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Biologist-driven non-profit promoting transparency and innovation in life sciences communication
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Open & transparent preprint review means:
✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
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✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
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November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Open & transparent preprint review means:
✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
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✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
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How are preprints perceived and evaluated in the life sciences from a PI's perspective? Check our my podcast episode through the @asapbio.bsky.social Fellow's program, where I interviewed @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about his perspective on the topic! My key takeaways: 1/6
ASAPbio Fellow Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social interviewed USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. 🔬 🧪
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Preprints, Peer Review, and Academic Careers: A PI’s Perspective
Benjamin Swedlund interviews USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. They discuss how preprinting supports researchers at all career stages…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
How are preprints perceived and evaluated in the life sciences from a PI's perspective? Check our my podcast episode through the @asapbio.bsky.social Fellow's program, where I interviewed @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about his perspective on the topic! My key takeaways: 1/6
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Preprints offer a pathway on a more equitable scholarly communication landscape. While this is the interview I was part of, please follow @asapbio.bsky.social as they have shared more interviews from other 2025 fellows that were part of the recognitions project. More reflective post too follow!
ASAPbio Fellow Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social spoke with Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints.
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Preprints in Practice: A Funder’s Perspective
Fotis Mystakopoulos speaks with Ashley Farley, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints. They…
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Preprints offer a pathway on a more equitable scholarly communication landscape. While this is the interview I was part of, please follow @asapbio.bsky.social as they have shared more interviews from other 2025 fellows that were part of the recognitions project. More reflective post too follow!
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Thrilled to see the work of 2025 @asapbio.bsky.social Fellows come to completion!
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thrilled to see the work of 2025 @asapbio.bsky.social Fellows come to completion!
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
ASAPbio Fellow Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social spoke with Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints.
buff.ly/KR2lbjg
buff.ly/KR2lbjg
Preprints in Practice: A Funder’s Perspective
Fotis Mystakopoulos speaks with Ashley Farley, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints. They…
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
ASAPbio Fellow Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social spoke with Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints.
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In this episode of the ASAPbio Fellows Recognition of Preprints Podcast series, we speak with Jakke Neiro @jakkeneiro.bsky.social, an early-career researcher embarking on a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In this episode of the ASAPbio Fellows Recognition of Preprints Podcast series, we speak with Jakke Neiro @jakkeneiro.bsky.social, an early-career researcher embarking on a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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ASAPbio Fellow Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social interviewed USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. 🔬 🧪
buff.ly/TeWEkBi
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Preprints, Peer Review, and Academic Careers: A PI’s Perspective
Benjamin Swedlund interviews USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. They discuss how preprinting supports researchers at all career stages…
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ASAPbio Fellow Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social interviewed USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. 🔬 🧪
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Do you, or your colleagues, have questions about preprints? We are here to help! ASAPbio built a Resource Center to answer all your preprint questions!
Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
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Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
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November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Do you, or your colleagues, have questions about preprints? We are here to help! ASAPbio built a Resource Center to answer all your preprint questions!
Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
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Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
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1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform.
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Big New! @elife.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #G3journal are joining editorial forces with @reviewcommons.org - bringing not just field-specific expertise to the process but also making #PreprintPeerReview a truly collaborative effort!🎉👏
Read more to find out👇
www.embo.org/features/pub...
Read more to find out👇
www.embo.org/features/pub...
Publishers join the Review Commons peer review process – Features – EMBO
Editors from eLife, Genetics, G3 and Journal of Cell Biology will contribute to the EMBO preprint peer review platform
www.embo.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Big New! @elife.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #G3journal are joining editorial forces with @reviewcommons.org - bringing not just field-specific expertise to the process but also making #PreprintPeerReview a truly collaborative effort!🎉👏
Read more to find out👇
www.embo.org/features/pub...
Read more to find out👇
www.embo.org/features/pub...
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Additionally, applications are now open to join the 2026 Cohort of PREreview Champions.
Learn more about what to expect and apply today: content.prereview.org/2026-prerevi...
Please consider sharing this opportunity with others in your community!
Thank you!
Learn more about what to expect and apply today: content.prereview.org/2026-prerevi...
Please consider sharing this opportunity with others in your community!
Thank you!
2026 PREreview Champions - Apply NOW
Applications are now open to join the 2026 PREreview Champions Program! As we wrap up another amazing year of reflections, actions, and collaborations spearheaded by a fantastic cohort of 2025 Champio...
content.prereview.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Additionally, applications are now open to join the 2026 Cohort of PREreview Champions.
