Preprints in Motion
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -Science is experiencing a revolution. Preprints have accelerated the sharing of scientific findings and helped to make academia more equitable. Join our host, immunologist and open-science advocate, Dr Jonny Coates, as he explores the freshest science with the early career researchers who did the work; discussing their science, thoughts on academic life, publishing and much more. So sit back and join us as we dive into the fast-paced world of preprints and dismantle the outdated traditional publishing models.
Produced and Edited by Dr Jonny Coates, Dr Sonia Gomes Pereira, Dr Camila Valenzuela
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Surviving freezing through leg amputation. But be careful about regeneration!
January 18, 2024 16:46 - 55 minutes - 47.2 MBEpisode 45 - Surviving freezing through leg amputation. But be careful about regeneration! This week we discussed how flies survive in freezing temperatures with Anne Sustar, a Research Scientist / Lab Manager, Dominic Golding, a medical student, and John Tuthill (@casa_tuthill), Associate professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Read the full preprint -> Adult Drosophila legs do not regenerate after amputation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.25.513553v1 Article...
Holiday special with Jonny Coates
December 20, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes - 35.2 MBThis week we celebrate the end of the year by chatting with our host Jonny Coates (@JACoates), Associate Director at ASAPBio. Join us for a conversation on the importance of all things preprints, science communication, open access, career development, and community building, plus his decision to leave academia and how this podcast started! If you stay until the end, you might have a glimpse of how it is to record an episode with pets. Jonny Coates (https://jacoates.co.uk/) Preprints in...
Review Commons: One review to rule them all
October 25, 2023 06:38 - 51 minutes - 64.8 MBIt's open access week 2023 and to celebrate we focus on preprint peer review with Review Commons. We talk to Sara Monaco (@monaco_reviewcommons; Managing Editor) and Thomas Lemberger (@tlemberger; Deputy Head of Scientific Publications at EMBO and Project Leader for Review Commons). This episode was produced by Sónia Gomes Pereira and edited by Sónia Gomes Pereira. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what ...
Peer Review Week LIVE Rapid Reviews with Stefano Bertozzi
September 29, 2023 20:50 - 34 minutes - 34.2 MBTo celebrate the end of Peer Review Week (2023) we recorded a live episode of the podcast with Stefano Bertozzi from Rapid Reviews to talk all things preprint peer review. No editing on this one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message
In the PI’s seat – Charlotte Odendall
September 20, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 35.2 MBThis week we discuss the academic career of a young PI with Charlotte Odendall @codendall, a Sir Henry Dale Fellow at King’s College London. Join us for a conversation on starting a group with a Fellowship, how martial arts help with stress, and why we all need a friend who tells us “just do it”. Charlotte Odendall: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/odendall-group This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Dr. Camila Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show, then hit that subscribe button...
Microplastics - they're everywhere!
August 16, 2023 13:28 - 34 minutes - 42.1 MBThis week we discuss microplastics with Nicole Grechi, a PhD Candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. WE also discuss her experiences with the new eLife model and a love for science. Read the full preprint -> https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/86791#x-415832686 This episode was produced and edited by Sónia Gomes Pereira. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do t...
Our 2 year birthday! The fascinating (and longer than you think) history of preprint servers with Matthew Cobb
July 19, 2023 03:02 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBIt’s our 2 year birthday this month! To celebrate we take a trip back to the past and discuss the history of preprint servers with Matthew Cobb, a Professor at the University of Manchester. Find Matthew’s BBC podcast for more about the great science publishing scandal https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004l7k If you want to learn more about the prehistory of preprint servers you can read the full article here https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003995 T...
Early Career Researcher Special
June 14, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBThis week we discuss all things ECR with Mayank Chugh & Gracielle Higino, two current postdocs who are leading the efforts in fighting for a better environment for ECRs in academia. Gracielle is an ASAPbio fellow and program co-ordinator at BIOS2, a community of researchers who are exploring and applying modern-day computational and quantitative techniques to address the challenges of biodiversity sciences. You can find her on Twitter @GracielleHigino and online https://www.graciellehigin...
In the PI’s seat - Thibaut Brunet
May 10, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week we discuss the academic career of a young PI with Thibaut Brunet @thibaut_brunet, a G5 Group Leader at Institut Pasteur. Join us for a conversation on eating spiders, dancing creatures of the ocean, and the challenges of applying for and starting a group in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thibaut Brunet: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/evolutionary-cell-biology-and-evolution-of-morphogenesis/ This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Dr. Camila Valenzuela. If you...
