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The OLS-5 program
Purpose: Training for early stage researchers and young leaders interested in furthering their Open Science skills
Outcome: Ambassadors for Open Science practice, training and education across multiple European and international bioinformatics communities.
Process: A 16-week mentoring & training program, based on the Mozilla Open Leader program, helping participants in becoming Open Science ambassadors by using three principles:
- Sharing essential knowledge required to create, lead, and sustain an Open Science project.
- Connecting members across different communities, backgrounds, and identities by creating space in this program for them to share their experiences and expertise.
- Empowering them to become effective Open Science ambassadors in their communities.
Goals and Learning Objectives
The vision of Open Life Science program is to strengthen Open Science skills for early stage researchers and young leaders in life science.
At the end of the program, our participants will be able to:
- Describe and define the terms openness, open science, open leadership, community interactions, value exchanges, inclusivity, accessibility, open Science practices in developing resources and training
- Learn how to apply those principles to open leadership and working open in their projects and communities . Learn how to collect, invite, and tell stories that demonstrate how and why openness benefits the communities they serve
- Give original examples for the types of openness in science
- Design
- Illustrate the need for a project, its vision, and its goals
- Embrace and communicate the benefits of Open Science and how to strategically apply different open practices to their work
- Identify the public resources to share their data
- Identify the different type of Open Access and associated journals
- Build
- Start any project with openness in mind from day one
- Setup a project repository on GitHub using best practices for enabling collaboration
- Choose and apply open licenses appropriately
- Empower
- Create and enforce a safe working environment
- Promote the values of Open Science to empower others to lead and collaborate
- Include a broad range of contributors in their work
- Communicate their work and vision in a 2min demo of elevator pitch
- Lead an open project in science
Timeline
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December 1, 2021 : Call for Application opens on Open Review
See the guidelines and templates
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December 14, 2021 (16:00 Universal Time): Application webinar( Talk + Q&A) - Notes with Zoom call link
Watch recordings from previous webinars on YouTube
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January 7, 2022 (10:00 Universal Time): Application Clinic Call( Q&A)
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January 15, 2022 : Call for applications closed
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February 1, 2022 : Successful applicants announced
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February 28, 2022: Start of the program
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June 13, 2022: End of the program
Schedule
During the program,
- Mentors and mentees meet every 2 weeks for a 30 minutes call
- Mentees participate every ~2 weeks to 90-minutes cohort calls during which the program leaders introduce new topics and resources, facilitate break-out discussions, and invite expert from the field to give talks
- Mentees can participate to skill-up, Q&A or coworking session in the weeks without cohort calls
- Mentors take part to mentoring workshop and calls
Organizers will inform participants of the week schedule by email.
Role Descriptions
Project leads (aka Mentees)
Participants join this program with a project that they either are already working on or want to develop during this program. More details about the role of a project lead (mentee) can be found here.
For the fifth round of the Open Life Science program, we welcome 71 participants with 34 projects.
Mentors
Our project leads are supported in this program by our mentor-community who are paired based on the compatibility of expertise, interests and requirements of their projects. Our mentors are Open Science practitioners and champions with previous experiences in training and mentoring. They are currently working in different professions in data science, publishing, community building, software development, clinical studies, industries, scientific training and IT services.
Mentors advise and inspire
- Connect: to people, programs, companies
- Recommend: resources, readings, classes, experiences
- Feedback: for the project leads to consider
Pool of mentors
We thank the 35 mentors this round.
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Alan Turing Institute. PhD in Physical Geography, passionate on the development of data-driven approaches and the automation of complex and large data tasks to tackle environmental changes using satellite imagery and geospatial data. Enjoy reading sci-fi books, cycling and coffee roasting.
Anne is an experienced Research Software Engineer. She is developing training materials and teaching basic-to-advanced research computing skills to students, researchers, Research Software Engineers from all disciplines to advance FAIRness of Software management and development practices so that research groups can collaboratively develop, review, discuss, test, share and reuse their codes.
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
Arielle has spent her career to date working in research-adjacent fields, starting with a stint at open access publisher PLOS, where she learnt the importance (and challenges) of open science, code, and data. Currently the Research Project Manager on the Tools, Practices & Systems programme at The Alan Turing Institute, she was a CSCCE Community Engagement Fellow in 2019 and continues to be actively involved in the community. She is a contributor to the Turing Way project.
Batool is a computational biologist affiliated with both KAIMRC in Saudi Arabia and the University of Liverpool in the UK. As an advocate for Open Science and its role in improving scientific and economic outputs in the Middle east, Batool established an Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia (OSCSA). OSCSA aims to create significant value towards Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which focus on enhancing knowledge and improving equal access to education in the Kingdom
Scientific Project Manager working in the project AI4Life (https://ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/) with strong interest in outreach and community building.
Deepak works as a Scientific Coordinator for the Swiss Personalized Health Network at SIB. He is highly passionate about being part of projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, and work on building tools and infrastructures that can serve the wider life sciences community.
I am a researcher and graduate teaching assistant at the University of Buenos Aires. I design nanomaterials to solve problems, recently using machine learning to guide and optimize the process.
I’m an Open Archaeobotanist specialising in phytolith research. I’m currently working on building a community of open scientists in my field to address issues such as data sharing, FAIR data, open access and upskilling researchers in open science skills. I’m also working as a Senior Community Manager at the Alan Turing Institute on the project across the Health Programme and I am core team member of The Turing Way.
Role in OLS:
Director of Finance and Operations
Emmy is the Director of Finance and Operations at Open Life Science and Engagement Lead at Invest in Open Infrastructure. She is passionate and curious about open, research culture and knowledge equity. Her expertise is in community design, and open research and scholarly communication.
Esther works as a Data Steward at Delft University of Technology (Faculty of Applied Sciences) in the Netherlands. As a Data Steward she supports researchers with their data/code management and with sharing their research. Before this, Esther did a PhD in bioanthropology, studying the isotopic composition of human teeth to determine where they grew up.
Doing Bioinformatics and ML @ CERTH, Thessaloníki, GR, fan of training, Open Science and e-infras.
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
Former neuro-geneticist (10 year of research on fruit fly memory and behavior), I have been more recently interested in data analysis and management, as a specialisation for my interests in open science (open research). I am presently working on ways (technical and social) to implement the principles of FAIR and open data in the lab workflow and ways to foster collaboration between researchers via the SmartFigure Gallery project.
Stephan is passionate about brains, accessible education, and making scientific practice more transparent and inclusive. Throughout his doctoral research, he has been active in the Dutch network of Open Science Communities and he founded OpenMR Benelux, a community working on wider adoption of open science practices in MRI research through talks, discussions, workshops and hackathons. Stephan has since continued this passion as a Research Data and Software Engineer at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, where he works on software solutions for neuroinformatics and decentralised research data management. He also holds post-doctoral positions in the SYNC developmental neuroscience lab at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University in the Netherlands.
