In a world where collaboration in molecular modeling is increasingly international and digital, it matters how easily others can find and connect with you. Whether you’re analyzing protein-ligand interactions, designing materials, or running simulations in the cloud, having a visible—and informative—scientific profile can open doors to more collaboration and recognition. For users of SAMSON, creating a public profile on SAMSON Connect takes just a few minutes and could make your work more discoverable to collaborators worldwide.
Here’s what you can do with the profile feature, and why it may be worth your time.
Why Set Up a Public Profile?
Your SAMSON profile is more than a placeholder—it’s a way to present yourself professionally within the SAMSON ecosystem and beyond. When you publish documents, share jobs, or participate in groups, collaborators will be able to click through and learn more about your background, your interests, and even your full scientific biography (up to 20,000 characters!).
This added transparency helps others understand who they’re working with. More importantly, it brings your expertise into the spotlight. If you work on something niche, your profile may be the entry point for those looking for partners, reviewers, or contributors in your area.
What You Can Include
Your SAMSON profile allows you to:
- Choose a public handle (like a scientific username).
- Add a long-form biography (Markdown supported, up to 20,000 characters).
- Link your social presence, such as LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), GitHub, ResearchGate, and more.
- Control visibility: make your profile public or keep it private.
This isn’t just a static webpage—you can update your affiliations, research focus, and contact links as your career evolves. Plus, your profile becomes searchable within your professional groups on SAMSON Connect, making it easier for others to assign roles or share access rights.
How to Set It Up
To set up or edit your profile, log into SAMSON Connect and go to your User menu > Profile. From there, you’ll find tools to update your profile name, bio, links, and visibility settings.
The interface is straightforward. Markdown support lets you format your biography using headers, bullet points, links, and even images. This is particularly useful if you’d like to include visual abstracts, links to publications, or icons linking to external platforms.
If your profile is public, it will look something like this:
A Tip: Reserve Your Handle Early
Your username can double as a shareable handle (e.g., https://www.samson-connect.net/u/yourhandle)—so if you want to claim your name or institution tag, setting up your profile early may help.
In collaborative environments—especially those involving shared documents and cloud jobs in SAMSON—having a completed and public-facing profile can streamline communications and data access across groups.
To learn more about this and other collaboration features, visit the official SAMSON Connect documentation page.
SAMSON and all SAMSON Extensions are free for non-commercial use. You can get SAMSON at https://www.samson-connect.net.