Fibrosis; It's hot and it's cold
April 12, 2023 03:00 - 58 minutes - 63.8 MBThis week we discuss hot and cold fibrosis with Shoval Miyara, a PhD student at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Find shoval on Twitter (https://twitter.com/MiyaraShoval) Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.01.522422v1 This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Camila Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us...
In the PI’s seat - Nicolás Rascovan
March 01, 2023 06:49 - 52 minutes - 40.8 MBIn the PI’s seat - Nicolás Rascovan This week we discuss the academic career of a young PI with Nicolás Rascovan @NRascovan, a G5 Group Leader at Institut Pasteur. Nicolás Rascovan: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/microbial-paleogenomics/ https://nicorascovan.wordpress.com/ This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Dr. Camila Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to...
Synthetic carbon fixation, lets save the world!
February 01, 2023 01:20 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBThis week we discuss synthetic carbon fixation, running a lab as a postdoc and eLife’s new publishing model with Sebastian Wenk, a Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.28.509898v1.full Sebastian -> https://www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/person/50878/2132817 Arren Bar-Evan -> https://arren-bar-even.muchloved.com/ This episode was produced and edited by Jonny Coates. If you enjoyed this show the...
eLife: publishing, community and pushing the boundaries with Michael Eisen & Devang Mehta
January 18, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBThis week we discuss the big changes occurring over at eLife with Editor in Chief Mike Eisen & original ECAG member Devang Mehta. From Jan 2023, eLife is focusing on public reviews and assessments of preprints and eliminating accept/reject decisions after peer review. Read more about this new model here: https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/54d63486/elife-s-new-model-changing-the-way-you-share-your-research Mike Eisen: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/GEN/eisenm.html Devang Mehta: https:...
Xmas special - Battle of the servers, how to choose a preprint server
December 07, 2022 11:21 - 58 minutes - 74.7 MBDISCLAIMER – These servers were reviewed from the approach of a first use instance and may not accurately reflect the full capabilities of each server. Moreover, any comments are opinions only. Preprint servers. There’s an incredibly interesting history behind them (watch this space for more on that next year) but as of 2022 there are over 50 different preprint servers. No wonder it feels like they’re an inescapable topic these days. I mean, we’re contributing to that but hey. Some are high...
RNA editing in squid; recoding the proteome with Kavita Rangan
November 16, 2022 05:37 - 44 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week we discuss RNA editing in cephalopods with postdoc Kavita Rangan. Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.25.509396v1.full This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Tala Noun & John Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated....
PreReview: leading the charge in transparent peer review of preprints with Daniela Saderi
November 02, 2022 09:34 - 44 minutes - 51.6 MBThis week we chat with Daniela Saderi, she is the Co-Founder and Director of PREreview (@prereview_), an open project with the mission to bring more equity and transparency to the evaluation of research content, giving systematically excluded researchers better ways to find, train, and contribute to peer review. In her role, she is responsible for partnership and community building, fundraising, and supervising the development of open infrastructure and programs. Other links: https://info....
Colliding cells; how cell shape affects collision outcomes with Pedrom Zadeh
October 19, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week we discuss modeling cell-cell collisions with Pedrom Zadeh, a 4th year PhD student at Johns Hopkins University. We learn how to distill basic biology into models and just how important and useful modeling can be as a tool. Read the full preprint -> https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.13.491710v1.full Twitter thread on the preprint -> https://twitter.com/diffusiveblob/status/1526247248241246208?s=20&t=DGdP1wWJYW6wVsBFCeQp1w Other links: 3 blue 1 brown: https://www.y...
Divide and Conquer: Cytoplasmic Divisions Without Nuclei
October 05, 2022 07:12 - 54 minutes - 66.3 MBThis week we discuss how cells can divide without nuclei and why this happens with Anand Bakshi, Fabio Echegaray Iturra (@fabioechegaray) & Mustafa G. Aydogan @AydoganLab. We also highlight Drosophila as an amazing model system that just keeps on giving and speak about the importance of preprints in collaboration and grant applications. We also discuss the limitations of preprints and the fluidity of science. Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.15.49634...
Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing and Diversity
September 21, 2022 07:57 - 43 minutes - 44 MBThis week we discuss mitochondrial DNA and its importance in aging with Amy Vandiver (@AmyVandiver2). We also highlight a new method to quickly sequence full length mitochondrial DNA allowing for mitochondrial genome comparisons and the understanding of the diversity between mitochondrial DNA. As usual we also discuss the process of pre-printing, preLights and how they can generate collaborations. As well as understanding more about the MD PhD group leader route. Read the full preprint: ht...
Octopus and the many tentacles of research outputs
September 06, 2022 18:50 - 45 minutes - 30.5 MBThis week we discuss a different take on sharing scientific findings with Alex Freeman (@alex_freeman), creator of Octopus @science_octopus. Octopus is resetting the incentive structure for research sharing, putting the emphasis on assessing the quality of what people are doing within the lab. Find out more here https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/octopus-creating-a-new-primary-research-record-for-science Use the code “jonny” to get free access to an online course all about preprints: https...
Metabolic heterogeneity in macrophages
August 03, 2022 15:22 - 43 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week we discuss macrophage heterogeneity with Graham Heieis (@GrahamHeieis), a Post-doc at the Leiden University Medical Center (@LUMC_Leiden) in the Netherlands. We speak to him about mass cytometry and spectral flow cytometry and their use to investigate heterogeneity of tissue specific macrophages with regards to metabolism. We then have our usual chat about preprints, moving labs from Canada to Scotland as well as a bit of a a whiskey discussion. Read the full preprint: https://ww...
Paper Retractions and Preprint Withdrawals with Michele Avissar-Whiting
July 20, 2022 11:36 - 44 minutes - 36.2 MBWe’ve gone full circle!! Join us this week as we talk to Michele Avissar-Whiting (@maw_tweets), one of our first ever guests on this podcast and Editor in Chief of Research Square, as we discuss what happens to a preprint when the downstream publication gets retracted, how the papers can be linked to the preprint and if the preprint should be withdrawn. Michele talks to us about her recent paper which examines exactly this. Read the full article: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267971...
Ciliopathies, ‘Chlamy’ and Cilia length
July 06, 2022 07:49 - 39 minutes - 22.7 MBThis week we discuss cilia length, ciliopathies and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (also known as ‘Chlamy’) with Brae Briggs (@BiggeBrae), a graduate student from at Dartmouth (@dartmouth),Geisel School of Medicine (@GeiselMed). We find out about a range of ciliopathies, the main composition of cilia as well as using ‘Chlamy’ as a model to study cilia length. We also discuss the difficulties of moving in the middle of a PhD and pandemic, open science principles including preprints as well as how ...
Prachee Avasthi on ASAPbio, Arcadia Science and the open science mission on our one year birthday
June 15, 2022 05:30 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBWe’re 1 year old today! And to help celebrate our Birthday we have an extra long conversation with the incomparable Prachee Avasthi (@PracheeAC), Associate Professor at Dartmouth, President of ASAPbio and CSO & co-founder of Arcadia Science). We discuss everything from Prachee’s career journey, role in promoting preprints and open science with ASAPbio and how she came to co-found Arcadia Science. Arcadia Science: https://www.arcadiascience.com/ Arcadia Science first open house: https://www...
Can we regenerate the heart?
June 01, 2022 08:27 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week we discuss heart dedifferentiation and regeneration with Avraham Shakked @abingtonSA a final year PhD student, at the Weizmann Institute of Science, @WeizmannScience. We speak about their ingenious mouse model which uses transient and temporarily controlled ERBB2 expression which allows dedifferentiation and redifferentiation of cardiomyocytes. Using this model they examined the difference in RNA, protein and heart function in the redifferentiated the cells with and without heart i...
Episode 24: Baby hearts, inflammation and precarious postdocs
May 17, 2022 23:07 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBThis week we discuss placental inflammation and heart development with postdoc Eleanor Jayne Ward and PI Suchita Nadkarni (@SciSuchita) from Queen Mary, University of London. In this preprint, the authors show that during embryonic heart development, neutrophils (innate immune cells) can sometimes cause placental inflammation. This inflammation leads to a loss of barrier function. In turn, this allows maternal monocytes (innate immune cells that develop into macrophages) to migrate into the ...
