Sara Villa
saravillah.bsky.social
Sara Villa
@saravillah.bsky.social
🌱OLS community and training lead
🧫DSxHE community manager
Co-chair CM WG @TuringWay
Core member or RCM coop

#OpenScience trainer #CommunityManagement
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Hi everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself in my first post:

I'm Sara, an #OpenScience expert, #Community builder and trainer. Currently a senior fellow at #OLS. #PainResearch & #Bioinformatics in the past.

What I really enjoy? Working with people to make research and science more efficient!
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🗼 Last Community Forum of the year happening on the 10th December!

Join us for a great celebration of the year and check our plans for 2026!!

Whether you're an experienced contributor or just curious about our project... register and get your invite!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: TTW Community Forum December 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Community Forums bring together members of The Turing Way community - including people who have not yet contributed to the project. Modelled off a political town hall event, these online sessions are...
us06web.zoom.us
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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First panel discussion hosted by @jytinevez.bsky.social and consisting of the panellists @saravillah.bsky.social @turingway.bsky.social Luigi Martino of @wellcometrust.bsky.social Dominik Kutra of @ilastik-team.bsky.social and @walthercg.bsky.social of @globias.bsky.social #CBIAS2025
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Back to experimenting:
If you're into short, weird newsletters...
E/merging might be interesting! Or too weird😅

Let me know your thoughts!

substack.com/@emerg1ng
e/merging | Substack
A quick merge of chaotic thoughts, quotes and resources on openness, emergence and systemic action. You are the one you are waiting for (A.M.B)
substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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📢Join our Open Research Meeting today at 4pm BST!

We'll hear about Peer Community in Archaeology: free and transparent initiative for preprint peer-reviewing.

Speaker
Alain Queffelec, Research Engineer @ French National Center for Scientific Research

Register - turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Open Research Meetings by ICOPS - 11th July 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Come join us in our next 2025 Open Research Meetings by the International Committee on Open Phytolith Science (ICOPS) to listen, share, and chat about open images. We will hear from our speaker about...
turing-uk.zoom.us
July 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🔥This year, we are launching a brand new series of The Turing Way Fireside Chat Series in collaboration with the Software Sustainability Institute @softwaresaved.bsky.social!🔥

📝 Mark your calendar and 🔗 register to attend some or all the sessions: the-turing-way-fireside-chats.start.page
The Turing Way Fireside Chat Series: Governance
A joint event by The Turing Way and Software Sustainability Institute
the-turing-way-fireside-chats.start.page
June 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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@denklab.bsky.social implores the audience to develop a deeper understanding of statistics

Learn more:
🧠 Soliman & Denk (2023): 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.09.023
📚 lakens.github.io/statistical_inferences/
📚 David Spiegelhalter, The Art of Statistics

#IoPPNFestival
Improving Your Statistical Inferences
This open educational resource contains information to improve statistical inferences, design better experiments, and report scientific research more transparently.
lakens.github.io
May 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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⚖️ Dr Franziska Denk (@denklab.bsky.social) takes us beyond the obvious in research integrity – what truly makes research trustworthy?

That includes:
✔ Publishing all results, not just the "exciting" ones
✔ Following design & reporting guidelines
✔ Improve statistical literacy

#IoPPNFestival
May 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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"If someone has opened the door for you, make sure to keep it open."

@malvikasharan.bsky.social #CollabW25

Really enjoyed the opening panel this morning, thank you to all the panellists for their insights!
🛣️ The panel on the importance of EDI for the future of research software is about to start. Log in via zoom or join us in Blair Atholl to listen to our speakers' discussion.
May 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hi everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself in my first post:

I'm Sara, an #OpenScience expert, #Community builder and trainer. Currently a senior fellow at #OLS. #PainResearch & #Bioinformatics in the past.

What I really enjoy? Working with people to make research and science more efficient!
May 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Many processes from industry are not appropriate or overkill for an academic setting, but we can and should be doing better than we currently are.

Our paper tries to give practical advice on how you can improve your scientific workflow, without being a coding guru.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM