The OLS-6 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.
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Goals and Learning Objectives
The vision of OLS is to strengthen Open Science skills for early stage researchers and young leaders in 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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June 1, 2022 : Call for Application opens
See the guidelines and templates
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June 20, 2022 (13:00 Universal Time): Application webinar( Talk + Q&A)
Register to join, or watch recordings from previous webinars on YouTube
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July 1, 2022 (540.0 Universal Time): Application Clinic Call( Q&A)
At this call, OLS team will be available to provide help if you have any questions related to your application. Register to join.
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July 7, 2022 : Call for applications closed
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August 1, 2022 : Successful applicants announced
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September 19, 2022: Start of the program
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January 16, 2023: 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 sixth round of the OLS program, we welcome 41 participants with 27 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 32 mentors this round.
I am an incoming assistant professor at The University of Amsterdam, working in the field of astrochemistry/astrobiology. I love to teach and my work motto is doing fun stuff with nice people. I talk a lot and cannot properly function without coffee :)
I’m the Community Manager for The Turing Way @ The Alan Turing Institute, and an anthopologist by training. I was previously a Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellow at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and am currently a Fellow at the Internet Society. I also co-curate The Re:Source Project, which aims to support labor movements in supply chains through open data. In my past and present roles, I aim to contribute to the open ecosystem, and the research and tools that enable it.
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
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
I am a budding scientist, interested in host-parasite interactions. I am open to continuous learning, and passionate about improving the health of man and animals.
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.
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.
I’m a biotechnologist and SynBio Africa emerging leader in synthetic biology and biosecurity fellow working with Beneficial bio to locally produce reagents and equipment for molecular biology research and application. My passion for Open Science and research led me to meet and join amazing people and communities in their efforts to impact the global open science landscape including Open Bioeconomy Lab, AfricaOSH, Africa Makers Gathering, and Open Science Shop. I see a lot of potential in distributed manufacturing and over the past years, I’ve been working to democratize global access to affordable and impactful scientific instruments. Fervant advocate of Open Science in Africa I’ve been shar
A researcher, doing a little bit of bioinformatics, a dash of machine learning, and a lot of Open Science.
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
Hans-Rudolf is a Molecular Biologist turned Bioinformatician who is working in the Computational Biology facility at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel Switzerland. Before, he was leading the Bioinformatics Core group at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge UK.
Jafsia is a data scientist working on health and particulary neglected diseases
I am a Senior Project Manager at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen coordinating the development of digital health apps. 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.
PhD in Biomedical Science, with a deep appreciation for living systems at all scales, and an optimism about the lessons that humanity can take from Nature.
Enthusiastic advocate for the fundamental computational skills and practices required for reproducible research.
I am a community manager at VU Amsterdam, helping researchers ger support and learn from each other. My background is in theoretical linguistics
Caleb is a 19/20 Mozilla Fellow and a Bioinformatician, interested in teaching, open science, reproducibility, machine learning, FAIR Genomics, and community building.
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!
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.
Mallory is Coordinator for the EMBL-EBI European Genome-phenome Archive supporting archiving and sharing of personally identifiable genetic and phenotypic human data. Her academic background is in bioinformatics specifically to study post-transcriptional gene regulation. She has worked with Open Science projects including the Galaxy Project and the Human Cell Atlas, and is passionate about promoting metadata standards and best practices.
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.
Software engineer working in the open science space, contributing code and research. Currently a member of the steering committees of Jupyter and NumFOCUS DISC. Developing PyScript for Anaconda and researching the ethos of open science for NASA.
Role in OLS:
Resident Fellow
Researcher
I am a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where I validate information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. I value open & reproducible research that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives, and do my best to comply to best practices. I am a Brainhack enthusiast, and like teaching & supervision (in machine learning).
I’m Director of Ethics at Genomics England, working to ensure we can innovate in genomic medicine and research while doing right by the participants who trust us with their data. I’m a philosopher by background and keen to bring better openness, transparency and accountability to the use of health-related data.
A research translator and innovation architect in the life science industry
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’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 am a doctoral student at the Oxford Neural Interfacing group, with a keen interest in neuroscience, machine learning and the ethics around technology
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 39 persons who registered to be experts in this round.