I am Community Manager RDM and Open Science at VU Amsterdam. My background is in theoretical linguistics. My goal is to help colleagues connect and learn from each other and with each other
Caleb is a 19/20 Mozilla Fellow and a Bioinformatician, interested in teaching, open science, reproducibility, machine learning, FAIR Genomics, and community building.
PhD in medical sciences with expertise in infectious diseases and vaccines with expansive knowledge of the data driven life science industry. Proven ability to present and write clearly and persuasively, complex scientific and technical content, tailored to different audiences. Experience in inspiring, enthusing and influencing stakeholders and leading teams while navigating different cultural contexts. Extensive experience in developing strategies for national and international projects covering public-private partnerships, communication, and outreach as well as scientific programmes.
Multiplicity of skills and interests, within and beyond bioinformatics research and software engineering. Strategic planning of research activities, grant application writing, project management. Commitment to open science and FAIRification, organisation of events, involved in science communication and coding and data science teaching.
I am the principal investigator of the Big Data Biology Lab at Fudan University (Shanghai) since September 2018. Our group works in computational biology, with a focus on the very large-scale. See https://luispedro.org/
Role in OLS:
Director of Partnerships and Strategy
Malvika Sharan is a Senior Researcher at The Alan Turing Institute, where she leads a team of community managers and co-leads The Turing Way, a community-led handbook on data science. She is a co-founder of Open Life Science, and an active contributor of several open source/science projects. Connect with her on topics such as community building, open science, strategic collaboration and representation of marginalised members in leadership.
A designer and open source advocate with experience building on and offline communities in open government and health and life sciences
I am lecturer in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana, West Africa. I have PhD in Building Technology from the same institution and a Masters of Science in Building Services Engineering from Loughborough University, UK. I am of the opinion that research has a pivotal role in the sustainable development of African countries.
Role in OLS:
Resident Fellow
Researcher
I am a Systems Engineer passionate about applying Computer Science to improve the way we live. Enthusiast and promoter of open science in the region.
Role in OLS:
Fellowship and Finance Manager
Patricia is currently a Research Data Specialist working at the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the DCC, she was the Research Repository Advisor at the University of Birmingham and have previously worked as a data librarian at CERN’’s Scientific Information Service working closely with software developers to deliver data and code sharing solutions. She loves collaborating openly and making projects welcoming to new comers.
I’m a molecular neuroscientist with a big interest in all about chromatin, sequencing and data analysis and more importantly…open science and reproducibility! To counteract the screen time, I play with sourdough, yoga, beer and whatever I can research about :)
I am a young researcher and freelance data scientist, currently pursuing a master’s degree in Systems Biology at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. I have worked in Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics for five years at different laboratories. My current research interests are devoted to Network Science and Machine Learning for drug discovery. I am part of several research, open-science, and software development communities ( ISCBSC, The Carpentries, Streamlit Creators, and Open Life Science. Moreover, I am involved in various initiatives to empower Bioinformatics in Ecuador and Latin America.
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
Lifelong developmental geneticist with interest in synthetic biology and creating open domain tools for research
Renato is a computational biologist with a background in evolution, genomics and the microbiome. Currently project and community manager of the EMBL Bio-IT project, supporting the local bio-computational community through training, consulting and core resources. Open-source and scientific reproducibility advocate. When not tanning in front of a screen you may find him wandering the green and blue in Nature.
Role in OLS:
Executive Director, Business and Development Lead
Yo is the executive director and a co-founder of OLS. As an EngD student at the University of Manchester, Yo is studying pathogen-related data sharing and sustainability of open source software.Yo is a founder of Code is Science, and previously, they were editor for the PLOS Open Source Toolkit, editor emeritus at the Journal of Open Source Software, board member of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation, and a software developer at the University of Cambridge, working on an open source biological data warehouse called InterMine.
Mentoring training
Mentorship roles can sound like a big personal responsibility and can be overwhelming for new mentors. To support our mentors in this program, we will offer training, topic-based guided discussions and opportunity for social interaction over 4 calls during the mentorship round:
- 2 training calls in the beginning of the cohort to get participants trained and prepared for their role as mentors
- 1 catch-up call in the middle of the cohort to discuss new topics and challenges that might have occurred and address them
- 1 call at the end to capture experiences of mentors and assess their interest in future cohorts
- Social and co-working calls schedule will be agreed among the mentors as per their needs and interests
In the mentor training, our mentors will then gain mentoring skills (active listening, effective questioning, giving feedback), learn to celebrate successes and gain confidence on navigating challenges in mentoring.
A dedicated slack channel will facilitate open discussions among mentors to help them discuss their experiences, challenges and tips and tricks (contact the team if you are not yet on this channel).
Experts
Experts are invited to join cohort calls or individual mentorship calls to share their experience and expertise during the program.
We thank the 26 persons who registered to be experts in this round.
I am working as a Scientific Training Officer at EMBL-EBI and dedicate my work time to developing and designing training in the field of biomedical sciences and bioinformatics. In our training courses we encourage scientists to work according to and advocate the principles of Open Science. I am not a bioinformatician myself, but a chemist / biochemist by education, with several years of experience in scientific research; mainly in the wet lab.
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
Deepak works as a Scientific Coordinator for the Swiss Personalized Health Network at SIB. He is highly passionate about being part of projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, and work on building tools and infrastructures that can serve the wider life sciences community.
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
Role in OLS:
NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
I work as data manager at CONABIO where I develop FAIR workflows for biodiversity and agricultural data. I also study a PhD at UNAM, and my research is focused on the challenges for integrating social and ecological data. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in sustainability, data and open research
I am Associate Director for ASAPbio, a nonprofit with a mission to accelerate innovation and transparency in life sciences communication. In this role I work to foster awareness of preprints and drive community engagement, and support initiatives to bring further transparency into peer review.
Prior to ASAPbio, I worked in publishing for 16 years, I held editorial roles with Open Access publishers, initially at BioMed Central and then PLOS, where I was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the journal PLOS ONE. I am also Facilitation and Integrity Officer for the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Jesper Dramsch works at the intersection of machine learning and physical, real-world data. Currently, they’re working as a scientist for machine learning in numerical weather prediction at the coordinated organisation ECMWF. Jesper holds a PhD and recently gave their first keynote. They’re passionate about teaching Python and elevating people’s careers with machine learning across the world.
