Jean-Claude Bradley – a Visionary in the field of Open Science

Jean-Claude Bradley – a Visionary in the field of

Open Science

Antony Williams

How I knew JC

• As a student

• As a standout

• As an idea guy

• As an open scientist

• As an advocate for his students

• As a demanding and challenging collaborator

• As a humble, driven, gentle wonderful friend

Rediscovered Through Data

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Collaborations in Openness

• JC believed in HIGH-QUALITY data

• He invested himself, and his students, in validating, checking and re-measuring data

• He demanded openness of data, free of restrictions and constraints

• Do his efforts make a difference???

Supporting Open Data

OCHEM Modeling of Data

JC and Drug Discovery

• JC cared passionately about neglected disease research

• Many of our conversations were around better data-sharing for the various groups

• I work in distributed teams committed to Open Science and we are trying to help

• 3-year Innovative Medicines Initiative project

• Integrating chemistry and biology data using semantic web technologies

• Open source code, open data and open standards

• Academics, Pharmas, Publishers…• To put medicines in the pipeline…

Recognizing JC’s work

Recognizing JC’s work

Recognizing JC’s work

These are my judgments though:•He was well ahead of the curve and not everyone understood or supported his vision•JC’s push for Open Notebook Science will come of age and impact science in a big way•Many already miss him, his drive and presence