Labroots

Founded in 2008, LabRoots is a scientific social networking website, offering trending news and educational virtual events and webinars in many areas of science and medicine.[2][3] The company caters to more than 2.2 million tech innovators, engineers, and scientists from around the world. LabRoots connects the scientific world, leveraging online features and tools to develop collaborations across geographic boundaries and fields of expertise.[4]

LabRoots
Type of site
Scientific social networking website and producer of educational virtual events and webinars
Available inEnglish
Created byGreg Cruikshank and Don Cruikshank
Revenue$5,000,000.00 per year
URLhttp://www.LabRoots.com
Alexa rank 85,285 (April 2014)[1]
LaunchedMarch 2008
Current statusActive

The open platform requires registration with email and some personal information such as home address, telephone number and others; but those wishing to join the site may do so without paying. Users are then able to register for and participate in LabRoots webinars and virtual events, as well as follow the activities of other users, companies, or institutions.

LabRoots videos and seminars posted are in areas of cell and molecular biology, health & medicine, and many other biotechnology-oriented fields. The content is often also often posted on YouTube.

History

LabRoots was cofounded in 2008 by Greg[5] and Don Cruikshank and in 2009 acquired BioConference Live, adding features to the platform that enable members to collaborate, share and engage with each other through cost-effective live video webcasts and real-time networking.[6][7] The open platform allows anyone in the tech, medical, engineering, or similar fields, to participate in online, virtual event, giving access to a worldwide audience.

LabRoots has seen steady growth since its inception - doubling the number of employees in 2013, then again in 2016. With that personnel growth, the site and platform have both evolved to incorporate new services and features each year.[8]

Features

LabRoots shares common features with other social networking platforms, as well many unique to LabRoots.

  • Virtual Events – LabRoots taps its wide network of thought leaders, selecting speakers for its educational virtual events. All LabRoots members are invited to participate in virtual trade shows, complete with booths, keynote speakers, and discussions on scientific research, discoveries and training sessions.
  • Webinars – LabRoots regularly offers virtual presentations from experts in fields like Genetics, Immunology, Cancer Research and more, followed by a Q&A session with the speaker. These webinars are available online for up to a year in archives for on-demand viewers who want to revisit each topic.
  • Continuing Education Credits - Many of the LabRoots webinars and virtual events offer continuing education credits, at no cost to LabRoots users.
    • Credits include: CME, CE, CEU, P.A.C.E., R.A.C.E., and Florida CE
  • Trending & videos – LabRoots is a source of the popular news and information from the world of science on 16 different topics.
  • Group Discussions – LabRoots offers its users a place to talk about different topics in group settings as a place to engage and learn from one's peers.
  • User Profiles – Building a user profile on LabRoots allows users to post articles, share videos, curate newsletters and get noticed by peers.
  • Comments – Users can join the conversation with comments on new articles, post and news from other users or institutions.
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gollark: I'll have to see if I can... make it compile for generic aarch64 Linux rather than Android?
gollark: It worked on my (other) machine.
gollark: Ugh, I just sat through 20 minutes of my Rust program compiling on my phone just to have it randomly fail on the last step with several screenfulls of error.

References
  1. "Labroots.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. "A LinkedIn for biomedical scientists, engineers, builds up social networking hubMedCity News". medcitynews.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  3. "Social Networks for Engineers". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  4. "Social networking seeks critical mass" (PDF).
  5. "Cruikshank, Greg | Mendelspod". mendelspod.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  6. "Labroots launches new site for scientists, engineers, and technology innovators". Upstart Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  7. Staff, MLO. "BioConference Live | MLO". www.mlo-online.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  8. "Labroots science networking site gets a new look – new features announced". 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
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