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
Stephan is passionate about brains, accessible education, and making scientific practice more transparent and inclusive. Throughout his doctoral research, he has been active in the Dutch network of Open Science Communities and he founded OpenMR Benelux, a community working on wider adoption of open science practices in MRI research through talks, discussions, workshops and hackathons. Stephan has since continued this passion as a Research Data and Software Engineer at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, where he works on software solutions for neuroinformatics and decentralised research data management. He also holds post-doctoral positions in the SYNC developmental neuroscience lab at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University in the Netherlands.
I am Community Manager RDM and Open Science at VU Amsterdam. My background is in theoretical linguistics. My goal is to help colleagues connect and learn from each other and with each other
PhD in medical sciences with expertise in infectious diseases and vaccines with expansive knowledge of the data driven life science industry. Proven ability to present and write clearly and persuasively, complex scientific and technical content, tailored to different audiences. Experience in inspiring, enthusing and influencing stakeholders and leading teams while navigating different cultural contexts. Extensive experience in developing strategies for national and international projects covering public-private partnerships, communication, and outreach as well as scientific programmes.
Laura recently submitted her PhD thesis on gender stereotyping in public sector data sharing in England. She is currently working at the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research institute helping to make data and AI work for people and society.
I am the principal investigator of the Big Data Biology Lab at Fudan University (Shanghai) since September 2018. Our group works in computational biology, with a focus on the very large-scale. See https://luispedro.org/
Role in OLS:
Resident Fellow
Researcher
Role in OLS:
Fellowship and Finance Manager
Patricia is currently a Research Data Specialist working at the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the DCC, she was the Research Repository Advisor at the University of Birmingham and have previously worked as a data librarian at CERN’’s Scientific Information Service working closely with software developers to deliver data and code sharing solutions. She loves collaborating openly and making projects welcoming to new comers.
I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
I am biologist. I worked with fungal genomics during my master and doctorate projects. Over my career, I organized several workshops for teaching programming skills to bioscientists, including the Brazilian Python Workshop for Biological Data. This year (2022), I will be an Ambassador in the eLife Community Ambassadors program.
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
I’m a tech community manager and reformed research scientist who can never resist connecting people, sharing knowledge, and helping people recognize the value they bring to a project. I am actively involved with the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement as one of the inaugural Community Engagement Fellows, a mentor, and member. My research life involved bacteria, plants, insects, and mammals, first at the bench and then on a laptop. I was rOpenSci’s Community Manager from 2016 to 2022.
I practice where I am from which is the MX/TX border the centres a politics of collective action and care.
Experts sorted by their expertise areas
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r
Expertise:Building inclusive sustainable communities, Communicating in the open, Virtual events, Github, r, Open software peer review
I’m a tech community manager and reformed research scientist who can never resist connecting people, sharing knowledge, and helping people recognize the value they bring to a project. I am actively involved with the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement as one of the inaugural Community Engagement Fellows, a mentor, and member. My research life involved bacteria, plants, insects, and mammals, first at the bench and then on a laptop. I was rOpenSci’s Community Manager from 2016 to 2022.
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Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Agrobiodiversity
Role in OLS: NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
Expertise:Fair, Open data, Data management, Agrobiodiversity, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary researchI work as data manager at CONABIO where I develop FAIR workflows for biodiversity and agricultural data. I also study a PhD at UNAM, and my research is focused on the challenges for integrating social and ecological data. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in sustainability, data and open research
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Ally skills training
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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App/software development
Expertise:Open innovation, Digitalization
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
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Automl
Expertise:Machine learning, Ethical modelling, Risk and uncertainty communication, Transparent and accessible ai, Automl, Benchmarking, Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)
I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
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Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
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Benchmarking
Expertise:Machine learning, Ethical modelling, Risk and uncertainty communication, Transparent and accessible ai, Automl, Benchmarking, Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)
I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
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Bio-ontologies
Expertise:Fair, Knowledge graphs, Terminologies, Bio(medical) ontologies, Data modeling, Data integration
Deepak works as a Scientific Coordinator for the Swiss Personalized Health Network at SIB. He is highly passionate about being part of projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, and work on building tools and infrastructures that can serve the wider life sciences community.
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Biochemstry
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Biodiversity
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Bioinformatics
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair dataPolyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Omics, EducationI am biologist. I worked with fungal genomics during my master and doctorate projects. Over my career, I organized several workshops for teaching programming skills to bioscientists, including the Brazilian Python Workshop for Biological Data. This year (2022), I will be an Ambassador in the eLife Community Ambassadors program.
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Biology
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Building inclusive sustainable communities
Expertise:Building inclusive sustainable communities, Communicating in the open, Virtual events, Github, r, Open software peer review
I’m a tech community manager and reformed research scientist who can never resist connecting people, sharing knowledge, and helping people recognize the value they bring to a project. I am actively involved with the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement as one of the inaugural Community Engagement Fellows, a mentor, and member. My research life involved bacteria, plants, insects, and mammals, first at the bench and then on a laptop. I was rOpenSci’s Community Manager from 2016 to 2022.
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Champions/ambassadors programme
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Citizen science
Expertise:Citizen science, Participatory science, Open source, Neurodiversity, Sensory processing, Co-creation
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
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Climate change
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Co-creation
Expertise:Citizen science, Participatory science, Open source, Neurodiversity, Sensory processing, Co-creation
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
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Collaboration
Role in OLS: Fellowship and Finance Manager
Expertise:Research data management, Fair data, Collaboration, Library and archiving skills, Open science and communityPatricia is currently a Research Data Specialist working at the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the DCC, she was the Research Repository Advisor at the University of Birmingham and have previously worked as a data librarian at CERN’’s Scientific Information Service working closely with software developers to deliver data and code sharing solutions. She loves collaborating openly and making projects welcoming to new comers.
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Communicating in the open
Expertise:Building inclusive sustainable communities, Communicating in the open, Virtual events, Github, r, Open software peer review
I’m a tech community manager and reformed research scientist who can never resist connecting people, sharing knowledge, and helping people recognize the value they bring to a project. I am actively involved with the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement as one of the inaugural Community Engagement Fellows, a mentor, and member. My research life involved bacteria, plants, insects, and mammals, first at the bench and then on a laptop. I was rOpenSci’s Community Manager from 2016 to 2022.
