***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS*** Colleagues/ A Most Interesting New Social Network - BioMedExperts /Gerry Collexis Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CLXS), a leading developer of high definition search and knowledge discovery software, today announced the debut of BioMedExperts (http://www.biomedexperts.com) -- the first online social network of its kind to improve collaboration among researchers and therefore advance medical science. Collexis launched the new service with more than 1.4 million pre-generated profiles of its expected users from across 120 countries and expects to grow by another two million profiles over the next few months. [snip] The ability for researchers to collaborate across scientific disciplines is becoming more and more critical,* said James Coffin, Ph.D., vice president and general manager of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. *By connecting biologists, chemists, clinical researchers and other scientists from across the globe, BioMedExperts can play a key role in enabling a new wave of modern science and have tremendous impact on progress in biomedical research.* The new service will allow life sciences professionals to connect with each other, share data, collaborate more efficiently and conduct deep research across thousands of sources. *Where first generation social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn require users to enter data, BioMedExperts is a life science open platform that goes to the next level - it continuously captures the research activity of experts worldwide, serving as a definitive source to identify relationships to others within the community, either by topic or geography,* said Bill Kirkland, CEO of Collexis. When researchers log on to the service, which is entirely free, they will have access to approximately 12 million pre-established network connections, automatically generated from more than 6 million scientific publications from 6,500 journals. BioMedExperts encompasses almost every published researcher in the biomedical sciences field worldwide. [snip] BioMedExperts includes tools that allow users to: Search the network of profiles and articles by expert name or keyword and analyze the profiles of more than 1.4 million scientists by expertise, region and more Customize their own profiles Communicate with other members of BioMedExperts - users can invite others to their own personal network and email experts from within the entire BioMedExperts community to cultivate and grow professional affiliations Set up article alerts - users can receive alerts on new articles by topic or by name (for example, users can easily track articles published by co-authors [snip] Kirkland added that BioMedExperts is the first in a series of professional social networks that the company plans to introduce over the next couple of years that utilizes the proprietary technology. [snip] [ http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/BW/20080111005239... ] A Screenshot / Lnks / More are available at [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/01/biomedexperts-scientific-online.html ] BTW: Surely similar online social networking can be created from other (bibliographic) databases /sources [?] Any past/present/future projects that list members may be aware ? Thanks! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows ... [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]