Episode 23: Tanycyting: Characterising a neural stem cell niche in the hypothalamus
May 04, 2022 07:41 - 55 minutes - 40.4 MBThis week we discuss a population of stem cells called tanycytes which line hypothalamus in the brain with Alex Moore (@alexthemessiah) an Operational Research Analyst in the Civil Service & Kavitha Chinnaiya a Post Doc from the University of Sheffield (@sheffielduni). Tanycytes are population of cells which line the 3rd ventricle in the hypothalamus, self renew and give rise to neurons and glia within the brain. We speak to them about the key findings of their paper which includes expandin...
Episode 22: Caloric Restriction: The Difference Sex and Age Can Make
April 20, 2022 09:14 - 57 minutes - 40.3 MBCW:// This week's episode touches on some themes revolving around caloric restriction which some listeners may find difficult. This week we speak to Ben Thomas @BenThomasSci, a final year PhD student at the University of Edinburgh @EdinburghUni about the benefits of caloric restriction, the impact in male and female mice as well as the effect of age. We highlight the ingrained sexisim within the biological sciences: often only male mice are used and we discuss how this can impact the result...
Episode 21: Science in motion: How journalists’ approach using preprints
April 06, 2022 09:47 - 53 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week we discuss how journalists approach using preprints with Alice Fleerackers (@FleerackersA), a PhD student at the Simon Fraser University (@SFU). She tells us how she went behind the scenes and to examine the decision making process of journalists on whether to use preprints or not, how they contextualized the science, and what practices they use to evaluate preprints. We discuss the benefits of preprints and highlight the importance of science communication and our role as scientis...
Episode 20: Mini Brains - Organoids as 3D Brain Models
March 15, 2022 16:06 - 46 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week we discuss organoids and assembloids as models of neurodegenerative diseases with Sònia Sabaté Soler (@scisonias), a PhD student from the University of Luxembourg (@uni_lu). Find out about how 2D stem cells cultures are differentiated into complex 3D midbrain organoids which contain multiple cell types. We also discuss how microglia can be incorporated into the organoids to generate assembloids, mimicking the human brain more robustly. As always we speak about pre-printing and acad...
Episode 19: John Inglis & Richard Sever on the Creation of BioRxiv
March 02, 2022 09:29 - 1 hour - 119 MBA really exciting special episode this week, as we talk to co-founders of BioRxiv (@biorxivpreprint) and MedRxiv (@medrxivpreprint) Richard Sever (@cshperspectives) & John Inglis (@JohnRInglis). We discuss how they met and started with BioRxiv along with the challenges they faced. We then chat about the considerations when accepting or rejecting preprints, or why certain papers are rejected from BioRxiv (they don’t just accept everything). We also touch on the impact COVID 19 and the pandem...
Episode 18: DNA Recorders
February 16, 2022 09:41 - 46 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week we discuss DNA recorders with Theresa Loveless (@TheresaLovele12), a Post Doc, at UC Irvine. DNA recorders can turn transient events into stable genomic ones and have been used to investigate cell fates and lineages. Join us as we find out more about how this is achieved and the incredible technology behind it!! We also chat about Theresa’s experience of preprinting and academia, and how it can be improved!! Read the full preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.0...
Episode 17: On-demand Control of Endogenous Genes
February 02, 2022 11:45 - 42 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week we discuss an amazing new technique developed by Dr Jakub Gemperle (@GemperleJakub), a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Manchester (@OfficialUoM). This technique uses 3 different inducible systems to allow on-demand control of endogenous genes, including being able to remove genes and then re-express them. A nice all in one package of techniques, great for rescue experiments!! We then also talk about Magnetogenetics where cells (and vesicles) can be mov...
Episode 16: The 7 Preprints of Christmas
December 22, 2021 08:53 - 50 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week is our Christmas Episode! In this episode the Preprints in Motion team get together and discuss exciting, new preprints with a festive theme. We talk about smart soil, mitochondria DNA in relation to COVID 19, shock absorber stress granules as well as a discussion on nepotistic journals and much more including festive cheer and merriment. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from us at Preprints in Motion. Read the full preprints: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.1...
Episode 15 - The Exocyst: Somewhere between science and superstition
December 01, 2021 16:34 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBThis week we discuss the exocyst with Dr Hannes Maib @hannes_maib a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Dundee @dundeeuni!! He explains the complexities of the exocyst as well as the exciting biochemistry and binding assays used to understand its formation. In addition Hannes speaks candidly about starting working in a new lab as a Post-Doc, his views of hierarchical journal systems and how preprinting can help ECR take back ownership of their work in a great discussion with our ho...
