The mission statement of the Open Science Committee is to:
encourage and support transparency, accessibility, collaboration, and engagement in the field of non-clinical computed tomography (CT) research. Through NOCTURN we endeavor to develop an inclusive environment with community-driven guidelines and best practices for the free sharing of non-clinical tomography resources – fostering innovation and progress for the ethical advancement of society with open science as a fundamental aspect.
The Open Science Committee’s mission statement was written by committee member Rich Johnston and won the majority in a committee-wide vote.
Members
| Last | First | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Boyer | Doug | Duke |
| Chase | Morgan | AMNH |
| Donatelli | Cassandra | Chaptman University |
| Gignac | Paul | University of Arizona |
| Gila | Brent | University of Florida |
| Gleiber | Devora | Texas State University San Marcos |
| Goetz | Freya | Smithsonian Museum of Natural History |
| Gray | Jaimi | University of Florida |
| Hall | Alex | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| Harris | Will | Zeiss |
| Hill | Jennifer | Smithsonian Museum of Natural History |
| Hurdle* | Kelsi | New York Institute of Technology |
| Jacisin | John | UT Austin |
| Ketcham | Rich | UT Austin |
| Lynch | Leigha | Midwestern University |
| Maga | Murat | University of Washington |
| Maisano | Jessie | University of Texas |
| Marchant | Stephen | Medilumine |
| Martin-Silverstone | Liz | Bristol University |
| Porri | Teresa | Cornell University |
| Smith | Heather | Midwestern University |
| Stanley | Edward | University of Florida |
| Watanabe | Aki | New York Institute of Technology |
| Waters | Alex | Northwestern University |
| Wescott | Daniel | Texas State University |
| Winchester | Julie | Duke |
| Yoakum | Caitlin | Arkansas Colleges of Health Education |
Recent Blog Posts by the Open Science Committee
- Open CT Facilities – NYIT Visualization Center
Location – Old Westbury, NY, USA CT Scanner – Bruker SkyScan 1173 Facility Contact – Kelsi Hurdle, Lab Manager, khurdle@nyit.edu Written by Simone Hoffmann, Julia Molnar, and Kelsi Hurdle Facility Overview What inspired the creation of an open access facility? Over the… Read more: Open CT Facilities – NYIT Visualization Center - Member Spotlight – Freya Goetz
Title: Museum Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural HistoryORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5696-4333Website: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/freya-goetzNoCTURN Involvement: Open Science Committee “NoCTURN is wonderful because it is aimed at improving approaches to CT and open science. The group is collaborative and incredibly welcoming”… Read more: Member Spotlight – Freya Goetz - Open CT facilities – Florida Atlantic University Laboratory Schools – Owls Imaging Lab
Location – Boca Raton, FL, USACT Scanner — Bruker SkyScan 1173Facility Contact Information — Lauren Simonitis, Research and Bioimaging Specialist, lsimonit@fau.edu Facility Overview What inspired the creation of an open access facility? The Owls Imaging Lab is a one-of-a-kind research… Read more: Open CT facilities – Florida Atlantic University Laboratory Schools – Owls Imaging Lab - Vertebrates open for download!Between 2017 and 2023, the “open Vertebrate” (oVert) project, funded by NSF, united 18 participating institutions to digitize vertebrates in their natural history collections through Computed Tomography (CT) scans. Six institutions acted as imaging centers with CT scanning labs, including… Read more: Vertebrates open for download!