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Lenny Teytelman

@lteytelman.bsky.social
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Biologist. President and cofounder, protocols.io (he/him)

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Stephanie Hampton @sehampton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Winter #limnology sampling is on the horizon! Our Winter Limnology Network team recently posted our official protocols for sampling under the ice in seasonally frozen lakes - check them out, use them, go get some winter data! www.protocols.io/view/limnolo...
Secchi disk on rope lowered through hole in the ice on a lake
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Northeastern University Library @northeasternlib.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Next week at the library: book clubs, board games, and resource experts! ⬇️ northeastern.libcal.com
Library Events
September 14 - 20

Fusion Book Club Pop-Up
Drop-in table
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1 - 3 p.m. EDT
Snell Library Lobby

Reading Challenge Pop-Up
Drop-in table
Wednesday, Sept. 16 and Thursday, Sept. 17
1 - 3 p.m. EDT
Snell Library Lobby

First Year Book Club
Presentation and discussion
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 5 p.m. EDT
Snell Library 215

Board Game Collection Pop-Up
Drop-in table
Thursday, Sept. 17, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. EDT
Snell Library Lobby

Meet with an Expert: protocols.io
Friday, Sept. 18, 9 - 10 a.m. EDT
Snell Library 215
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smahtnetwrk.bsky.social @smahtnetwrk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Explore a step-by-step NanoSeq library preparation protocol using mung bean nuclease for whole-genome duplex sequencing. Optimized across 15+ human tissues, the method enables improved genome coverage for high-sensitivity somatic mutation detection. www.protocols.io/view/optimiz...
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Optimized Mung Bean Nuclease Nanoseq Library Preparation Protocol for Whole Genome Sequencing
Optimized Mung Bean Nuclease Nanoseq Library Preparation Protocol for Whole Genome Sequencing. Duplex. Read full protocol, steps, and materials on protocols.io
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SPARC @sparcopen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Read our new impact story on Michael J. Fox Foundation & @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org. Updated #OpenScience requirements aim to accelerate discovery & improve treatment for Parkinson’s disease. It's an inspiration to other @orfg.bsky.social members. sparcopen.org/impact-story...
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Parkinson’s Research Funders Lead the Way with Progressive Open Access and Open Science Policies - SPARC
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/08/2026
The lab is a mysterious place--where some people have "magic hands," and some experiments just won't work. Here's my story about the unspoken knowledge of science, and the struggle to share it. Gift link: nyti.ms/3UccF7Z
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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost!
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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Our book chapter from 7 (?!?!) years ago, is now also available as protocols.io version! That's pretty neat. www.protocols.io/view/the-red...
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The Red Flour Beetle as Model for Comparative Neural Development: Genome Editing to Mark Neural Cells in Tr...
The Red Flour Beetle as Model for Comparative Neural Development: Genome Editing to Mark Neural Cells in Tribolium Brain Development. . Read full protocol, s...
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The Tattooed Professor @schwessinger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Preparing another Nanopore/Genome assembly workshop for tomorrow to round off #ICOM2026 in style. Drew me back to @protocolsio.bsky.social. We started over 10 years ago with long-reads, with 10+ workshops and lots of smiles. Memory lane made me smile. 1/2
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Emory CIDMATH @emorycidmath.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"RSV-A and RSV-B Amplicon Sequencing from Solid-Phase Wastewater Using the NEBNext® RSV Primer Module" is a novel protocol by CIDMATH researchers Said Rachida, Alaa Ahmed, Hannah Cayla D., Abby Paulos, Orlando Sablon, Marlene Wolfe, and Anne Piantadosi.
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Ignacio J. Melero-Jiménez @ignamelero.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🧬 We’ve shared an open-access protocol for cost-effective, high-quality DNA extraction from cyanobacteria and microalgae. We hope it will be useful to the research community! Developed with @Raul_MontanezM. doi.org/10.17504/pro... #Cyanobacteria #Microalgae #DNAExtraction #Genomics #ProtocolsIO
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Lab protocol: DNA extraction from cyanobacteria and microalgae
Lab protocol: DNA extraction from cyanobacteria and microalgae. Photosynthetic microorganisms are key. Read full protocol, steps, and materials on protocols.io
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Henryk Straube @hstraube.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Working with faba bean (Vicia faba)? We've published a rapid, reliable DNA extraction protocol that avoids the rapid blackening of tissues, a common headache during DNA isolation. Protocol: www.protocols.io/view/rapid-d... Feedback and experiences are welcome! #PlantSci #FabaBean #OpenScience
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Rapid DNA extraction from faba bean (Vicia faba) tissues
Rapid DNA extraction from faba bean (Vicia faba) tissues. Efficient DNA isolation is essential for hig. Read full protocol, steps, and materials on protocols.io
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Ben Pascoe @benizao.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🧵 New paper! 🚨 Delighted to see our GETCampy-Africa protocol published in BMJ Open. *Protocols for genomic epidemiology and source attribution of enteric bacteria causing diarrhoeal disease across Africa* @bmj.com @bmjmedicine.bsky.social 📄 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/6... 👇
