Looking for something interesting to read while you wait on an experiment? Treat yourself to a 10 minute break and catch up with all that’s been happening in the world of open science!
Christopher Madan is our “F1000 Specialist of the Month”. He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Alberta in Canada, studying the influence of rewards on memory and decision making. More generally, Chris studies factors that make some experiences more memorable than others, using approaches from cognitive psychology, neuroimaging, and computational modeling. Chris is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Boston College.
The first articles have gone live on Wellcome Open Research today; 15 of them in total, with more submissions in the pipeline. The breadth of articles received so far starts to show just how broad these outputs can and should be (not just traditional narrative research articles). It also shows benefits of using such a platform for researchers across career stages, from those just starting out to more experienced and tenured researchers. This is a fantastic start!
Looking for something interesting to read while you wait on an experiment? Treat yourself to a 10 minute break and catch up with all that’s been happening in the world of open science! It’s always refreshing to learn about young researchers’ perspectives on why open science is important for their careers. During Open Access Week…
Many of us find it tough to explain our research in a few sentences to an audience with a completely different scientific background. But this is exactly what so-called Science Slam Talks are all about. The format is simple: explain your research in an engaging way, within 5 minutes using your choice of media. Show…
Rusty Speidel is Marketing Director at the Center for Open Science (COS). He has had a long career in digital technology and technology marketing, and spent his early career designing and building online scholarly peer-review and article submission systems for a variety of scientific and medical journals. He also designed and developed some of the first digital CME products for cardiology and hematology. He has also designed digital marketing programs in the e-commerce, gaming, green energy and travel industries.
In this guest post, Hannah Hope, Open Research Co-ordinator at Wellcome, explains how the funder is aiming to put open into action via their new publishing platform Wellcome Open Research. At Wellcome, we are committed to improving health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. Our researchers are central to this. The accessibility of the…
As the new Publisher of F1000 Platforms, I’m excited to announce that Wellcome Open Research has launched its online submission system, representing the first funder publishing platform to follow the F1000Research publishing model. It is a new service that has been developed for Wellcome-funded researchers to enjoy the benefits of wholly open publishing. The platform is supported by an expert Advisory…
Grinu Mathew is our “F1000 Specialist of the Month”. She is a biologist with a keen interest in exploring the genetic and biochemical blueprint of cancer metastasis. She is also an elected representative of the postdoc liaison committee (PDLC) and a member of the women in science and engineering group (WiSE) at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL).
Alice Moscovici spoke with Beth Schoen, a Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Fellow as well as American Association for University Women Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab for Cancer Drug Delivery & Cell Based Technologies at Technion in Haifa, Israel, about the importance of collaboration in scientific research, in particular for young scientists.
