In collaborative scientific environments, communication and visibility are key—not just among internal teams but across the broader research community. For molecular modelers, bioinformaticians, and computational chemists, your contributions often live in datasets, simulation files, and 3D models. Making those accessible and traceable can sometimes be a challenge. SAMSON Connect now offers an integrated way to represent yourself and your work through public profiles that are designed for scientific collaboration.
Why a Public Profile Matters
Whether you’re part of a university team, a research consortium, or a solo PhD researcher, having a hub where your tools, models, jobs, and documents are connected to your name—or lab—can make collaboration smoother. SAMSON Connect gives you the tools to do just that with a highly customizable profile page.
Customize with Markdown, Showcase Your Work
SAMSON Connect lets you create a public profile complete with a custom handle, an extensive biography (up to 20,000 characters), and links to your professional networks like LinkedIn, X, GitHub, and ResearchGate. You can format your bio using Markdown to add headers, make text bold, insert hyperlinks, even add inline images and code snippets.
Here’s where you can find the profile editor:
This is not just another academic directory. Your profile can include:
- Descriptions of your ongoing projects
- Examples of shared documents (e.g., published protein structures)
- Links to cloud jobs you’ve run (e.g., with AlphaFold or GROMACS)
- Mentions of specific SAMSON Extensions you maintain
And yes, you can include links to these resources if you’ve set their visibility to public or shared with a group.
Claim Your Handle Early
You can choose your unique public handle—think of it like a digital lab coat labeled with your name and field of expertise. Once claimed, this handle becomes your identity on SAMSON Connect. Others can easily find your work and you can receive job or document shares directly associated with that identity.
Here’s an example of how a completed profile might look:
Enhanced Discoverability without Oversharing
In SAMSON Connect, your public profile doesn’t expose your private datasets or structures unless you choose to share them. You stay in control: visibility settings for jobs, documents, and profiles include Public, Hidden (shared via link only), and Restricted (select user/group access).
Good for Teams Too
If you’re part of a research group, everyone can have coordinated profiles that link to shared resources. Profiles can function as a lightweight team directory or an academic project portfolio. It simplifies project handoffs, grant reporting, and onboarding for new collaborators.
Ready to Set It Up?
You can access the profile setup via User menu > Profile on SAMSON Connect. It takes only a few minutes to start, and you can return anytime to update your biography or add new links.
To learn more, visit the full collaboration guide at SAMSON Documentation.
SAMSON and all SAMSON Extensions are free for non-commercial use. You can download SAMSON at https://www.samson-connect.net.