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Social engineering for virtual 'big science' in systems biology

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A new type of big science is emerging that involves knowledge integration and collaboration among small sciences. Because open collaboration involves participants with diverse motivations and interests, social dynamics have a critical role in making the project successful. Thus, proper 'social engineering' will have greater role in scientific project planning and management in the future.

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Figure 1: Large projects require many enthusiastic and fulfilled participants.
Figure 2: Conceptual diagram of an open-flow model of knowledge sharing and integration.

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  1. Hiroaki Kitano is in the Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, Japan, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan, and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan.,

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  2. Samik Ghosh is in the Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, Japan.,

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  3. Yukiko Matsuoka is in the Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, Japan, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan.,

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Kitano, H., Ghosh, S. & Matsuoka, Y. Social engineering for virtual 'big science' in systems biology. Nat Chem Biol 7, 323–326 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.574

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