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Welcome to our bonus episode featuring the end-of-year event of the Rwanda Preprint Club currently known as the Review and Curate Club.  Dine Roseline Dzekem (ORCID: 0000-0002-8210-9258) created the Review and Curate Club, an open-science and open-access club in Africa, which is operated by an enthusiastic committee. It aims to promote open science by boosting awareness of preprints, scientific processes, prereview, and curation.  The Review and Curate Club wrapped up the year 2024 with a webinar titled "Advocating for Preprint Sharing in Rwanda and Africa." The event served as a platform to emphasize the growing importance of preprints in fostering collaboration, accelerating research, and building a stronger Open Science community in Africa. Four guest speakers have been featured with presentations on the key scholarly services for preprint sharing and community-based peer review:  Jonny Coates from ASAPbio gave an overview of the African and global preprint landscape;  Jo Havemann from Access 2 Perspectives provided an overview of Open Science, Open Access principles, and the opportunity to share preprints via the continental research repository AfricArXiv; Ogunniyi Tolulope Joseph, from the Review and Curate Club, presented the Needs assessment results “Promoting Preprint Awareness and Adoption in Africa: A Need-Driven Perspective From the African  Region / https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1798”  conducted by the club; and  Vanessa Fairhurst from PREreview discussed the services and activities of PREreview, and the value of collaborative peer review. Dine Roseline Dzekem, rounded up the event by sharing the club's journey, achievements, challenges, and exciting plans for the future. For assistance with preprinting your article, research methods, or requesting community organized review of  articles/preprints, kindly connect with us via: dineroselinedzekem@gmail.com / josephtolulopeogunniyi@gmail.com  or simply join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EwqcyyjUlR57BZMvwuwIET  We hope this session inspired you to further explore preprint sharing and contribute to open science in Africa.  Join us in our journey towards globally inclusive Open Science practices, and collaborate in building a more transparent and accessible research ecosystem. Visit our websites https://access2perspectives.org/ and africarxiv.org  to learn more about the services we offer and to explore more than twenty sessions in the AfricArXiv Open Science webinar series. Together, let's shape the future of research dissemination across Europe, Africa and around the world! Find more podcast episodes here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://access2perspectives.org/conversations/⁠ Host:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr Jo Havemann⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ORCID iD ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠0000-0002-6157-1494 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Editing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ebuka Ezeike⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Alex Lustig⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kitty Kat ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ License:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ At Access 2 Perspectives, we guide you in your complete research workflow toward state-of-the-art research practices and in full compliance with funding and publishing requirements. Leverage your research projects to higher efficiency and increased collaboration opportunities while fostering your explorative spirit and joy. Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://access2perspectives.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this podcast episode, we shall discuss preprints and how they have impacted decisions in the past to award tenure/promotions to scientists from diverse geographies like the USA, Europe, India, and Africa. This is the second episode in the series, featuring Fiona Watt (EMBO).

Librarians have the potential to be great advocates for preprints at their institutions and beyond. In this episode, we'll speak with a librarian/librarians about how they champion preprints in their role/roles, the challenges they encounter, and how open science intersects with librarianship.

In this podcast episode, we shall discuss preprints and how they have impacted decisions in the past to award tenure/promotions to scientists from diverse geographies like the USA, Europe, India, and Africa. The episode will feature senior scientists from these geographies, their experience being a part of the decision-making process in awarding tenure/promotion, the hardships, especially the ECRs face in those committees and how their preprints are viewed and assessed and the path forward for a just science environment that promotes open science.

In this episode, we welcome Queen Saikia as a host of the podcast! She and Will Ngiam are joined by Jonny Coates, Associate Director of ASAPBio, a non-profit organisation seeking to Accelerate Science and Publication in Biology. The topic of conversation is preprint review and peer review. Enjoy! Show notes: ASAPBio: https://asapbio.org/ PREreview: https://prereview.org/

Jessica Polka is Executive Director of ASAPbio, a non-profit that promotes innovation and transparency in life science publishing. We talk about her work at ASAPbio, how she got into it, preprints,  the many functions of peer review, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: The Jessica-Polka0:01:25: What is ASAPbio?0:03:53: Do we still need to convince people to use preprints in 2024? / Different uses for preprints0:17:53: Are preprints really that beneficial?0:24:05: Peer review's many functions and audiences0:36:36: Do we still need journals?0:41:27: Why should we publish peer review?0:54:08: What can we do as individual scientists (other than hope for systemic change)?0:56:55: How Jessica got involved with ASAPbio, and her day-to-day work1:08:20: A book or paper more people should read1:11:13: Something Jessica wishes she'd learnt sooner1:13:18: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtJessica's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/polka-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/polka-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/polka-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtLinks mentionedThe Jessica-Polka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lDdnQytp2eY(there seem to be many versions)ASAPbio: https://asapbio.org/Review Commons: https://www.reviewcommons.org/Jessica's interview with Everything Hertz: https://everythinghertz.com/51The Ingelfinger rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingelfinger_ruleCrowd preprint review: https://asapbio.org/crowd-preprint-reviewPeer Community in Registered Reports: https://rr.peercommunityin.org/cOAlition S: Towards Responsible Publishing: https://www.coalition-s.org/towards-responsible-publishing/https://scite.aiPublish your reviews: https://asapbio.org/publishyourreviewsASAPbio fellows program: https://asapbio.org/fellows References Abbott (1884). Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.Cialdini (1984). Influence: The psychology of persuasion.Eckmann & Bandrowski (2023). PreprintMatch: A tool for preprint to publication detection shows global inequities in scientific publication. Plos One.Moran & Lennington (2013). The 12 Week Year: Get more Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months.Penfold & Polka (2020). Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences. PLoS Genetics.Polka, Kiley, Konforti, Stern & Vale (2018). Publish peer reviews. Nature.

