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Ana Pineda, PhD
@anapineda.bsky.social
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Helping scientists to write and get things done, mindfully and happily⎪www.Ifocusandwrite.com⎪Insects🐛 Ecology 🌱 she/her⎪Here some free resources for you👇
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Our Christmas Market is officially ON 🎉 Only TODAY: The Kick-off 2026 Bundle 🎄 Did you feel the year didn't go as you planned? No worries! It's time to pause, reflect and reset 🙌🏼 let's prioritise and plan your writing ⇒ Click 📷 for details buff.ly/SRRsypO
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Christmas market - I focus and write
5 DAYS OF DEALS
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Our Christmas Market is officially ON 🎉 Only TODAY: The Kick-off 2026 Bundle 🎄 Did you feel the year didn't go as you planned? No worries! It's time to pause, reflect and reset 🙌🏼 let's prioritise and plan your writing ⇒ Click 📷 for details buff.ly/SRRsypO
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Christmas market - I focus and write
5 DAYS OF DEALS
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November 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Thinking about your goals for next year? I can't stop! 🤣 And I have for you a FREE workbook to do your year-end review and set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals for 2026 🎉 It will change how you work next year. buff.ly/Ov2n7WP
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FREE workbook to review the year and set goals
This workbook will help you review the past period and set your goals as a scientist for the next one! So you can finish the year feeling strong and happy with your progress. You'll find inside: 1)…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Happy LGBTQ+ in STEM Day! I’m celebrating with the dapper Invisible Enby, who is a queer fashion metaphor for the way dark matter shapes visible matter in the cosmos. Want to learn more? Preorder my new book, where they appear! 🧪
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A dapper invisible figure in a suit with a monocle The Invisible Enby by S. Zainab Williams as seen in The Edge of Space-Time (2026) by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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In 2020 I wanted to teach courses on Yoga🧘🏻‍♀️and Scientific Writing. Unfortunately, that's not what people wanted 🤣 But we settled with MINDFUL Scientific Writing, and in this FREE guide you can learn some of my favourite strategies 👇🏼 buff.ly/rgpWbo6
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PDF guide mindful scientific writing
This free PDF guide will give you a new perspective on scientific writing. It includes tips to set up the right environment, mindset, and schedule, so you can write!
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November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Even when it seems that nothing is working, that you're not advancing, you are. You grow every day. Just remember, growth is not linear 🥰 #MondayMotivation buff.ly/jhyOLCV #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Reposted by Ana Pineda, PhD
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📢Call open! @icmabcsic.bsky.social launches its first #JournalistInResidence program!

📆Spend 4 to 8 weeks with us (in Spring 2026), meet scientists, dive into labs & create stories for society!!📰

✍️Apply by Jan 31, 2026: icmab.es/call-for-app...

#ScienceCommunication #ComunicaCiència
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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I want every scientist to do a writing retreat 🙌🏼 Of course, I'd love you to join mine on 12-13 November, but otherwise, create one yourself. In this article, you'll learn about the benefits and how to make the most of it 🥰
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Do academic writing retreats work?
Picture yourself in an academic writing retreat. You're surrounded by nature, out of the office, and even out of the home.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reposted by Ana Pineda, PhD
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Lucas William Mendes, From soil to rhizosphere: microbiome-driven paths to sustainable agriculture

Engaging talk about sustainable production in Brazil, where is it heading to... Microbiome!

#PMS2025
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Reposted by Ana Pineda, PhD
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@ainhoamartinez.bsky.social on Systems Biology of Microbe-Induced Plant Resistance: Unlocking Mechanisms for Sustainable Crop Protection
#PMS2025
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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As a new month, here are the prompts I'm using for my monthly review 🥰 They'll give you clarity and focus about what matters! If you also want to plan and review your weeks, I have a FREE planner for you! Link at the 📸 buff.ly/ku8Mk0r #AcademicSky #ECRchat #NewPI #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Today is the last day to enrol on our virtual writing retreat with 50€ OFF. The 13th edition of running these virtual retreats, and seeing scientists finishing PhDs, grant proposals, and papers that were in drawers for years 🔥 Click 📷 for details buff.ly/UyeJRLs
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Online academic writing retreat | I focus and write
In our online academic writing retreat, you or your group will have the space and time to finish that scientific writing project you've been delaying. As a scientist, you're probably very busy. And…
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October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Tomorrow our Mindful Productivity course starts with @w-u-r.bsky.social
@epsgraduateschool.bsky.social .The 8th edition ❤️ This year, we're focused on implementation, including the mindful use of AI and a virtual writing retreat. And you can already register for 2026! buff.ly/GyledfM
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October 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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This week, you can enrol on our virtual writing retreat with 50€ OFF. A special storytelling edition that may not come again! The writing skill that will set your writing apart in 2025 🔥 Click 📷 for details buff.ly/UyeJRLs
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Online academic writing retreat | I focus and write
In our online academic writing retreat, you or your group will have the space and time to finish that scientific writing project you've been delaying. As a scientist, you're probably very busy. And…
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October 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Have you been looking at scientific writing retreats? Maybe wondering whether they work? In this article, you can read more about it with ideas of how to recreate a retreat in your daily writing 🙌🏼 Link 👇🏼 And...we have one online 💻
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#AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #NewPI
Do academic writing retreats work?
Picture yourself in an academic writing retreat. You're surrounded by nature, out of the office, and even out of the home.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reposted by Ana Pineda, PhD
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❗Reminder: The application deadline for the @theopennotebook.bsky.social early-career fellowship is this Friday, October 31. This fellowship is:

