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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
In or out of academia, your needs, hopes and values matter. Learn about the work being done by Fátima Sancheznieto and people like her to change the academic training to truly align with the values of science. Listen today: buff.ly/kayWDdB
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Science thrives on migration and collaboration across borders. Eve Marder reflects on her family’s history of displacement and survival in the 1930s through the story of her grandmother’s rug, and how those same forces are shaping science today. buff.ly/smgHkJ1
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Attending the Open Science Fair this month? Join our Head of Publishing, Fiona Hutton, on Sept 17 as she explains why it’s time to embrace more meaningful approaches to research assessment: buff.ly/FC06AfH
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Before founding the Public Knowledge Project, John Willinsky taught kids poetry and Bob Dylan songs. In the Voices podcast, he traces his journey from classroom to global open-access infrastructure, and why making research a public good still drives him. buff.ly/s2nC6yn
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Is open science enough without a sense of community? Educator, activist and musician John Willinsky shares why integrity, collaboration, and dancing at conferences are just as important as innovation in research publishing. Listen to the Voices podcast. buff.ly/s2nC6yn
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
📢 Early-career researchers: you make up a majority of the scientific workforce! How can you leverage that to advocate for change? 1/ 🧵 Here are 6 tips for success 👇 #ECRChat #PhDLife #AcademicChatter Watch the webinar for more: 🔗 buff.ly/b2tmoL4
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Are you a researcher passionate about #OpenScience? We comply with all major funding agency requirements for #OpenAccess, believing in the importance of the rapid and open sharing of research. Learn more about our policies: buff.ly/6MUspI1
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Get to the heart of what research the research really means. eLife Insight Articles explain why the results of original research papers in eLife are significant and how they might change their field. Explore them here: buff.ly/JAMiBpv
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We're trying to find new ways of getting important, original research into scientists’ hands as quickly as possible. Take a look at the other formats you can publish in, from Tools and Resources to Short Reports: buff.ly/WymhgV8
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Find yourself jumping between two PDFs when reading a paper? With our "side by side" view you can see the figures and contents next to the text in your browser. Try it here: buff.ly/m06oxxO
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
eLife Feature Articles allow authors to discuss research culture, science policy and funding, careers in science and more. Articles published in this section also report original findings in meta-research. buff.ly/3XsDUWU
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🚨 Our 11th annual survey closes today! 🚨 Take 10 minutes to tell us what you think about us and the work we’re doing to change research culture and communication: buff.ly/fn4E8X0
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Frustrated with confusing or conflicting requests for revisions? At eLife, editors and reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before reaching a decision on a manuscript. Learn more about peer review at eLife: buff.ly/Vi34VBd
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Heard about our Community Voices podcast? Created by eLife’s very own staff, we embark on inspiring conversations with scientists about their lives and passions. Catch up with the latest episodes 👇 buff.ly/7WGr6o0
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
How does publishing in science and medicine need to change? Tell us what you think about the future by taking our short survey: buff.ly/fn4E8X0
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Cutting jargon and putting research in context. Check out our Digest section, showcasing some of the latest articles published in eLife with short, easy to read summaries: elifesciences.org/digests?utm_...
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Interested in reproducibility? Natural history? #MetaResearch? There's an eLife Collection for that! Get reading today: buff.ly/eg09uhh
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Get to the heart of what research the research really means with eLife Insights: buff.ly/SSyoKDo
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
What can publishers like eLife do to improve research culture and research communication? Our 10th annual survey is an opportunity for you to voice your opinions about publishing in science and medicine, helping shape what we do. buff.ly/fn4E8X0
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Victoire Nsabatien presents his research on medical entomology and the bioecology of #malaria vectors in an upcoming online French-language event. Register free: buff.ly/LgTTU7V Victoire was the first winner of @eLife.bsky.social‬'s Ben Barres Spotlight Award based in the DRC!
Research seminar: exploring plant based lavicides. June 11, 2025, 1 pm UTC plus one.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Want to be part of eLife's community? Find out how you can get involved: buff.ly/Uk7j66C
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
As part of our commitment to helping make the life sciences and medicine more equitable, diverse and inclusive, we are proud to announce a new policy for eLife focused on addressing “parachute science”. buff.ly/By7wO9N
Tackling "parachute science" to promote inclusion in global research. Read about our new policy.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
When you meet a Mexican [...] you will always find a great friend in them.” Beneath that warmth, researchers like Christian Molina-Aguilar face long hours, low pay, and limited resources. Listen to how he’s addressing attitudes to #MentalHealth in Mexico: buff.ly/S19cmml
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
5/ ⚖️ Leadership Styles From ‘Bureaucratic Leadership’ (emphasising rules, procedures, and hierarchy) to ‘Leadership by Community’ (emphasising collaboration, mutual empowerment, and the collective shaping of direction), the group explored a range of leadership styles.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
4/ 🏋 Leadership Responsibilities Leadership comes with the responsibility to create inclusive, empowering environments where others can thrive. Leaders are accountable not just for outcomes, but for how they listen, communicate, and support those around them.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
1/ 🧵 Last month, our #eLifeAmbassadors attended their first training sessions on leadership - here’s what they learned 👇
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Looking for more flexibility? Alongside Research Articles, you can publish your work as a Tools and Resources paper, Research Advance and Short Report. Find out more: buff.ly/sg1BSUv
