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The Open Seeds 8 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 countries and scientific 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 OLS program 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, 2023 : Call for Application opens
See the guidelines and templates
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June 9, 2023 (10:00 Universal Time): Application webinar( Talk + Q&A)
Watch recordings from previous webinars on YouTube
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June 28, 2023 (17:00 Universal Time): Application Clinic Call( Q&A)
At this call, OLS team will be available to provide help if you have any question related to your application
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July 11, midnight, UTC, 2023 : Call for applications closed
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August 1, 2023 : Successful applicants announced
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September 18, 2023: Start of the program
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January 15, 2024: 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.
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 38 mentors this round.
Graduated on Library Science with work experience in academic libraries and technology. MetaDocencia´s Infrastructure team coordinator. OLS-7 Mentee. Certified instructor by The Carpentries.
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.
I am a PhD student in bioarchaeology focusing on the applicability of dental calculus in paleodiet research . I am also a data steward and an advocate for Open Science.
Role in OLS:
Resident Fellow
I’m a Psychology PhD student in the Centre for Identity and Intergroup Relations at Queen’s University Belfast, where I research conspiracy theory beliefs about gender equality. I’m also a Community Development Manager for the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT).
I have a genetic engineer background and i work now as a data steward. Helping to write data management guidelines for researchers.
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 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
Doing Bioinformatics and ML @ CERTH, Thessaloníki, GR, fan of training, Open Science and e-infras.
My background is in molecular biology, I only transitioned to coding and research software at later stages in my career. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Ersilia, a small nonprofit working to support researchers in low resource settings apply ML to their research in infectious diseases. I’m an enthusiast of Open Source, creating communities and making sure people can actually use the cool tools being developed around the world!
open life science ambassador and bioinformatician interested with infectious disease research
I am a PhD student with several interests that keeps me busy outside the lab. I dabble in science communication
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
Jafsia is a Researcher in the Department of AI at MboaLab.
I am a researcher at CIIPME-CONICET and a teaching assistant at the University of Buenos Aires. I am also a member of RLadies Buenos Aires and MetaDocencia. Among other things, I study how children acquire and develop mathematical skills.
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.
Jose Luis is a scientist working on health and particularly in infectious diseases, with Causal Inference and others advanced statistical techniques
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.
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.
Since August 2022, I am a postdoctoral researcher at FAMAF (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). I am interested in the analysis of bias in machine learning models. Specifically, in fairness metrics to evaluate bias in anonymization models of Electronic Health Records. I have a degree in Mathematics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. During my Ph.D. at the Universidad de San Martin, I worked in the development of wetlands land cover maps using data from Synthetic Aperture Radar images and machine learning models. I am interested in education. I have experience as a teaching assistant. Since 2020 I am part of MetaDocencia.
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.
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
Software developer turned researcher, learning how to apply software development practices to research management
Nicolás se unió a MetaDocencia desde sus inicios en marzo de 2020 y actualmente comparte la coordinación general y es chair del comité asesor. Además es Investigador Adjunto del CONICET y miembro del Grupo de Bioinformática Estructural de la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes en Argentina. Vive con su esposa y su hijo en Buenos Aires.
| Software Developer with skills in C# and .NET | Data Analyst with R and SQL | Co-founder of RLadies Rcia-Ctes | Part of Metadocencia + LatinR |
A nuclear physicist in ‘an environmentalist body’ and also advocate of open science. I am interested in topics of climate change, clean energy
Riva is a Linguist that uses computational techniques to explore how language use changes. She is an editor at Programming Historian, a Software Sustainability Institute Fellow, and a member of the RLadies Global Leadership Team.
Saranjeet is a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute’s 2023 Inauguration. She has a Masters degree in Statistics from University of Pune and is a Technical Writer of the R Development Guide. Throughout her career, she’s been involved with a number of software engineering communities and has been selected in open source programs like Google Summer of Code 2020, Digital Infrastructure Incubator 2021 by Code for Science and Society, Google Season of Docs 2022, and a Subject Matter Expert for the Open Science Tools and Resources Module of NASA TOPS. In 2021, she participated in the Open Life Science program (cohort-4), during which she co-founded the Research Software Engineering (RSE
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).