Episode 45 - Surviving freezing through leg amputation. But be careful about regeneration! This week we discussed how flies survive in freezing temperatures with Anne Sustar, a Research Scientist / Lab Manager, Dominic Golding, a medical student, and John Tuthill (@casa_tuthill), Associate professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Read the full preprint -> Adult Drosophila legs do not regenerate after amputation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.25.513553v1 Article: Snow flies self-amputate freezing limbs to sustain behavior at sub-zero temperatures https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223012150?via%3Dihub This episode was produced by Sonia Gomes Pereira and Johny Coates and edited by Sonia Gomes Pereira.  If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela) & Sonia (@SniaGPereira1). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

“Science can only progress if others are able to read and build off of what has been learned in the past.” Jessica Polka shares this insight and many more in this conversation with LSP about the current state of scientific publishing. As the executive director of ASAPbio, an organization battling the slowing of the sharing of scientific knowledge, she's played a key role in catalyzing change when it comes to how and when scientific articles are shared. We dive into the White House memo calling for all scientific papers to be open access by 2025, what some of her key concerns are for the space, and that explosive eLife announcement about preprints. You won't want to miss this great conversation! Links for Jessica:Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicapolkaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicapolka/ASAPbio: www.asapbio.org

This week we celebrate the end of the year by chatting with our host Jonny Coates (@JACoates), Associate Director at ASAPBio. Join us for a conversation on the importance of all things preprints, science communication, open access, career development, and community building, plus his decision to leave academia and how this podcast started! If you stay until the end, you might have a glimpse of how it is to record an episode with pets.   Jonny Coates (https://jacoates.co.uk/) Preprints in Motion (https://preprintsinmotion.wordpress.com/) ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org) This episode was produced and edited by Camilla Valenzuela.   If you enjoyed this show, then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; https://preprintsinmotion.wordpress.com/.   Find us on Twitter: Jonny (@JACoates) & Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

It's open access week 2023 and to celebrate we focus on preprint peer review with Review Commons. We talk to Sara Monaco (@monaco_reviewcommons; Managing Editor) and Thomas Lemberger (@tlemberger; Deputy Head of Scientific Publications at EMBO and Project Leader for Review Commons). This episode was produced by Sónia Gomes Pereira and edited by Sónia Gomes Pereira.  If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela) & Sonia (@SniaGPereira1). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

This week we discuss the academic career of a young PI with Charlotte Odendall @codendall, a Sir Henry Dale Fellow at King's College London. Join us for a conversation on starting a group with a Fellowship, how martial arts help with stress, and why we all need a friend who tells us “just do it”. Charlotte Odendall: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/odendall-group  This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Dr. Camila Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show, then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated.   For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; https://preprintsinmotion.wordpress.com/.   Find us on Twitter: Jonny (@JACoates), Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela) & Sonia (@SniaGPereira1) Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

It's our 2 year birthday this month! To celebrate we take a trip back to the past and discuss the history of preprint servers with Matthew Cobb, a Professor at the University of Manchester.  Find Matthew's BBC podcast for more about the great science publishing scandal https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004l7k If you want to learn more about the prehistory of preprint servers you can read the full article here https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003995 This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Camila Valenzuela.  If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela) & Sonia (@SniaGPereira1). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

This week we discuss all things ECR with Mayank Chugh & Gracielle Higino, two current postdocs who are leading the efforts in fighting for a better environment for ECRs in academia.   Gracielle is an ASAPbio fellow and program co-ordinator at BIOS2, a community of researchers who are exploring and applying modern-day computational and quantitative techniques to address the challenges of biodiversity sciences. You can find her on Twitter @GracielleHigino and online https://www.graciellehigino.com/. Learn more about BIOS2 - https://bios2.usherbrooke.ca/.  Mayank is the President of the Harvard Medical Postdoc Association (HMPA). He also leads a DEIB working group in the department of systems biology towards fair recruitment of postdocs and faculty. He is an advocate for mental health awareness, equity, and a plethora of much needed changes in the current academic system - many listeners will already be familiar with his various writings and contributions to articles written by journalists. Mayank is also a poet and can be found on Twitter @mayank_mchugh and online https://www.mayankchugh.org/.  Implicit bias test https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html or learn more https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/jaxt/blogposts/piblogpost021.html This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Sónia Gomes Pereira.  If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela) & Sonia (@SniaGPereira1). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

This week we discuss the academic career of a young PI with Thibaut Brunet @thibaut_brunet, a G5 Group Leader at Institut Pasteur. Join us for a conversation on eating spiders, dancing creatures of the ocean, and the challenges of applying for and starting a group in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thibaut Brunet: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/evolutionary-cell-biology-and-evolution-of-morphogenesis/ This episode was produced and edited by Camilla Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; https://preprintsinmotion.wordpress.com/Find us on Twitter: Jonny (@JACoates) & Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

This week we discuss hot and cold fibrosis with Shoval Miyara, a PhD student at the Weizmann Institute of Science.  Find shoval on Twitter (https://twitter.com/MiyaraShoval) Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.01.522422v1  This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Camila Valenzuela.  If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) & Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

Jess Polka, executive director of ASAPbio, and Sam Klein of the MIT Press/MIT Media Lab's Knowledge Futures Group (KFG) and Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society survey and explain open science initiatives and tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Jess Polka, executive director of ASAPbio, and Sam Klein of the MIT Press/MIT Media Lab's Knowledge Futures Group (KFG) and Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society survey and explain open science initiatives and tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the PI's seat - Nicolás Rascovan This week we discuss the academic career of a young PI with Nicolás Rascovan @NRascovan, a G5 Group Leader at Institut Pasteur. Nicolás Rascovan: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/microbial-paleogenomics/ https://nicorascovan.wordpress.com/ This episode was produced and edited by Camilla Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) & Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

This week we discuss synthetic carbon fixation, running a lab as a postdoc and eLife's new publishing model with Sebastian Wenk, a Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.28.509898v1.full Sebastian -> https://www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/person/50878/2132817 Arren Bar-Evan -> https://arren-bar-even.muchloved.com/ This episode was produced and edited by Jonny Coates. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8 & Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

