Peers’n’Pubs
This summer, we had the pleasure of working with the talented and dedicated folks at RockEdu of Rockefeller University on their project Data for the People (read more about our collaboration here). Inspired by their work to make publishing more accessible, we have launched our own journal club: Peers’n’Pubs to help demystify some of the process of writing scientific papers, starting with the animation below:
In an excerpt from our website:
“Why should you care?
Listen, we know that sometimes science can come across as elitist, inaccessible and boring. But, science is for all of us. It improves our lives, advances the knowledge we need to improve our lives and, inevitably, will impact our lives and those around us.
Big stuff. Even though science is so ingrained in our lives, it isn’t very accessible. Even for scientists and experts, the jargon can be hard to get through, so they came up with journal clubs to help dissect scientific publications. Borrowing on that logic, we’ve done the same for you so you can be engaged and be involved.”
Our first event will be a special for Shark Week to learn about that famous dorsal fin and what it does. We’d love for you to join us!