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Community
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Community building
Expertise:Open innovation, Digitalization
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
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Community management
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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Computational biology
Expertise:Open innovation, Digitalization
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
Expertise:Microbiome, Computational biologyI am the principal investigator of the Big Data Biology Lab at Fudan University (Shanghai) since September 2018. Our group works in computational biology, with a focus on the very large-scale. See https://luispedro.org/
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Computational inclusion
Expertise:Research data management, Open science, Fair principles, Inclusion & equity
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
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Conference organization
Expertise:Open innovation, Digitalization
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
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Creative thinking
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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Curation
Expertise:Research data management, Open science, Fair principles, Inclusion & equity
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
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Data driven life sciences
Expertise:Infectious diseases, Data driven life sciences, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, External relations
PhD in medical sciences with expertise in infectious diseases and vaccines with expansive knowledge of the data driven life science industry. Proven ability to present and write clearly and persuasively, complex scientific and technical content, tailored to different audiences. Experience in inspiring, enthusing and influencing stakeholders and leading teams while navigating different cultural contexts. Extensive experience in developing strategies for national and international projects covering public-private partnerships, communication, and outreach as well as scientific programmes.
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Data life cycle
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Data literacy
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
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Data management
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
Role in OLS: NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
Expertise:Fair, Open data, Data management, Agrobiodiversity, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary researchI work as data manager at CONABIO where I develop FAIR workflows for biodiversity and agricultural data. I also study a PhD at UNAM, and my research is focused on the challenges for integrating social and ecological data. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in sustainability, data and open research
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Data pipelines and workflows
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Data publication
Expertise:Preprints, Publishing, Open access, Data publication
I am Associate Director for ASAPbio, a nonprofit with a mission to accelerate innovation and transparency in life sciences communication. In this role I work to foster awareness of preprints and drive community engagement, and support initiatives to bring further transparency into peer review.
Prior to ASAPbio, I worked in publishing for 16 years, I held editorial roles with Open Access publishers, initially at BioMed Central and then PLOS, where I was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the journal PLOS ONE. I am also Facilitation and Integrity Officer for the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Data sharing
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Data stewardship
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Deep eutectic solvents
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Digital equity
Expertise:Research data management, Open science, Fair principles, Inclusion & equity
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
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Digital scholarship
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, Glam
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Discrimination
Expertise:Human rights; gender; sexuality; critical data studies
Laura recently submitted her PhD thesis on gender stereotyping in public sector data sharing in England. She is currently working at the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research institute helping to make data and AI work for people and society.
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Diversity
Expertise:Machine learning, Diversity
Jesper Dramsch works at the intersection of machine learning and physical, real-world data. Currently, they’re working as a scientist for machine learning in numerical weather prediction at the coordinated organisation ECMWF. Jesper holds a PhD and recently gave their first keynote. They’re passionate about teaching Python and elevating people’s careers with machine learning across the world.
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Diversity and inclusion (transformative justice approaches)
Expertise:Equity, Diversity and inclusion (transformative justice approaches)
I practice where I am from which is the MX/TX border the centres a politics of collective action and care.
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Ecology
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills trainingHao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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Edi
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Education
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Omics, Education
I am biologist. I worked with fungal genomics during my master and doctorate projects. Over my career, I organized several workshops for teaching programming skills to bioscientists, including the Brazilian Python Workshop for Biological Data. This year (2022), I will be an Ambassador in the eLife Community Ambassadors program.
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Electrophysiology
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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Entrepreneurship
Expertise:Infectious diseases, Data driven life sciences, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, External relations
PhD in medical sciences with expertise in infectious diseases and vaccines with expansive knowledge of the data driven life science industry. Proven ability to present and write clearly and persuasively, complex scientific and technical content, tailored to different audiences. Experience in inspiring, enthusing and influencing stakeholders and leading teams while navigating different cultural contexts. Extensive experience in developing strategies for national and international projects covering public-private partnerships, communication, and outreach as well as scientific programmes.
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Environment
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Enzymology
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Equity
Expertise:Equity, Diversity and inclusion (transformative justice approaches)
I practice where I am from which is the MX/TX border the centres a politics of collective action and care.
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Ethical modelling
Expertise:Machine learning, Ethical modelling, Risk and uncertainty communication, Transparent and accessible ai, Automl, Benchmarking, Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)
I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
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Evolutionary biology
Expertise:Open innovation, Digitalization
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
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External relations
Expertise:Infectious diseases, Data driven life sciences, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, External relations
PhD in medical sciences with expertise in infectious diseases and vaccines with expansive knowledge of the data driven life science industry. Proven ability to present and write clearly and persuasively, complex scientific and technical content, tailored to different audiences. Experience in inspiring, enthusing and influencing stakeholders and leading teams while navigating different cultural contexts. Extensive experience in developing strategies for national and international projects covering public-private partnerships, communication, and outreach as well as scientific programmes.
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Fair data
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
Role in OLS: Fellowship and Finance Manager
Expertise:Research data management, Fair data, Collaboration, Library and archiving skills, Open science and communityPatricia is currently a Research Data Specialist working at the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the DCC, she was the Research Repository Advisor at the University of Birmingham and have previously worked as a data librarian at CERN’’s Scientific Information Service working closely with software developers to deliver data and code sharing solutions. She loves collaborating openly and making projects welcoming to new comers.
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Fair data principles
Expertise:Fair, Knowledge graphs, Terminologies, Bio(medical) ontologies, Data modeling, Data integration
Deepak works as a Scientific Coordinator for the Swiss Personalized Health Network at SIB. He is highly passionate about being part of projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, and work on building tools and infrastructures that can serve the wider life sciences community.
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Fair principles
Expertise:Research data management, Open science, Fair principles, Inclusion & equity
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
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Feminism
Expertise:Human rights; gender; sexuality; critical data studies
Laura recently submitted her PhD thesis on gender stereotyping in public sector data sharing in England. She is currently working at the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research institute helping to make data and AI work for people and society.
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Fieldwork
Expertise:Community management, Rdm, Open science
I am Community Manager RDM and Open Science at VU Amsterdam. My background is in theoretical linguistics. My goal is to help colleagues connect and learn from each other and with each other
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Gender
Expertise:Human rights; gender; sexuality; critical data studies
Laura recently submitted her PhD thesis on gender stereotyping in public sector data sharing in England. She is currently working at the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research institute helping to make data and AI work for people and society.
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Gene expression
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
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Genomics
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Omics, Education
I am biologist. I worked with fungal genomics during my master and doctorate projects. Over my career, I organized several workshops for teaching programming skills to bioscientists, including the Brazilian Python Workshop for Biological Data. This year (2022), I will be an Ambassador in the eLife Community Ambassadors program.
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Git and github
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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Github
Expertise:Building inclusive sustainable communities, Communicating in the open, Virtual events, Github, r, Open software peer review
I’m a tech community manager and reformed research scientist who can never resist connecting people, sharing knowledge, and helping people recognize the value they bring to a project. I am actively involved with the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement as one of the inaugural Community Engagement Fellows, a mentor, and member. My research life involved bacteria, plants, insects, and mammals, first at the bench and then on a laptop. I was rOpenSci’s Community Manager from 2016 to 2022.
