Preprints in Motion
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsScience 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 So sit back and join us as we dive into the fast-paced world of preprints and dismantle the outdated traditional publishing models.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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Episodes
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...
Episode 01 - How to build a microscope out of LEGO
June 15, 2021 19:13 - 39 minutes - 22.9 MBThis week join our host Jonny coates as he speaks with Dr Bart Vos, a research associate at the Munster University, as he reveals just how much he likes microscopes. Together they discuss how to build a high resolution LEGO microscope and how these can be used as useful teaching tools for kids and adults alike. They then delve in the world of academic science, the pros, the cons and why we should preprint! Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.11.439311v1 ...
The trailer
May 04, 2021 21:46 - 57 seconds - 1.15 MBPreprints in Motion is a shiny podcast diving into the fast paced world of preprinted science. Preprints have accelerated the speed at which scientific findings are shared and have helped to move academia towards a more equitable place. Join immunologist and open-science advocate Dr Jonny Coates as he talks to the early career researchers behind some of freshest preprints and learn more about their experience in academia. Each episode discusses their recent science, career journey and their ...