I am an incoming assistant professor at The University of Amsterdam, working in the field of astrochemistry/astrobiology. I love to teach and my work motto is doing fun stuff with nice people. I talk a lot and cannot properly function without coffee :)
I’m the Community Manager for The Turing Way @ The Alan Turing Institute, and an anthopologist by training. I was previously a Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellow at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and am currently a Fellow at the Internet Society. I also co-curate The Re:Source Project, which aims to support labor movements in supply chains through open data. In my past and present roles, I aim to contribute to the open ecosystem, and the research and tools that enable it.
aka Laurel! I have experience working as an institutional communicator. Since 2008, I have been in charge of the analysis and planning of comprehensive institutional communication strategies combining digital communication, information systems, and organizations’ voices. I am also a professor at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
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
Chelle is an advocate for open science, open source software, and inclusivity. As a physical oceanographer focused on remote sensing, she has worked for over 25 years on retrievals of ocean temperature from space and using that data to understand how the ocean impacts our lives.
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.
Physicist turned bioinformatician turned data scientist. Recently finished a PhD analysis yeast transcriptomics. Now, working at EPCC developing use cases for analysing sensitive medical/demographic data sets with safe haven computing environments.
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.
I’m a research data steward at VU Amsterdam supporting researchers with their Research Data Management and (RDM aspects of) Open Science. I’m interested in the role of the research supporter, and how supporters can break the (real and imagined) boundaries between themselves and researchers. I also love to (and do!) talk to everyone about everything FAIR, Open Science/Research and Research Data Management.
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.
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
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.
Hans-Rudolf is a Molecular Biologist turned Bioinformatician who is working in the Computational Biology facility at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel Switzerland. Before, he was leading the Bioinformatics Core group at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge UK.
Role in OLS:
NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
I am a data manager at CONABIO where I collaborate in developing an Agrobiodiversity Information System. I am also a graduate researcher at UNAM, studying the challenges of integrating diverse data for sustainability. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in socio-ecological systems, data analysis and open research.
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 a Senior Project Manager at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen coordinating the development of digital health apps. 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.
I am a community manager at VU Amsterdam, helping researchers ger support and learn from each other. My background is in theoretical linguistics
Caleb is a 19/20 Mozilla Fellow and a Bioinformatician, interested in teaching, open science, reproducibility, machine learning, FAIR Genomics, and community building.
Konrad Kording runs his lab at the University of Pennsylvania. Konrad is interested in the question of how the brain solves the credit assignment problem and similarly how we should assign credit in the real world (through causality). In extension of this main thrust he is interested in applications of causality in biomedical research. Konrad has trained as student at ETH Zurich with Peter Konig, as postdoc at UCL London with Daniel Wolpert and at MIT with Josh Tenenbaum. After a decade at Northwestern University he is now PIK professor at UPenn.
Laura is currently writing up her PhD thesis on the human rights impact of gender stereotyping in data use in social services in England.
Lilly works on open source software for open science as the product manager for the Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research project at Open Knowledge Foundation. Lilly has her PhD in neuroscience from Oregon Health and Science University, where she researched brain injury in fruit flies and became an advocate for open science and open data.
Mallory is Coordinator for the EMBL-EBI European Genome-phenome Archive supporting archiving and sharing of personally identifiable genetic and phenotypic human data. Her academic background is in bioinformatics specifically to study post-transcriptional gene regulation. She has worked with Open Science projects including the Galaxy Project and the Human Cell Atlas, and is passionate about promoting metadata standards and best practices.
Software engineer working in the open science space, contributing code and research. Currently a member of the steering committees of Jupyter and NumFOCUS DISC. Developing PyScript for Anaconda and researching the ethos of open science for NASA.
I trained as a physicist in atomic physics / quantum information processing (half theory, half experimental). I now work in the Electron Microscopy core facility at the Francis Crick Institute where I develop new hardware and software solutions for various imaging and image analysis bottlenecks. I have a lot of experience working in multidisciplinary teams and in doing so have learned how to communicate across very different communities.
Undergraduate student studying Computer Science (with an industrial placment) at Newcastle University, currently doing a year long sandwich placement at the Francis Crick institue, situated in the Electron Microscopy STP. Primarily working on different techniques to automate segmentation on 3D electron microscopy data.
I am currently the infrastructure and impact measurement coordinator at MetaDocencia. I collaborate with The Turing Way, the OpenSciency project (formerly the NASA TOPS OpenCore team) and am a 2023 SSI and OLS fellow. I am also co-mentoring two Outreachy interns with the Open Science Community Saudi Arabia.
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.
I am a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where I validate information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. I value open & reproducible research that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives, and do my best to comply to best practices. I am a Brainhack enthusiast, and like teaching & supervision (in machine learning).
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.
Former university professor and researcher. IT specialist for R&D in bioinformatics. Wikipedian and open culture enthusiast.