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Health sciences
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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Human rights
Expertise:Human rights; gender; sexuality; critical data studies
Laura recently submitted her PhD thesis on gender stereotyping in public sector data sharing in England. She is currently working at the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research institute helping to make data and AI work for people and society.
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Incentives/reward
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Infectious diseases
Expertise:Infectious diseases, Data driven life sciences, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, External relations
PhD in medical sciences with expertise in infectious diseases and vaccines with expansive knowledge of the data driven life science industry. Proven ability to present and write clearly and persuasively, complex scientific and technical content, tailored to different audiences. Experience in inspiring, enthusing and influencing stakeholders and leading teams while navigating different cultural contexts. Extensive experience in developing strategies for national and international projects covering public-private partnerships, communication, and outreach as well as scientific programmes.
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Inter and transdisciplinary research
Role in OLS: NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
Expertise:Fair, Open data, Data management, Agrobiodiversity, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary researchI work as data manager at CONABIO where I develop FAIR workflows for biodiversity and agricultural data. I also study a PhD at UNAM, and my research is focused on the challenges for integrating social and ecological data. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in sustainability, data and open research
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Invasion biology
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Knowledge graphs
Expertise:Fair, Knowledge graphs, Terminologies, Bio(medical) ontologies, Data modeling, Data integration
Deepak works as a Scientific Coordinator for the Swiss Personalized Health Network at SIB. He is highly passionate about being part of projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, and work on building tools and infrastructures that can serve the wider life sciences community.
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Laboratory automation
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Libraries
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, Glam
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Library and archiving skills
Role in OLS: Fellowship and Finance Manager
Expertise:Research data management, Fair data, Collaboration, Library and archiving skills, Open science and communityPatricia is currently a Research Data Specialist working at the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the DCC, she was the Research Repository Advisor at the University of Birmingham and have previously worked as a data librarian at CERN’’s Scientific Information Service working closely with software developers to deliver data and code sharing solutions. She loves collaborating openly and making projects welcoming to new comers.
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Licensing
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, Glam
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Life science
Expertise:Research data management, Open science, Fair principles, Inclusion & equity
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
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Linguistics
Expertise:Community management, Rdm, Open science
I am Community Manager RDM and Open Science at VU Amsterdam. My background is in theoretical linguistics. My goal is to help colleagues connect and learn from each other and with each other
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Machine learning
Expertise:Machine learning, Diversity
Jesper Dramsch works at the intersection of machine learning and physical, real-world data. Currently, they’re working as a scientist for machine learning in numerical weather prediction at the coordinated organisation ECMWF. Jesper holds a PhD and recently gave their first keynote. They’re passionate about teaching Python and elevating people’s careers with machine learning across the world.
Expertise:Machine learning, Ethical modelling, Risk and uncertainty communication, Transparent and accessible ai, Automl, Benchmarking, Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
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Marine sciences
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Metadata management
Expertise:Fair, Knowledge graphs, Terminologies, Bio(medical) ontologies, Data modeling, Data integration
Deepak works as a Scientific Coordinator for the Swiss Personalized Health Network at SIB. He is highly passionate about being part of projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, and work on building tools and infrastructures that can serve the wider life sciences community.
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Microbiome
Expertise:Microbiome, Computational biology
I am the principal investigator of the Big Data Biology Lab at Fudan University (Shanghai) since September 2018. Our group works in computational biology, with a focus on the very large-scale. See https://luispedro.org/
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Microscopy
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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Mobility
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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Molecular dynamics simulations
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Molecular modelling
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Neurodiversity
Expertise:Citizen science, Participatory science, Open source, Neurodiversity, Sensory processing, Co-creation
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
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Neuroimaging
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Neuroscience
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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No listed expertise
Expertise:Scientific Education and Training, Course development, Course design, Course delivery, Methods of interactive delivery (face-to-face and virtual courses), Online training, Community building, Open Science, FAIR principles, Principles of FAIRification of (training) material, Protein Biochemistry
I am working as a Scientific Training Officer at EMBL-EBI and dedicate my work time to developing and designing training in the field of biomedical sciences and bioinformatics. In our training courses we encourage scientists to work according to and advocate the principles of Open Science. I am not a bioinformatician myself, but a chemist / biochemist by education, with several years of experience in scientific research; mainly in the wet lab.
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Omics
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Omics, Education
I am biologist. I worked with fungal genomics during my master and doctorate projects. Over my career, I organized several workshops for teaching programming skills to bioscientists, including the Brazilian Python Workshop for Biological Data. This year (2022), I will be an Ambassador in the eLife Community Ambassadors program.
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Open access
Expertise:Preprints, Publishing, Open access, Data publication
I am Associate Director for ASAPbio, a nonprofit with a mission to accelerate innovation and transparency in life sciences communication. In this role I work to foster awareness of preprints and drive community engagement, and support initiatives to bring further transparency into peer review.
Prior to ASAPbio, I worked in publishing for 16 years, I held editorial roles with Open Access publishers, initially at BioMed Central and then PLOS, where I was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the journal PLOS ONE. I am also Facilitation and Integrity Officer for the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Open data
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
Role in OLS: NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
Expertise:Fair, Open data, Data management, Agrobiodiversity, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary researchI work as data manager at CONABIO where I develop FAIR workflows for biodiversity and agricultural data. I also study a PhD at UNAM, and my research is focused on the challenges for integrating social and ecological data. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in sustainability, data and open research
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, GlamJez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Open research
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, Glam
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Open scholarship
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, Glam
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Open science
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, GlamJez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Open science and community
Role in OLS: Fellowship and Finance Manager
Expertise:Research data management, Fair data, Collaboration, Library and archiving skills, Open science and communityPatricia is currently a Research Data Specialist working at the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the DCC, she was the Research Repository Advisor at the University of Birmingham and have previously worked as a data librarian at CERN’’s Scientific Information Service working closely with software developers to deliver data and code sharing solutions. She loves collaborating openly and making projects welcoming to new comers.
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Open science in project and teaching context
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
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Open software peer review
Expertise:Building inclusive sustainable communities, Communicating in the open, Virtual events, Github, r, Open software peer review
I’m a tech community manager and reformed research scientist who can never resist connecting people, sharing knowledge, and helping people recognize the value they bring to a project. I am actively involved with the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement as one of the inaugural Community Engagement Fellows, a mentor, and member. My research life involved bacteria, plants, insects, and mammals, first at the bench and then on a laptop. I was rOpenSci’s Community Manager from 2016 to 2022.
