Open Science Getting to know “Sciety” In terms of fast communication and equity, preprints are invaluable for all researchers. In this post, we wanted to show you a bit more about Sciety, how it works, and the important role it plays on providing easy access to relevant preprints for the whole biomedical community. Sciety team, Carolina Paz Quezada 23 Sep 2021 • 3 min read
Open Science Making science more understandable Misinformation is one of the biggest problems of the internet era. What is our role as scientists? What is the best way to contribute, and communicate science to society? In this post, Elisabeth Marnik presents a list of key points to address these issues and make science more approachable. Elisabeth Marnik 8 Apr 2021 • 5 min read
Publishing Why you should publish your work as a Preprint - A conversation with Dr. Prachee Avasthi This is a must-read! We had the chance to talk to Prachee Avasthi, president of ASAPBio, who answered all our questions about preprints. She showed us how we can get involved in the publishing and reviewing process of preprints, and how it can benefit us all! Nele Haelterman, ecrLife editors 1 Apr 2021 • 7 min read
Equity Distance Learning, STEM Education, and Equity Can we engage students in STEM subjects under distance learning conditions? How do we maintain high quality education for everyone in this context? See the key points on this topic through the eyes of a STEM educator. Kristen Vogt Veggeberg 5 Nov 2020 • 4 min read
Open Science How to start an open science initiative It has been 8 years since Simmons and colleagues’ article “False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant” came out. This paper opened the Mariella Paul, Lieneke Janssen 20 Jan 2020 • 6 min read
Open Science Encouraging diligent research reporting: A conversation with Dr. Lenny Teytelman by Sarvenaz Sarabipour Imagine spending months trouble-shooting a technique when another researcher has already done so and recorded in a lab book or a private computer in the lab. Lenny Steven Burgess 29 Jan 2019 • 5 min read