Sara works with communities at Open Knowledge Foundation. She leads the Open Knowledge Network and manages the Frictionless Data community. She has previously worked in EU policy research and advocacy, and has managed projects on digital education and literacy with schools and public libraries from all across Europe. Sara is passionate about the open movement and strongly believes in removing barriers and opening knowledge as a means of empowering citizens and fostering democracy.
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 :)
Data scientist in training and young researcher pursuing a master’s degree in Systems Biology at Maastricht University. My current research interests are devoted to Network Science, Complex Systems, and Machine Learning for drug discovery. 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).
Marta is a scientific project manager within the training team at EMBL-EBI. She organises and facilitates training activities in several European projects and is the product owner of the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. Marta focuses on providing a great learning experience for participants. She has a background in molecular biology, where her focus was on understanding gene expression. (please, for the other data, take what you already have)
Toby is Director of Curriculum at The Carpentries, a community of practice building global capacity in essential data and computational skills for conducting efficient, open, and reproducible research. Before that, he was a CSCCE CEFP2019 Fellow and community manager for EMBL Bio-IT, a community of bioinformaticians/computational biologists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
Experts sorted by their expertise areas
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ecological niche modeling
Expertise:Biodiversity informatics
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
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Agrobiodiversity
Role in OLS: NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
Expertise:Open data; data management; agrobiodiversity; sustainability science; inter, Transdisciplinary researchI am a data manager at CONABIO where I collaborate in developing an Agrobiodiversity Information System. I am also a graduate researcher at UNAM, studying the challenges of integrating diverse data for sustainability. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in socio-ecological systems, data analysis 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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Anaconda
Expertise:Open science software (python, Numfocus, Anaconda, Jupyter ecosystems), Open source organization
Software engineer working in the open science space, contributing code and research. Currently a member of the steering committees of Jupyter and NumFOCUS DISC. Developing PyScript for Anaconda and researching the ethos of open science for NASA.
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And inclusion.
Expertise:Biodiversity informatics
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
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Anthropology
Expertise:Open knowledge, Open source research, Community-building, Digital social science, Ethnography, Anthropology, Sociology
I’m the Community Manager for The Turing Way @ The Alan Turing Institute, and an anthopologist by training. I was previously a Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellow at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and am currently a Fellow at the Internet Society. I also co-curate The Re:Source Project, which aims to support labor movements in supply chains through open data. In my past and present roles, I aim to contribute to the open ecosystem, and the research and tools that enable it.
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App development
Expertise:Digital health, Digital medicine, Community building, Operations management, Project management, Strategy development, App development
I am a Senior Project Manager at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen coordinating the development of digital health apps. 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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Archaeology
Expertise:Open protocols, Open data, Research data management, FAIR, Archaeology, Bioanthropology, Isotopes, Osteology
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.
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Astrochemistry
Expertise:Astrochemistry, Diversity, Inclusion & equity, Information literacy, Mentoring, Education, Training
I am an incoming assistant professor at The University of Amsterdam, working in the field of astrochemistry/astrobiology. I love to teach and my work motto is doing fun stuff with nice people. I talk a lot and cannot properly function without coffee :)
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Best practices in open & reproducible science
Expertise:Open science, Reproducible science, Best practices in open & reproducible science, Computational studies, Fair research software, Neuroscience, Complexity science, Information theory, Machine learning, Datascience, Metascience, Psychology, Statistics, Volunteer-based group
I am a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where I validate information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. I value open & reproducible research that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives, and do my best to comply to best practices. I am a Brainhack enthusiast, and like teaching & supervision (in machine learning).
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Bio(medical) 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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Bioanthropology
Expertise:Open protocols, Open data, Research data management, FAIR, Archaeology, Bioanthropology, Isotopes, Osteology
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.
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Bioconductor
Expertise:Galaxy, Bioconductor, PostgreSQL, Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
Hans-Rudolf is a Molecular Biologist turned Bioinformatician who is working in the Computational Biology facility at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel Switzerland. Before, he was leading the Bioinformatics Core group at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge UK.
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Biodiversity
Expertise:Reproducibility, Open data, Data management, Collaboration, Data synthesis, Science communication, Ecology, Biodiversity
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
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Biodiversity informatics
Expertise:Biodiversity informatics
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
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Bioimage analysis
Expertise:Bioimage analysis, Napari, Fiji, Segmentation, Shallow learning, Deep learning, Machine learning, Sustainable coding practices
Undergraduate student studying Computer Science (with an industrial placment) at Newcastle University, currently doing a year long sandwich placement at the Francis Crick institue, situated in the Electron Microscopy STP. Primarily working on different techniques to automate segmentation on 3D electron microscopy data.