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Protocols for genomic epidemiology and source attribution of enteric bacteria causing diarrhoeal disease across Africa
Introduction Enteric bacterial pathogens are a major cause of diarrhoeal disease in low-income and middle-income countries, with complex transmission pathways involving human, animal and environmental...
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Megan Hagenauer @mhagenauer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧠🧬🧪🔬🧫 🥼Toronto science friends: I have a highly-motivated research student, Ashlee Lewis, who is looking for research-related opportunities. She recently graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry, and has excellent wet-lab, computational (R), and communication skills. www.linkedin.com/in/ashleelew...
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www.protocols.io @protocolsio.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We’re transforming research protocols from static documents into dynamic, reusable workflows. A key part is making large collections of trusted methods — including Protocol Exchange and Springer Protocols — available in protocols.io format, so researchers can reuse, adapt, and build on them.
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Evolving protocols: From static to dynamic with protocols.io
Sharing research protocols is a cornerstone of open science, and protocols.io, part of Springer Nature, continues to evolve as a secure, modern platform for...
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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
With extensive step by step protocols detailed here www.protocols.io/view/collect...
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Collection of protocols for label-free GAG disaccharide analysis by HILIC-MS/MS of diverse biological tissues
Collection of protocols for label-free GAG disaccharide analysis by HILIC-MS/MS of diverse biological tissues. . Read full protocol, steps, and materials on...
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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
delighted to share our new pre-print developing label-free glycosaminoglycan analysis of diverse complex biological samples, led by @h-davies-s.bsky.social working closely with David Knight and Rebecca Miller alongisde our recent recruit Samie Dalgarno www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Matt Lycas @lycasworks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
www.protocols.io/view/cryo-ex... New protocol alert!! Cryo-expansion microscopy of C. elegans and Tardigrades using the high pressure freezer!
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Cryo-Expansion Microscopy of C. elegans and Tardigrades
Cryo-Expansion Microscopy of C. elegans and Tardigrades. Expansion microscopy (ExM) improves imaging r. Read full protocol, steps, and materials on protocols.io
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www.protocols.io @protocolsio.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Attending ABRF 2026 (@abrf.bsky.social)? Connect with protocols.io at Booth 710. We're engaging with core facilities about common priorities and challenges, including how to demonstrate impact and receive credit. If this resonates, schedule a short discussion with our team: abrf26.youcanbook.me
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www.protocols.io @protocolsio.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join our webinar to hear from researchers at the University of Rochester and City of Hope on practical strategies for improving documentation, supporting training, and increasing visibility of core facility work. April 9 | 11 AM EST | 5 PM CET Register here: go.springernature.com/enhancing-im...
Webinar poster: “Enhancing Impact in Core Facilities,” April 9, 11 AM EST / 5 PM CET.
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Radcliffe Science Library @radcliffescilib.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Last month, we highlighted Protocols.io as a new resource available at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Next week, as part OxFOS, you can sign up and join the Springer Nature team for a training session introducing the platform to researchers either in person here at the RSL or online go.glam.ox.ac.uk/proto
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Kelvin Lau @klausenhauser on 🙅‍♂️🐘🪡 @klausenhauser.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Started this project years ago, but now everything is deposited on @addgene.bsky.social and a short @protocolsio.bsky.social is online. Try it out to make your own (cheap) homemade nuclease/Benzonase! dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.261ged7xov47/v2 Thank you @jcoker10.bsky.social and Michael Lim!
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Francis Crick Institute Library & Information Services @fci-library.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We've updated our protocols.io page to highlight a couple of the protocols published by Crick authors recently. If you're at the Crick, don't forget you can get your flat pdfs converted to the protocols.io format at no cost! 😀 www.protocols.io/organization...
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Francis Crick Institute
The Francis Crick Institute (formerly the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation) is a biomedical research centre in London, which was established in 2010 and opened in 2...
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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
ONT seq help: Has anyone had success using less than the 10ng of input DNA for the 16S barcoding kit? Trying to use it for low biomass samples.
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Sara Zufan, PhD, MPH @exsciled.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Given the recent #Nipah outbreak in India, here are two #Nanopore protocols for NiV genomic sequencing in support of rapid outbreak response: IPC: www.protocols.io/view/sequenc... icddr,b/CDC: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New @protocolsio.bsky.social post describing our new protocol for generating intestinal organoids for #stickleback: www.protocols.io/view/generat... With work by postdoc Arshad Padhiar, funded by @moorefound.bsky.social
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Generation of Stickleback intestinal organoid
Intestinal organoids offer significant advantages over conventional 2D cultures, providing a physiologically relevant 3D architecture that enables more realistic disease modelin...
