What is GENconnect™?

GENconnect™ is the place to meet other professionals in biotech and participate in important discussions.

What can I do with GENconnect™?

With GENconnect™ you can:

• Gain access to a multifeatured social media platform that lets you network with top professionals in biotech and the life sciences.
• Participate in riveting forum discussions on topics pertinent to the communities you join.
• Create projects, conveniently share information related to those projects, and track project success with GENconnect's unique Project Collaboration Tool (PCT).
• Receive community-specific, up-to-the-minute news, insightful articles, thought-provoking podcasts, upcoming meetings, and much more.

How do I join GENconnect™?

Registration is FREE, easy, and open to all students and professionals in the field of biotechnology. Click HERE to register.

How do I join Communities?

The GENconnect™ homepage contains a list of GENconnect™ Communities with brief descriptions of each. From this list you can choose to preview or join Communities.

Once I join a Community, what do I get?

You will be able to participate in riveting forum discussions on topics pertinent to the communities you join and gain access to community-specific, up-to-the-minute news, insightful articles, thought-provoking podcasts, upcoming meetings, and much more.

Can I join more than one Community?

You are free to join as many Communities as we have available. As you join Communities, you will see your My Communities list grow. Your My Communities list is accessible from the GENconnect™ homepage and from your Profile box, which is located on all GENconnect™ pages except those associated with the PCT.

What if I no longer wish to be part of a particular Community?

You can leave any Community at any time by clicking on the "Leave Community" link located at the top of each Community box on the GENconnect™ homepage.

As a GENconnect™ Member, what are my privacy options?

As a GENconnect™ member you have a choice of two privacy levels, which you can set in your profile:

• LEVEL 1 - This setting will allow any logged-in GENconnect™ member to view your GENconnect™ profile.
• LEVEL 2 - This ensures that your GENconnect™ profile is only viewable by GENconnect™ members who are also your GENconnect™ Colleagues.

What are GENconnect™ Colleagues?

As a GENconnect™ member, you may request any other GENconnect™ member to be your Colleague so you can engage in private conversations and collaborate on projects via our Project Collaboration Tool (PCT). To send a Colleague Request, find members using the Member Search tool. You can search all GENconnect™ members or those from the Community you are currently in. From either the member list or a member's individual profile, you can send a Colleague Request. Once accepted, you are then Colleagues with that member.

Conversely, a logged-in GENconnect™ member may send you a Colleague Request at any time, which you can accept or quietly ignore. You will be notified via email about each request and you can view your incoming Colleague Requests from your Profile box found on all GENconnect™ pages except those associated with the PCT.

How do I send a private message to a Colleague?

You can send private messages to any of your Colleagues from your Colleague list, which is accessible from any GENconnect™ page, or from a Colleague's profile page. When you send a Colleague a private message, an email with the message is sent to your Colleague, and your message is logged as the first entry of a one-on-one conversation thread in your Colleague's and your own GENconnect™ Message Center. You can access your GENconnect™ Message Center from your profile box, which appears on all GENconnect™ pages except those associated with the PCT. From your Message Center you can view all the one-on-one conversations you have going with your various Colleagues and continue messaging with them.

Can I send a single message to more than one Colleague?

There is currently no capability to send a single message to multiple Colleagues, but this enhancement, among others, will be available on GENconnect™ in the coming months.

What is the Project Collaboration Tool (PCT)?

GEN wants you to put your motivation and drive where it counts: pioneering R&D. That's why we created the Project Collaboration Tool (PCT) to simplify the logistics of collaborative research.

The unique and convenient PCT helps you seamlessly form alliances so you can concentrate on your next breakthrough. You can find other GENconnect™ members who can aid in your research, share projects with them, upload related information in various file types, and pool data.

You will automatically get an email alert when your Colleagues add something to the project, and you can set deadlines as well as track progress. PCT allows you and your team to coordinate your efforts seamlessly and effectively.

How do I start a project?

You can start a project from your Profile Box located on all GENconnect™ pages except those associated with the PCT, from the My Projects box located on all GENconnect™ pages, or from the PCT homepage. From the Project start page you can give your project a name, a description, set start and due dates, and choose collaborators from your list of GENconnect™ Colleagues. Once a project is created, you and your collaborators can submit notes to the project and upload documents in an assortment of file formats. All activity on the project is logged in the notes section, and activity notification emails are sent to collaborators. As the project creator, you have the ability to edit the project, set the project status, and add/remove collaborators.

How do I close my GENconnect™ Account?

If you would like to close your GENconnect™ Account please contact us directly at genconnect@genengnews.com.