This week we discuss the big changes occurring over at eLife with Editor in Chief Mike Eisen & original ECAG member Devang Mehta. From Jan 2023, eLife is focusing on public reviews and assessments of preprints and eliminating accept/reject decisions after peer review. Read more about this new model here: https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/54d63486/elife-s-new-model-changing-the-way-you-share-your-research Mike Eisen: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/GEN/eisenm.html Devang Mehta: https://mehta-lab.com/ eLife: https://elifesciences.org/ This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Camilla Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) & Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

DISCLAIMER – These servers were reviewed from the approach of a first use instance and may not accurately reflect the full capabilities of each server. Moreover, any comments are opinions only. Preprint servers. There's an incredibly interesting history behind them (watch this space for more on that next year) but as of 2022 there are over 50 different preprint servers. No wonder it feels like they're an inescapable topic these days. I mean, we're contributing to that but hey. Some are highly specialised, such as EcoEvoRxiv (that's ecology, evolution and conservation), and some are geo-restricted, such as AfriaRxiv. Consideration of preprint servers based on discipline, scope, policies, and readership is relevant to inform where to deposit your preprint, and in turn to maximize visibility for the work and opportunities for feedback from researchers in your specific field. In this episode we take 3 of the top general bioscience preprint severs and put them to battle. We judge each on their: Appearance / ease of use – navigating and submitting Reach /size Journal integrations Additional offerings – public peer reviews, data, printing, links out, attention/metrics Positives of the server Negatives/improvement aspects of the server Why choose this server over the others? Useful links: https://asapbio.org/preprint-servers https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/11/7/bio059310/276073/A-guide-to-preprinting-for-early-career Some preprint servers in addition to those discussed in the episode: OSF – more of a search engine but very useful bioRxiv/medRxiv Research Square Authorea F1000 Cell Sneak Peak and Preprints with the Lancet Preprints.org This episode was produced by Jonny Coates, Camilla Valenzuela and John Howard and edited by John Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss RNA editing in cephalopods with postdoc Kavita Rangan. Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.25.509396v1.full This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Tala Noun & John Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we chat with Daniela Saderi, she is the Co-Founder and Director of PREreview (@prereview_), an open project with the mission to bring more equity and transparency to the evaluation of research content, giving systematically excluded researchers better ways to find, train, and contribute to peer review. In her role, she is responsible for partnership and community building, fundraising, and supervising the development of open infrastructure and programs. Other links: https://info.africarxiv.org/ https://zenodo.org/record/6773615#.Yzn4alLMI-Q https://twitter.com/prereview_ https://elifesciences.org/labs/57d6b284/prereview-a-new-resource-for-the-collaborative-review-of-preprints https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/leap.1472 This episode was produced & edited by Jonny Coates. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss modeling cell-cell collisions with Pedrom Zadeh, a 4th year PhD student at Johns Hopkins University. We learn how to distill basic biology into models and just how important and useful modeling can be as a tool. Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.13.491710v1.full Twitter thread on the preprint -> https://twitter.com/diffusiveblob/status/1526247248241246208?s=20&t=DGdP1wWJYW6wVsBFCeQp1w Other links: 3 blue 1 brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown Atomic Habbits: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/B07J1XQSNK/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=130289978361&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj7CZBhDHARIsAPPWv3flGGVJehb4MWwgynAUZMCcrmn0OUt1J3RahhuXQ-y8HHwUb2ULqPMaArOKEALw_wcB&hvadid=542921826939&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9050361&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1668537604868110719&hvtargid=kwd-1463848202564&hydadcr=24400_1816039&keywords=atomic+habits&qid=1663873098&s=books&sr=1-1 This episode was produced by Emma Wilson & Jonny Coates and edited by Camila Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss how cells can divide without nuclei and why this happens with Anand Bakshi, Fabio Echegaray Iturra (@fabioechegaray) & Mustafa G. Aydogan @AydoganLab. We also highlight Drosophila as an amazing model system that just keeps on giving and speak about the importance of preprints in collaboration and grant applications. We also discuss the limitations of preprints and the fluidity of science. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.15.496343v1.full Other links: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/07/fruit-fly-fascination-nobel-prizes-genetics https://aydoganlab.com/ This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by Jonny Coates. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss mitochondrial DNA and its importance in aging with Amy Vandiver (@AmyVandiver2). We also highlight a new method to quickly sequence full length mitochondrial DNA allowing for mitochondrial genome comparisons and the understanding of the diversity between mitochondrial DNA. As usual we also discuss the process of pre-printing, preLights and how they can generate collaborations. As well as understanding more about the MD PhD group leader route. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.23.480720v2.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by Jonny Coates. Use the code “jonny” to get free access to an online course all about preprints: https://courses.karger.com/courses/take/how-to-decide-on-preprints-and-open-access-licence/texts/28775362-introduction If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). Any additional sound effects used are from https://www.zapsplat.com.

This week we discuss a different take on sharing scientific findings with Alex Freeman (@alex_freeman), creator of Octopus @science_octopus. Octopus is resetting the incentive structure for research sharing, putting the emphasis on assessing the quality of what people are doing within the lab. Find out more here https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/octopus-creating-a-new-primary-research-record-for-science Use the code “jonny” to get free access to an online course all about preprints: https://courses.karger.com/courses/take/how-to-decide-on-preprints-and-open-access-licence/texts/28775362-introduction This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Camila Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss macrophage heterogeneity with Graham Heieis (@GrahamHeieis), a Post-doc at the Leiden University Medical Center (@LUMC_Leiden) in the Netherlands. We speak to him about mass cytometry and spectral flow cytometry and their use to investigate heterogeneity of tissue specific macrophages with regards to metabolism. We then have our usual chat about preprints, moving labs from Canada to Scotland as well as a bit of a a whiskey discussion. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.26.493548v1.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). Any additional sound effects used are from https://www.zapsplat.com.

