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Open science organizations collaborate on DocMaps – the foundation for a distributed peer review ecosystem

FeaturesBy Gabriel Stein, Paul Shannon, Richard Sever, Ted Roeder and Thomas Lemberger26 August 2021

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, eLife/Sciety, EMBO and Knowledge Futures to pilot the DocMaps framework in community preprint reviews and evaluations.

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Virtual meetings here to stay

Are virtual meetings with us to stay?

BlogBy Gerlind Wallon30 July 20215 Comments

Quo vadis, EMBO? EMBO Courses & Workshops have to prepare for the future after the pandemic. Gerlind Wallon, head of the programme, discusses options.

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Review Commons launches blog “The Commons”

FeaturesBy Thiago Carvalho21 July 2021

Review Commons has launched a blog, The Commons, dedicated to discussing innovations in scientific publishing and the platform’s policies.

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Fiona Watt appointed as new EMBO Director

Fiona Watt appointed as EMBO Director

Press releasesBy EMBO Communications13 July 2021

The British cell biologist will take up the appointment in early 2022

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“The international agenda of EMBO is important, today more than ever before”

PeopleBy EMBO Communications13 July 2021

Fiona Watt, the incoming EMBO Director, shares her views on EMBO and her own research aspirations

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New policies on preprints and extended scooping protection

FeaturesBy Stephen Pewter1 July 2021

Review Commons is announcing two new policies today: As of August 1, 2021, Review Commons will require all authors to post their manuscript as a preprint, prior to transfer to an affiliate journal1. In return, all the affiliate journals provide authors with scooping protection from the date of posting of the preprint.

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Will Refereed Preprints transform scientific communication?

BlogBy Giorgia Guglielmi1 July 2021

The pandemic has shown how preprints accelerate the dissemination of research findings, but it also highlights the crucial importance of peer review.

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Maria Leptin appointed as ERC President

PeopleBy EMBO Communications30 June 2021

The current EMBO Director is appointed President of the European Research Council (ERC). She will take up the office in October.

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EMBO acknowledges all excellent applicants for its postdoctoral fellowships

FeaturesBy EMBO Communications16 June 2021

EMBO will provide ‘Acknowledgements of Excellence’ to all applicants for EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships who met the funding criteria, irrespective of an award.

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EMBO Gold Medal 2021 awarded to Andrea Ablasser

Press releasesBy EMBO Communications15 June 2021

With the award, EMBO recognizes outstanding achievements of scientists under the age of 40 in Europe.

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