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Bioinformatics
Expertise:Galaxy, Bioconductor, PostgreSQL, Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
Hans-Rudolf is a Molecular Biologist turned Bioinformatician who is working in the Computational Biology facility at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel Switzerland. Before, he was leading the Bioinformatics Core group at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge UK.
Expertise:Metadata; fair principles; rna biology; post-transcriptional gene regulation; ontologies; project management; data management; bioinformatics; galaxy; r; sql; github; human genomics, Phenomics; sensitive data sharingMallory is Coordinator for the EMBL-EBI European Genome-phenome Archive supporting archiving and sharing of personally identifiable genetic and phenotypic human data. Her academic background is in bioinformatics specifically to study post-transcriptional gene regulation. She has worked with Open Science projects including the Galaxy Project and the Human Cell Atlas, and is passionate about promoting metadata standards and best practices.
Expertise:Teaching, Devops, Software development, Bioinformatics, Wiki*, Carpentries, Communities, Databases, Reproducible scienceFormer university professor and researcher. IT specialist for R&D in bioinformatics. Wikipedian and open culture enthusiast.
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Cheminformatics, Data science, Machine learning, Network science, Drug discovery, Open scienceData scientist in training and young researcher pursuing a master’s degree in Systems Biology at Maastricht University. My current research interests are devoted to Network Science, Complex Systems, and Machine Learning for drug discovery. Moreover, I am involved in various initiatives to empower Bioinformatics in Ecuador and Latin America.
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Biomedical science
Expertise:Image analysis, Biomedical science, Imaging, Electron microscopy, Fluorescence microscopy, Correlative light and electron microscopy
I trained as a physicist in atomic physics / quantum information processing (half theory, half experimental). I now work in the Electron Microscopy core facility at the Francis Crick Institute where I develop new hardware and software solutions for various imaging and image analysis bottlenecks. I have a lot of experience working in multidisciplinary teams and in doing so have learned how to communicate across very different communities.
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Biophysics
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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Career development
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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Carpentries
Expertise:Teaching, Devops, Software development, Bioinformatics, Wiki*, Carpentries, Communities, Databases, Reproducible science
Former university professor and researcher. IT specialist for R&D in bioinformatics. Wikipedian and open culture enthusiast.
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Cheminformatics
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Cheminformatics, Data science, Machine learning, Network science, Drug discovery, Open science
Data scientist in training and young researcher pursuing a master’s degree in Systems Biology at Maastricht University. My current research interests are devoted to Network Science, Complex Systems, and Machine Learning for drug discovery. Moreover, I am involved in various initiatives to empower Bioinformatics in Ecuador and Latin America.
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Chromatin
Expertise:Course design, Online training, Course organisation, Community building, Competency frameworks, Molecular biology, Gene expression, Rna, Chromatin
Marta is a scientific project manager within the training team at EMBL-EBI. She organises and facilitates training activities in several European projects and is the product owner of the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. Marta focuses on providing a great learning experience for participants. She has a background in molecular biology, where her focus was on understanding gene expression. (please, for the other data, take what you already have)
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Chromatin & dna
Expertise:Genomics, Molecular biology, Ngs, Sequencing analysis, Reproducibility, Chromatin & dna
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 :)
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Climate science
Expertise:Satellite remote sensing, Oceanography, Climate science, Earth science
Chelle is an advocate for open science, open source software, and inclusivity. As a physical oceanographer focused on remote sensing, she has worked for over 25 years on retrievals of ocean temperature from space and using that data to understand how the ocean impacts our lives.
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Code of conducts
Expertise:Road mapping and strategy planning, Community consultation, Culture change, Code of conducts, Community goals, Drug discovery, Computational biology, Neuroscience.
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.
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Collaborating with git & github/gitlab
Expertise:Designing and developing training material, Collaborating with git & github/gitlab, Publishing web content, Wordpress, Jekyll, Github/gitlab pages, Scientific community engagement, Teaching and organising workshops
Toby is Director of Curriculum at The Carpentries, a community of practice building global capacity in essential data and computational skills for conducting efficient, open, and reproducible research. Before that, he was a CSCCE CEFP2019 Fellow and community manager for EMBL Bio-IT, a community of bioinformaticians/computational biologists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
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Collaboration
Expertise:Reproducibility, Open data, Data management, Collaboration, Data synthesis, Science communication, Ecology, Biodiversity
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
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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Communications
Expertise:Communications
aka Laurel! I have experience working as an institutional communicator. Since 2008, I have been in charge of the analysis and planning of comprehensive institutional communication strategies combining digital communication, information systems, and organizations’ voices. I am also a professor at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
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Communities
Expertise:Teaching, Devops, Software development, Bioinformatics, Wiki*, Carpentries, Communities, Databases, Reproducible science
Former university professor and researcher. IT specialist for R&D in bioinformatics. Wikipedian and open culture enthusiast.