We've gone full circle!! Join us this week as we talk to Michele Avissar-Whiting (@maw_tweets), one of our first ever guests on this podcast and Editor in Chief of Research Square, as we discuss what happens to a preprint when the downstream publication gets retracted, how the papers can be linked to the preprint and if the preprint should be withdrawn. Michele talks to us about her recent paper which examines exactly this. Read the full article: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267971 Other links: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/06/07/building-stronger-chains-together-keeping-preprints-connected-to-the-scholarly-record/ Use the code “jonny” to get free access to an online course all about preprints: https://courses.karger.com/courses/take/how-to-decide-on-preprints-and-open-access-licence/texts/28775362-introduction This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). Any additional sound effects used are from https://www.zapsplat.com.

This week we discuss cilia length, ciliopathies and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (also known as ‘Chlamy') with Brae Briggs (@BiggeBrae), a graduate student from at Dartmouth (@dartmouth),Geisel School of Medicine (@GeiselMed). We find out about a range of ciliopathies, the main composition of cilia as well as using ‘Chlamy' as a model to study cilia length. We also discuss the difficulties of moving in the middle of a PhD and pandemic, open science principles including preprints as well as how we try to have healthy work life balance. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.18.488674v1.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

We're 1 year old today! And to help celebrate our Birthday we have an extra long conversation with the incomparable Prachee Avasthi (@PracheeAC), Associate Professor at Dartmouth, President of ASAPbio and CSO & co-founder of Arcadia Science). We discuss everything from Prachee's career journey, role in promoting preprints and open science with ASAPbio and how she came to co-found Arcadia Science. Arcadia Science: https://www.arcadiascience.com/ Arcadia Science first open house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tS7CcutTmM Avasthi lab website: http://www.avasthilab.org/ ASAPbio website: https://asapbio.org/ eLife journal: https://elifesciences.org/ NewPI slack: https://newpislack.wordpress.com/ Setting up a lab guide: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202012.0147/v1 Read more about what we have achieved in our first year: https://preprintsinmotion.com/?p=913 This episode was produced by Emma Wilson & Jonny Coates and edited by John Howard & Jonny Coates. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss heart dedifferentiation and regeneration with Avraham Shakked @abingtonSA a final year PhD student, at the Weizmann Institute of Science, @WeizmannScience. We speak about their ingenious mouse model which uses transient and temporarily controlled ERBB2 expression which allows dedifferentiation and redifferentiation of cardiomyocytes. Using this model they examined the difference in RNA, protein and heart function in the redifferentiated the cells with and without heart injury. We also speak about preprints, publishing and alternative careers for scientists. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.22.481415v1.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss placental inflammation and heart development with postdoc Eleanor Jayne Ward and PI Suchita Nadkarni (@SciSuchita) from Queen Mary, University of London. In this preprint, the authors show that during embryonic heart development, neutrophils (innate immune cells) can sometimes cause placental inflammation. This inflammation leads to a loss of barrier function. In turn, this allows maternal monocytes (innate immune cells that develop into macrophages) to migrate into the embryonic heart. These monocytes alter the tissue resident embryonic macrophages and damage cardiac tissue. This cardiac damage continues postnatally. We discuss this and how limiting placental inflammation was enough to promote normal cardiac development. We also talk about the precarity of postdocs and why making research/postdoc a recognised profession would be an important step forward. Read the full preprint on bioRxiv https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.10.482611v1.full Visit the Nadkarni lab website https://www.qmul.ac.uk/whri/people/academic-staff/items/nadkarnisuchita.html Read more about the reasons scientists preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/833400v1 This episode was hosted by Jonny Coates, produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit the subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss a population of stem cells called tanycytes which line hypothalamus in the brain with Alex Moore (@alexthemessiah) an Operational Research Analyst in the Civil Service & Kavitha Chinnaiya a Post Doc from the University of Sheffield (@sheffielduni). Tanycytes are population of cells which line the 3rd ventricle in the hypothalamus, self renew and give rise to neurons and glia within the brain. We speak to them about the key findings of their paper which includes expanding on their roles as stem cells, as well as further characterising them with a variety of markers including NrCAM. To do this they evoked a range of techniques including the use of spheroids and single cell RNA sequencing and we chatted to them about those. We also find out about working in the Civil Service and all the skills that PhD offers that helped with this move from academia. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.15.472761v1.full This episode was hosted by Jonny Coats, produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

CW:// This week's episode touches on some themes revolving around caloric restriction which some listeners may find difficult. This week we speak to Ben Thomas @BenThomasSci, a final year PhD student at the University of Edinburgh @EdinburghUni about the benefits of caloric restriction, the impact in male and female mice as well as the effect of age. We highlight the ingrained sexisim within the biological sciences: often only male mice are used and we discuss how this can impact the results of various studies. In addition, we discuss the Edinburgh Open Research Initiative @edinburgh_open which promotes awareness and training of open research principles and lobby's for these to become formalized within the University of Edinburgh. We also discuss how incentives in science have led to a potentially flawed system and how his experience as a teacher has helped him in academic science. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.20.481222v1.full Other links: https://www.witworks.co.uk/ https://edopenresearch.com/ This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss how journalists approach using preprints with Alice Fleerackers (@FleerackersA), a PhD student at the Simon Fraser University (@SFU). She tells us how she went behind the scenes and to examine the decision making process of journalists on whether to use preprints or not, how they contextualized the science, and what practices they use to evaluate preprints. We discuss the benefits of preprints and highlight the importance of science communication and our role as scientists to prevent the spread of misinformation. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.03.479041v1.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by Jonny Coates and John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss organoids and assembloids as models of neurodegenerative diseases with Sònia Sabaté Soler (@scisonias), a PhD student from the University of Luxembourg (@uni_lu). Find out about how 2D stem cells cultures are differentiated into complex 3D midbrain organoids which contain multiple cell types. We also discuss how microglia can be incorporated into the organoids to generate assembloids, mimicking the human brain more robustly. As always we speak about pre-printing and academic culture. We touch on some of the limitations on academia partially with reference to women in STEM and the potential of permanent post docs. . Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.21.477192v1.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints. Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