I am a DPhil Student studying computational neuroscience, and with a keen interest in investigating bias and fairness in AI models
Role in OLS:
Programme Manager & Catalyst (contract)
Soy antropóloga, Mag. en Ciencias Políticas y Dra. en Ciencias Sociales. Trabajo con equipos interdisciplinarios de investigación y de intervención (investigación/acción), últimamente en temáticas de datos y salud (con el proyecto ARPHAI), pero también en ciencia abierta, software libre y gobierno abierto con mirada crítica. Difruto de trabajar en equipos donde todo/as aprendemos de todo/as. :)
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 22 persons who registered to be experts in this round.
Data manager in a national research infrastructure for the social sciences, PhDone in Sociology, mostly knitting in my free time
I am a Ph.D candidate in Engineering Sciences, focusing on Soil Sciences. I work at the Soil Biophysics Laboratory at the University, were we investigate soil processes with an applied point of view.
I have a genetic engineer background and i work now as a data steward. Helping to write data management guidelines for researchers.
Elisa is a Data Steward at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this role, she supports researchers with many aspects of Research Data Management and Open Research. Elisa has a background in and a passion for history, but also loves the diversity of topics she sees in her daily life supporting researchers from all areas of research.
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.
My background is in molecular biology, I only transitioned to coding and research software at later stages in my career. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Ersilia, a small nonprofit working to support researchers in low resource settings apply ML to their research in infectious diseases. I’m an enthusiast of Open Source, creating communities and making sure people can actually use the cool tools being developed around the world!
Georgiana is a JupyterHub team member and an Open Source Infrastructure Engineer at 2i2c, where she is working with communities in research and education, managing the infrastructure behind the hubs they use and providing support for hub operations. Georgiana also cares about building inclusive communities and open work practices.
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
Jafsia is a Researcher in the Department of AI at MboaLab.
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.
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!
I am a physical oceanographer with a keen interest in the changing dynamics and hydrography of the South Atlantic Ocean. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD in Oceanography and Atmospheric Science at the University of Buenos Aires, where my research focuses on studying the impact of meridional wind variations on circulation and water masses properties along the southeastern continental shelf of South America.
Vanessa joined the PREreview team in November 2022 as Community Manager. She works to engage researchers, particularly those early on in their career and from historically marginalised backgrounds, to participate in the open peer review of preprints. Vanessa began her career in academia working at international development organization INASP with a focus on improving access to scholarly information and research in developing countries. She then went on to support publishers around the world as Community Engagement Manager at Crossref building a global ambassador team and collaborating with others to ensure that scholarly research metadata is registered, linked, and distributed.
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
Political scientist (University of Buenos Aires) with a MS in Educational Policy (UTDT). Project and Course Development Manager at MetaDocencia. Postgraduate teaching assistant and researcher.
A nuclear physicist in ‘an environmentalist body’ and also advocate of open science. I am interested in topics of climate change, clean energy
Former university professor and researcher. IT specialist for R&D in bioinformatics. Wikipedian and open culture enthusiast.
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 :)
Seun, is a student of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, who is passionate about understanding the molecular pathogenesis of diseases progression and the development of therapeutic against it. Also, he is a Research and Teaching Assistant at Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso where his major role includes conducting and co leading translational research, training interns, IT students and workshop participant in various areas of Bioinformatics, Research Writing and Molecular Biology. To his credit he had published over 3 articles in internationally highly indexed peer reviewed journals,With several others in-view. He had attended several seminars, workshops and trainings on Bioinformatics, Genomics and Research Writing. In 2021, he won a grant award for his poster presentation at the NAU international conference. However, he is a passionate advocate of Good health and wellbeing as a result he earned the millennium fellow class of 21 and a 2022 YLP fellow. Overall, Seun seeks to promote health via translational research and advocacy.
Experts sorted by their expertise areas
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No listed expertise
Seun, is a student of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, who is passionate about understanding the molecular pathogenesis of diseases progression and the development of therapeutic against it. Also, he is a Research and Teaching Assistant at Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso where his major role includes conducting and co leading translational research, training interns, IT students and workshop participant in various areas of Bioinformatics, Research Writing and Molecular Biology. To his credit he had published over 3 articles in internationally highly indexed peer reviewed journals,With several others in-view. He had attended several seminars, workshops and trainings on Bioinformatics, Genomics and Research Writing. In 2021, he won a grant award for his poster presentation at the NAU international conference. However, he is a passionate advocate of Good health and wellbeing as a result he earned the millennium fellow class of 21 and a 2022 YLP fellow. Overall, Seun seeks to promote health via translational research and advocacy.
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Data management
Expertise:Data management, Sociology, Datafication, Survey methodology, FAIR
Data manager in a national research infrastructure for the social sciences, PhDone in Sociology, mostly knitting in my free time
Expertise:Data management, Data stewardshipI have a genetic engineer background and i work now as a data steward. Helping to write data management guidelines for researchers.
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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Sociology
Expertise:Data management, Sociology, Datafication, Survey methodology, FAIR
Data manager in a national research infrastructure for the social sciences, PhDone in Sociology, mostly knitting in my free time
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Datafication
Expertise:Data management, Sociology, Datafication, Survey methodology, FAIR
Data manager in a national research infrastructure for the social sciences, PhDone in Sociology, mostly knitting in my free time
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Survey methodology
Expertise:Data management, Sociology, Datafication, Survey methodology, FAIR
Data manager in a national research infrastructure for the social sciences, PhDone in Sociology, mostly knitting in my free time
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FAIR
Expertise:Data management, Sociology, Datafication, Survey methodology, FAIR
Data manager in a national research infrastructure for the social sciences, PhDone in Sociology, mostly knitting in my free time
Expertise:Open protocols, Open data, Research data management, FAIR, Archaeology, Bioanthropology, Isotopes, OsteologyEsther 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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Soil biophysics
Expertise:Soil biophysics, Wildfires, Soil erosion modeling
I am a Ph.D candidate in Engineering Sciences, focusing on Soil Sciences. I work at the Soil Biophysics Laboratory at the University, were we investigate soil processes with an applied point of view.
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Wildfires
Expertise:Soil biophysics, Wildfires, Soil erosion modeling
I am a Ph.D candidate in Engineering Sciences, focusing on Soil Sciences. I work at the Soil Biophysics Laboratory at the University, were we investigate soil processes with an applied point of view.
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Soil erosion modeling
Expertise:Soil biophysics, Wildfires, Soil erosion modeling
I am a Ph.D candidate in Engineering Sciences, focusing on Soil Sciences. I work at the Soil Biophysics Laboratory at the University, were we investigate soil processes with an applied point of view.
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Data stewardship
Expertise:Data management, Data stewardship
I have a genetic engineer background and i work now as a data steward. Helping to write data management guidelines for researchers.
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Fair
Expertise:Fair, Research data management, Open research, Research support, Qualitative research
Elisa is a Data Steward at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this role, she supports researchers with many aspects of Research Data Management and Open Research. Elisa has a background in and a passion for history, but also loves the diversity of topics she sees in her daily life supporting researchers from all areas of 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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Research data management
Expertise:Fair, Research data management, Open research, Research support, Qualitative research
Elisa is a Data Steward at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this role, she supports researchers with many aspects of Research Data Management and Open Research. Elisa has a background in and a passion for history, but also loves the diversity of topics she sees in her daily life supporting researchers from all areas of research.
Expertise:Open protocols, Open data, Research data management, FAIR, Archaeology, Bioanthropology, Isotopes, OsteologyEsther 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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Open research
Expertise:Fair, Research data management, Open research, Research support, Qualitative research
Elisa is a Data Steward at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this role, she supports researchers with many aspects of Research Data Management and Open Research. Elisa has a background in and a passion for history, but also loves the diversity of topics she sees in her daily life supporting researchers from all areas of research.
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Research support
Expertise:Fair, Research data management, Open research, Research support, Qualitative research
Elisa is a Data Steward at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this role, she supports researchers with many aspects of Research Data Management and Open Research. Elisa has a background in and a passion for history, but also loves the diversity of topics she sees in her daily life supporting researchers from all areas of research.
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Qualitative research
Expertise:Fair, Research data management, Open research, Research support, Qualitative research
Elisa is a Data Steward at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In this role, she supports researchers with many aspects of Research Data Management and Open Research. Elisa has a background in and a passion for history, but also loves the diversity of topics she sees in her daily life supporting researchers from all areas of research.
Expertise:Political science, Education, Training, Qualitative researchPolitical scientist (University of Buenos Aires) with a MS in Educational Policy (UTDT). Project and Course Development Manager at MetaDocencia. Postgraduate teaching assistant and researcher.
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Open protocols
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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Open data
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.
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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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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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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Isotopes
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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Osteology
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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Biomedicine (infectious diseases)
Expertise:Biomedicine (infectious diseases), Research software in drug discovery, Python, Open source code development in Python, Machine learning
My background is in molecular biology, I only transitioned to coding and research software at later stages in my career. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Ersilia, a small nonprofit working to support researchers in low resource settings apply ML to their research in infectious diseases. I’m an enthusiast of Open Source, creating communities and making sure people can actually use the cool tools being developed around the world!
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Research software in drug discovery
Expertise:Biomedicine (infectious diseases), Research software in drug discovery, Python, Open source code development in Python, Machine learning
My background is in molecular biology, I only transitioned to coding and research software at later stages in my career. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Ersilia, a small nonprofit working to support researchers in low resource settings apply ML to their research in infectious diseases. I’m an enthusiast of Open Source, creating communities and making sure people can actually use the cool tools being developed around the world!
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Python
Expertise:Biomedicine (infectious diseases), Research software in drug discovery, Python, Open source code development in Python, Machine learning
My background is in molecular biology, I only transitioned to coding and research software at later stages in my career. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Ersilia, a small nonprofit working to support researchers in low resource settings apply ML to their research in infectious diseases. I’m an enthusiast of Open Source, creating communities and making sure people can actually use the cool tools being developed around the world!
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Open source code development in Python
Expertise:Biomedicine (infectious diseases), Research software in drug discovery, Python, Open source code development in Python, Machine learning
My background is in molecular biology, I only transitioned to coding and research software at later stages in my career. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Ersilia, a small nonprofit working to support researchers in low resource settings apply ML to their research in infectious diseases. I’m an enthusiast of Open Source, creating communities and making sure people can actually use the cool tools being developed around the world!
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Machine learning
Expertise:Biomedicine (infectious diseases), Research software in drug discovery, Python, Open source code development in Python, Machine learning
My background is in molecular biology, I only transitioned to coding and research software at later stages in my career. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Ersilia, a small nonprofit working to support researchers in low resource settings apply ML to their research in infectious diseases. I’m an enthusiast of Open Source, creating communities and making sure people can actually use the cool tools being developed around the world!
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, VolNadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Open source; software development
Expertise:Open source; software development
Georgiana is a JupyterHub team member and an Open Source Infrastructure Engineer at 2i2c, where she is working with communities in research and education, managing the infrastructure behind the hubs they use and providing support for hub operations. Georgiana also cares about building inclusive communities and open work practices.
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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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Sustainability
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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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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Data science
Expertise:Data science
Jafsia is a Researcher in the Department of AI at MboaLab.
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Neurobiology
Expertise:Neurobiology
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.
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Bioinformatics
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genome assembly, Epigenetics
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!
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.
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Genome assembly
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genome assembly, Epigenetics
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!
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Epigenetics
Expertise:Bioinformatics, Genome assembly, Epigenetics
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!
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Plants
Expertise:Plants, Hemp, Genetics, Variability
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Hemp
Expertise:Plants, Hemp, Genetics, Variability
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Genetics
Expertise:Plants, Hemp, Genetics, Variability
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Variability
Expertise:Plants, Hemp, Genetics, Variability
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Ocean dynamics
Expertise:Ocean dynamics, Climate variability, Shelf seas
I am a physical oceanographer with a keen interest in the changing dynamics and hydrography of the South Atlantic Ocean. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD in Oceanography and Atmospheric Science at the University of Buenos Aires, where my research focuses on studying the impact of meridional wind variations on circulation and water masses properties along the southeastern continental shelf of South America.
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Climate variability
Expertise:Ocean dynamics, Climate variability, Shelf seas
I am a physical oceanographer with a keen interest in the changing dynamics and hydrography of the South Atlantic Ocean. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD in Oceanography and Atmospheric Science at the University of Buenos Aires, where my research focuses on studying the impact of meridional wind variations on circulation and water masses properties along the southeastern continental shelf of South America.
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Shelf seas
Expertise:Ocean dynamics, Climate variability, Shelf seas
I am a physical oceanographer with a keen interest in the changing dynamics and hydrography of the South Atlantic Ocean. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD in Oceanography and Atmospheric Science at the University of Buenos Aires, where my research focuses on studying the impact of meridional wind variations on circulation and water masses properties along the southeastern continental shelf of South America.
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Community management
Expertise:Community management
Vanessa joined the PREreview team in November 2022 as Community Manager. She works to engage researchers, particularly those early on in their career and from historically marginalised backgrounds, to participate in the open peer review of preprints. Vanessa began her career in academia working at international development organization INASP with a focus on improving access to scholarly information and research in developing countries. She then went on to support publishers around the world as Community Engagement Manager at Crossref building a global ambassador team and collaborating with others to ensure that scholarly research metadata is registered, linked, and distributed.
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Open 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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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.
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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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Neuroscience
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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Information theory
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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Metascience
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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Psychology
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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Statistics
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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Vol
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, Vol
Nadine is a doctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and complex systems where she validates information-theoretic measures of complexity and emergence in both simulated and empirical data. Her work can be described as a solid mixture of mathematics, machine learning, neuroscience, as well as philosophy. She cares about open & reproducible research (and, in this context, good research software) that is aligned with ethical research culture & incentives.
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Political science
Expertise:Political science, Education, Training, Qualitative research
Political scientist (University of Buenos Aires) with a MS in Educational Policy (UTDT). Project and Course Development Manager at MetaDocencia. Postgraduate teaching assistant and researcher.
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Education
Expertise:Political science, Education, Training, Qualitative research
Political scientist (University of Buenos Aires) with a MS in Educational Policy (UTDT). Project and Course Development Manager at MetaDocencia. Postgraduate teaching assistant and researcher.
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Training
Expertise:Political science, Education, Training, Qualitative research
Political scientist (University of Buenos Aires) with a MS in Educational Policy (UTDT). Project and Course Development Manager at MetaDocencia. Postgraduate teaching assistant and researcher.
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Ai
Expertise:Ai, Clean energy, Environment
A nuclear physicist in ‘an environmentalist body’ and also advocate of open science. I am interested in topics of climate change, clean energy
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Clean energy
Expertise:Ai, Clean energy, Environment
A nuclear physicist in ‘an environmentalist body’ and also advocate of open science. I am interested in topics of climate change, clean energy
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Environment
Expertise:Ai, Clean energy, Environment
A nuclear physicist in ‘an environmentalist body’ and also advocate of open science. I am interested in topics of climate change, clean energy
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Teaching
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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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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Software development
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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Wiki*
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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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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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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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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Community building
Expertise:Community building, Open source, Open software developement
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Open source
Expertise:Community building, Open source, Open software developement
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Open software developement
Expertise:Community building, Open source, Open software developement
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Molecular biology
Expertise:Molecular biology, Genomics, Sequencing, Project management
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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Genomics
Expertise:Molecular biology, Genomics, Sequencing, Project management
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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Sequencing
Expertise:Molecular biology, Genomics, Sequencing, Project management
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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Project management
Expertise:Molecular biology, Genomics, Sequencing, Project management
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 :)
A dedicated slack channel will facilitate open discussions among experts and other participants in OLS-8 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 15 persons who facilitated in this round.
A nuclear physicist in ‘an environmentalist body’ and also advocate of open science. I am interested in topics of climate change, clean energy
Role in OLS:
Developer (contract)
I am a spirited human who specialises in breaking stereotypes and exceeding expectation. A student nurse by day, and techie by night. I enjoy podcasts, horror flicks and Jack Reacher novels.
Seun, is a student of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, who is passionate about understanding the molecular pathogenesis of diseases progression and the development of therapeutic against it. Also, he is a Research and Teaching Assistant at Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso where his major role includes conducting and co leading translational research, training interns, IT students and workshop participant in various areas of Bioinformatics, Research Writing and Molecular Biology. To his credit he had published over 3 articles in internationally highly indexed peer reviewed journals,With several others in-view. He had attended several seminars, workshops and trainings on Bioinformatics, Genomics and Research Writing. In 2021, he won a grant award for his poster presentation at the NAU international conference. However, he is a passionate advocate of Good health and wellbeing as a result he earned the millennium fellow class of 21 and a 2022 YLP fellow. Overall, Seun seeks to promote health via translational research and advocacy.
Emmanuel Adamolekun is a Research fellow with Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomosho, Nigeria ,a research organization focused on accelerating research in life through in-depth technical skills, training and capacity building in Bioinformatics and Genomics. Emmanuel graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science from the prestigious Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria. He is currently a member of the Education and Internship committee of the International Society for Computational Biology-Student Council (ISCB-SB). He is a member of the International Society of Computational biology (ISCB) and African Society Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB).
Gift “Gigi” Kenneth is a machine learning engineer with a background in biochemistry, bringing a unique perspective to her work. Outside of her professional role, she volunteers as a program manager and enjoys writing about the latest developments in artificial intelligence.
I am an Early Stage Researcher focused on developing and applying novel statistical and machine learning methods for studying human health and disease. I prefer to invest my time in science communication, open science, reproducibility, and community building.
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.
I am a tenured researcher leading a collaborative health data science research group. I also work to improve data analysis teaching and practice. I co-founded MetaDocencia, an open, collaborative, and Spanish-speaking education community. One of the roles I enjoy most is mentoring and teaching others.
A bioinformatician + biochemist passionate about drug discovery and finding solutions for Africa’s most burdensome diseases.
LESSA is a highly motivated person. He applies his strong organizational skills to prioritize and handle multiple work assignments, and a detailed oriented person.
open life science ambassador and bioinformatician interested with infectious disease research
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!
I am a researcher at CIIPME-CONICET and a teaching assistant at the University of Buenos Aires. I am also a member of RLadies Buenos Aires and MetaDocencia. Among other things, I study how children acquire and develop mathematical skills.
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
This cohort is a joined effort between OLS and 3 international organisations and communities:
- Africa-OLS with Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya initiative (BHKi) amd the South African Center for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) via the ESCALATOR programme
- VU Amsterdam
- MetaDocencia
Resources
The resources available to the OLS-8 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-8 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-8 cohort. A personal invitation link will be shared with the participants via an email.
OLS-8 private Google group
Organizers inform participants of the week schedule by email. An archive of all emails can be found on the private OLS-8 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.
This code of conduct outlines our expectations for participants within the community, as well as steps to reporting unacceptable behavior. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inspiring community for all and expect our code of conduct to be honored. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be banned from the community.
Our open source community strives to:
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Be friendly and patient.
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Be welcoming: We strive to be a community that welcomes and supports people of all backgrounds and identities. This includes, but is not limited to members of any race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, colour, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief, religion, and mental and physical ability.
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Be considerate: Your work will be used by other people, and you in turn will depend on the work of others. Any decision you take will affect users and colleagues, and you should take those consequences into account when making decisions. Remember that we’re a world-wide community, so you might not be communicating in someone else’s primary language.
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Be respectful: Not all of us will agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for poor behavior and poor manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then, but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a personal attack. It’s important to remember that a community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one.
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Be careful in the words that we choose: We are a community of professionals, and we conduct ourselves professionally. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and other exclusionary behavior aren’t acceptable. This includes, but is not limited to: Violent threats or language directed against another person, Discriminatory jokes and language, Posting sexually explicit or violent material, Posting (or threatening to post) other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”), Personal insults, especially those using racist or sexist terms, Unwelcome sexual attention, Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior, Repeated harassment of others. In general, if someone asks you to stop, then stop.
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Try to understand why we disagree: Disagreements, both social and technical, happen all the time. It is important that we resolve disagreements and differing views constructively. Remember that we’re different. Diversity contributes to the strength of our community, which is composed of people from a wide range of backgrounds. Different people have different perspectives on issues. Being unable to understand why someone holds a viewpoint doesn’t mean that they’re wrong. Don’t forget that it is human to err and blaming each other doesn’t get us anywhere. Instead, focus on helping to resolve issues and learning from mistakes.
Diversity Statement
We encourage everyone to participate and are committed to building a community for all. Although we will fail at times, we seek to treat everyone both as fairly and equally as possible. Whenever a participant has made a mistake, we expect them to take responsibility for it. If someone has been harmed or offended, it is our responsibility to listen carefully and respectfully, and do our best to right the wrong.
Although this list cannot be exhaustive, we explicitly honor diversity in age, gender, gender identity or expression, culture, ethnicity, language, national origin, political beliefs, profession, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and technical ability. We will not tolerate discrimination based on any of the protected characteristics above, including participants with disabilities.
Reporting Issues
If you experience or witness unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please report it by contacting the organisers - Bérénice, Malvika and Yo. (team@we-are-ols.org).
To report an issue involving one of the members, please email one of the members individually (berenice@we-are-ols.org, malvika@we-are-ols.org, yo@we-are-ols.org).
All reports will be handled with discretion. In your report please include:
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Your contact information.
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Names (real, nicknames, or pseudonyms) of any individuals involved. If there are additional witnesses, please include them as well. Your account of what occurred, and if you believe the incident is ongoing. If there is a publicly available record (e.g. a mailing list archive or a public IRC logger), please include a link.
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Any additional information that may be helpful.
After filing a report, a representative will contact you personally, review the incident, follow up with any additional questions, and make a decision as to how to respond. If the person who is harassing you is part of the response team, they will recuse themselves from handling your incident. If the complaint originates from a member of the response team, it will be handled by a different member of the response team. We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting victims of abuse.
Attribution & Acknowledgements
This code of conduct is based on the Open Code of Conduct from the TODOGroup.