So, you’re already on LinkedIn, you’re a Twitter master, and Facebook is old news – is it really worth joining another social network to connect with your colleagues?

The creators of Epernicus – a social network built specifically for the scientific community – say “YES”.

Check out our review and before you decide whether to take the plunge.

If you walked past a news stand last week, no doubt you saw the Time cover story about “America’s Food Crisis and How to Fix It”. The article was an unfortunate distortion of the facts behind the organic food debate and sustainable agriculture.

Our friends at the Farmer Gene blog posted a great response that aims to clear up the misconceptions behind the piece:

“How disappointing to read Bryan Walsh’s uninformed and inaccurate article (“America’s Food Crisis and How to Fix It,” August 31, 2009). Not only is he clueless as to what sustainable agriculture is, he doesn’t even get organic right. Organic is defined in U.S. law and regulations and does allow the use of chemicals (yes, they tend to be “natural” chemicals, but they are still chemicals.) Sustainable agriculture also is defined in U.S. law, and the two are not the same nor interchangeable…”

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IAmBiotech recently launched a survey to see how the biotech community is using social media to connect with one another online.

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Yesterday, we brought you details on the National Clean Energy Summit, an event featuring thought leaders in clean energy convened by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

If you missed the live stream yesterday, we’ll bring you video as soon as it’s available. In the meantime, you can check out some great photos from the event and read some of the news coverage from The Las Vegas Review-Journal and Reuters.

Today is the National Clean Energy Summit, an event featuring thought leaders in clean energy convened by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

The event brings together leaders in the renewable energy space, including U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu; Van Jones, Special Advisor, White House Council on Environmental Quality; General Wesley Clark, Chairman, Growth Energy; Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association; T. Boone Pickens, Boone Pickens Capital Management; U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis; and Dr. Stephanie Burns, CEO, Dow Corning.

You can watch LIVE COVERAGE at the summit website: http://cleanenergysummit.org/ starting at 1pm EST.

Here’s a preview of the event from CleanSkies.com:

Stay tuned on IAmBiotech after the summit, when we’ll bring you details on what this means for the biotech industry’s sustainability efforts.

Check out today’s “Roundup“, including:

• An op-ed from Norman Borlaug about why agricultural biotech is critical for feeding a growing world population;
• The outlook for the healthcare reform debate over the August recess;
• Converting cells into “good” brown fat;
• And, using mosquitos to fight malaria.

Also, make sure to watch Part 2 of our interview with David Mantus from Cubist Pharmaceuticals. We spoke with him about Cubist’s educational programs as well as their efforts to promote policies that foster innovation.

Watch the interview now