Ten Simple Rules

Posted 2012-06-07

The "Ten Simple Rules" series being run in PLoS Computational Biology has a lot of useful gems. Written by editor-in-chief Philip Bourne and others, the entire collection to date is available as a single PDF, but for those who prefer bite-sized reading, here are ten simple rules for:

…Starting a Company (PDF)
…Getting Involved in Your Scientific Community (PDF)
…Teaching Bioinformatics at the High School Level (PDF)
…Developing a Short Bioinformatics Training Course (PDF)
…Getting Help from Online Scientific Communities (PDF)
…Building and Maintaining a Scientific Reputation (PDF)
…Providing a Scientific Web Resource (PDF)
…Getting Ahead as a Computational Biologist in Academia (PDF)
…Editing Wikipedia (PDF)
…Organizing a Virtual Conference–Anywhere (PDF)
…Chairing a Scientific Session (PDF)
…Choosing between Industry and Academia (PDF)
…Combining Teaching and Research (PDF)
…Organizing a Scientific Meeting (PDF)
…Aspiring Scientists in a Low-Income Country (PDF)
…Graduate Students (PDF)
…Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming (PDF)
…a Good Poster Presentation (PDF)
…Making Good Oral Presentations (PDF)
…a Successful Collaboration (PDF)
…Selecting a Postdoctoral Position (PDF)
…Reviewers (PDF)
…Getting Grants (PDF)
…Getting Published (PDF)

So, what would your ten simple rules for good computational science be?