Science AMA Series: I’m Marko Russiver, founder of Guaana, a scientific collaboration platform that is giving 10% of the company to 100,000 scientists worldwide to define universal format for scientific projects with uniform digital footprint that is human and machine readable, AMA

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Hey everyone,

I'm Marko Russiver, founder & CEO of Guaana, a digital platform where scientists connect to each other and collaborate on open and private multidisciplinary projects.

I’m here to share our decision to give 10% of our company to scientists worldwide, for free.

We are developing a universal format for scientific projects. A record of the scientific process that includes everything from preliminary ideas and research to methods and analysis, from laboratory notebooks and data to null results and proposed contributions. By integrating an array of software and data formats used in science, we can provide a uniform digital footprint of the scientific process that is human and machine readable. I personally believe a change like this can accelerate discoveries in virtually all fields.

A published research paper is a summary of all experiments and research conducted on a specific topic. And an extremely valuable solution that has stood the test of time. However, a lot could be learned from the research processes leading to the paper. By allowing emerging as well as established scientists to look into processes, projects gain significantly more value and impact by inspiring new research and educating upcoming scientists in the field while retaining author(s) status as the source.

Imagine a future where scholars and students alike can look behind the scientific article and investigate the underlying process. That is precisely what we strive for. I’m here to invite you to be part of it and we need your voice and experience to do this in a way that serves science best.

We hope to capture the imagination of 100,000 scientists to ignite a movement that will collectively define the tools necessary for more transparent and efficient scientific process. Giving away 10% of our company is our way of saying both thank you and welcome to our early adopters. We want to give you ownership so you are inspired to join us and help build our shared success.

My team and I would love to get your questions, feedback, critique, and most importantly your understanding of how such format could evolve.

I will be back at 1 pm ET (10 am PT), Ask Us Anything!

Feel free to apply for your piece of Guaana meanwhile: http://ift.tt/2bYa1eI

Edit: Futurism recently covered our efforts: http://ift.tt/2c0X1oW

">Science AMA Series: I’m Marko Russiver, founder of Guaana, a scientific collaboration platform that is giving 10% of the company to 100,000 scientists worldwide to define universal format for scientific projects with uniform digital footprint that is human and machine readable, AMA