A really exciting special episode this week, as we talk to co-founders of BioRxiv (@biorxivpreprint) and MedRxiv (@medrxivpreprint) Richard Sever (@cshperspectives) & John Inglis (@JohnRInglis). We discuss how they met and started with BioRxiv along with the challenges they faced. We then chat about the considerations when accepting or rejecting preprints, or why certain papers are rejected from BioRxiv (they don't just accept everything). We also touch on the impact COVID 19 and the pandemic had on preprints as well as discuss the fraudulent papers and how they don't tend to be pre-printed. If you've ever been concerned about preprints this is a great episode to learn more about how preprint servers work and what the future may hold for BioRxiv from the key people in the field. Other links BioRxiv - https://www.biorxiv.org/ MedRxiv - https://www.medrxiv.org/ Company Biologist - https://www.biologists.com/ preLights - https://prelights.biologists.com/ Cold Spring Harbour Lab Press - https://www.cshlpress.com/ Vixra - https://vixra.org/ This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss DNA recorders with Theresa Loveless (@TheresaLovele12), a Post Doc, at UC Irvine. DNA recorders can turn transient events into stable genomic ones and have been used to investigate cell fates and lineages. Join us as we find out more about how this is achieved and the incredible technology behind it!! We also chat about Theresa's experience of preprinting and academia, and how it can be improved!! Read the full preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.05.467507v1.full Whole-organism lineage tracing by combinatorial and cumulative genome editing: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27229144/ molecular recordings by directed crispr spacer acquisition https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27284167/ Single-cell lineages reveal the rates, routes, and drivers of metastasis in cancer xenografts https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33479121/ Prime Editor: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41434-021-00263-9 This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

2 February 2022 - Cell biologist Prachee Avasthi has a longstanding interest in cilia, which she began studying in mammalian photoreceptor cells as a graduate student, before adopting the single-cell green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as her model organism. Prachee was recently appointed Chief Scientific Officer of the newly created Arcadia Science, and she also serves as president of the non-profit science organization ASAPbio. ASAPbio is EMBO's partner in the peer-reviewed preprint platform, Review Commons. Prachee and Review Commons project leader Thomas Lemberger joined the EMBO podcast for a discussion on open science, preprints, peer review, and the importance of community.

This week is our Christmas Episode! In this episode the Preprints in Motion team get together and discuss exciting, new preprints with a festive theme. We talk about smart soil, mitochondria DNA in relation to COVID 19, shock absorber stress granules as well as a discussion on nepotistic journals and much more including festive cheer and merriment. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from us at Preprints in Motion. Read the full preprints: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.19.468202v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.26.441141v1.full https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.26.461876v1.full https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.30.227553v1.full https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/348508v1.full https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.03.429520v1?rss=1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.07.938555v1.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss the exocyst with Dr Hannes Maib @hannes_maib a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Dundee @dundeeuni!! He explains the complexities of the exocyst as well as the exciting biochemistry and binding assays used to understand its formation. In addition Hannes speaks candidly about starting working in a new lab as a Post-Doc, his views of hierarchical journal systems and how preprinting can help ECR take back ownership of their work in a great discussion with our host Dr Jonny Coats. Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.14.464363v1.full Other links -> LINK This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss prefigurative politics in academia with Stefano Davide Vianello, a PhD student at @EPFL_en in Switzerland. This is the idea that in order to change how a system works we should act in a way that reflects the change we want to see. In Stefano's case: preprinting to be the end goal and he has therefore submitted a preprint without any intention of submitting it to a journal. We speak to him about his reasons for this, why he is against academics paying for open access as well as 4 key points on what has to change to make academia more open for everyone, not just the global north. Read Stefano's preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.07.138883v3 Read Stefano's opinion piece: https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/vzn21ssv/release/2 This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and Emma Wilson, with editing by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss mice in space and the impact of prolonged space flight and how this can relate to austraunoughts with Jessica L Braun @jess_l_braun a PhD Student at the Brock University @BrockUniversity. Jessica speaks about her work looking at soleus and tibialis anterior muscles of mice which have spent 35-37 days on the international space station comparing Ca2+ uptake and SERCA function. We discuss everything from a mice mission control to cardigan rhythms and the different effects on males and female mice. We also talk about preprints and the increased attention it can bring as well as how to improve public engagement. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.27.462048v1.full This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss Parkinson's Disease and single molecule spectroscopy with Dr Derrick Lau, a PostDoc at the University of New South Wales (@UNSW). Single molecular spectroscopy can be used to track the formation and purification of α-synuclein aggregates, a hallmark of PD, and potentially lead to a tool for early diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. We discuss how single molecular spectroscopy is transferable to medium throughput and use bio fluids for early diagnosis of Parkinson Disease but also potentially other neurodegenerative diseases. Finally, we discuss preprints, what it it like to apply for PostDocs in a pandemic as well transitioning from immunology and neuroscience. Read the full preprint - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.09.455607v1.full Other links Microbiome in PD- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41531-021-00156-z Immunotherapy in PD - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31978602/ α-synuclein in PD patients biofluides - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32444560/ AttoBright - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13617-0 https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-02563-x/index.html This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discussed the transfer of mitochondria from macrophages to cancer cells with Dr Chelsea Kidwill & Joseph Casalin, a Post-Doctoral Research Associate and PhD student at University of Utah (@UUtah) in the school of medicine. We delve into why this transfer occurs, the mechanism of transfer and how this impacts the recipient cells. We also speak to Joseph about his alternative schooling, in addition to our usual chat about the importance of preprints and our ideas for how to improve academia. Read the full preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.10.455713v1 This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

