ASAPbio
@asapbio.bsky.social
Biologist-driven non-profit promoting transparency and innovation in life sciences communication
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Find us on different networks 👉 https://linktr.ee/ASAPbio
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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👇
buff.ly/62Bi5hk
✍️ 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
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
❓ 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
A friendly reminder to kickstart #OAWeek!
Preprints are:
🔓 free and open for everyone to read
💸 free to publish
🏎️ speed up the dissemination of your findings
What other benefit would you add?
Preprints are:
🔓 free and open for everyone to read
💸 free to publish
🏎️ speed up the dissemination of your findings
What other benefit would you add?
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A friendly reminder to kickstart #OAWeek!
Preprints are:
🔓 free and open for everyone to read
💸 free to publish
🏎️ speed up the dissemination of your findings
What other benefit would you add?
Preprints are:
🔓 free and open for everyone to read
💸 free to publish
🏎️ speed up the dissemination of your findings
What other benefit would you add?
Preprints allowed Teena Bajaj
🔬 engage with cutting-edge discoveries,
💡 gain new insights, and
💊 connect with ideas that helped with Teena's drug discovery projects.
How did preprints help you?
🔬 engage with cutting-edge discoveries,
💡 gain new insights, and
💊 connect with ideas that helped with Teena's drug discovery projects.
How did preprints help you?
October 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Preprints allowed Teena Bajaj
🔬 engage with cutting-edge discoveries,
💡 gain new insights, and
💊 connect with ideas that helped with Teena's drug discovery projects.
How did preprints help you?
🔬 engage with cutting-edge discoveries,
💡 gain new insights, and
💊 connect with ideas that helped with Teena's drug discovery projects.
How did preprints help you?
🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize 👏
This award recognizes "individuals and small teams of early-career rigor champions who have promoted enhanced attention to research rigor and have raised awareness of these practices for others."
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This award recognizes "individuals and small teams of early-career rigor champions who have promoted enhanced attention to research rigor and have raised awareness of these practices for others."
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October 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize 👏
This award recognizes "individuals and small teams of early-career rigor champions who have promoted enhanced attention to research rigor and have raised awareness of these practices for others."
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This award recognizes "individuals and small teams of early-career rigor champions who have promoted enhanced attention to research rigor and have raised awareness of these practices for others."
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Meet the ASAPbio Fellows!
Let's congratulate the 2025 ASAPbio Fellows who have just recently completed the Culture & Community part of the program: Pracheta Salunkhe, Colette Li, Clinton Ngabo, Boomer Russell, and Francis Walugembe.
Let's congratulate the 2025 ASAPbio Fellows who have just recently completed the Culture & Community part of the program: Pracheta Salunkhe, Colette Li, Clinton Ngabo, Boomer Russell, and Francis Walugembe.
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Meet the ASAPbio Fellows!
Let's congratulate the 2025 ASAPbio Fellows who have just recently completed the Culture & Community part of the program: Pracheta Salunkhe, Colette Li, Clinton Ngabo, Boomer Russell, and Francis Walugembe.
Let's congratulate the 2025 ASAPbio Fellows who have just recently completed the Culture & Community part of the program: Pracheta Salunkhe, Colette Li, Clinton Ngabo, Boomer Russell, and Francis Walugembe.
🎬 Do you want to see the "Director's Cut" of the scientific research? Read the preprint!📝
Brian Kelch @briankelch.bsky.social, the Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, shared with us how preprints change how Brian's team publishes scientific findings. 💡
Brian Kelch @briankelch.bsky.social, the Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, shared with us how preprints change how Brian's team publishes scientific findings. 💡
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🎬 Do you want to see the "Director's Cut" of the scientific research? Read the preprint!📝
Brian Kelch @briankelch.bsky.social, the Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, shared with us how preprints change how Brian's team publishes scientific findings. 💡
Brian Kelch @briankelch.bsky.social, the Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, shared with us how preprints change how Brian's team publishes scientific findings. 💡
⏰ One day left to register for the September Community Call!
Join ASAPbio and our speakers for talks about PubPub and Octopus experiments with science publishing.
Talks will be followed by a Q&A session with the Call participants!
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Join ASAPbio and our speakers for talks about PubPub and Octopus experiments with science publishing.
Talks will be followed by a Q&A session with the Call participants!