Learn more about what to expect and apply today: content.prereview.org/2026-prerevi...
Please consider sharing this opportunity with others in your community!
Thank you!
Learn more about what to expect and apply today: content.prereview.org/2026-prerevi...
Please consider sharing this opportunity with others in your community!
Thank you!
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✍️ Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!🚀
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
✍️ Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!🚀
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
Tips for researchers:
✨ Request reviews and feedback for your next preprint
✨Write preprint reviews
✨Agree to review preprints
✨Convert journal clubs to a preprint review club
✨List preprint reviews on your lab website
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📣 Join the ReproducibiliTea Steering Committee!
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Application Form:
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Please share!
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Application Form:
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Please share!
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📣 Join the ReproducibiliTea Steering Committee!
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
Please share!
📅 Applications are open until 30th November 2025 (midnight CET).
Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Application Form:
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Please share!
Some great tips from @elife.bsky.social 👇
1/ Want to try your hand at science communication but don’t know where to start?
We put together seven tried and tested tips for communicating preprinted research with suggestions and resources that can help you on social media and beyond! #SciComm
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We put together seven tried and tested tips for communicating preprinted research with suggestions and resources that can help you on social media and beyond! #SciComm
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November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Some great tips from @elife.bsky.social 👇
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We’re excited to share that NORRN is launching its first-ever Open Science Award to recognise outstanding early career researchers in Norway who champion open science 🏆
Award winners will receive a gift card + certificate, see the application form for more details nettskjema.no/a/531568#/pa...
Award winners will receive a gift card + certificate, see the application form for more details nettskjema.no/a/531568#/pa...
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We’re excited to share that NORRN is launching its first-ever Open Science Award to recognise outstanding early career researchers in Norway who champion open science 🏆
Award winners will receive a gift card + certificate, see the application form for more details nettskjema.no/a/531568#/pa...
Award winners will receive a gift card + certificate, see the application form for more details nettskjema.no/a/531568#/pa...
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Anotehr blog post from me re: open research. This time on pre-prints: echr.group/2025/10/31/w...
Not mentioned in that blog, but the folks @asapbio.bsky.social have a great resource on pre-printing here: asapbio.org/about/why-pr...
Not mentioned in that blog, but the folks @asapbio.bsky.social have a great resource on pre-printing here: asapbio.org/about/why-pr...
Why should I use pre-prints?
Traditional scientific publishing is slow and is often pay-walled. That is, there is normally a long delay between submitting your manuscript for publication and that manuscript being published (an…
echr.group
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Anotehr blog post from me re: open research. This time on pre-prints: echr.group/2025/10/31/w...
Not mentioned in that blog, but the folks @asapbio.bsky.social have a great resource on pre-printing here: asapbio.org/about/why-pr...
Not mentioned in that blog, but the folks @asapbio.bsky.social have a great resource on pre-printing here: asapbio.org/about/why-pr...
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Sciety is bridging preprints and open social networks. Our latest integration with #Bonfire enables you to start a discussion on Sciety and federate anywhere; meeting researchers wherever they already are.
blog.sciety.org/bridging-pre...
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #NLnet
blog.sciety.org/bridging-pre...
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #NLnet
Bridging preprints and the Fediverse: Start discussions on Sciety, and continue them everywhere
Announcing a powerful new feature to connect scholarly conversations across the open web
blog.sciety.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sciety is bridging preprints and open social networks. Our latest integration with #Bonfire enables you to start a discussion on Sciety and federate anywhere; meeting researchers wherever they already are.
blog.sciety.org/bridging-pre...
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #NLnet
blog.sciety.org/bridging-pre...
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #NLnet
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Enabling options for review: bioRxiv authors now have the option to send their preprints directly to @qedscience.bsky.social , an authors-centered AI review platform, for automated feedback on their paper.
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
#OpenScience #Preprints #openrxiv #qedscience #biorxiv
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
#OpenScience #Preprints #openrxiv #qedscience #biorxiv
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Enabling options for review: bioRxiv authors now have the option to send their preprints directly to @qedscience.bsky.social , an authors-centered AI review platform, for automated feedback on their paper.
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
#OpenScience #Preprints #openrxiv #qedscience #biorxiv
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
#OpenScience #Preprints #openrxiv #qedscience #biorxiv
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Finding it confusing licensing your work?
@asapbio.bsky.social have created an FAQ covering the basics and commercial uses, supporting you to make an informed choice.
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #PhDsky
@asapbio.bsky.social have created an FAQ covering the basics and commercial uses, supporting you to make an informed choice.
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #PhDsky
The licensing choice you make depends on you. To make an informed decision, we encourage you to watch the video!
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Licensing FAQ – ASAPbio
Keep up to date on open scholarly communication! Check out what’s new on the blog.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Finding it confusing licensing your work?
@asapbio.bsky.social have created an FAQ covering the basics and commercial uses, supporting you to make an informed choice.
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #PhDsky
@asapbio.bsky.social have created an FAQ covering the basics and commercial uses, supporting you to make an informed choice.
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #PhDsky
Preprints are:
🎇 Free to read
🎇 Free to post
🎇 Accessible worldwide
But the benefits don't end there!
Want to learn how you can benefit from posting a preprint? Visit our website to learn more! 👉 buff.ly/XHCS3Bb
🎇 Free to read
🎇 Free to post
🎇 Accessible worldwide
But the benefits don't end there!
Want to learn how you can benefit from posting a preprint? Visit our website to learn more! 👉 buff.ly/XHCS3Bb
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Preprints are:
🎇 Free to read
🎇 Free to post
🎇 Accessible worldwide
But the benefits don't end there!
Want to learn how you can benefit from posting a preprint? Visit our website to learn more! 👉 buff.ly/XHCS3Bb
🎇 Free to read
🎇 Free to post
🎇 Accessible worldwide
But the benefits don't end there!
Want to learn how you can benefit from posting a preprint? Visit our website to learn more! 👉 buff.ly/XHCS3Bb
❔How can funders maximize the value of their grants?
✨Recommend – or better yet require – grantees to publish the outputs of their research using Creative Commons attribution, or CC-BY, licenses.
Our blog post shares recommendations and examples of good practices👇
✨Recommend – or better yet require – grantees to publish the outputs of their research using Creative Commons attribution, or CC-BY, licenses.
Our blog post shares recommendations and examples of good practices👇
Life Science Research Funders Should Recommend Or Require CC-BY Licenses For The Research They Fund – ASAPbio
A scientist-driven nonprofit accelerating discovery by promoting innovation and transparency in life science communication through preprints and open peer review.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
❔How can funders maximize the value of their grants?
✨Recommend – or better yet require – grantees to publish the outputs of their research using Creative Commons attribution, or CC-BY, licenses.
Our blog post shares recommendations and examples of good practices👇
✨Recommend – or better yet require – grantees to publish the outputs of their research using Creative Commons attribution, or CC-BY, licenses.
Our blog post shares recommendations and examples of good practices👇
❓ Do preprints establish priority of discovery❓
Yes!
✨Preprints have a time stamp.
✨Preprints are publicly available.
✨Preprints can be cited.
#OpenScience #research #science #OpeAccess
Yes!
✨Preprints have a time stamp.
✨Preprints are publicly available.
✨Preprints can be cited.
#OpenScience #research #science #OpeAccess
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
❓ Do preprints establish priority of discovery❓
Yes!
✨Preprints have a time stamp.
✨Preprints are publicly available.
✨Preprints can be cited.
#OpenScience #research #science #OpeAccess
Yes!
✨Preprints have a time stamp.
✨Preprints are publicly available.
✨Preprints can be cited.
#OpenScience #research #science #OpeAccess
💡 Thinking about preprinting but unsure where to start?
📖 Check out “A Guide to Preprinting for Early Career Researchers”:
🔍 What preprints are & their relevance across disciplines
💬 Tips for discussing preprints with co-authors
✅ Preprint submission checklist
📖 Check out “A Guide to Preprinting for Early Career Researchers”:
🔍 What preprints are & their relevance across disciplines
💬 Tips for discussing preprints with co-authors
✅ Preprint submission checklist
Preprint Highlight: “A Guide To Preprinting For Early Career Researchers” – ASAPbio
A scientist-driven nonprofit accelerating discovery by promoting innovation and transparency in life science communication through preprints and open peer review.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
💡 Thinking about preprinting but unsure where to start?
📖 Check out “A Guide to Preprinting for Early Career Researchers”:
🔍 What preprints are & their relevance across disciplines
💬 Tips for discussing preprints with co-authors
✅ Preprint submission checklist
📖 Check out “A Guide to Preprinting for Early Career Researchers”:
🔍 What preprints are & their relevance across disciplines
💬 Tips for discussing preprints with co-authors
✅ Preprint submission checklist