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Open source
Expertise:Citizen science, Participatory science, Open source, Neurodiversity, Sensory processing, Co-creation
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
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Open source tools for code and data sharing
Expertise:Research data management, Open source tools for code and data sharing, Signal processing with python;
Stephan is passionate about brains, accessible education, and making scientific practice more transparent and inclusive. Throughout his doctoral research, he has been active in the Dutch network of Open Science Communities and he founded OpenMR Benelux, a community working on wider adoption of open science practices in MRI research through talks, discussions, workshops and hackathons. Stephan has since continued this passion as a Research Data and Software Engineer at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, where he works on software solutions for neuroinformatics and decentralised research data management. He also holds post-doctoral positions in the SYNC developmental neuroscience lab at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University in the Netherlands.
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Oxidoreductases
Expertise:Enzymology, Biochemstry, Bioinformatics, Molecular modelling, Molecular dynamics simulations, Deep eutectic solvents, Oxidoreductases, Data stewardship, Laboratory automation, Fair data
Polyglot European Scientist. Thrives working in interdisciplinary environments combining the study of enzyme reactions and mechanisms with bioinformatics, molecular modelling, automated data analysis and data stewardship.
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Participatory science
Expertise:Citizen science, Participatory science, Open source, Neurodiversity, Sensory processing, Co-creation
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
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Practical github
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
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Preprints
Expertise:Preprints, Publishing, Open access, Data publication
I am Associate Director for ASAPbio, a nonprofit with a mission to accelerate innovation and transparency in life sciences communication. In this role I work to foster awareness of preprints and drive community engagement, and support initiatives to bring further transparency into peer review.
Prior to ASAPbio, I worked in publishing for 16 years, I held editorial roles with Open Access publishers, initially at BioMed Central and then PLOS, where I was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the journal PLOS ONE. I am also Facilitation and Integrity Officer for the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Publishing
Expertise:Preprints, Publishing, Open access, Data publication
I am Associate Director for ASAPbio, a nonprofit with a mission to accelerate innovation and transparency in life sciences communication. In this role I work to foster awareness of preprints and drive community engagement, and support initiatives to bring further transparency into peer review.
Prior to ASAPbio, I worked in publishing for 16 years, I held editorial roles with Open Access publishers, initially at BioMed Central and then PLOS, where I was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the journal PLOS ONE. I am also Facilitation and Integrity Officer for the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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R
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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R packages
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
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Reflection
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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Reproducible research
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Research data management
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, Glam
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
Expertise:Research data management, Open source tools for code and data sharing, Signal processing with python;Stephan is passionate about brains, accessible education, and making scientific practice more transparent and inclusive. Throughout his doctoral research, he has been active in the Dutch network of Open Science Communities and he founded OpenMR Benelux, a community working on wider adoption of open science practices in MRI research through talks, discussions, workshops and hackathons. Stephan has since continued this passion as a Research Data and Software Engineer at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, where he works on software solutions for neuroinformatics and decentralised research data management. He also holds post-doctoral positions in the SYNC developmental neuroscience lab at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Expertise:Community management, Rdm, Open scienceI am Community Manager RDM and Open Science at VU Amsterdam. My background is in theoretical linguistics. My goal is to help colleagues connect and learn from each other and with each other
Role in OLS: Fellowship and Finance Manager
Expertise:Research data management, Fair data, Collaboration, Library and archiving skills, Open science and communityPatricia is currently a Research Data Specialist working at the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the DCC, she was the Research Repository Advisor at the University of Birmingham and have previously worked as a data librarian at CERN’’s Scientific Information Service working closely with software developers to deliver data and code sharing solutions. She loves collaborating openly and making projects welcoming to new comers.
Expertise:Research data management, Open science, Fair principles, Inclusion & equityI’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
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Research reproducibility
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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Research software engineering practice
Expertise:Research data management, Digital scholarship, Libraries, Open research, Open data, Open scholarship, Open science, Research software engineering practice, Neurodiversity, Glam
Jez is Data Services Lead in The British Library’s Research Infrastructure Services team. He has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering research data management services and strategies at research-intensive higher education institutions in the UK, as part of a long-term goal to help communicate and collaborate more effectively using technology. He is an experienced teacher and is involved with The Carpentries as a Certified Instructor and early contributor to Library Carpentry. He is particularly interested in elevating the status of research software alongside research data in the scholarly record, and helping researchers develop the skills to make the most of this. He is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute, 2020 intake.
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Risk and uncertainty communication
Expertise:Machine learning, Ethical modelling, Risk and uncertainty communication, Transparent and accessible ai, Automl, Benchmarking, Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)
I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
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Rna
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
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Scientific biocuration
Expertise:Research data management, Open science, Fair principles, Inclusion & equity
I’m a strong advocate for equity and inclusion of individuals from marginalized groups in STEM fields. I’m also a passionate community builder and research data manager specialized in metadata and curation with a passion for OpenScience and all things FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperably, Resuable).
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Semantics
Expertise:Community management, Rdm, Open science
I am Community Manager RDM and Open Science at VU Amsterdam. My background is in theoretical linguistics. My goal is to help colleagues connect and learn from each other and with each other
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Sensory processing
Expertise:Citizen science, Participatory science, Open source, Neurodiversity, Sensory processing, Co-creation
I am a researcher at The Alan Turing Instiitute working on co-creating a citizen science platform, AutSPACEs, with a community of autistic collaborators. I also worked for 3 years for the British Civil Service in their fast track scheme. I’m a believer in creating a collaborative over competitive work ethos, equity, and open research.
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Signal processing with python;
Expertise:Research data management, Open source tools for code and data sharing, Signal processing with python;
Stephan is passionate about brains, accessible education, and making scientific practice more transparent and inclusive. Throughout his doctoral research, he has been active in the Dutch network of Open Science Communities and he founded OpenMR Benelux, a community working on wider adoption of open science practices in MRI research through talks, discussions, workshops and hackathons. Stephan has since continued this passion as a Research Data and Software Engineer at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, where he works on software solutions for neuroinformatics and decentralised research data management. He also holds post-doctoral positions in the SYNC developmental neuroscience lab at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University in the Netherlands.
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Strategy
Expertise:Infectious diseases, Data driven life sciences, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, External relations
PhD in medical sciences with expertise in infectious diseases and vaccines with expansive knowledge of the data driven life science industry. Proven ability to present and write clearly and persuasively, complex scientific and technical content, tailored to different audiences. Experience in inspiring, enthusing and influencing stakeholders and leading teams while navigating different cultural contexts. Extensive experience in developing strategies for national and international projects covering public-private partnerships, communication, and outreach as well as scientific programmes.
