US-based journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and scientific video journal Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) have announced a partnership for joint production and publication of scientific videos online. This partnership seeks to enhance scientific articles published in Science through video demonstrations of experimental techniques. JoVE is a scientific journal that publishes video articles of biological experiments from academic institutions including Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Berkeley.
Under the partnership, which is currently in its pilot phase, Science will select papers suitable for the video enhancement, and will identify author groups willing to help shape the video demonstrations. JoVE will then work with the authors to create the actual demonstrations, using the company's platform for geographically distributed video-production. According to Stewart Wills, Online Editor at Science, direct, in-article video demonstrations should increase the value of Science research to its main audience, working scientists and students.
The first video in the programme documents an innovative method for visualising and mapping the success or failure of immune control in viral infections, work published by Qingsheng Li et al. in Science's March 27, 2009 issue. The paper and associated video can be found at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/323/5922/1726. Access is free of charge for users who register with the site. The video and detailed protocol notes are also available at the JoVE site at http://www.jove.com/index/Details.stp?ID=1561.
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