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Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · 16/01/2026
Join Springer Nature editors and the protocols.io team for an exciting event as part of #LoveMethods26! 🔮Gain insight on methods publishing at our Methods Mythbusting on Jan 22. Our editor Sabrya Carim will be there! 👉FREE registration & more details: www.protocols.io/blog/join-pr...
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Bring structure to your research - protocols.io
A secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods.
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www.protocols.io @protocolsio.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Join Springer Nature editors and the protocols.io team for two exciting events as part of #LoveMethods26! 💻Transform your protocols at our Hackathon on Jan 21 🔮Gain insight on methods publishing at our Methods Mythbusting on Jan 22 👉FREE registration & more details:
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Join protocols.io and Springer Nature editors at Love Methods Week 2026
Love Methods Week 2026 will take place January 19-23, 2026 and is organized by University of Coimbra and the QUEST center. Online workshops focused on open and reproducible meth...
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Geogenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen @leibnizcampusgact.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
You want to take sediment samples from archaeological sites for a variety of analysis?Have a look at our best practise sampling protocol: www.protocols.io/view/samplin...
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Sampling protocol for obtaining sediment from archaeological excavations in caves and rockshelters for the ...
The objective of this protocol is to guide systematic collection of sediment samples from archaeological excavations in caves and rockshelters in order to perform biomolecular a...
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Nature Protocols @natprot.nature.com · 15/12/2025
Join us for “Methods Mythbusting: Insights from Journal Editors and protocols.io”protocols.io/webinars/met...rs at Love Methods Week 2026excelscior.uc.pt/love-methods...6/ #LoveMethods26
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Methods Mythbusting: Insights from Journal Editors and protocols.io
This webinar will be held at: 3pm CET / 2pm GMT / 9am EST / 6am PST Join us for a lively session where we tackle common misconceptions about protocols and methods publishing. H...
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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Some EBP-affiliates are embarking on ambitious R&D to tackle some of the hardest genomes on Earth. 🌍🧬 Great science starts with shared ideas — sometimes over coffee. 💥🤝☕️ Soak up the Sanger Tree of Life sponge protocol 👇 www.protocols.io/view/sanger-... @seagrassliz.bsky.social #Biodiversity
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PLOS One @plosone.org · 03/12/2025
A new Lab Protocol from @sabass-lab.bsky.social and colleagues presents an in vitro rumen culture and workflow that reproducibly screens anti-methanogenic compounds, aiding feed-based methane mitigation studies: plos.io/4oyyc4a Protocol available via @protocolsio.bsky.social at plos.io/3KAOThi
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A reliable in vitro rumen culture system and workflow for screening anti-methanogenic compounds
Arguably the biggest man-made challenge of the century is halting climate change. Livestock’s methane (CH4) emissions, a greenhouse gas with a higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide…
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Emma Ganley @emmaganley.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Exciting news: Premium protocols.io is now available via Research4Life to researchers in low- & middle-income countries—at no or low cost. 🌟 Full Springer Nature press release: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... #OpenScience #Reproducibility #GlobalCollaboration #Research4Life #protocolsio
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New collaboration empowers thousands of researchers to share research methods, improve reproducibility and drive global scientific progress | Springer Nature Group | Springer Nature
Heidelberg | London, 27 November 2025 Springer Nature and Research4Life extend partnership to include access to protocols.io for scientists in over
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Tobias Wenzel @makertobey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
It was great to hear from @lteytelman.bsky.social about Protocols.io today for our LIBRE hub channel on open science! We already have a tutorial in Spanish: youtu.be/RuBKWouEyL8?...
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Construyendo protocolos científicos reproducibles y abiertos con Protocols.io
YouTube video by LIBRE hub
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Aureliano Bombarely @bombarelya.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We have done our first @protocolsio.bsky.social. Are you interested about #genome_annotation quality evaluation? We have developed a tool called #GAQET2 (github.com/victorgcb198...) which runs several tools like #AGAT, #BUSCO, and many other tools. You can find it at www.protocols.io/view/structu...
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GitHub - victorgcb1987/GAQET2
Contribute to victorgcb1987/GAQET2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Lenny Teytelman @lteytelman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Latin American Hub for Bioimaging Through Open Hardware (LIBRE Hub librehub.github.io) is an amazing initiative from @makertobey.bsky.social and colleagues!
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The Latin American Hub for Bioimaging Through Open Hardware (LIBRE Hub)
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Barriga Lab @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
With the full CRISPR 7-11 protocol here :)
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sofiram.bsky.social @sofiram.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Link for the full CRISPR Cas7-11 protocol: www.protocols.io/view/crispr-...
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CRISPR/Cas7-11 tool for RNA targeting in Xenopus laevis