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Community building
Expertise:Biodiversity informatics
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
Expertise:Fair data, Sensitive data, Community building, Open publishing, Phytoliths, Environmental archaeology, PalaeoecologyI’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.
Expertise:Digital health, Digital medicine, Community building, Operations management, Project management, Strategy development, App developmentI am a Senior Project Manager at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen coordinating the development of digital health apps. 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:Community building, Reproducibility, Computational Biology, Regulatory GenomicsCaleb is a 19/20 Mozilla Fellow and a Bioinformatician, interested in teaching, open science, reproducibility, machine learning, FAIR Genomics, and community building.
Expertise:Course design, Online training, Course organisation, Community building, Competency frameworks, Molecular biology, Gene expression, Rna, ChromatinMarta is a scientific project manager within the training team at EMBL-EBI. She organises and facilitates training activities in several European projects and is the product owner of the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. Marta focuses on providing a great learning experience for participants. She has a background in molecular biology, where her focus was on understanding gene expression. (please, for the other data, take what you already have)
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Community consultation
Expertise:Road mapping and strategy planning, Community consultation, Culture change, Code of conducts, Community goals, Drug discovery, Computational biology, Neuroscience.
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.
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Community goals
Expertise:Road mapping and strategy planning, Community consultation, Culture change, Code of conducts, Community goals, Drug discovery, Computational biology, Neuroscience.
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.
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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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Community-building
Expertise:Open knowledge, Open source research, Community-building, Digital social science, Ethnography, Anthropology, Sociology
I’m the Community Manager for The Turing Way @ The Alan Turing Institute, and an anthopologist by training. I was previously a Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellow at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and am currently a Fellow at the Internet Society. I also co-curate The Re:Source Project, which aims to support labor movements in supply chains through open data. In my past and present roles, I aim to contribute to the open ecosystem, and the research and tools that enable it.
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Competency frameworks
Expertise:Course design, Online training, Course organisation, Community building, Competency frameworks, Molecular biology, Gene expression, Rna, Chromatin
Marta is a scientific project manager within the training team at EMBL-EBI. She organises and facilitates training activities in several European projects and is the product owner of the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. Marta focuses on providing a great learning experience for participants. She has a background in molecular biology, where her focus was on understanding gene expression. (please, for the other data, take what you already have)
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Complexity science
Expertise:Open science, Reproducible science, Best practices in open & reproducible science, Computational studies, Fair research software, Neuroscience, Complexity science, Information theory, Machine learning, Datascience, Metascience, Psychology, Statistics, Volunteer-based group
I am a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where I validate information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. I value open & reproducible research that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives, and do my best to comply to best practices. I am a Brainhack enthusiast, and like teaching & supervision (in machine learning).
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Computational Biology
Expertise:Community building, Reproducibility, Computational Biology, Regulatory Genomics
Caleb is a 19/20 Mozilla Fellow and a Bioinformatician, interested in teaching, open science, reproducibility, machine learning, FAIR Genomics, and community building.
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Computational biology
Expertise:Road mapping and strategy planning, Community consultation, Culture change, Code of conducts, Community goals, Drug discovery, Computational biology, Neuroscience.
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.
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Cheminformatics, Data science, Machine learning, Network science, Drug discovery, Open scienceData scientist in training and young researcher pursuing a master’s degree in Systems Biology at Maastricht University. My current research interests are devoted to Network Science, Complex Systems, and Machine Learning for drug discovery. Moreover, I am involved in various initiatives to empower Bioinformatics in Ecuador and Latin America.
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Computational studies
Expertise:Open science, Reproducible science, Best practices in open & reproducible science, Computational studies, Fair research software, Neuroscience, Complexity science, Information theory, Machine learning, Datascience, Metascience, Psychology, Statistics, Volunteer-based group
I am a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where I validate information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. I value open & reproducible research that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives, and do my best to comply to best practices. I am a Brainhack enthusiast, and like teaching & supervision (in machine learning).
