About Nature Network
- What is Nature Network?
- What you can do on Nature Network
- How Nature Network works
- We need your feedback! Contact us
- Who we are and why we're doing this
What is Nature Network?
Connecting scientists at a global and local level.
Nature Network is the online meeting place for you and fellow scientists to gather, talk and find out about the latest scientific news and events. Science is an international endeavor and deserves a global stage for discussion. Scientists can also benefit from interactions at the local level. That's why you'll see an increasing number of local city hubs on Nature Network, starting with Boston and London.
To get an overview of Nature Network, watch this short video.
What you can do on Nature Network
Nature Network is completely free. Here's what you can do on it:
- Create your own personal profile page and describe yourself and your research.
- Set up a group for your lab, department or institution. Or you can form a topic-based group, such as an RNAi, climate change, or nanotechnology group.
- Join and have discussions with group members.
- Build your own online network of likeminded people.
- and give us your take on what's going on in your field or in the broader world of science; post comments on other people's blogs.
- On the city pages, search and browse our comprehensive listing of all upcoming seminars and conferences. We aim to list everything from niche meetings to screenings of science-based films and plays. You can even post your own events.
- Read the latest news, views and historical insights in the news sections of our featured cities. And then discuss these articles via our commenting system.
- Browse local jobs listings.
Nature Network is shaped by its readers. Although we create some of the content on the site (mainly the news sections), we encourage you to get involved through blogging, forum discussions and commenting on articles.
How Nature Network works
To get the most out of this website, we recommend that you register and login (all free). You can use your www.nature.com username and password on Nature Network.
As a member, you will be able to create or join a group, post events and post comments on blogs and articles, and add people to your network of contacts.
When you log in for the first time, a default profile will be created for you that consists of just your name. You will then be invited to complete your profile by filling in additional fields such as your interests and projects.
If you don't register or log in, you can still read the blogs, profiles, articles and posted comments. You can also browse and search the events and jobs listings.
But to really engage with the online community of scientists, you'll need to register, login, and post your profile.
Before you begin creating your network and posting comments, please take a few moments to read our community guidelines.
We need your feedback! Contact us
Creating a new community website for scientists is no easy task, so we're still working on new features, which we'll roll out over the next few months. We'll also be improving the existing functionalities, using your feedback. Please contact us with feedback, questions and suggestions for improvement and new features, at network@nature.com.
Each city site has a dedicated editor, who will always welcome story ideas and queries about participation. For London ideas, contact Matt Brown at m.brown at nature.com. For Boston ideas, email Corie Lok at c.lok at boston.nature.com.
Who we are and why we are doing this
Nature Network is brought to you by Nature Publishing Group (NPG). NPG is the publisher of Nature, the Nature research titles, the Nature Reviews journals, the Nature Clinical Practice series, 35 biomedical and clinical journals, and a number of online products such as naturejobs and natureevents. We recognize that the web is a powerful medium not just for disseminating scientific information, but also for building communities and providing an interactive forum for the exchange of ideas.