User talk:Zhang Feiyuan/My sandbox 6

At the dinner following the summary session of the QA Workshop on ‘Respirometry of Permeabilized Muscle Fibres: Towards Quality Assurance in the Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Function’ (2009 December 9-12; Innsruck, Austria), the discussion turned to the limited degree of freedom available in our world of competitive science to implement quality rather than quantity in the publication strategies of scientists. We are all fighting with the overload of new publications, many of which lack the quality that would be desirable in the spirit of true progress. What would be an alternative? Are we catering for Fast Food (i.e. frequently junc food) in science? Do we need a Slow Food (Slow Science) movement? Then Shilpa Iyer proposed ‘Gentle Science’, and the response was clear and explicit: Gentle Science Shapes the World, signed by all participants at the dinner discussion (see Signatures; the table napkin was donated by the restaurant ‘Glasmalerei’; several workshop participants had to leave the QA workshop before the summary discussion)..

Gentle Science Signatures

•Garcia-Roves Pablo M, PhD, Senior researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Integrative Physiology, Stockholm, Sweden. - pablo.garcia-roves(at)ki.se

•Gnaiger Erich, A.Univ.-Prof., PhD, Dept. General and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, D. Swarovski Research Laboratory Innsbruck, Austria; and OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS; Austria. - erich.gnaiger(at)oroboros.at

•Hansson Magnus, PhD, Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden. - magnus.hansson(at)med.lu.se

•Iyer Shilpa, PhD, Univ of Virginia, Neurology Dept, Charlottesville VA, USA - si3s(at)cms.mail.virginia.edu

•Kane Daniel Alan, Ph.D., East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Department of Exercise and Sport Science & Department of Physiology, East Carolina, Greenville, USA. - dak1021(at)ecu.edu

•Morota Saori, PhD, Lund University, Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden. - saori.morota(at)med.lu.se

•Pesta Dominik, Mag., D. Swarovski Research Laboratory, Dept. General Transplant Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck; and OROBOROS INSTRUMENTS, Austria. – dominik.pesta(at)i-med.ac.at

•Sumbalová Zuzana, PhD, Comenius University, Medical Faculty, Pharmacobiochemical Laboratory, III. Medical Clinic, Bratislava, Slovakia. - zuzana.sumbalova(at)zoznam.sk

•Tweedie Constance, PhD, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Department of Exercise and Sport Science & Department of Physiology, East Carolina, Greenville, USA. - tweediec(at)ecu.edu

•Votion Dominique-Marie, Equine Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium. - dominique.votion(at)ulg.ac.be