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Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)
Expertise:Machine learning, Ethical modelling, Risk and uncertainty communication, Transparent and accessible ai, Automl, Benchmarking, Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)
I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
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Sustainability science
Role in OLS: NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
Expertise:Fair, Open data, Data management, Agrobiodiversity, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary researchI work as data manager at CONABIO where I develop FAIR workflows for biodiversity and agricultural data. I also study a PhD at UNAM, and my research is focused on the challenges for integrating social and ecological data. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in sustainability, data and open research
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Terrestrial sciences
Expertise:Data life cycle, Data management, Open data, Open science, Reproducible research, Data sharing, Data curation, Ecology, Marine & terrestrial sciences, Invasion biology, Climate change, Data pipelines & workflows, Biodiversity, Environment, Polar science, Capacity development, Skills training, Data science
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
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Time series analysis
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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Transcriptomics
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Omics, Education
I am biologist. I worked with fungal genomics during my master and doctorate projects. Over my career, I organized several workshops for teaching programming skills to bioscientists, including the Brazilian Python Workshop for Biological Data. This year (2022), I will be an Ambassador in the eLife Community Ambassadors program.
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Transition
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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Transparent and accessible ai
Expertise:Machine learning, Ethical modelling, Risk and uncertainty communication, Transparent and accessible ai, Automl, Benchmarking, Survival analysis (and fundamental problems)
I’m a Technology Manager at Wellcome, a Research Associate at Imperial College London, and a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Kaiserslautern. I have a PhD in Statistics (specifically ML for survival analysis) from UCL and gained experience in mathematical modelling from working in Prof. Neil Ferguson’s COVID response team.
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Transparent and inclusive leadership.
Expertise:Neuroimaging, Community, Edi, Champions/ambassadors programme, Data sharing, Incentives/reward, Academia-to-professional services transition / research adjacent roles, Transparent and inclusive leadership.
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
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Typology
Expertise:Community management, Rdm, Open science
I am Community Manager RDM and Open Science at VU Amsterdam. My background is in theoretical linguistics. My goal is to help colleagues connect and learn from each other and with each other
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Version control
Expertise:Ecology, Health sciences, R, Git and github, Version control, Time series analysis, Research reproducibility, Community management, Ally skills training
Hao is the Reproducibility Librarian at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. He is passionate about empowering others, whether through training in open science and reproducible research practices or promoting equity and inclusion by dismantling gatekeeping in academia.
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Virtual events
Expertise:Open innovation, Digitalization
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
Expertise:Building inclusive sustainable communities, Communicating in the open, Virtual events, Github, r, Open software peer reviewI’m a tech community manager and reformed research scientist who can never resist connecting people, sharing knowledge, and helping people recognize the value they bring to a project. I am actively involved with the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement as one of the inaugural Community Engagement Fellows, a mentor, and member. My research life involved bacteria, plants, insects, and mammals, first at the bench and then on a laptop. I was rOpenSci’s Community Manager from 2016 to 2022.
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Web applications
Expertise:Open innovation, Digitalization
I am an enthusiast for using tech to make processes more efficient and reproducible. In a previous position, I co-founded the Open Innovation in Life Sciences association that promotes open science among early career researchers in Switzerland. Things that make me happy at the moment include playing piano and introducing chapter books from my childhood to my school-aged kid.
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Work-life balance
Role in OLS: Resident Fellow
Expertise:Neuroscience, Microscopy, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Mental health, Journaling, Therapeutic writing facilitation, Life coaching, Career developmentResearcher
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Yeast & fungi
Expertise:Gene expression, Rna, Yeast & fungi, Bioinformatics, Open science, Data literacy, Open science in project and teaching context, Practical github, R packages, Balancing open science with the rest of your career;
My research group studies how organisms respond to their environment, focusing on molecular mechanisms used by fungi. We collect and analyze genome-scale datasets to understand how fungi dynamically reorganize their RNA and protein to adapt to environmental change. We also produce open-science software tools, including tidyqpcr for quantitative PCR analysis in the tidyverse, and riboviz for ribosome profiling analysis. Both of these packages are going through software review and I’m learning a lot from the process. Alongside my research, I’m an open science advocate and teach data literacy to scientists, working with The Carpentries and Edinburgh Carpentries.
A dedicated slack channel will facilitate open discussions among experts and other participants in OLS-5 to help them expand their network while discussing relevant topics (contact the team if you are not yet on this channel).
Facilitators
Facilitators work closely with the OLS organisers to manage and run cohort calls. They lead efforts in preparing cohort call notes, co-hosting cohort calls and ensuring the sharing of call recordings and resources through OLS channelss
We thank the 5 persons who facilitated in this round.
Batool is a computational biologist affiliated with both KAIMRC in Saudi Arabia and the University of Liverpool in the UK. As an advocate for Open Science and its role in improving scientific and economic outputs in the Middle east, Batool established an Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia (OSCSA). OSCSA aims to create significant value towards Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which focus on enhancing knowledge and improving equal access to education in the Kingdom
Festus is a researcher in bioinformatics and data science. His main interestes include community outreach, open science, reproducible research and networking. He is actively engaged in training activities and he is the lead at the Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya(BHKi).
Michael is a PhD bioinformatics student with a keen interest in epigenetics and genomics. A co-founder of Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya (BHKI). He is a certified Software Carpentries instructor, an Open Life Science (OLS) graduate and a mentor. He is passionate about capacity building!
During my PhD, I used genetics, imaging and modelling to study the mitotic spindle in yeast. Throughout my research, software developing has always been the most enjoyable and rewarding part, so I am hoping to stir my career in that direction. Outside of work I like being in nature, hiking and reading.
Role in OLS:
Resident Fellow
Researcher
Organizers
Role in OLS:
Director of Learning and Technology
Bérénice is a bioinformatician (post-doc in the Freiburg Galaxy Team), analyzing biological data and developing tools for data analysis, mainly via Galaxy. In her current role, she also serves as a deputy training coordinator for ELIXIR Germany (de.NBI). Bérénice is passionate about training and education. She founded and co-leads the Galaxy Training Material project, and regularly giving talks and workshops on topics like data analysis, and tool development. She is also a founder of Street Science Community, a citizen science and outreach program.
Role in OLS:
Director of Finance and Operations
Emmy is the Director of Finance and Operations at Open Life Science and Engagement Lead at Invest in Open Infrastructure. She is passionate and curious about open, research culture and knowledge equity. Her expertise is in community design, and open research and scholarly communication.
Role in OLS:
Director of Partnerships and Strategy
Malvika Sharan is a Senior Researcher at The Alan Turing Institute, where she leads a team of community managers and co-leads The Turing Way, a community-led handbook on data science. She is a co-founder of Open Life Science, and an active contributor of several open source/science projects. Connect with her on topics such as community building, open science, strategic collaboration and representation of marginalised members in leadership.