✅ Paid ($6,600)
✅ Part-time
✅ Remote
✅ Mentored
✅ Open to applicants anywhere in the world

Learn more here: www.theopennotebook.com/early-career...
Early-Career Fellowship Program - The Open Notebook
Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests ...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
anapineda.bsky.social
🥁 Our virtual writing retreat is back on 12-13 November 🎉 2 days to focus and write 🙌🏼 To finish the year full of writing. Or to finish THAT paper before you start singing Jingle Bells 🎄 Click 📷 for details, and 🙏🏼 help me share it buff.ly/UyeJRLs
#AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #NewPI
Online academic writing retreat | I focus and write
In our online academic writing retreat, you or your group will have the space and time to finish that scientific writing project you've been delaying. As a scientist, you're probably very busy. And…
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October 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
anapineda.bsky.social
Would you like to finish some papers before the end of the year? Then let's start writing TODAY 🎊

If you'd like to learn my tips to make time to write while enjoying the writing process, grab my FREE guide 👇🏼🥰 buff.ly/BITca2y

#AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
PDF guide mindful scientific writing
This free PDF guide will give you a new perspective on scientific writing. It includes tips to set up the right environment, mindset, and schedule, so you can write!
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October 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reposted by Ana Pineda, PhD
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JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!

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October 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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TODAY ⏰ we have a free class for you to learn how to protect your energy while leading a thriving team. Having high standards ≠ burnout ✨
With the experts on leadership in academia @glia-leadership.bsky.social + @stefanierobel.bsky.social
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From Good To Great Research Teams Free Webinar
Free webinar for PIs and future PIs: hire right, prevent conflict, raise standards without burnout. Practical tools you can use immediately.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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During your PhD you learn to do science...but not to lead people. And later, you're too busy, so just keep going on autopilot.
Join us in a FREE class with @glia-leadership.bsky.social + @stefanierobel.bsky.social all about lab leadership & team success.
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#NewPI #TenureTrack
From Good To Great Research Teams Free Webinar
Free webinar for PIs and future PIs: hire right, prevent conflict, raise standards without burnout. Practical tools you can use immediately.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
anapineda.bsky.social
As hard as it sounds...Not every lab member is a good fit 😅
Learn how to spot red flags, raise standards, and lead your research team without burnout.
We're hosting a free class with @glia-leadership.bsky.social + @stefanierobel.bsky.social
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From Good To Great Research Teams Free Webinar
Free webinar for PIs and future PIs: hire right, prevent conflict, raise standards without burnout. Practical tools you can use immediately.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Ever lost sleep over team conflict? 😬 Suddenly, you're the boss, and you need to face new challenges. This is the speciality of @glia-leadership.bsky.social and @stefanierobel.bsky.social. And they'll tell us more in a FREE class to build great research teams.
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From Good To Great Research Teams Free Webinar
Free webinar for PIs and future PIs: hire right, prevent conflict, raise standards without burnout. Practical tools you can use immediately.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Busy writing your ERC consolidator grant?
We’re running a 2-day ERC intensive online on 16-17 October for scientists who have a draft of their ERC and want to optimise it 🎊
You’ll learn our storytelling, copywriting and more strategies to sell yourself and your idea
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#ERC #ERCCoG
I focus and write⎪Scientific Writing Online Courses
Courses on scientific writing that bring a more mindful perspective into the academic life to improve focus, creativity and reduce stress
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October 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reposted by Ana Pineda, PhD
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We are searching for a 4- year postdoctoral fellow to work us on Microbial Ecology and Crop Disease Management.

More details below. The position will start next year.

Please circulate and repost.

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October 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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TODAY is the day ⏰ Join us for a behind-the-scenes of what helps our clients get funded 💰 If you're writing an ERC consolidator grant, please sign in. I'll also send a recording afterwards. Hosted by @glia-leadership.bsky.social
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FREE class to get funded 🎊
An online event with the FREE class Getting funded: 4 mistakes to avoid when you write your next grant.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM