Pavithran Narayanan π¨π»βπ¬π±π§¬π¬
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The pandemic changed a lot of things for a lot of people. For me, it gave the time & space to reassess my preferences and priorities. As a result, I'd quit the PhD I was pursuing in India & have moved to π©πͺ to join @simonrdg's lab @HHU_de in the @sympore1 project! #Plasmodesmata.
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RT @eLifeCommunity: π’ Weβre looking for two practising early-career researchers to join the eLife board. If you're keen to bring about chaβ¦.
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RT @Timothy0Leary: We all agree that peer review is broken. We often blame reviewers for this but I think editors are a bigger problem. Theβ¦.
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Publishing #papers of interest Vs publishing #reviews of interest!. @eLife editorial says they don't select interesting papers but those that will generate interesting reviews - interesting, indeed!!!ππ. #PeerReview #Publishing #Science #eLife.
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When deciding which submissions should be peer reviewed, eLife editors consider whether they will be able to find high-quality reviewers, and whether the reviews will be valuable to the scientific...
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RT @SGRodriques: Today, we are announcing Future House, a philanthropically-funded moonshot focused on building an AI Scientist. At Futureβ¦.
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RT @theliverdr: Update:. This is my alt account @theliverdrALT - a back up in case of future blackouts. Do follow me there too.- for concβ¦.
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RT @cshperspectives: @pavi_narayanan @mbeisen @JohnRInglis This of course is Plan U - which by design does not cover peer review but wouldβ¦.
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Preprint servers are a low-cost mechanism for providing free access to research findings, and can also significantly accelerate research itself by making results available immediately. This Perspec...
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Highlighting another nice post here on #PeerReview by @aj_boston that suggests breaking down peer reviews into their components to better assess a work! (3/3).
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A cite-able version of this post is now available at https://aj-boston.pubpub.
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There've also been other innovations like *modular publishing*, which need more light on them & need to gain acceptability to see how they fare (for example, @octopus_ac & Research Equals) (2/3).
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A nice essay on the past, present & future of #ScientificPublishing by @cshperspectives in @PLOSBiology! Lots to ponder over & see what's best for us!.(1/3).
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RT @cshperspectives: @pavi_narayanan @mbeisen @JohnRInglis In a word: yes. I remain baffled that with 20 years of debate, abundant evidenceβ¦.
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RT @KamounLab: @valentynbez @DORAssessment @JohnInnesCentre @TheSainsburyLab I disagree. Signing @DORAssessment means you should heckle andβ¦.
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Wouldn't the implementation of Plan U *in full* proposed by @cshperspectives @mbeisen @JohnRInglis take away most of these problems?. I know it's a distant call right now but I'm sure preprinting + public reviewing + curation models would take care of this!.
I canβt quite understand experiencing the pains of traditional publishing & thinking this is the solution instead of:.-getting rid of the journal format.-getting rid of prestige publishing .-stop peer reviewing everything .
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RT @Ajt_chaudhary: Happy to share my first preprint from postdoc work with @ZhiYongWang @CarnegiePlants βBrassinosteroid recruits FERONIAβ¦.
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Plant cell expansion is driven by turgor pressure and regulated by hormones. How plant cells avoid cell wall rupture during hormone-induced cell expansion remains a mystery. Here we show that...
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Such a poignant account of the life of Douglas Prasher, who first cloned #GFP. These people exist too! . Thanks to @VenkRamaswamy for sharing this!.
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The discoverer of a gene for a glowing protein was driving a van for a car dealership in Huntsville, Alabama, when he learned that former colleagues had won science's greatest honor.ο»Ώ
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A very nice piece by @aj_boston on the need for dismantling peer reviews into different parts & reviewing a work based on different aspects and specializations! #PeerReview #Publishing .
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A cite-able version of this post is now available at https://aj-boston.pubpub.
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