Episode 14: Be the change you want to see: Prefigurative politics in academia
November 16, 2021 16:33 - 43 minutes - 32 MBThis week we discuss prefigurative politics in academia with Stefano Davide Vianello, a PhD student at @EPFL_en in Switzerland. This is the idea that in order to change how a system works we should act in a way that reflects the change we want to see. In Stefano’s case: preprinting to be the end goal and he has therefore submitted a preprint without any intention of submitting it to a journal. We speak to him about his reasons for this, why he is against academics paying for open access as w...
Episode 13 - Mice in Space: Characterizing Mouse Skeletal Muscles After 35-37 Days of Spaceflight
November 03, 2021 15:02 - 36 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week we discuss mice in space and the impact of prolonged space flight and how this can relate to austraunoughts with Jessica L Braun @jess_l_braun a PhD Student at the Brock University @BrockUniversity. Jessica speaks about her work looking at soleus and tibialis anterior muscles of mice which have spent 35-37 days on the international space station comparing Ca2+ uptake and SERCA function. We discuss everything from a mice mission control to cardigan rhythms and the different effects ...
Episode 12 - Single Molecule Fingerprinting Reveals Different Amplification Properties of α-synuclein Oligomers
October 20, 2021 08:43 - 46 minutes - 28.6 MBThis week we discuss Parkinson’s Disease and single molecule spectroscopy with Dr Derrick Lau, a PostDoc at the University of New South Wales (@UNSW). Single molecular spectroscopy can be used to track the formation and purification of α-synuclein aggregates, a hallmark of PD, and potentially lead to a tool for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. We discuss how single molecular spectroscopy is transferable to medium throughput and use bio fluids for early diagnosis of Parkinson Disease b...
Episode 11 - Laterally Transferred Macrophage Mitochondria Act As A Signalling Source Promoting Cancer Cell Proliferation
October 06, 2021 09:14 - 46 minutes - 33.5 MBThis week we discussed the transfer of mitochondria from macrophages to cancer cells with Dr Chelsea Kidwill & Joseph Casalin, a Post-Doctoral Research Associate and PhD student at University of Utah (@UUtah) in the school of medicine. We delve into why this transfer occurs, the mechanism of transfer and how this impacts the recipient cells. We also speak to Joseph about his alternative schooling, in addition to our usual chat about the importance of preprints and our ideas for how to improv...
Episode 10 - Paywall The business of Scholarship
September 22, 2021 12:54 - 45 minutes - 32.6 MBThis week we discuss The Paywall Movie with Professor Jason Schmitt, chair of communication and Media at Clarkson University. We talk about academic publishing, the problems of the current system and more. In 2018, UK universities spent over £210 million on publication costs (access etc). This could have paid for; 700 ECR fellowships or 6500 postdocs or >8500 technicians or 3,500 PhDs (4yr fees + stipend). Meanwhile, Elsevier had profit margins of 37%. This week we discuss the broken publi...
Episode 09 - Incorrect Nucleotide Sequences Are Unacceptably Frequent Within Scientific Literature
September 01, 2021 12:11 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBThis week we discuss how published nucleotide sequences are not always correct or to be trusted with Yasunori Park and Professor Jennifer A Byrne (@JAByrneSci), a research Assistant and PI at the University of Sydney (@Sydney_uni). We delve into the details of their nifty new text mining tool (Blast and Seek) which highlights papers with incorrect nucleotide sequences. We also discuss the most common mistakes found, the impact of these mistakes, and what we can do as researchers to prevent e...
Episode 08 - Identification of ACE2 modifiers by CRISPR screening
August 18, 2021 09:25 - 51 minutes - 36.4 MBThis week we discuss high throughput CRISPR/Cas9 screening and how these have been adapted to investigate novel treatments for COVID-19 with Emily Sherman a former Post Doc and Brian Emmer (@brianemmer), a new PI at University of Michigan (@UMIntMed) In this episode we cover details on how to conduct a high throughput CRISPR/Cas9 screen, the exciting advances in NextGen sequencing as well as what it's like to set up your own lab while working as a clinician during a pandemic. We also speak ...