CRISPR/Cas systems are defense mechanisms in prokaryotic cells to induce the cleavage and degradation of nucleic acids derived from bacteriophages. Among the different classes,...
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Barriga Lab @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Congratulations to @sofiram.bsky.social and @artemiskorovesi.bsky.social on our last paper about the role of Sox8 in #xenopus #gastrulation A link to the whole paper is here www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Sox8 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation | EMBO reports
imageimageThe use of CRISPR Cas7-11 uncovers a role for sox8 in Xenopus gastrulation as a regulator of Wnt signaling. sox8 downregulation in the ventrolateral mesoderm disrupts blastopore closure and...
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
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Enabling options for review: from training and transparency to author-centered AI tools - openRxiv
Peer review is widely viewed as a critical aspect of biomedical communication. Ideally, it provides authors with feedback so they can improve manuscripts and gives readers, particularly nonspecialists...
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Ronan Doyle @ronandoyle.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Our new preprint covering the improvements we made to our respiratory metagenomic assay is out now: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... ✅ Now implemented in 6 NHS hospitals ✅ Increased sensitivity ✅ Increased pathogen genome coverage (1/3)
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Optimisation of whole cell human depletion provides increased sensitivity and microbial genome coverage from respiratory metagenomic assays
Metagenomics is being adopted worldwide as a laboratory developed test. We have previously reported a unified metagenomic method for the direct detection of microorganisms from respiratory samples, de...
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
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Emma Ganley @emmaganley.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
✨ Research assessment needs a rethink — and it finally feels like change might be possible. At protocols.io (@protocolsio.bsky.social) and in my past life as a journal editor, I’ve had countless conversations about how we evaluate researchers. It’s a topic that keeps coming up — and for good reason.
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www.protocols.io @protocolsio.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Explore our new featured protocols protocols.io/welcome
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Bring structure to your research - protocols.io
A secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods.
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In which I look at animal research for The New York Times and find some surprising answers.
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Opinion | Can Trump End This Impossibly Cruel Practice?
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Emma Ganley @emmaganley.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Listening to #WhatTheRef podcast on the train en route to Birmingham for The Festival of Hidden Ref tomorrow and Weds, perfect listening material, thanks @hiddenref.bsky.social, I'm giving a lightning talk on Thurs - very much looking forward to this event :)
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Lenny Teytelman @lteytelman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I've been dreaming about this for a decade and it's now live! "Global Collaboration Made Easier: Multilingual Protocols Now Available on protocols.io" www.protocols.io/blog/global-...
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Global Collaboration Made Easier: Multilingual Protocols Now Available on protocols.io
Research is a global endeavour, yet the expectation to communicate in English often creates barriers and an additional burden for non-native speakers. At the lab bench or in t...
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 17/09/2025
Copy our protocols! 📝 Find many of our lab protocols and techniques on @protocolsio.bsky.social at www.protocols.io/search?q=%22... 🎥 Go deeper with recorded video tutorials of some of our most requested methods: alleninstitute.org/education/sc... #OpenScienceWeek
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Michael Meers @mpmeers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We published a detailed protocol for our Plate-CUT&Tag method on @protocolsio.bsky.social to accompany our recent preprint (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...) give it a try! Feedback welcome! dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.n2bvjed5wgk5/v1
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Plate CUT&Tag (Meers Lab version)
This protocol describes a method for carrying out CUT&Tag-Direct in 96 well microplates for high-throughput processing of samples by a single operator with only standard lab...
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James Fraser @fraserlab.com · 08/09/2025
Why hasn't Preprint Peer Review caught on more? I discovered a small, but simple reason - authors are missing out on the JOY of getting feedback because they aren't notified when feedback occurs. more in thread below!
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Emma Ganley @emmaganley.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We're hiring at protocols.io (@protocolsio.bsky.social) in NY or Jersey City - Associate Scientific Engagement Manager See LinkedIn post for more info & feel free to message me: www.linkedin.com/posts/eganle...
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🌟 We’re Hiring: Associate / Scientific Engagement Manager
📍 Location: New York or Jersey City (Hybrid)

I'm excited to share that we're looking for an Associate Scientific Engagement Manager to join the protocols.io team at Springer Nature

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to lead outreach and engagement efforts across the global research community—hosting webinars, collaborating with institutions, and supporting researchers in adopting protocols.io to improve reproducibility and accelerate discovery.

🔬 If you have a background in research, love science communication, and thrive in collaborative environments, we’d love to hear from you!
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