is each presenter’s responsibility and duty to make claims that are exact and transparent. These claims should be supported with as much specific documentation as possible, within the time frame of the presentations.
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES: Conclusive functional genetic studies should be accompanied by gene names and database references. Discovery of new inhibitors or drug candidates should be accompanied by structures and quantitative descriptions of potency and selectivity. New diagnostic approaches should be accompanied by actual names, structures, or signatures of key analytes, when known. It should be possible to evaluate the value of new experimental methods for manipulating cells or analyzing their content, based on the experimental details provided.
WHY A CODE? The organizers merely offer some reminders for scientific conduct based on some time-proven principles. The 2008 MPM involved passionate pleas from many for more openness in some basic research presentations. Others argued for the need to protect potentially important intellectual property (IP). This simple code was assembled in close consultation with key leaders in the molecular parasitology community.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CHOICES: In an age of translational research, the community fully recognizes the need for IP protection. Important data, or an experimental approach, that is not ready for disclosure can be protected until it is time. Yet, one cannot have it both ways: Vague descriptions of critical data or method should not be the central part of one’s premature published abstract or public presentation.
REWARDS AND PENALTIES: The MPM is organized and supported by practicing scientists who choose to engage. No individual has judicial powers. Abstracts and talks that lack specifics, and merely posture, may meet community-wide disappointment. In contrast, detailed presentations which offer new insights of general use have always been promoted and celebrated.
We hope an understanding and regular observance of this code of conduct will add to another exciting scientific meeting. We look forward to seeing you in September 2009!
Dominique Soldati
Pradip Rathod
Jay Bangs
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