In this episode, I speak with Prachee Avasthi. Prachee is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Dartmouth University, and her lab broadly studies cytoskeletal assembly. Prachee is also spearheading efforts to improve the academic publishing system in the life sciences.  (00:34) -- how Prachee got interested in cytoskeletal assembly (2:37) -- algae as a model system (6:31) -- evaluating tradeoffs in model systems (9:45) -- general scientific lessons in genetics and cell biology (15:26) -- issues with the academic publishing system (17:44) -- ASAPbio (21:00) -- rise of preprints  (24:45) -- open reviews (29:02) -- crowd sourced peer review (32:48) -- need for journals 

This week we discuss The Paywall Movie with Professor Jason Schmitt, chair of communication and Media at Clarkson University. We talk about academic publishing, the problems of the current system and more. In 2018, UK universities spent over £210 million on publication costs (access etc). This could have paid for; 700 ECR fellowships or 6500 postdocs or >8500 technicians or 3,500 PhDs (4yr fees + stipend). Meanwhile, Elsevier had profit margins of 37%. This week we discuss the broken publishing system and Jason's documentary - The Paywall Movie; the business of scholarship. Watch The Paywall Movie for free -> https://paywallthemovie.com/ Learn more about Plan S - https://www.coalition-s.org/ DORA - https://sfdora.org/ Picture a scientist - Netflix.com Retraction Watch - https://retractionwatch.com/ This episode was produced by Emma Wilson & Jonny Coates and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss how published nucleotide sequences are not always correct or to be trusted with Yasunori Park and Professor Jennifer A Byrne (@JAByrneSci), a research Assistant and PI at the University of Sydney (@Sydney_uni). We delve into the details of their nifty new text mining tool (Blast and Seek) which highlights papers with incorrect nucleotide sequences. We also discuss the most common mistakes found, the impact of these mistakes, and what we can do as researchers to prevent errors from occurring. We also talk about prepints and Australian Research Council's recent decision to ban preprints in their grant applications as well as some insight into our very own PhD's. Read the full preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.29.453321v1?fbclid=IwAR2LibD1DD8q6b5df3vMzgFXpmmA6q1E_UarbyaB0dq55fOaY8mmFvzbe14 Other links Open letter to ARC https://asapbio.org/arc This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss high throughput CRISPR/Cas9 screening and how these have been adapted to investigate novel treatments for COVID-19 with Emily Sherman a former Post Doc and Brian Emmer (@brianemmer), a new PI at University of Michigan (@UMIntMed) In this episode we cover details on how to conduct a high throughput CRISPR/Cas9 screen, the exciting advances in NextGen sequencing as well as what it's like to set up your own lab while working as a clinician during a pandemic. We also speak to Emily about her transition from academia to industry and our usual discussion about the benefits of preprints. Read the full preprint - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.10.447768v1.full Brian's lab homepage (https://emmer.lab.medicine.umich.edu/) https://www.nature.com/articles/nm1267 This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by Jonny Coates and John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss BET inhibitors and fibroblast activation with Michael Alexanian @m_alexanian a Postdoctoral researcher at Gladstone Institutes @Gladstoneinst. Michael explains how BET inhibitors have emerged as a potent tool to reversibly interfere with enhancers to promoter signalling. This has been shown to ameliorate heart failure in mouse models and is a highly translatable method of preventing heart failure in humans. We discuss two powerful tools, scRNASeq and scATAC-seq, and how they were used to investigate transcription and epigenetic changes of activated fibroblasts. We then discuss the impact of downstream targets and the impact on drug discovery and the limitation of BET inhibitors. Like every week we also highlight the benefits of preprinting, and increasing the accessibility of data within them to scientists around the world. Read the full preprint - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.21.214874v1.full Other links https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03674-1 This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we discuss how to non-destructively extract and sequence DNA from historical mosquito and tsetse fly samples from the Natural History Museum's collection. We discover a new method for doing just that with Dr Petra Korlevic (@petrathepostdoc), a Post-doctoral researcher at the EMBL-EBI (@emblebi)/Sanger Institute (@sangerinstitute), and Dr Erica McAlister (@flygirlNHM), Senior Curator of Diptera at the Natural History Museum (@NHM_London). Erica and Petra explain how this method can be used to open up museum collections to molecular researchers in order to answer questions around subjects such as the rise of insecticide resistance amongst these disease vector insects, and the diet, behaviour and ecology of key pollinator species during the rise of global warming or changes in farming practice. We talk about the benefits of preprinting, and how digitising museum collections and developing molecular methods such as this, is increasing the accessibility of data on the specimens within them to scientists around the world. Read the full preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.28.450148v1.full Other links https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/entomology-collections.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/life-sciences/insects.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/digital-collections/digital-collections-programme.html https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/insect-collections This episode was produced by John D Howard & Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

It's all-change at Preprints in Motion this week! Host Jonny Coates takes on the role of guest, while Producer Emma Wilson and Editor John D Howard step in front of the mic for a change and co-host, to bring you a background discussion on the history, and pros and cons of Preprints. Analysis of changes between preprints and their published versions - https://bit.ly/2ZEY5X3 Role of preprints in the COVID-19 pandemic - https://bit.ly/3duUdyc Previous podcast episode on Research Square - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7710Egc44SmA16npXczGrV?si=bDfM9HU8Q3qHn-s1Prb3fQ&dl_branch=1 (Some) preprint servers: bioRxiv medRxiv OSF preprints ResearchSquare Authorea Preprints.org metaRxiv F1000 Research Preprint review services: Review Commons - https://www.reviewcommons.org/ This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and Jonny Coates and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. If you love what we are trying to do then support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/preprintsinmotion where tiers start at as little as £1 a month! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week we focus on limb regeneration in amphibians and ask how far away are we from mammalian regeneration? Maybe not as far as we think. We join Dr Can Aztekin @CanAztekin, a recent PhD graduate from Gurdon Institute @GurdonInstitute and current PI in EPFL, Switzerland @EPFL_en. We discuss regeneration in general and a novel tool to investigate different factors involved with regeneration. We also ask him the important questions such as how is it to work with a Nobel laureate? How was it to transition from PhD student to PI and why did he preprint? Read the full preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.01.127654v1 and now published in https://bit.ly/3hkzPmF Other Links EPFL Life science Eearly independent Research Scholar https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sv/school-of-life-sciences-independent-research-scholar Accompanying preLight - https://bit.ly/3AvRqQ1 Disclaimer - During the recording of this episode we had some technical issues so we apologise for the reduced audio quality in some places. This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John Howard . If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Emma @ELWilson92, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week it's something a little different! We chat with Dr Michele Avissar-Whiting (@maw_tweets) Editor in Chief of Research Square. Research Square is a Preprint platform which aims to make research communication publishing quicker, easier and fairer. We speak about their editing and reviewing process, open access journals as well as general Preprint chat! Other links Michele's scholarly kitchen article - https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/06/02/guest-post-the-10000-watt-bulb-how-preprints-shine-a-light-on-misconduct/ Research Square webpage - https://www.researchsquare.com Viral Visualizations: How Coronavirus Skeptics Use Orthodox Data Practices to Promote Unorthodox Science Online http://vis.mit.edu/pubs/viral-visualizations.pdf Opinion: The Rise of Preprints Is No Cause for Alarm https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/opinion-the-rise-of-preprints-is-no-cause-for-alarm-68667 This episode was produced by Jonny Coates & Emma Wilson and edited by John Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com where you will also find full transcripts of every episode. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates91, Emma @EmmaWil72848527, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

