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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · 10d

Excited for the webinar

"Research Software Engineering in Health Research"

on Wednesday in collaboration with Health Data Research UK.

If you are a health researcher writing code or supervising someone writing code, this webinar is for you!

www.hdruk.ac.uk/events/resea...

Research Software Engineering in Health Research Webinar

www.hdruk.ac.uk

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · 27d

🍳 New email course: Open Science on the Menu!
A 13-step recipe to boost your initiative’s visibility.
🥄 Social media, networking, outreach & your unique voice—served in 2 emails/week, starting Sept 18.
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/mj8wVZw
#OpenScience #OSPARK

Open Science on the menu email course with vegetables like tomato, onions and pumpkin around

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're at #CoRDI2025 with a Digital Research Academy poster and fun buttons.

If you're there, come by!

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congratulations! ✨

Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 A year older and even more passionate about Open Science! 🎂
The Digital Research Academy is 1 today 🚀
Empowering researchers
Sharing skills & tools
Building a global Open Science community
Here’s to more learning, sharing, and opening science together.
#OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Aug 19

Happy 1st Birthday @digiresacademy.bsky.social 💜🎉

Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 A year older and even more passionate about Open Science! 🎂
The Digital Research Academy is 1 today 🚀
Empowering researchers
Sharing skills & tools
Building a global Open Science community
Here’s to more learning, sharing, and opening science together.
#OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · Aug 11

Was ready to hate read this piece from @sjmelchor.bsky.social, but it was good and had sensible quotes from @cghlewis.bsky.social , @heidiseibold.bsky.social, Karl Broman and others. 😜

Nature @nature.com · Aug 11

Spreadsheet software can be frustrating, but adopting some helpful habits can improve its effectiveness

go.nature.com/4m9SCjl

Six questions to ask before jumping into a spreadsheet

Spreadsheet software can be frustrating, but adopting some helpful habits can improve its effectiveness.

go.nature.com

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · Aug 12

Love this new spreadsheet paper, full of great #rladies and #openscience advice.

Shout out to contributors @yabellini.bsky.social @cghlewis.bsky.social @heidiseibold.bsky.social and (indirectly) @karawoo.com

Other good spreadsheet-related reading here...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · Aug 11

Grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to another @nature.com article. This one, about spreadsheets. While there is often distrust surrounding them, they are still a ubiquitous tool that, if used properly and for the right reasons, can be effective.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Six questions to ask before jumping into a spreadsheet

Spreadsheet software can be frustrating, but adopting some helpful habits can improve its effectiveness.

www.nature.com

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Joyce Kao @joyceykao.bsky.social · Aug 14

@heidiseibold.bsky.social is coming to Aachen 💜💜💜

Go check out her talk!!! 🎉

Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Make your research FAIR & reproducible 🔍💡
Join Dr. Heidi Seibold on 25 Aug, Aachen for tips on templates, workflows & documentation that save time and boost transparency.
📍 4 PM | CBMS, Forckenbeckstr. 55
buff.ly/QL7rQJw

#FAIRData #OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch #FAIRScience

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Aug 7

🎉 The Digital Research Academy will be at useR! 2025, Durham, NC, Aug 8–10!

Stop by our booth to talk research software, reproducibility & training and pick up some cool buttons!
Open to all R lovers and research enthusiasts.

Find more: buff.ly/5orHUWd
#useR2025 #rstats #RSEng

Multiple badges with R, Research software, Data Science, Be My Code Buddy

Picture of our team making buttons and wearing them. First right is Heidi, second right is Julia, second left is Danny and first left is Joyce

Four buttons with R, Data Science, Research software and be my code buddy written on them

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jul 30

So excited to go to Wales next year 🤩

Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ready to rethink research culture in a new way?

📍 April 7–11, 2026
📌 Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK
🌱 Open Science Retreat Global is back!

No panels, no posters, just space to connect, build, and reimagine Open Science together.

Details: buff.ly/vTi15qE
#OpenScience #OSRetreat

A picture with group of people who attended OSR last year. The following details are mentionedOPEN SCIENCE RETREAT
GLOBAL EDITION TUESDAY 7 APRIL - SATURDAY 11 APRIL
2026 / MACHYNLLETH, Wales, UK. Applications open- Fall 2025. A week in which people from various disciplines and institutions across the world come together to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices related to open science.
For more info see open.science-retreat.org

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚀 Open Science is about people, not just platforms.
In her new piece for The Experimentalist, Heidi Seibold shares reflections on building a strong, values-based Open Science culture.