Episode 07 - A Transcriptional Switch Governs Fibroblast Activation in Heart Disease
August 04, 2021 06:51 - 36 minutes - 28.1 MBThis week we discuss BET inhibitors and fibroblast activation with Michael Alexanian @m_alexanian a Postdoctoral researcher at Gladstone Institutes @Gladstoneinst. Michael explains how BET inhibitors have emerged as a potent tool to reversibly interfere with enhancers to promoter signalling. This has been shown to ameliorate heart failure in mouse models and is a highly translatable method of preventing heart failure in humans. We discuss two powerful tools, scRNASeq and scATAC-seq, and how ...
Episode 6 - A Pretty Fly DNA Extraction Method
July 20, 2021 20:53 - 57 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week we discuss how to non-destructively extract and sequence DNA from historical mosquito and tsetse fly samples from the Natural History Museum’s collection. We discover a new method for doing just that with Dr Petra Korlevic (@petrathepostdoc), a Post-doctoral researcher at the EMBL-EBI (@emblebi)/Sanger Institute (@sangerinstitute), and Dr Erica McAlister (@flygirlNHM), Senior Curator of Diptera at the Natural History Museum (@NHM_London). Erica and Petra explain how this method can...
Episode 06 - A Pretty Fly DNA Extraction Method
July 20, 2021 20:53 - 57 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week we discuss how to non-destructively extract and sequence DNA from historical mosquito and tsetse fly samples from the Natural History Museum’s collection. We discover a new method for doing just that with Dr Petra Korlevic (@petrathepostdoc), a Post-doctoral researcher at the EMBL-EBI (@emblebi)/Sanger Institute (@sangerinstitute), and Dr Erica McAlister (@flygirlNHM), Senior Curator of Diptera at the Natural History Museum (@NHM_London). Erica and Petra explain how this method can...
Episode 05: Pros and Cons of Preprints
July 13, 2021 20:27 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBIt's all-change at Preprints in Motion this week! Host Jonny Coates takes on the role of guest, while Producer Emma Wilson and Editor John D Howard step in front of the mic for a change and co-host, to bring you a background discussion on the history, and pros and cons of Preprints. Analysis of changes between preprints and their published versions - https://bit.ly/2ZEY5X3 Role of preprints in the COVID-19 pandemic - https://bit.ly/3duUdyc Previous podcast episode on Research Square - htt...
Episode 05 - Pros and Cons of Preprints
July 13, 2021 20:27 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBIt's all-change at Preprints in Motion this week! Host Jonny Coates takes on the role of guest, while Producer Emma Wilson and Editor John D Howard step in front of the mic for a change and co-host, to bring you a background discussion on the history, and pros and cons of Preprints. Analysis of changes between preprints and their published versions - https://bit.ly/2ZEY5X3 Role of preprints in the COVID-19 pandemic - https://bit.ly/3duUdyc Previous podcast episode on Research Square - htt...
Episode 04 - How Close Are We to Limb Regeneration?
July 06, 2021 17:02 - 41 minutes - 28.1 MBThis week we focus on limb regeneration in amphibians and ask how far away are we from mammalian regeneration? Maybe not as far as we think. We join Dr Can Aztekin @CanAztekin, a recent PhD graduate from Gurdon Institute @GurdonInstitute and current PI in EPFL, Switzerland @EPFL_en. We discuss regeneration in general and a novel tool to investigate different factors involved with regeneration. We also ask him the important questions such as how is it to work with a Nobel laureate? How was it...
Episode 03 - Research Square EiC, Michele Avissar-Whiting
June 22, 2021 17:12 - 52 minutes - 36 MBThis week it’s something a little different! We chat with Dr Michele Avissar-Whiting (@maw_tweets) Editor in Chief of Research Square. Research Square is a Preprint platform which aims to make research communication publishing quicker, easier and fairer. We speak about their editing and reviewing process, open access journals as well as general Preprint chat! Other links Michele’s scholarly kitchen article - https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/06/02/guest-post-the-10000-watt-bulb-how-...
Episode 02 - Meta-Research Citation needed? Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic
June 16, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 45.3 MBJoin us as we learn why referencing Wikipedia might not be such a bad idea. We speak to Omer Benjakob @omerbenj, Jonathan Sobel @JonathanSobel1 & Rona Aviram @rona_av who have been investigating the scientific backbone of Wikipedia pages and how referencing on Wikipedia has changed over the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how Wikipedia manages to reliably keep up to date with a constantly evolving topic, could this be applied to a social media format to prevent disinformation and could Wikiped...