1DegreeBio

1DegreeBio is a website for life scientists to share reviews on products and service providers. The site inyends to provide a simple way to find products and services and reduce guesswork. Started in July 2010 [1] with their antibody portal, it has rapidly grown to a community of over 100,000 scientists worldwide and includes a growing list of biological reagents, as well as custom research service providers. The aim is to create a hub for product information, publications, validations, and reviews from scientists worldwide.[2]

Features

Specialized Portals

The Epigenetics sub-portal was released in June 2012 in partnership with the Structural Genomics Consortium,[3] a niche community focused on Epigenetics related research. In July 2012, their second portal focused on Stem Cells was launched.[4]

Founders

Founded in 2009 by Alexandra Hodgson, Olga Volkova and Ron Yeung.[5][6]

Hodgson is daughter of deceased hotel magnate and former Toronto Argonauts owner William R. Hodgson.[7]

Funding

Macmillan Digital Science Ltd, Philip Armstrong, and its founding team.[8] Also grants from Ontario Centres of Excellence, Federal Economic Development Agency of Canada, and MaRS Discovery District.[9]

Advisory Boards

On the Scientific Advisory Board resides Dr. Lori Frappier (University of Toronto), Dr. Aled Edwards (University of Toronto/Structural Genomics Consortium), Dr. Brian Marsden (University of Oxford) and Dr. Sachdev Sidhu (Ontario Institute of Cancer Research/University of Toronto). The Board of Directors includes Philip Armstrong (CEO of Jovian Capital), Steven Scott (Head of Digital Tools, Macmillan Digital Science Ltd) and Dr. Aled Edwards (University of Toronto).

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

  1. ↑ "Ground-breaking web platform revolutionizes biomedical research" (Press release). Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  2. ↑ "Using 1DegreeBio to make you a better researcher". JournalPrep. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  3. ↑ "Life Technologies Signs Collaborative Agreement with SGC to Develop First Antibody Master Set for Epigenetic Studies". SGC. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  4. ↑ "1DegreeBio: antibody resource with stem cell portal « the Node". Thenode.biologists.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  5. ↑ OntarioMRI (2011-07-22). "What Do You Mean There is No Roadmap? Lessons Learned While Building My First Start-up « Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation – Blog". Mri.gov.on.ca. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Canadian Start-up Creates World’s Number One Antibody Resource | Backbone Magazine". Backbonemag.com. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  7. ↑ James Christie (2012-11-19). "Science-class dropout starts world-beating website for researchers - The Globe and Mail". M.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  8. ↑ "Funding news, new epigenetic portal from 1DegreeBio". Digital Science. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  9. ↑ "Five MaRS clients to participate in new VentureStart program - News release | MaRS". Marsdd.com. 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-21.