When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

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First Stammtisch 2026 is coming up.
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"Bridging chemistry and biology with RDF, ontologies, cheminformatics, and open science" by Egon Willighagen

30.01.2026 14 CET⠀

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First Stammtisch 2026 is coming up.
⠀
"Bridging chemistry and biology with RDF, ontologies, cheminformatics, and open science" by Egon Willighagen

30.01.2026 14 CET⠀

t1p.de/nx11o
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The study shows that around half of supposedly "open" repositories are not technically open at all - their OAI-PMH endpoints are broken, outdated, or misconfigured:

https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515251396902

For me, this paper is not a revelation, but a confirmation of a simple point: open science does not start with policies or declarations. It starts with routine infrastructural work - making sure that the basic protocols actually work.

#OpenScience #FAIRdata #Repositories #OAIPMH

The study shows that around half of supposedly "open" repositories are not technically open at all - their OAI-PMH endpoints are broken, outdated, or misconfigured:

https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515251396902

For me, this paper is not a revelation, but a confirmation of a simple point: open science does not start with policies or declarations. It starts with routine infrastructural work - making sure that the basic protocols actually work.

#OpenScience #FAIRdata #Repositories #OAIPMH