Join us as we learn why referencing Wikipedia might not be such a bad idea. We speak to Omer Benjakob @omerbenj, Jonathan Sobel @JonathanSobel1 & Rona Aviram @rona_av who have been investigating the scientific backbone of Wikipedia pages and how referencing on Wikipedia has changed over the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how Wikipedia manages to reliably keep up to date with a constantly evolving topic, could this be applied to a social media format to prevent disinformation and could Wikipedia be a great way to engage the general population in science? Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.01.433379v2 Other link: Wikipedia is not a newspaper Wikipedia bans The Daily Mail This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates91, Emma @EmmaWil72848527, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

This week join our host Jonny coates as he speaks with Dr Bart Vos, a research associate at the Munster University, as he reveals just how much he likes microscopes. Together they discuss how to build a high resolution LEGO microscope and how these can be used as useful teaching tools for kids and adults alike. They then delve in the world of academic science, the pros, the cons and why we should preprint! Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.11.439311v1 Other links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrographia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek https://igem.org/Main_Page This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates91, Emma @EmmaWil72848527, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

Preprints in Motion is a shiny new podcast diving into the fast paced world of preprinted science. Preprints have accelerated the speed at which scientific findings are shared and have helped to move academia towards a more equitable place. Join immunologist and open-science advocate Dr Jonny Coates as he talks to the early career researchers behind some of the most exciting new preprints and learn more about their experience in academia. Each episode discusses their recent science, career journey and their thoughts on science, academic life and much more. Preprints in Motion brings you the hottest science from the freshest experts all within your commute. So, plug-in, sit back and join us as we dive into the fast-paced world of preprints. Episodes will release twice a month – on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday Look out for our special episodes, dubbed “the directors cut”, where we discuss the problems (and solutions) in academia with those leading the change Coming soon so hit the subscribe button to be the first to know when we launch! For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com where you will also find full transcripts of every episode. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates91, Emma @EmmaWil72848527, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).

As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated in the beginning of 2020, there was a need for the rapid dissemination of scientific information to understand everything from how the virus spreads, to how it affects the human body, to how the disease can be treated and prevented. Jessica Polka, Executive Director of ASAPbio, explains that, for this reason, the pandemic has inspired an increasing number of scientists to post their research papers on preprint servers. Publishing papers in traditional journals with formal peer review can take a lot of time. Posting manuscripts on preprint servers, on the other hand, can happen quite fast. But, considering that preprints do not undergo formal peer review before they are posted, is this prudent? Dr. Polka talks about how preprints experience their own crowd-sourced, informal peer review process through public commentary on social media and other venues by scientists and other experts, and this discourse can actually improve the quality of the paper over time. A major caveat of preprints is the potential for the media and the public, who may not be aware of the provisional nature of preprints, to disseminate erroneous or inaccurate information, and so, this requires proper education and training on what preprints are and how to interpret them.

As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated in the beginning of 2020, there was a need for the rapid dissemination of scientific information to understand everything from how the virus spreads, to how it affects the human body, to how the disease can be treated and prevented. Jessica Polka, Executive Director of ASAPbio, explains that, for this reason, the pandemic has inspired an increasing number of scientists to post their research papers on preprint servers. Publishing papers in traditional journals with formal peer review can take a lot of time. Posting manuscripts on preprint servers, on the other hand, can happen quite fast. But, considering that preprints do not undergo formal peer review before they are posted, is this prudent? Dr. Polka talks about how preprints experience their own crowd-sourced, informal peer review process through public commentary on social media and other venues by scientists and other experts, and this discourse can actually improve the quality of the paper over time. A major caveat of preprints is the potential for the media and the public, who may not be aware of the provisional nature of preprints, to disseminate erroneous or inaccurate information, and so, this requires proper education and training on what preprints are and how to interpret them.

In this episode, Matthew Ismail, editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals and Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University, talks with Jessica Polka and Iratxe Puebla on the topic of preprints in the biological sciences. Jessica Polka is Executive Director of ASAPbio, a scientist-driven nonprofit preprint organization that is promoting innovation and transparency in life sciences communication. Before becoming a visiting scholar at the Whitehead Institute, Jessica performed postdoctoral research in the department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School (2013-2016) following a PhD in Biochemistry from UCSF (2012). Iratxe Puebla is Associate Director at ASAPbio. Following a background in biochemistry research, Iratxe moved into open access editorial roles, first at BMC and then PLOS. She was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at PLOS ONE and also serves as a Facilitation Officer at COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Jessica and Iratxe are working with Oya Rieger on a Charleston Briefing on preprints in the biological sciences.  

