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eLife Ambassadors

        
            Life in Science
        
    Towards an increased awareness on the importance of Computational Reproducibility in Biological Sciences in Latin America
            Collaboration helps push science forward. However, its power depends on us sharing workflows, reagents, and results that our colleagues can reproduce. Here, a team of ECRs share how they came together with the mission of making science more reproducible and their upcoming projects.
        
Reprodutibilidade Computacional Bio

    31 Aug 2023
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    7 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Learning how to change the research environment as an eLife  Community Ambassador
            Research can be incredibly rewarding, but there are a lot of hurdles along the way. Some of these relate to our environments and are difficult to overcome. In this post, Maria Sol Ruiz and Nalaka Wijekoon explain how to take matters into our own hands and step up to induce global change.
        
ecrLife editors

    4 Oct 2022
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    7 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Environmental sustainability
            The Environmental Sustainability Initiative aims to promote environmentally
sustainable behaviours in science, by raising awareness about the relevant
issues and potential solutions.

Thus far, we have released our first blogpost
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Mentoring and leadership
            Mentoring is critical to success in research environments but reports show
[https://ecrlife.org/assessing-the-quality-of-mentorship-in-academia/] that the
quality of mentorship is not what it needs to be to ensure mentee
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Anti-bullying initiative
            The main goal for the anti-bullying initiative is to raise awareness about
bullying in academia, create strategies of how to recognise and reduce bullying
and support the victims. 

Our current
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Statistical literacy
            The Statistical Literacy Initiative aims to reduce the misuse and
misinterpretation of statistical hypothesis testing in Life Science papers. 

Most publications in this field use statistics to support claims about
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: ECR peer review
            The ECR peer review initiative has two main goals. The first is to shape the
current peer review process to be more officially inclusive for early-career
researchers, and the second
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Career development
            Developing a diverse set of skills and experiences sets one up for upcoming
opportunities both in and outside academia. The career development initiative
will compile resources for exploring STEM careers,
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Meta-Research
            Science of science, or meta-research, studies are a valuable tool for
understanding problems in scientific research and developing solutions. In this
“learn-by-doing” initiative, members of the eLife Ambassadors Meta-research Team
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Data Reuse Initiative
            Motivation for the Data Reuse Initiative is to make open data sharing
interesting, accessible, and educational. Our target audience ranges from the
eLife Ambassadors initiative to interested open data creators
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Collaborative Science
            The Collaborative Science group aims to create and share resources to help early
career researchers (ECR) engage in successful collaborations. Collaborations are
a useful way for ECRs to learn new
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Fair funding
            The Fair Funding initiative is running within the eLife Community Ambassador
program for the second year. Our goals are to create awareness amongst
early-career researchers (ECRs) of good practices regarding
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    1 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Halfway Mark: Intersectionality
            This is the first year for the Intersectionality Initiative for the eLife
Community Ambassadors. The aim of our initiative is to promote diversity and
inclusion within sciences using an intersectional
        
ecrLife

    5 Dec 2019
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    2 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    eLife Ambassadors: Off to a flying start
            eLife launched its first ambassador program last week
[https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/912b0679/early-career-advisory-group-elife-welcomes-150-ambassadors-of-good-practice-in-science]
. I have been lucky enough to be involved in coordinating these efforts and I am
excited
        
ecrLife

    1 Feb 2018
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    4 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    eLife Ambassadors: Off to a flying start
            eLife launched its first ambassador program last week
[https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/912b0679/early-career-advisory-group-elife-welcomes-150-ambassadors-of-good-practice-in-science]
. I have been lucky enough to be involved in coordinating these efforts and I am
excited
        
ecrLife

    1 Feb 2018
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    4 min read

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