Thrilled to debate the future of scientific publishing with Alex Freeman, founder of Octopus.ac, moderated by @jlrohmann.bsky.social & hosted @einsteinberlin.bsky.social in a suitably vibrant Berlin setting. Votes elegantly split half way before & after arguments - strikingly, many changed sides : )

Epic setting in historic Brussels theater for research career-last talks by two towering chromatin figures: Tony Kouzarides and Thomas Jenuwein at #xcellsconference

Wei Zhang (Zhejiang University, previous head of NSFC, UNESCO OS) declares 4 hurdles to #OpenAccess adoption #OASPA2025: 1) JIF (cf. @DORAassessment.bsky.social); 2) publisher double dipping; 3) non-transparent pricing; 4) one size fits all models/ignoring global south

Good discussion #OASPA2025 how to make OA scaleable -more Qs than As. Cameron Neylon ‘there are real costs in publishing that the system has to bear’ Can publ. agreements work for full OA? Can APCs be equitable? How to encourage/pay for Open Science & non-paper research artefacts? Now for solutions!

catching up with my old stomping ground molecular & preclinical cancer research. 2 wonderful @embo.org Global Investigator talks from EMBO associate Singapore by Dennis Kappei, CSI & Wee Wei Tee of IMCB. Spot the Singapore inspired @embojournal.org cover.

So glad I could attend #OsakaMito2025, one of the most interactive meetings. ltr: Mashun Onishi (Organizer,Osaka) Hijiri Oshio (EMBOJ prize,Tokyo), Keisuke Takeda (Org,Osaka),
Yibing Wang (EMBOMolMed prize, Beijing), Saori Shinoda (Org,Tokyo), Yuta Konishi (EMBOR pr,Kyoto), camera: Koji Okamoto Org.

Thanks Koji Okamoto for hosting me in Osaka University - great questions from a young engaged audience from JIFs over referee credit to publishing costs

here I was in Osaka, enjoying the superb science & exciting discourse #OsakaMito2025 when a certain RFKJn decided to make mitochondria his own. Big words for a parasite compromised CNS. Back to sci: so many exciting findings by the next gen of mitologists here! Watch out for mitos @EMBOReports.org

Finally - ‘Publications’ offers itself up for publishing…anything. MDPI outdoes itself in publishing creativity.

@EMBO.org just hosted a superb ‘matchmaking’ workshop with our partner, the Japanese Science & Technology Agency (JST). Ever more important to keep the global research community connected in these disruptive times