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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · 14d

LMU OSC has completed its Open Science Summer School! 🙌 5 days of exploring open science & open research practices. Links for materials of the open science training track: osf.io/x639j/files/...; the instructor training track: osf.io/tkwqs/files/...; & our self-paced tutorials: github.com/lmu-osc.

A group of 22 participants and organizers of the Open Science Summer School 2025 stand together outside in the sun. They are on a terrace in front of a glass building with towers of LMU Munich in the background.

A group of 8 staff members of the Open Science Center stand together outside in the sun. They are on a terrace in front of a glass building with towers of LMU Munich in the background. A wide sun beam is shining over them.

Group photo of Open Science Summer School 2025 participants and organizers, inside a classroom. 21 people stand or sit in front of a wall projection showing remote participants on a video call. A room speaker is visible on the top-right corner; a microphone, table and part of a laptop are visible to the bottom-left; and part of a whiteboard is visible to the bottom-right.

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Sep 8

🧾Learn about making your own research more credible, reproducible, and reliable by engaging with preregistration and a set of computing tools!
Attend the “Credible Research” lecture by Dr. @malikaihle.bsky.social on Mon 15 Sept, 11:00-11:45.
👉Register here: www.pretix.osc.lmu.de/lmu-osc/OSSS...

Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lecture. The poster features photos of speaker Dr. Malika Ihle. The text states the lecture focuses on credible research through preregistration and computing tools, time and date of lecture being 11:00-11:45 CEST on September 15 2025, and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · 28d

💡 Explore how practices from distributed, open-source software can make science more professional, open, and collaborative! Attend the “Science as amateur software development” lecture by Prof. Dr. @rmcelreath.bsky.social on Wed 17 Sept, 9:00.
👉 Register here: www.pretix.osc.lmu.de/lmu-osc/OSSS...

Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lecture. The poster features a photo of speaker Prof. Dr. Richard McElreath. The text states the lecture focuses on science as amateur software development, time and date of lecture being 9:00-10:00 CEST on Wednesday September 17 2025, and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · 27d

💻 Make your research more reproducible by making your code more readable. Get recommendations and key strategies for clean code!
Attend the “Readable code” lecture by @vera-karlbauer.bsky.social and Jonas Hagenberg on Thurs 18 Sept, 9:00-9:45.
👉 Register here: www.pretix.osc.lmu.de/lmu-osc/OSSS...

Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lecture. The poster features photos of speakers Vera Karlbauer and Jonas Hagenberg. The text states the lecture focuses on recommendations and strategies for readable code; time and date of lecture being 09:00-09:45 CEST on Thursday September 18 2025; and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 This year, we’re hosting seven public lectures that anyone can attend completely free of charge between Sept 15 and 18!
📅 Registration for online attendance is open.
🔗 www.pretix.osc.lmu.de/lmu-osc/OSSS...

#OpenScience #OSSS25 #LMUOSC

Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lectures. The poster features photos of five speakers: Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt, Prof. Dr. Richard McElreath, Dr. Tim Errington, Dr. Malika Ihle, and Vera Karlbauer. The text states the skills that the lectures will develop, the dates for the lectures running from September 15-18 2025, and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.

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Malika Ihle @malikaihle.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's been great to have @thomvolker.bsky.social create a self-paced tutorial on synthetic data for the @lmu-osc.bsky.social! It is currently open for feedback by the community! Your contributions will be aknowledged and the tutorial will be free to reuse with attribution.

#rstats #OpenScience

Thom Volker @thomvolker.bsky.social · Aug 21

Been working on a tutorial on synthetic data for open science for @lmu-osc.bsky.social
A draft version is now up: lmu-osc.github.io/synthetic-da...

It covers model building, evaluating synthetic data utility with density ratio estimation, and disclosure risk.

Feedback is very welcome!

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Aug 26

📖 Lab handbooks of groups who switch to open science will be openly shared under a CC-BY license so others can adapt them.
👀 Preview the cBRAIN open research practice guide: zenodo.org/records/1626...
📢 Interested? Labs from all fields of science can contact @malikaihle.bsky.social to learn more!

cBRAIN open research practice guide

This handbook is for students and researchers joining the cBRAIN research group from the Clinic and Polyclinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at the LMU Munich H...

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎯 The OSC proudly supported 6 of 7 funded Clusters of Excellence at LMU.
🤝 Excited to continue working with the @synergy-munich.bsky.social & ORIGINS clusters which are both OSC Funding Members. Congrats to all involved! 🎉
Looking forward to excellent AND transparent research!

#OpenScience #LMUOSC

LMU München @lmumuenchen.bsky.social · May 22

🎉 Major achievement for #LMU in the Excellence Strategy: All seven proposed Clusters of Excellence have successfully passed the review process and will be funded for seven years as of 2026. An outstanding result! 🎉 #ExcellenceCluster #LMUMunich #research Read more here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Aug 19

Top requests from LMU BMC researchers to be able to adopt open science:
✨ More training in FAIR data and code sharing
💡 Access to expert consultations
🤝 Stronger community support

📄Read the full report here: zenodo.org/records/1530...

Open research at the Biomedical Center of LMU Munich

This is a survey administered by the LMU Open Science Center at the Biomedical Center (BMC) of LMU Munich in Dec 2024 and Jan 2025. The aim of this survey is to assess the views of researchers on open...

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Jul 9

How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...

Which Kind of Science Reform

What hope is there for science reform, if we can't agree on what to reform? Right now, principles are more important than practices.

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hackathon: Data Under Threat/Data Rescuing in #München

The LMU OSC runs a hackathon to support the #SciOp #SafeguardingResearch initiative: Rescuing research data that is deleted by the Trump administration.
📅 07/08/25 from 16 – 19 (only in-person)
👉 Details and signup: github.com/lmu-osc/safe...

GitHub - lmu-osc/safeguar.de-hackathon

Contribute to lmu-osc/safeguar.de-hackathon development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · Jul 7

Session Submission and registration is now open for BTSCON2025!

bigteamscienceconference.github.io/submissions/

@abrir.bsky.social @psysciacc.bsky.social @manybabies.org

BTSCON 2025 is now seeking submission proposals for their annual conference. All session submissions are due on July 31st. You can submit on the website https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io/submissions/. We are also excited to say that registration is also now live!
BTSCON 2025 is now seeking submission proposals for their annual conference. All session submissions are due on July 31st. You can submit on the website https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io/submissions/. We are also excited to say that registration is also now live!

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jul 2

We are pleased to be supporting this unconference on responsible research: we love the 'getting things done' focus of it! Register for a project, join a diverse working group, and make things happen!

Einstein Foundation Berlin @einsteinberlin.bsky.social · Jul 1

Shape research culture + practices! Join the Responsible Research in Action Unconference 2025, Sept 22–24, Berlin, to collaborate on innovative solutions – from reproducibility checks to researcher-driven funding models.
rr-in-action2025.org
@dfg.de @ucoimbra.bsky.social @berlinualliance.bsky.social

Responsible Research | In Action -

An Unconference exploring the world of responsible research with Responsible Research in Action. Learn about ethical practices, principles, and innovations in impactful science

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jul 1

Two weeks left to apply if you are an:

1️⃣ early career researcher interested in developing efficient and reproducible ways of working, and creating reusable and citable research outputs

or an

2️⃣ open science adopter wanting to learn how to spread your enthusiasm

#OpenScience #OpenResearch

LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 We are pleased to announce our 4th open science summer school! #OSSS25

📌 Sept 15-19, Munich & Zoom
🔥 keynotes and outstanding hands-on workshops
2️⃣ dual-track: open science training and instructor training tracks!

➡️ apply before July 14 or register anytime for the public lectures!

LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025

programme and application process

lmu-osc.github.io

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Three weeks left to apply to learn rigorous, reproducible, and transparent research methodology!

Our keynotes presenters: @rmcelreath.bsky.social & Tim Errington from ‪@cos.io‬

#OpenScience

LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 We are pleased to announce our 4th open science summer school! #OSSS25

📌 Sept 15-19, Munich & Zoom
🔥 keynotes and outstanding hands-on workshops
2️⃣ dual-track: open science training and instructor training tracks!

➡️ apply before July 14 or register anytime for the public lectures!

LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025

programme and application process

lmu-osc.github.io

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 We are pleased to announce our 4th open science summer school! #OSSS25

📌 Sept 15-19, Munich & Zoom
🔥 keynotes and outstanding hands-on workshops
2️⃣ dual-track: open science training and instructor training tracks!

➡️ apply before July 14 or register anytime for the public lectures!

LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025

programme and application process

lmu-osc.github.io

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · May 4

A PhD in paper mills? retractionwatch.com/2025/05/01/p...

This @retractionwatch.com piece is about PhD position we have at @cwtsleiden.bsky.social for project on paper mills.

For more info, see www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/adv....

Deadline for applying is May 13.

@stephenpinfield.bsky.social

A Ph.D. in paper mills?

Bank Phrom/Unsplash A university and a publisher are teaming up to combat paper mills in a unique way: By enlisting a Ph.D. candidate. In April, the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS)…

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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · Apr 30

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines”
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”

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Malika Ihle @malikaihle.bsky.social · Mar 17

Research data management in lungfish 😆

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Mar 17

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

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Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · Mar 1

PubMed down .... Here's my post on what to do

Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · Feb 14

Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...

#medlibs

What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe

PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…

absolutelymaybe.plos.org

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Feb 12

Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org

Seven reasons for keeping Elon Musk as a Fellow of the Royal Society

Last November, I wrote a blogpost explaining why I had resigned as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). In brief, over the summer a group ...

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Einstein Foundation Berlin @einsteinberlin.bsky.social · Jan 31

10 days left: Submit your proposal to improve research culture and practices and join the unconference - Sept 22-24, Berlin! Selection: Batool Almarzouq, Olavo Amaral, Kelly Kobey, @malikaihle.bsky.social, @verokiermer.bsky.social, @kordinglab.bsky.social, @ufangyang.bsky.social
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jan 26

Update. As recently as January 2, 2025, #nasa had five modules for teaching #OpenScience on its web site. The #Trump administration has taken them down.
https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/tops/os101/

Here they are in the @internetarchive Wayback Machine […]

Original post on fediscience.org

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Jan 24

Learn to reuse this FAIR data management self-paced tutorial to facilitate self-learning or workshops online, in-person or in a hybrid format. Co-developed for the LMU-MPG Open Science Summer School 2024 amongst other self-paced tutorials. Overview here: github.com/lmu-osc

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · Jan 7

Join us at Metascience 2025 in London, June 30–July 2, 2025! Connect, share knowledge, and shape metascience priorities.

Proposals for virtual pre-conference & in-person sessions are open.

🗓 Submit by Feb 7, 2025.
🔗 Details & submit your proposal today: metascience.info/cal...

#Metascience2025

Call for Proposals - Metascience

The call for proposals for Metascience 2025 is open with a deadline of 7 February 2025.

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