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🇲🇽 What is it like to be a researcher in Mexico? @christianmolinaag.bsky.social talks with Voices about the compounding influences of a busy career, language barriers, a pandemic and parenthood on his mental health and how it inspired Achicopaladito. buff.ly/S19cmml
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Sign up for Evelyn Avilés' event later this month to learn about her research on the molecular mechanisms of neuronal connections Evelyn was awarded a Ben Barres Spotlight Award in 2024 to purchase supplies for mutant mouse strains! Register: buff.ly/28KiNbG
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🇲🇽 Behind a vibrant culture lies a quiet crisis in science. Christian Molina-Aguilar joins the Voices pod to talk about the joy and struggle of a research career in Mexico and his project, Achicopaldito #MentalHealth Coming out Wednesday, subscribe here: buff.ly/Fm63bdd
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our magazine showcases the latest research in eLife in an easily digestible format while also covering topics like research culture, #EDI and meta-research Want to hear about recent highlights from eLife Magazine? Sign up for our new newsletter here: buff.ly/1JyelPW
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Ben Barres Spotlight Award winner, Ayesha Riaz (@ayeshariaz.bsky.social), invites you to join their seminar on "Dissecting axonal endoplasmic reticulum continuity and organization in Drosophila atlastin mutants". Held online on May 6, 11am PKT/ 6am GMT, register below 👇 buff.ly/SlO1RW5
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
From brain databases and deep-learning methods to imaging and genetic modification techniques, eLife Tools and Resources articles present new techniques, datasets, software tools, and more. Take a look a the latest Tools and Resource articles: buff.ly/FztI10S
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Heard about our Community Voices podcast? Created by eLife’s very own staff, we embark on inspiring conversations with scientists about their lives and passions. Catch up with the latest episodes 👇 #12DaysOfeLife buff.ly/Jhsaaqf
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Ben Barres Spotlight Award winner, Kevin Rucci, invites you to join their seminar on Emerging Perspectives in Vector Ecology! Held on May 14, 10:00–12:15 Argentina time (UTC-3), the event will be in Spanish with translated captions. Register below 👇 buff.ly/oKcRF2i
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Check out our Digest section, showcasing the latest research with short, easy to read summaries: buff.ly/VJfEO4K
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The iDiv Female Scientists initiative shows how workplace culture shapes gender equity in academia. Supportive spaces invite change from the ground up — where that’s missing, top-down action is key. buff.ly/YzP4Whj
Transparency reveals the scale of the problem, and the commitment to act can lead to meaningful change.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Do you think publishing and research culture needs to change? Here’s Professor Mark Boothby’s take on how @eLife.bsky.social’s model contributes to a system that prioritises openness and scientific advancement over prestige: elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
"...most of my papers have been enhanced by peer review input, but sometimes that is not the case and the eLife Model gives authors more latitude to decide..."
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
In this episode of Voices, @godwyns.bsky.social sits down with Daniela Saderi (@neurosarda.bsky.social), a co-founder of @prereview.bsky.social and passionate advocate for inclusion. She talks about her journey as an activist and the importance of collaboration in science: buff.ly/7jKOu6o
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Daniela Saderi (@neurosarda.bsky.social) experienced a commonly-felt mid-PhD-crisis and was searching for meaning when she found a flyer for a conference. It was this event that catalysed her to merge her passions for activism and #OpenScience. 🎧 Listen now on Voices: buff.ly/7jKOu6o
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Six researchers share their personal experiences of part-time work in academia, discuss the benefits and barriers, and outline what individual academics, universities and funders can do to encourage and support part-time working patterns. buff.ly/4ulE0og
Timelines showing the career paths of the authors from PhD student onwards, including major landmarks such as appointment as a research fellow, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor/research professor.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
5/ Angel Cisneros (@angelfcc.bsky.social) introduced ecrLife, a place for early career researchers to share stories, ideas, and experiences about their journey in science. The group are encouraged to pitch articles on topics that matter to them.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
4/ We heard from another former Ambassador, Christian Molina Aguilar on Achicopaladito's survey into the mental health of researchers in Mexico.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
3/ Emmanuel Boakye introduced the African Reproducibility Network (AREN), a project initiated during the programme. Rio Sugimura, also shared his trajectory and several insights into open science, peer review and preprints in Asia.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
2/ Dine Roseline Dzekem introduced the work of eLife's Global South Committee and for an overview of our Early-Career Advisory Group, we heard from members Laura Han, @mayankchugh.bsky.social, Charlotte Ayima and Diana López.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
💥 The fourth iteration of the eLife Ambassador programme started yesterday! 1/ To greet the 107 new early-career researchers from around the world, our Community Manager, Elise Bateman, hosted two welcome calls with plenty of special guests.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
4/ We heard from another former Ambassador, Christian Molina Aguilar (@Christian_moli_) on Achicopaladito's survey into the mental health of researchers in Mexico.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
3/ Emmanuel Boakye (@thescientistgh) introduced the African Reproducibility Network (@africanrepro), a project initiated during the programme. @rio_sugimura, also shared his trajectory and several insights into open science, peer review and preprints in Asia.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
2/ Dine Roseline Dzekem (@DzekemDine) introduced the work of eLife's Global South Committee and for an overview of our Early-Career Advisory Group, we heard from members Laura K.M. Han (@Laurakimmae), @mayank_mchugh, @charlotte_ayima and Diana López.
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eLife Community @elifecommunity.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
1/ From Brazil to South Korea, we’re excited to welcome 107 early-career researchers who are looking to promote responsible behaviours in science to the eLife Community Ambassador programme 🎉 buff.ly/3EYNfmE
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