Saras Windecker
smwindecker.bsky.social
Saras Windecker
@smwindecker.bsky.social
research software, ecology, public health, open science
Research Fellow at The Kids Research Institute, Australia and University of Western Australia
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Stopped using "X" years ago and have finally made a switch. Hope to reconnect with folks and touch back in to the social land to share and talk about open science, research software, ecology, and public health. 🙌
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Do you run or participate in a code club at your institution, or are you interested in starting one but don’t know where to begin? @cecibaldoni.bsky.social and I are leading an ‘unconference’ discussion at @sortee.bsky.social’s virtual conference on October 16 - come share some tips and ideas!
October 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Very excited to be travelling to Melbourne to speak at WOMBAT2025 about community building & code review. Really looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and new. 🙌
WOMBAT 2025 is just 1 (one!) week away. If you haven't register already, time is running out! 🕰️

wombat2025.numbat.space

#RStats #DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #DataViz
September 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB!

We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals

We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🙌 wonderful work leading this @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social, @eivimeycook.bsky.social, and @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social.

Transparency with open data and code sharing is a critical first step in the quality control pipeline for research code.
📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB!

🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
very excited to be joining the Research Software Asia Australia conference this week #RSAA25

Speaking tomorrow "Piloting peer code review in a research consortium community of practice". Happy to be meeting with like minds 🥳
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
Computational image analyst (m/f/d)
The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a
jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A couple throwback pics from past scientific lives courtesy of downloading my twitter archive ~

PhD swamp life 👩‍🎓🌱, and a classic from spotlighting for ringtail possums with Nick Golding, who I still have the pleasure of working with today 🤩
September 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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We’re excited to announce the International Research Software Conference (IRSC)!

7–8 September 2026 | Sheffield, UK & online | Co-located with #RSECon26 @society-rse.org

Learn more: www.researchsoft.org/irsc/

For updates, join: preview.mailerlite.io/forms/778129...

Image by @danielskatz.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Going to start a series of threads on what I've been learning as I get an #rstats 📦 ready to submit to @ropensci.org.

Every time I think the package is "ready" I find another checklist I haven't been through, but it's making it all the better.

This first thread is on github actions!
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September 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Stopped using "X" years ago and have finally made a switch. Hope to reconnect with folks and touch back in to the social land to share and talk about open science, research software, ecology, and public health. 🙌
September 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM