A community-driven open science initiative to reclaim and democratize science publishing. Now reviewing and curating published preprints @BiophysicsColab.

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Here's our final evaluation of the #preprint by @AlanRKay and @s_aminzare from @uiowa: Kay and Aminzare discuss a claim made in a prior publication that macromolecular condensation acts as a water buffering mechanism in cells to compensate for the effects of osmotic shock. 1/3
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Here's our final evaluation of the #preprint by @zhihuihe11 and colleagues: The study by He et al. explores the structure and mechanisms of MRS2, predicted to form Mg2+-selective channels in the mitochondrial inner membrane based on homology to the CorA family. 1/4
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An opportunity for the @BiophysicsColab community - get nominating!
Dear cryo-EM women scientists, We want to honor you and your contributions at BPS 2025. This year, the Cryo-EM subgroup will honor a mid/senior-career woman scientist as the inaugural June Almeida awardee. June Almeida is the virologist who first discovered the coronavirus in 1967 using negative stain electron microscopy. Her story, like many women we know, is remarkable. womenshistory.org/education-… It is in the spirit of June Almeida’s innovative research that this award is named. The awardee, in addition to receiving an honorarium, will present their research at the BPS CryoEM Subgroup Symposium. The deadline for nominations for the Almeida Award is November 1st, and details of the award and the application process can be found at (biophysics.org/Awards-Fundin…). Nomination packets should be sent to [email protected]. Questions? Contact @OliBClarke, me, @MeghnaG27 @PilarCossio2 or @10feng ♥️We sincerely hope to see you at BPS 2025 in LA to celebrate achievements and advances in cryo-EM!
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Science Colab retweeted
It's #PeerReviewWeek, and at Sciety, we're all about championing preprint peer review! 🎉 In our Roll Call, we honour all our partners in community preprint peer evaluation — starting with Sciety groups A-M. Follow the links to check out the communities’ evaluation activities 🔍
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Join us today in congratulating the 10 winners and 4 runners-up of this year’s Ben Barres Spotlight Awards! 🎉 Learn all about them and their work here 👇 1/19 elifesciences.org/inside-eli…
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The 2024 Ben Barres Spotlight Awards close in a couple of days – don’t miss out! Up to $5,000 is available to support researchers from groups traditionally underrepresented in research and countries with limited funding. Share and apply today! elifesciences.org/inside-eli…
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Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social@ashleydfarley29 May 2024
Never have I so enjoyed reading & providing feedback on a framework of recommendations to improve equity in open access publishing. I highly encourage everyone take a look! oaspa.org/news/oaspa-calls-f… #OpenAccess #Equity
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We’re proud to open our sixth Ben Barres Spotlight Awards 🎉 The awards provide up to $5,000 to support researchers from underrepresented backgrounds and countries with limited funding to help increase visibility. Apply today: elifesciences.org/inside-eli…
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Also holds true for science illustrations... especially when communicating research to the wider public.
This paper introduces a useful distinction of *cognitive* accessibility to research, beyond just physical accessibility. This is why Open Access Science needs to include open access to the data/tools that will help us make sense of science > osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/qz…
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces a new Open Access policy! The policy will: ❌ cease support for individual article publishing fees, known as APCs, ✔️ mandate the use of preprints while advocating for their review. Learn more 👇 buff.ly/3xm9QWa
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Bravo to @Nature for sharing these sobering data. But despite my lengthy involvement in editorial work, this woman has never been invited to review for you. Nature publishes too few papers from women researchers — that must change nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Join @ASAPbio_ and Ludo Waltman to discuss the perceptions of #preprints across different regions and how to better approach the uptake of preprints with a global mindset. Register for our Community Call on 19 March 2024! buff.ly/3OCkQ7H
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Science Colab retweeted
At our next Community Call on 19 March, we will hear from @LudoWaltman about the perceptions of #preprints across different regions and discuss how to better approach the uptake of preprints with a global mindset. buff.ly/3OCkQ7H
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Here's our final evaluation of the #preprint by Zhang Feng and colleagues: Feng and colleagues investigate the molecular basis of lipid scrambling in a fungal member of the TMEM16 family of Ca2+-dependent lipid scramblases. 1/4
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⌛ ⚠️ Only two days left to apply! If you are passionate about positively impacting scholarly communication in the life sciences, #Open Science, and #preprints, don't miss the opportunity: apply for the ASAPbio Executive Director position! buff.ly/49eNrbL
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Are you curious about the use of AI in scholarly publishing? Come to the panel discussion at #BPS2024 in which @lesleyanson will tell you how we're using it. Today (Monday) at 2:15pm in room 109AB
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