We are partially Government funded and partially private funded, the Government funds don't force us to openly do anything. Open Access is on the rise but that's just about your publication, and your end-results - no-one forces you to open up your preliminary data. In the long run our sequenced genomes will be public, but only after we've published them, of course.
You're right about the stolen research-fears of scientists, I hear that often, even though I don't know of a single case of stolen research in recent years. Mostly it's the fear of a rival research-group publishing their results before you can publish yours - if you share, they might get the upper hand in the race.
If you're into small projects and live near a university: Most research departments (ours too) give out small research projects to underpaid interns for a couple of hours a week, because the interns are usually students they come in for a couple of hours every morning before lectures and then leave for the day, doing the rest from home. We had one intern who worked 99% from home.
Google around a bit, I'm fairly sure a bioinformatics-dept. would take you on.
We are partially Government funded and partially private funded, the Government funds don't force us to openly do anything. Open Access is on the rise but that's just about your publication, and your end-results - no-one forces you to open up your preliminary data. In the long run our sequenced genomes will be public, but only after we've published them, of course.
You're right about the stolen research-fears of scientists, I hear that often, even though I don't know of a single case of stolen research in recent years. Mostly it's the fear of a rival research-group publishing their results before you can publish yours - if you share, they might get the upper hand in the race.
If you're into small projects and live near a university: Most research departments (ours too) give out small research projects to underpaid interns for a couple of hours a week, because the interns are usually students they come in for a couple of hours every morning before lectures and then leave for the day, doing the rest from home. We had one intern who worked 99% from home.
Google around a bit, I'm fairly sure a bioinformatics-dept. would take you on.