I chatted with William Ngiam of the ReproducibiliTEA podcast about scientific rigor and reproducibility, and the daunting, exciting, creative work of making science better. If you liked this episode, check out Will & co. on the ReproducibiliTEA podcast! 2024 has already been hectic, but I hope to be back next week with more SfN Shorts!…
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Bonus Episode: Rigor Jeopardy!
Play along with Rigor Jeopardy! featuring the wonderful folks at Community for Rigor! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year! In Plain English will return with a full length episode on January 2nd, 2024! Remember to follow In Plain English on Facebook , Twitter, and Instagram to keep up with the latest announcements! If…
Season 3, Episode 2: CRISPR Gene Editing for Neuroscience
What is CRISPR gene editing, and how can it help us understand how the brain works? Join me and my guests Dong-gyu Kim and Rachel Privett to learn about how neuroscience researchers use CRISPR today, and how gene editing might be used in the future! This episode is based on my first paper in the…
Season 2, Episode 12: Machine Learning: Revolutionizing Neuroscience
How can we use computers to learn more about the brain? Join expert Dr. Eric Yttri and guest Sarah Brown to learn about how open source machine learning algorithms are revolutionizing neuroscience! If you liked this episode, check out Sarah’s podcast The Queerience. If you are a researcher interested in using BSOiD, you can find…
Open Science Series: A Conversation with Bryan Copits
In this bonus episode on Open Science, I sit down with Dr. Bryan Copits, an early career researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. We talk about the barriers to publishing open access papers as early career scientists, the research-stifling effect exerted by the most “prestigious” journals, and what efforts are currently underway to promote…
Season 2, Episode 6: An Open Science Round Table
Currently, scientists need to pay to publish research and readers need to pay to access most research articles. This outdated approach to sharing science slows advancement by locking research behind paywalls, and prevents the public from being able to read the research that their tax dollars funded. In this round table, Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan,…
Open Science Live Stream TOMORROW 2/27 @ 10 am ET
Tune in TOMORROW, February 27th at 10 am ET/9 am CT for the first ever In Plain English Live Stream! We will be hosting a round table discussion on Open Science and scientific publishing with the Editor-in-Chief of eLife, Michael Eisen; the founder of Sci-Hub, Alexandra Elbakyan; and WashU neuroscientist Bryan Copits. You can find the…
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