Role in OLS:
Community Researcher & Programme Coordinator (contract)
Chilean worker and researcher. Social scientist (wannabe). I am an immigrant, not an expat. Open science hardware was my entrance to the world of critical open science. “Critical” as in: it matters who gets to be involved in science.
Role in OLS:
Executive Director, Business and Development Lead
Yo is the executive director and a co-founder of OLS. As an EngD student at the University of Manchester, Yo is studying pathogen-related data sharing and sustainability of open source software.Yo is a founder of Code is Science, and previously, they were editor for the PLOS Open Source Toolkit, editor emeritus at the Journal of Open Source Software, board member of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation, and a software developer at the University of Cambridge, working on an open source biological data warehouse called InterMine.
Collaborators
OLS team have established the following collaborations to support organisation specific projects within the OLS-5 cohort:
OLS-5 for EOSC-Life
Open Life Science has received the EOSC-Life Training grant (first round), to train and mentor EOSC-RI members under the collaboration name OLS-5 for EOSC-Life. In the simplest terms, EOSC-Life is 13 European life science Research Infrastructures making their data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) so that researchers can combine resources from multiple RIs for new research funded through our Open Calls and receive support through the variety of additional services we offer, including alignment with relevant standards and policies (GDPR, etc.).
OLS-5 for Faculty of Applied Sciences/TNW - TU Delft
Under the collaboration name OLS-5 for TNW, Open Life Science has partnered with the Faculty of Applied Sciences through the Faculty Graduate School and the Data Steward, Dr. Esther Plomp at TU Delft. This partnership will offer training and mentoring to interested members from the Faculty of Applied Sciences to join the 5th cohort (OLS-5) individually or in teams. They will have an opportunity to develop Open Science aspects in the projects that they either already have been working on, or want to develop in the near future. Mentors will be preferably selected within their own discipline, as PhD candidates will be eligible for 5 Discipline-related credits for their Doctoral Education Programme.
OLS-5 for Turing
Under the collaboration name OLS-5 for Turing, Open Life Science has partnered with The Turing Way, a project within the Tools, Practices and Systems Research Program in The Alan Turing Institute. This partnership will offer training and mentoring to interested members from Turing and The Turing Way communities to join the fifth cohort (OLS-5) individually or in teams. They will have an opportunity to develop Open Science aspects in the projects that they either already have been working on, or want to develop in the near future. Mentors will be preferably selected from The Alan Turing Institute but there will be a possibility to match projects with the right mentor from the broader cohort. The roles and benefits for the participants and the eligibility of proposed projects will be as described for our main program.
This program will provide a unique opportunity to individuals and teams in these organisations to integrate best practices for open and reproducible research in new or ongoing projects.
Resources
The resources available to the OLS-5 cohort members will facilitate their communication, training, mentoring and learning process during their participation in the program.
Calls
Cohort calls
The full cohort meetings take place every 2 weeks (unless mentioned otherwise) and last for 90 minutes.
During these calls:
- Organisers/hosts will introduce new topic of the week
- Speakers will present their work related to the topic of the week
- Participants will be given group discussion exercises
- An open Q&A will be run and notes will be co-developed
- Exercises will be given for the week to be completed before the mentee-mentor meeting
The calls will be hosted online using the Zoom web-conferencing option. A link for the calls will be shared for each meeting separately.
Look up the shared notes for each call linked to the schedule in this website. You will also be updated via email each week by the organisers with additional details to aid your participation.
If you can’t make it to a call:
The call will be recorded and available on the OLS YouTube channel after the call.
If you can not attend most calls during the program due to the time zone incompatibility or other personal obligation, please let the organisers know. If you are unable to communicate with your mentor regularly or do not engage in the program as planned, we may need to evaluate if you are able to finish the program.
Mentor-mentee calls
The Mentor-mentee calls take place every 2 weeks (unless mentioned otherwise) and last for 30 minutes.
During these calls:
- Mentors help their mentees evaluate their understanding of the new topics
- Mentees will complete their task assigned at the cohort calls using new skills learned that week
- Mentors and mentee will review progress together where mentees provide constructive feedback
- Mentors will connect mentees with other experts and get consulted on their project when needed
Coordinate with your mentor how you manage the notes and assignments for your 1:1 calls.
The online communication options can be agreed upon by the mentor-mentee pairs. A few options to explore are the following:
- Zoom: 40 mins limit for each call
- Google hangout: Free for members with google account
- Skype: Free, download the app
- Whereby.com: Free option, valid upto 4 participants
- Jitsi: Free, open source web-based call is possible
- Whatsapp or other phone-based calls: Only if both mentor and mentee are comfortable with exchanging numbers
If a mentor has to miss a mentee-mentor meeting, please discuss it with your mentee and reschedule your call. If you are unable to make it to any slot together, please find other ways (asynchronous documentation) to interact with your mentee.
If a mentor has to step back from the program for any reason, please communicate with the organisers to identify an alternative for their mentees.
Skill-up calls
In some weeks during which there is not cohort call, we will offer some optional skill-up calls.
The calls will be hosted online using the Zoom web-conferencing option. A link for the calls will be shared for each meeting separately.
Look up the shared notes for each call linked to the schedule in this website. You will also be updated via email each week by the organisers with additional details to aid your participation.
Q&A calls
The Q&A sessions take place in weeks during which there is not cohort call. These calls are optional but highly valuable for enhancing your understanding of the materials discussed in OLS-4 with the help of other participants.
The calls will be hosted online using the Zoom web-conferencing option. A link for the calls will be shared for each meeting separately.
Mentor calls
4 mentor calls will take place during the program.
The calls will be hosted online using the Zoom web-conferencing option. A link for the calls will be shared for each meeting separately.
Speaker Guide
We have a short guide for invited speakers.
Communication channels
Communication within the cohort members
OLS-5 Slack Channel
A dedicated Slack channel has been setup to facilitate real-time as well as asynchronous communication among the all members of the OLS-5 cohort. A personal invitation link will be shared with the participants via an email.
OLS-5 private Google group
Organizers inform participants of the week schedule by email. An archive of all emails can be found on the private OLS-5 Google group.
An invitation is sent to all participants (mentees, mentors, etc) at the beginning of the program. If it is not the case, please contact the team
Communication with members not in the cohort
General updates from the program such as new posts, collaborations and relevant retweets will be shared via our official Twitter channel.
Gitter
We have a public Gitter channel that can be used by members of the public contact the OLS team and community.
OLS Google group
Updates regarding new calls for applications, announcements, and final project presentations are posted on the OLS public Google group
Community Participation Guidelines
This project, as part of the Open Life Science community, is committed to providing a welcoming, friendly, and harassment-free environment for everyone to learn and grow by contributing. As a result, we require participants to follow our code of conduct, which may be found in the policies repository.