Conceptually, providing free open access to scientific and medical research makes intuitive sense. Why would research be maintained behind a paywall when we know that it will further science and benefit patients? On the other hand, it has been challenged that industry sponsored research should not be open access. Also, journals struggle with their operational models in an open access world. Join us for InformED where we tackle the issue of open access during a spirited discussion with Kristen Ratan.  Kristen is the founder of Strategies for Open Science and has a 20-year history working to accelerate advances in science and research communication. She co-founded the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (Coko), was the Publisher at the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and also held leadership positions at HighWire Press, Atypon, and BIOSIS. Kristen is on the board of the American Institute of Physics Publishing, the Code for Science and Society, and ASAPbio. Generously sponsored by MedThink SciCom.

Jess Polka, executive director of ASAPbio, and Sam Klein of the MIT Press/MIT Media Lab’s Knowledge Futures Group (KFG) and Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society survey and explain open science initiatives and tools.

In this episode, Johanna Havemann will talk with an expert in scholarly communication and publishing Jon Tennant. He will tell us why he has decided to join the Open Science community, what are the main challenges on the way to alter the traditional publishing system, and share his tips how to contribute to the open access culture being a PhD student or a young researcher. Jon finished his award-winning PhD at Imperial College London in 2017, where as a paleontologist he studied the evolution of dinosaurs, crocodiles, and other animals. For the last 7 years or so, he has been a fervent challenger of the status quo in scholarly communication and publishing and became the Communications Director of ScienceOpen for two years in 2015. Now, he is independent in order to continue his dino-research and work on building an Open Science MOOC  to help train the next generation of researchers in open practices. He has published papers on Open Access and Peer Review, is currently leading the development of the Foundations for Open Science Strategy document and is the founder of the digital publishing platform paleorXiv. Jon is also an ambassador for ASAPbio and the Center for Open Science, a scientific advisor for Guaana and ScienceMatters, a Mozilla Open Leadership mentor, and the co-runner of the Berlin Open Science meetup. He is also a freelance science communicator and consultant and has written a kids book "Excavate Dinosaurs". Don't miss out on any of our PhD Career Stories podcasts. Subscribe to the show in a way that suits you and say hello to us on social media! www.phdcareerstories.com www.facebook.com/PhDCareerStories www.twitter.com/PhDCareerPod www.instagram.com/phdcareerstories www.linkedin.com/company/phd-career-stories

Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are leading the way when it comes to challenging traditional approaches to scientific research and publishing, but achieving buy-in from senior investigators and peer scientists isn’t always easy. Jessica Polka would know, as an early career researcher (ECR) and the director of the ASAPbio initiative, her career is devoted to achieving and streamlining the use of preprints in biology. In episode 26 of PLOScast, I chat with Polka about preprints as a tool for science communication, as well as her career trajectory thus far and how she deals with feelings of imposter syndrome.

In this episode, Dan and James are joined by Jessica Polka, Director of ASAPbio, to chat about preprints. Highlights: What is ASAPbio? Differences between the publication processes in the biological sciences vs. the biomedical sciences Common concerns with preprints Media embargoes How peer review isn’t necessarily a mark of quality Do preprints make it harder to curate information? Specialty preprint servers vs. broad servers? How well do you need to format your preprint? How do you bring up preprints to lab heads and PIs? An example of a good preprint experience from Dan Using preprints for your grant applications What Jessica has changed her mind about The one article that Jessica thinks everyone should read Links Jessica's Twitter account - @jessicapolka ASAPbio - http://asapbio.org & @asapbio_ Rescuing Biomedical science conference 2014 resources - http://rescuingbiomedicalresearch.org/events/ Sherpa/Romeo - http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php PaleoArxiv - https://osf.io/preprints/paleorxiv Principles for Open Scholarly Infrastructures paper - https://figshare.com/articles/PrinciplesforOpenScholarlyInfrastructures_v1/1314859 Special Guest: Jessica Polka.

In this episode, the hosts and Sophien discuss a recent collaborative paper (Islam et al., 2016, BMC Biology) that really embodies the concepts of open science. It addresses the source and characterization of a newly discovered wheat blast in Bangladesh. Wheat blast is a fungal disease that affects grasses that are a huge threat to food security. The authors report the geographical distribution of this new disease, characterize the disease symptoms of affected plants, and isolate and validate the causal fungus. Most strikingly, they performed RNA sequencing on symptomatic and asymptomatic leaves and show that RNA from these infected leaves aligns to the genome of a Brazilian wheat blast strain. They conclude that the Bangladesh isolate of wheat blast is phylogenetically related to the Brazilian wheat blast, rather than an unknown or new lineage. _____ Islam et al. 2016 https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0309-7 Kamoun, 2012 http://kamounlab.dreamhosters.com/pdfs/MicrobiologyToday_2012.pdf Open Wheatblast http://s620715531.websitehome.co.uk/owb/ ASAPBio http://asapbio.org BioRxiv http://www.biorxiv.org @KamounLabTwitter Kamoun Lab webpage http://kamounlab.tumblr.com @baxterTWI @ehaswell Contact: taproot@plantae.org _____ Read more about this episode: https://plantae.org/blog/taproot-episode-1-season-1-extreme-open-science-and-the-meaning-of-scientific-impact-with-sophien-kamoun/

Dr. Jessica Polka is the Director of ASAPbio and co-founder of The Future of Research. In this Abstract, Jessica shares her thoughts on the infrastructure of science and how young scientists can be grassroots agents of change in the research endeavor. For show notes, visit sciencesoapbox.org/podcast and subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. And while you're there, leave us a rating or review! Twitter: twitter.com/science_soapbox Facebook: facebook.com/sciencesoapbox

In this OA Week episode, Elizabeth Seiver speaks with James Fraser, Associate Professor at UCSF in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and a founding member of ASAPbio, about the scientist-driven mission to promote the use of preprints in the life sciences. The conversation covers the history of ASAPBio; the advantages of posting manuscripts to a preprint server; the impact preprints have on science journalism; and the relationship between Open Access and preprints.