Read here 👉 buff.ly/jP5Mu0p
#OpenScience #SciComm

Building an Open Science Culture by training, trust and transformation — The Experimentalist

Heidi Seibold When I first started doing research, I never questioned whether I should make my data or code publicly available; it simply felt like the right thing to do. To me, making your work…

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 Deadline extended!
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!

If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.

Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX

#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 23

📣 Boost your Open Science visibility!
Join the OSPARK Workshop 🧠
🗓️ Aug 29 | 10–13 CEST
📍 RWTH Aachen IT Center
Hands-on tips for OS communication.
Register now → buff.ly/89HxJsV
#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jul 18

Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?

digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/is-mac...

Is Machine Learning and AI solving the problem of p-hacking?

Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?

digiresacademy.kit.com

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jul 16

Let's meet up in Aachen!

Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 15

⏰ Reminder: TTT Aachen applications close soon!
Want to level up your training skills in a hands-on, in-person setting?

📍 Sep 1–3 in Aachen — historic city, border vibes 🇩🇪🇧🇪🇳🇱
🗓️ Apply by July 21 → buff.ly/dk5l7jw

#TrainTheTrainer #DigitalResearchAcademy #OpenScience #ResearchTraining

The picture has Aachen cathedral in the background and Train The Trainer from September 1-3, 2025 Aachen, Germany written against it.

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm so honored 💜

Hope the resource is useful!

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · Jul 15

Issue 4 of RDM Weekly is out now! 📫

- Data, Behind the Scenes Conference @randyau.com
- Intro to SQL @tladeras.bsky.social
- Setting up a FAIR and Reproducible Project @heidiseibold.bsky.social
- Making Data Pipelines in R @meghansharris.bsky.social
and more!

open.substack.com/pub/rdmweekl...

RDM Weekly - Issue 004

A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.

open.substack.com

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Want to improve your research software engineering skills? Consider learning more about test-driven development!

🗓️ This Thursday, July 17 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online

#RSEng

Register here: buff.ly/2XoLQUB

Careful observers might have noticed that we moved the date. Check your calendar!

Digital Research Academy - Free online course

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 8

Interested in getting a little AI help for your data analysis?

Join us Friday, 18 July for a free, 90-min online workshop on
AI-assisted data analysis — aligning efficiency with ethical responsibility.
15:00–16:30 CEST

Reserve your spot:
buff.ly/O2pO7td

#AIForResearch #DataAnalysis #ChatGPT

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Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 9

🌟 Train-the-Trainer heads to Aachen! Applications now open! 🌟

Ready to grow your training skills and spend a few days in one of Germany’s most historic and charming cities famous for its cathedral, thermal baths, and vibrant research community?

📅 When: Sep 1–3, 2025
📋 Apply → buff.ly/ApHRuo4

Aachen city skyline with TTT details and TTT and DRA logos

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jul 10

Interested in research software engineering? Then this free online workshop is for you!

#RSEng

Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 Last chance to join!
Test-Driven Development Workshop
🗓️ Mon, July 14 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online

Write better, bug-resistant code using the TDD cycle: test ➝ code ➝ refactor.

🔗 Register before it’s full:https://buff.ly/dzRuz1e

#TDD #Python #DigitalResearchAcademy #OpenScience #DevSkills

Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jun 24

You guys, I am on Wikipedia 🤩 🎉 💃

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_S...

Heidi Seibold – Wikipedia

Heidi Seibold ist eine deutsche Wissenschaftlerin und Unternehmerin in den Themengebieten Open Science, Data Science und Gesundheitsforschung. Sie wurde 2021 von der Gesellschaft für Informatik als…

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jun 22

Richtig interessante Podcastfolge zu #OpenSource - nicht nur für Nerds

www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/wild...

Podcast: Das wichtigste Hobby der Welt

Christian kämpft mit Selbstzweifeln. Doch dann findet er ein neues Hobby, das sein Leben ändert - und nebenbei das von jedem, der das hier gerade liest. Ein Deep Dive in die Welt der Open Source…

www.ardaudiothek.de

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Heidi Seibold @heidiseibold.bsky.social · Jun 18

Munich -> Aachen -> Dutch Coast -> Mannheim

Heading into an exciting week with director meetings, creative button making with the team, beach with the co-founders, and finally, the EconData workshop in Mannheim.