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Correlative light and electron microscopy
Expertise:Image analysis, Biomedical science, Imaging, Electron microscopy, Fluorescence microscopy, Correlative light and electron microscopy
I trained as a physicist in atomic physics / quantum information processing (half theory, half experimental). I now work in the Electron Microscopy core facility at the Francis Crick Institute where I develop new hardware and software solutions for various imaging and image analysis bottlenecks. I have a lot of experience working in multidisciplinary teams and in doing so have learned how to communicate across very different communities.
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Course design
Expertise:Course design, Online training, Course organisation, Community building, Competency frameworks, Molecular biology, Gene expression, Rna, Chromatin
Marta is a scientific project manager within the training team at EMBL-EBI. She organises and facilitates training activities in several European projects and is the product owner of the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. Marta focuses on providing a great learning experience for participants. She has a background in molecular biology, where her focus was on understanding gene expression. (please, for the other data, take what you already have)
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Course organisation
Expertise:Course design, Online training, Course organisation, Community building, Competency frameworks, Molecular biology, Gene expression, Rna, Chromatin
Marta is a scientific project manager within the training team at EMBL-EBI. She organises and facilitates training activities in several European projects and is the product owner of the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. Marta focuses on providing a great learning experience for participants. She has a background in molecular biology, where her focus was on understanding gene expression. (please, for the other data, take what you already have)
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Culture change
Expertise:Road mapping and strategy planning, Community consultation, Culture change, Code of conducts, Community goals, Drug discovery, Computational biology, Neuroscience.
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.
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Data integration
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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Data management
Expertise:Reproducibility, Open data, Data management, Collaboration, Data synthesis, Science communication, Ecology, Biodiversity
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
Role in OLS: NASA Cohort Coordinator (contract)
Expertise:Open data; data management; agrobiodiversity; sustainability science; inter, Transdisciplinary researchI am a data manager at CONABIO where I collaborate in developing an Agrobiodiversity Information System. I am also a graduate researcher at UNAM, studying the challenges of integrating diverse data for sustainability. I love working in interdisciplinary projects that combine my interests in socio-ecological systems, data analysis and open research.
Expertise:Project management, Open source, Open data, Open science, Data management, Project communications, Giving presentations, Writing documentation, Working with a distributed team, NeuroscienceLilly works on open source software for open science as the product manager for the Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research project at Open Knowledge Foundation. Lilly has her PhD in neuroscience from Oregon Health and Science University, where she researched brain injury in fruit flies and became an advocate for open science and open data.
Expertise:Metadata; fair principles; rna biology; post-transcriptional gene regulation; ontologies; project management; data management; bioinformatics; galaxy; r; sql; github; human genomics, Phenomics; sensitive data sharingMallory is Coordinator for the EMBL-EBI European Genome-phenome Archive supporting archiving and sharing of personally identifiable genetic and phenotypic human data. Her academic background is in bioinformatics specifically to study post-transcriptional gene regulation. She has worked with Open Science projects including the Galaxy Project and the Human Cell Atlas, and is passionate about promoting metadata standards and best practices.
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Data modeling
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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Data science
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Cheminformatics, Data science, Machine learning, Network science, Drug discovery, Open science
Data scientist in training and young researcher pursuing a master’s degree in Systems Biology at Maastricht University. My current research interests are devoted to Network Science, Complex Systems, and Machine Learning for drug discovery. Moreover, I am involved in various initiatives to empower Bioinformatics in Ecuador and Latin America.
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Data synthesis
Expertise:Reproducibility, Open data, Data management, Collaboration, Data synthesis, Science communication, Ecology, Biodiversity
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
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Databases
Expertise:Teaching, Devops, Software development, Bioinformatics, Wiki*, Carpentries, Communities, Databases, Reproducible science
Former university professor and researcher. IT specialist for R&D in bioinformatics. Wikipedian and open culture enthusiast.
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Datascience
Expertise:Open science, Reproducible science, Best practices in open & reproducible science, Computational studies, Fair research software, Neuroscience, Complexity science, Information theory, Machine learning, Datascience, Metascience, Psychology, Statistics, Volunteer-based group
I am a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where I validate information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. I value open & reproducible research that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives, and do my best to comply to best practices. I am a Brainhack enthusiast, and like teaching & supervision (in machine learning).
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Deep learning
Expertise:Bioimage analysis, Napari, Fiji, Segmentation, Shallow learning, Deep learning, Machine learning, Sustainable coding practices
Undergraduate student studying Computer Science (with an industrial placment) at Newcastle University, currently doing a year long sandwich placement at the Francis Crick institue, situated in the Electron Microscopy STP. Primarily working on different techniques to automate segmentation on 3D electron microscopy data.
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Designing and developing training material
Expertise:Designing and developing training material, Collaborating with git & github/gitlab, Publishing web content, Wordpress, Jekyll, Github/gitlab pages, Scientific community engagement, Teaching and organising workshops
Toby is Director of Curriculum at The Carpentries, a community of practice building global capacity in essential data and computational skills for conducting efficient, open, and reproducible research. Before that, he was a CSCCE CEFP2019 Fellow and community manager for EMBL Bio-IT, a community of bioinformaticians/computational biologists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
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Devops
Expertise:Teaching, Devops, Software development, Bioinformatics, Wiki*, Carpentries, Communities, Databases, Reproducible science
Former university professor and researcher. IT specialist for R&D in bioinformatics. Wikipedian and open culture enthusiast.
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Digital health
Expertise:Digital health, Digital medicine, Community building, Operations management, Project management, Strategy development, App development
I am a Senior Project Manager at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen coordinating the development of digital health apps. 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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Digital medicine
Expertise:Digital health, Digital medicine, Community building, Operations management, Project management, Strategy development, App development
I am a Senior Project Manager at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen coordinating the development of digital health apps. 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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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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Digital social science
Expertise:Open knowledge, Open source research, Community-building, Digital social science, Ethnography, Anthropology, Sociology
I’m the Community Manager for The Turing Way @ The Alan Turing Institute, and an anthopologist by training. I was previously a Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellow at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and am currently a Fellow at the Internet Society. I also co-curate The Re:Source Project, which aims to support labor movements in supply chains through open data. In my past and present roles, I aim to contribute to the open ecosystem, and the research and tools that enable it.
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Discrimination
Expertise:Gender, Discrimination, Human rights, Feminism
Laura is currently writing up her PhD thesis on the human rights impact of gender stereotyping in data use in social services in England.
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Diversity
Expertise:Astrochemistry, Diversity, Inclusion & equity, Information literacy, Mentoring, Education, Training
I am an incoming assistant professor at The University of Amsterdam, working in the field of astrochemistry/astrobiology. I love to teach and my work motto is doing fun stuff with nice people. I talk a lot and cannot properly function without coffee :)
Expertise:Biodiversity informaticsI am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
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Drug discovery
Expertise:Road mapping and strategy planning, Community consultation, Culture change, Code of conducts, Community goals, Drug discovery, Computational biology, Neuroscience.
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.
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Cheminformatics, Data science, Machine learning, Network science, Drug discovery, Open scienceData scientist in training and young researcher pursuing a master’s degree in Systems Biology at Maastricht University. My current research interests are devoted to Network Science, Complex Systems, and Machine Learning for drug discovery. Moreover, I am involved in various initiatives to empower Bioinformatics in Ecuador and Latin America.
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Earth science
Expertise:Satellite remote sensing, Oceanography, Climate science, Earth science
Chelle is an advocate for open science, open source software, and inclusivity. As a physical oceanographer focused on remote sensing, she has worked for over 25 years on retrievals of ocean temperature from space and using that data to understand how the ocean impacts our lives.
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Ecology
Expertise:Reproducibility, Open data, Data management, Collaboration, Data synthesis, Science communication, Ecology, Biodiversity
Theoretical & Quantitative Ecology freak. SciComm & Open Science leader. Catalyst of movements.
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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Education
Expertise:Astrochemistry, Diversity, Inclusion & equity, Information literacy, Mentoring, Education, Training
I am an incoming assistant professor at The University of Amsterdam, working in the field of astrochemistry/astrobiology. I love to teach and my work motto is doing fun stuff with nice people. I talk a lot and cannot properly function without coffee :)
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Electron microscopy
Expertise:Image analysis, Biomedical science, Imaging, Electron microscopy, Fluorescence microscopy, Correlative light and electron microscopy
I trained as a physicist in atomic physics / quantum information processing (half theory, half experimental). I now work in the Electron Microscopy core facility at the Francis Crick Institute where I develop new hardware and software solutions for various imaging and image analysis bottlenecks. I have a lot of experience working in multidisciplinary teams and in doing so have learned how to communicate across very different communities.
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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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Environmental archaeology
Expertise:Fair data, Sensitive data, Community building, Open publishing, Phytoliths, Environmental archaeology, Palaeoecology
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.
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Equity
Expertise:Biodiversity informatics
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
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Ethnography
Expertise:Open knowledge, Open source research, Community-building, Digital social science, Ethnography, Anthropology, Sociology
I’m the Community Manager for The Turing Way @ The Alan Turing Institute, and an anthopologist by training. I was previously a Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellow at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and am currently a Fellow at the Internet Society. I also co-curate The Re:Source Project, which aims to support labor movements in supply chains through open data. In my past and present roles, I aim to contribute to the open ecosystem, and the research and tools that enable it.
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FAIR
Expertise:Open protocols, Open data, Research data management, FAIR, Archaeology, Bioanthropology, Isotopes, Osteology
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.
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Fair
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 data
Expertise:Fair data, Sensitive data, Community building, Open publishing, Phytoliths, Environmental archaeology, Palaeoecology
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: 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 principles
Expertise:Metadata; fair principles; rna biology; post-transcriptional gene regulation; ontologies; project management; data management; bioinformatics; galaxy; r; sql; github; human genomics, Phenomics; sensitive data sharing
Mallory is Coordinator for the EMBL-EBI European Genome-phenome Archive supporting archiving and sharing of personally identifiable genetic and phenotypic human data. Her academic background is in bioinformatics specifically to study post-transcriptional gene regulation. She has worked with Open Science projects including the Galaxy Project and the Human Cell Atlas, and is passionate about promoting metadata standards and best practices.
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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Fair research software
Expertise:Open science, Reproducible science, Best practices in open & reproducible science, Computational studies, Fair research software, Neuroscience, Complexity science, Information theory, Machine learning, Datascience, Metascience, Psychology, Statistics, Volunteer-based group
I am a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where I validate information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. I value open & reproducible research that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives, and do my best to comply to best practices. I am a Brainhack enthusiast, and like teaching & supervision (in machine learning).
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Feminism
Expertise:Gender, Discrimination, Human rights, Feminism
Laura is currently writing up her PhD thesis on the human rights impact of gender stereotyping in data use in social services in England.
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Fieldwork
Expertise:Linguistics; research data management; community management
I am a community manager at VU Amsterdam, helping researchers ger support and learn from each other. My background is in theoretical linguistics
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Fiji
Expertise:Bioimage analysis, Napari, Fiji, Segmentation, Shallow learning, Deep learning, Machine learning, Sustainable coding practices
Undergraduate student studying Computer Science (with an industrial placment) at Newcastle University, currently doing a year long sandwich placement at the Francis Crick institue, situated in the Electron Microscopy STP. Primarily working on different techniques to automate segmentation on 3D electron microscopy data.
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Fluorescence microscopy
Expertise:Image analysis, Biomedical science, Imaging, Electron microscopy, Fluorescence microscopy, Correlative light and electron microscopy
I trained as a physicist in atomic physics / quantum information processing (half theory, half experimental). I now work in the Electron Microscopy core facility at the Francis Crick Institute where I develop new hardware and software solutions for various imaging and image analysis bottlenecks. I have a lot of experience working in multidisciplinary teams and in doing so have learned how to communicate across very different communities.
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Galaxy
Expertise:Galaxy, Bioconductor, PostgreSQL, Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
Hans-Rudolf is a Molecular Biologist turned Bioinformatician who is working in the Computational Biology facility at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel Switzerland. Before, he was leading the Bioinformatics Core group at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge UK.
Expertise:Metadata; fair principles; rna biology; post-transcriptional gene regulation; ontologies; project management; data management; bioinformatics; galaxy; r; sql; github; human genomics, Phenomics; sensitive data sharingMallory is Coordinator for the EMBL-EBI European Genome-phenome Archive supporting archiving and sharing of personally identifiable genetic and phenotypic human data. Her academic background is in bioinformatics specifically to study post-transcriptional gene regulation. She has worked with Open Science projects including the Galaxy Project and the Human Cell Atlas, and is passionate about promoting metadata standards and best practices.
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Gender
Expertise:Gender, Discrimination, Human rights, Feminism
Laura is currently writing up her PhD thesis on the human rights impact of gender stereotyping in data use in social services in England.
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Gene expression
Expertise:Course design, Online training, Course organisation, Community building, Competency frameworks, Molecular biology, Gene expression, Rna, Chromatin
Marta is a scientific project manager within the training team at EMBL-EBI. She organises and facilitates training activities in several European projects and is the product owner of the EMBL-EBI Competency Hub. Marta focuses on providing a great learning experience for participants. She has a background in molecular biology, where her focus was on understanding gene expression. (please, for the other data, take what you already have)
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Genomics