NPG Launches London Networking Site for Scientists

On 21 March 2007 the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) launched Nature Network London -- http://network.nature.com/london. This is the second city hub of its global social networking site for scientists, Nature Network (http://network.nature.com), launched in February 2007. Nature Network London is a free online meeting point for scientists in the London area. It offers a suite of global tools as well as lively daily commissioned, contributed and curated content, London bloggers and the best of London's science jobs. The site also features a definitive calendar of professional and public science events listings, generously supported by Catalyst, the London Development Agency's science and industry council.

(PRWEB) April 19, 2007 -- On 21 March 2007 the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) launched Nature Network London -- http://network.nature.com/london. This is the second city hub of its global social networking site for scientists, Nature Network (http://network.nature.com), launched in February 2007. Nature Network London is a free online meeting point for scientists in the London area. It offers a suite of global tools as well as lively daily commissioned, contributed and curated content, London bloggers and the best of London's science jobs. The site also features a definitive calendar of professional and public science events listings, generously supported by Catalyst, the London Development Agency's science and industry council.

Nature Network is the pioneering Web 2.0 toolkit that helps scientists everywhere to meet like-minded researchers, hold online discussions, showcase their work via personal homepages, share information with groups (open or private) and tag content. Participation is free to all, requiring little more than www.nature.com registration. User-driven upgrades roll out regularly.

About NPG

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities. NPG's flagship title, Nature, was first published in 1869. Other publications include Nature research journals, Nature Reviews, Nature Clinical Practice and a range of prestigious academic journals including society-owned publications. NPG also provides news content through http://www.nature.com/news and scientific career information through Naturejobs.

NPG is a global company with headquarters in London and offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, Oxford, Basingstoke, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Gurgaon and Melbourne. For more information, please go to http://www.nature.com.

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Nature Publishing Group, London

T: +44 (0)20 7843 4587

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Contact: Sara Abdulla

+ 44 (0)20 7843 4587

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