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September 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
⏰ One day left to register for the September Community Call!
Join ASAPbio and our speakers for talks about PubPub and Octopus experiments with science publishing.
Talks will be followed by a Q&A session with the Call participants!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
Join ASAPbio and our speakers for talks about PubPub and Octopus experiments with science publishing.
Talks will be followed by a Q&A session with the Call participants!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
Madeline Morrisson, Rachel Mtama, and Sahar Mohamednour are focusing on the “Increasing preprint awareness and adoption - Preprints as stand-alone outputs" project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Madeline Morrisson, Rachel Mtama, and Sahar Mohamednour are focusing on the “Increasing preprint awareness and adoption - Preprints as stand-alone outputs" project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Akanksha Gupta @iakankshagupta.bsky.social, Ricardo Santos, Emiliya Taskova, Felipe Del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social, Barakat Mohazab, and Kendra Parson are focusing on the “Preprints and AI" project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Akanksha Gupta @iakankshagupta.bsky.social, Ricardo Santos, Emiliya Taskova, Felipe Del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social, Barakat Mohazab, and Kendra Parson are focusing on the “Preprints and AI" project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Scientists love doing experiments, but those experiments do not need to be performed in the lab!
The speakers of our next Community Call experimented with the ways research can be communicated. Join us to hear about the results of their (ongoing) experiments.
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The speakers of our next Community Call experimented with the ways research can be communicated. Join us to hear about the results of their (ongoing) experiments.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Scientists love doing experiments, but those experiments do not need to be performed in the lab!
The speakers of our next Community Call experimented with the ways research can be communicated. Join us to hear about the results of their (ongoing) experiments.
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
The speakers of our next Community Call experimented with the ways research can be communicated. Join us to hear about the results of their (ongoing) experiments.
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
We believe experimentation is necessary to test various solutions and find the best approaches to improve research communication.
In this month's Community Call, we would like to discuss the results of such experiments in publishing by PubPub & Octopus.
Join us!
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In this month's Community Call, we would like to discuss the results of such experiments in publishing by PubPub & Octopus.
Join us!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
September 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We believe experimentation is necessary to test various solutions and find the best approaches to improve research communication.
In this month's Community Call, we would like to discuss the results of such experiments in publishing by PubPub & Octopus.
Join us!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
In this month's Community Call, we would like to discuss the results of such experiments in publishing by PubPub & Octopus.
Join us!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
Omnya Mohamed Izzeldin, Barbora Knotkova, Larissa Shamseer @larissashamseer.bsky.social, Ricardo Santos, Sarah Salah, Glory Mwale, and Prince Uba are focusing on the “Preprints and trust in research” project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
September 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Omnya Mohamed Izzeldin, Barbora Knotkova, Larissa Shamseer @larissashamseer.bsky.social, Ricardo Santos, Sarah Salah, Glory Mwale, and Prince Uba are focusing on the “Preprints and trust in research” project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
🎤 Join us for a Community Call where a panel of experts will provide an overview of their experiments and advancements in publishing.
💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
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💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
September 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🎤 Join us for a Community Call where a panel of experts will provide an overview of their experiments and advancements in publishing.
💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
buff.ly/KQ0MdfT
FatimaElzhra Ali, Jimeng Ling, Tolulope Ogunniyi, and Evans Atoni @atonet.bsky.social are focusing on the “P,eprints and the Global South" project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
FatimaElzhra Ali, Jimeng Ling, Tolulope Ogunniyi, and Evans Atoni @atonet.bsky.social are focusing on the “P,eprints and the Global South" project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Ava Chan, Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social, Domenico Azarnia Tehran @doazte.bsky.social, Peren Coskun, and @perencoskun.bsky.social Fotis Mystakopoulos are focusing on the “Recognition of preprints” project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
August 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ava Chan, Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social, Domenico Azarnia Tehran @doazte.bsky.social, Peren Coskun, and @perencoskun.bsky.social Fotis Mystakopoulos are focusing on the “Recognition of preprints” project.
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
Be on the lookout for the results of the projects, which we will share soon!
🎤 Join us next month for a Community Call where a panel of experts will provide an overview of their experiments and advancements in publishing.
💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
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💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
buff.ly/pfwTgVE
August 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🎤 Join us next month for a Community Call where a panel of experts will provide an overview of their experiments and advancements in publishing.
💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
buff.ly/pfwTgVE
💬 Following the panel, we will host a Q&A session where you can ask questions and learn more about the topic!
buff.ly/pfwTgVE
Join us on September 18 for a panel discussion on various experiments within science publishing!
We will hear about their publishing experiments from @meganhoch.bsky.social from @arcadiascience.com, @gabestein.com from PubPub, and @alexandrafreeman.bsky.social from Octopus.
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We will hear about their publishing experiments from @meganhoch.bsky.social from @arcadiascience.com, @gabestein.com from PubPub, and @alexandrafreeman.bsky.social from Octopus.
buff.ly/pfwTgVE
August 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join us on September 18 for a panel discussion on various experiments within science publishing!
We will hear about their publishing experiments from @meganhoch.bsky.social from @arcadiascience.com, @gabestein.com from PubPub, and @alexandrafreeman.bsky.social from Octopus.
buff.ly/pfwTgVE
We will hear about their publishing experiments from @meganhoch.bsky.social from @arcadiascience.com, @gabestein.com from PubPub, and @alexandrafreeman.bsky.social from Octopus.
buff.ly/pfwTgVE
Need an idea for your next Journal Club? Discuss a #preprint!
💪 Help the authors strengthen their work
🗣️ Discuss science as it happens
🥼 Help raise your and your group’s profile
📰 No restrictions on papers to include
🧪 Focus on the science
#OpenScience
💪 Help the authors strengthen their work
🗣️ Discuss science as it happens
🥼 Help raise your and your group’s profile
📰 No restrictions on papers to include
🧪 Focus on the science
#OpenScience
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Need an idea for your next Journal Club? Discuss a #preprint!
💪 Help the authors strengthen their work
🗣️ Discuss science as it happens
🥼 Help raise your and your group’s profile
📰 No restrictions on papers to include
🧪 Focus on the science
#OpenScience
💪 Help the authors strengthen their work
🗣️ Discuss science as it happens
🥼 Help raise your and your group’s profile
📰 No restrictions on papers to include
🧪 Focus on the science
#OpenScience
⚠️ Happening tomorrow! ASAPbio Community Call: Replacing Academic Journals ⏰
Our speaker will discuss the problems with the current academic journal system and the potential solutions to replacing this broken system.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Our speaker will discuss the problems with the current academic journal system and the potential solutions to replacing this broken system.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
⚠️ Happening tomorrow! ASAPbio Community Call: Replacing Academic Journals ⏰
Our speaker will discuss the problems with the current academic journal system and the potential solutions to replacing this broken system.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Our speaker will discuss the problems with the current academic journal system and the potential solutions to replacing this broken system.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Preprint fact-checking
🥇 Scoop protection: Allow you to establish priority
📰 Journal compatible: Many journals operate policies
compatible with preprints
💪 Preprints are good quality
🛣️ Smoother path to publication: Many journals allow preprint transfers
from servers
🥇 Scoop protection: Allow you to establish priority
📰 Journal compatible: Many journals operate policies
compatible with preprints
💪 Preprints are good quality
🛣️ Smoother path to publication: Many journals allow preprint transfers
from servers
July 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#Preprint fact-checking
🥇 Scoop protection: Allow you to establish priority
📰 Journal compatible: Many journals operate policies
compatible with preprints
💪 Preprints are good quality
🛣️ Smoother path to publication: Many journals allow preprint transfers
from servers
🥇 Scoop protection: Allow you to establish priority
📰 Journal compatible: Many journals operate policies
compatible with preprints
💪 Preprints are good quality
🛣️ Smoother path to publication: Many journals allow preprint transfers
from servers
The current academic publishing system is expensive and outdated. What can be done about it?
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The current academic publishing system is expensive and outdated. What can be done about it?
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
.@asapbio.bsky.social and @creativecommons.bsky.social are pleased to announce the launch of the Preprint Policy Framework that aims to align funder and organizational policies, promoting open, reusable, timely, and rigorous research communication.
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July 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
.@asapbio.bsky.social and @creativecommons.bsky.social are pleased to announce the launch of the Preprint Policy Framework that aims to align funder and organizational policies, promoting open, reusable, timely, and rigorous research communication.
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