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NFDI4BIOIMAGE @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social · 14d

🌟 #MeetOurDataStewards – Highlight Workshop/Publication #4: Vanessa Fuchs
Discover I3D:bio's great OMERO training slides, workshop materials and presentations. Valuable resource – not just for us data stewards at @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social but also for you. Check it out!
gerbi-gmb.de/i3dbio/i3dbi...

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 15d

Let's get negative about scholarly publishing – a new paper (first in a long time for me!) on proposals to tackle the problem of publication bias that emerged from a NINDS workshop held in May last year.
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Let’s get negative about scholarly publishing | Reciprocal Space

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 14d

Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility
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Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results

Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...

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Rene Bernard @renebernard.bsky.social · 14d

Publication bias continues to skew academic literature. In our new @plosbiology.org article, we outline actionable steps for journals, funders & researchers to ensure all results—not only “positive” ones—are valued. A roadmap for more reliable science: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results

Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...

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Wissenschaft im Dialog @w-i-d.de · Mar 27

Die Leitlinien zur guten Wissenschaftskommunikation sind jetzt verfügbar. Sie bieten Wissenschaftskommunikator*innen Orientierung und Unterstützung. Sie benennen Rollen und Verantwortlichkeiten und beinhalten eine Checkliste für die Praxis:
wissenschaft-im-dialog.de/documents/38...
#Wisskomm

Jetzt verfügbar Leitlinien zur guten Wissenschaftskommunikation. Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation und Wissenschaft im Dialog. Hintergrund: Checkliste

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German Reproducibility Network @germanrepro.bsky.social · Mar 14

🔬✨ Interested in research transparency & reproducibility? Join the Meta-Science Summer School: design & launch a meta-research study!
➡️ Co-org. @germanrepro.bsky.social
📅 Date: 15-20 June 2025; apply by March 21!
🔗 www.bihealth.org/en/notices/m...
#OpenScience #Reproducibility #MetaResearch (lmf)

Invitation to the Meta-Science Summer School and logos of affiliated and organizing institutions: Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), the German Reproducibility Network (GRN), the META REP Priority Program, iRise and the University of Coimbra EXCELScIOR project ERA chair.

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NeuroCure.bsky.social @neurocure.bsky.social · Mar 11

🎉 The Excellent Pub Quiz was amazing! 🧠 First night focused on #Neuroscience with Laura Göschel talking about #Dementia . 🎭
Next event: April 7, theme #Literature 📖! 🎉
✨ Explore Berlin's research highlights, from literature to AI.
More info on our website!
#PubQuiz #Berlin #Research #scicomm

@mathplusberlin.bsky.social @scioi.bsky.social
@unisyscat.bsky.social
@temporal-communities.de

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Rene Bernard @renebernard.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is unbelievable and sad!

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 28

The NIH is being gutted. 🧵

www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

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Florian Naudet @floriannaudet.bsky.social · Feb 28

♥️ methods week. At 5 PM a webinar in French with Andre Gillibert ♥️ your statistical methods.

Webinaire LORIER : les écueils statistiques majeurs à éviter pour les chercheurs en recherche clinique et préclinique - Lorier - INSERM

Le groupe d’animation scientifique « reproductibilité et méta-recherche » organise un webinaire en français, le 28 février prochain, sur le thème des bonnes pratiques statistiques. L’intervenant, Andr...

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 Neuromatch Academy Course Applications are OPEN for 2025!! 🚨

Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses!

Applications are due Sunday, March 23.

Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/

#mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪

Applications are now open! 3-week courses: Comp Neuro and Deep Learning. 2-week courses: NeuroAI and Comp Tools for Climate Science.

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Rene Bernard @renebernard.bsky.social · Feb 19

Final call! Come and learn everything there is to know about quality in methods!

Tracey Weissgerber @tweissgerber.bsky.social · Feb 4

Join us for Love Methods Week, Feb. 24-28. Sign up for virtual workshops from @protocolsio.bsky.social, @repro4everyone.bsky.social, Bioprotocol & many more to learn how to make your methods more robust, transparent and reproducible, while implementing new skills. www.bihealth.org/de/aktuell/l...

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Rene Bernard @renebernard.bsky.social · Feb 18

Today @researchdataall.bsky.social conference in Potsdam. Stefanie Seltmann could not be here but her poster is on the @berlinualliance.bsky.social CARDs project for the Berlin Excellence Clusters.

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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…

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Feb 17

#GitHub, a platform widely used in software development, offers a robust framework for documenting all activities of laboratory research projects. This Community Page highlights the benefits of, and provides guidance for, incorporating the GitHub ecosystem into wet lab workflows. 🧪💻
plos.io/4i1LWkV

A figure depicting features of GitHub that are useful for laboratory research and how they compare to software development.

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MATH+ Berlin Cluster of Excellence @mathplusberlin.bsky.social · Feb 17

🔍☕ No Data Without... Identifiers!

Persistent identifiers (PIDs) ensure data integrity, accessibility & reproducibility. Join Dr. Stefanie Seltmann in this Tuesdays' Coffee Lecture to learn why PIDs matter!

📅 Feb 18, 2025 | ⏰ 2 PM CET | 💻 Online

🔗 More informations & Zoom Link: shorturl.at/POWeC

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 14

This is a very heavy day for us.

To those who lost their jobs, we are with you and will work with you again.

To those struggling to see a future for our work, do not give up.

Real change in public health has always been a battle. Now it’s a war.

We will win it.

This is our country. #RISEUP

ACT UP’s Radical Activism Saved Lives During the AIDS Epidemic

The movement stood up to the president, pharmaceutical companies, and the CDC.

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Rene Bernard @renebernard.bsky.social · Feb 14

Our #RDM coffee lecture series organized by 4 Berlin Excellence Clusters is in full swing. Just swing by on Tuesdays at 2 PM CET (online) and learn in 10 min serveral aspects to make your #researchdata excellent. Cool tips to come: www.unisyscat.de/rdm/coffee-l...

UniSysCat: Coffee Lectures

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Bio-protocol @bio-protocol.bsky.social · Feb 14

This workshop is part of Love Methods Week 2025, hosted by the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH).

A special thanks to Tracey Weissgerber and @renebernard.bsky.social for organizing this amazing event!

🔗 For more details on the full week of lectures and interactive workshops, visit the link.

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NeuroCure.bsky.social @neurocure.bsky.social · Feb 13

Adverse childhood experiences accelerate #brain aging & increase #dementia risk. 🧠
Study: Women with severe trauma show:
🔸 More inflammation/#neurodegeneration biomarkers
🔸 Reduced brain volume
🔸 More frequent cognitive problems
#DementiaPrevention #ChildhoodTrauma #BrainHealth
tinyurl.com/mrx39794

Pressemitteilung-Detail: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Pressemitteilungen der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

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Reproducibility for Everyone (R4E) @repro4everyone.bsky.social · Feb 13

Want to increase your scientific rigor?!!!??
Be sure to sign up for our workshop. Check out details here:

#ILoveMethodsWeek25 is happening this year! R4E are hosting a workshop! — R4E

Sign up for the R4E workshop here: https://buff.ly/40SG1Jn Check out other events here: https://buff.ly/40Axc5u

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Jess Rohmann @jlrohmann.bsky.social · Feb 11

And if you don't yet know about Peerspectives, check out our webpage here: iph.charite.de/en/academic_...

Peerspectives: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Förderprogramm für Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen mit dem Ziel, die Qualität von Publikationen zu erhöhen

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Rene Bernard @renebernard.bsky.social · Feb 11

On our ReproducibiliTeach Youtube channel we just uploaded a new video on "why researchers really need an ORCID and should care about @orcid.org" including a few practical tips. Check it out: youtu.be/PX4MZxJyRdY?... @tweissgerber.bsky.social

Why should I care and really need to get an ORCID ?

YouTube video by ReproducibiliTeach

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ABandrowski @abandrowski.bsky.social · Feb 10

#LoveMethods25 is coming in two weeks.
🔬 Love Methods Week 2025 – Putting Methods like #RRID in the Spotlight! ❤️

✅ Document your methods with precision – to maximize reusability, transparency, and visibility

➡ Choose from 17 different session and register here: www.bihealth.org/de/aktuell/l...

Love Methods Week - Aktuelles - BIH at Charité

In dieser Woche werden mehrere Workshops und Seminare rund um das Thema Reproduzierbarkeit von Methoden angeboten. (In Englisch)

www.bihealth.org

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Reproducibility for Everyone (R4E) @repro4everyone.bsky.social · Feb 7

ILoveMethods25 is happening this year! Be sure to sign up for our workshop. Check out details here:

#ILoveMethodsWeek25 is happening this year! R4E are hosting a workshop! — R4E

Sign up for the R4E workshop here: https://buff.ly/40SG1Jn Check out other events here: https://buff.ly/40Axc5u

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SciScore @sciscore.com · Feb 4

SciScore and @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Launch New Key Resource Tables for Preprints, Pioneering a New Era of Reproducibility and Transparency in Life Science Research world.einnews.com/article/7829... cc @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social

SciScore and bioRxiv Launch New Key Resource Tables for Preprints, Pioneering New Era of Reproducibility & Transparency

Surfacing reagents and resources

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