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<p><em>The Week in Review is our roundup of what’s new in open
science from the past week. If you have news or announcements
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<h2>Articles & Blogs</h2>
<ul>
<li>The official start of the Peer Reviewers Openness (PRO)
Initiative was <a
href="https://twitter.com/richarddmorey/status/672040485842718720"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/richarddmorey/status/672040485842718720">announced</a>
by <a href="https://twitter.com/richarddmorey"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/richarddmorey">Richard D.
Morey</a> on Dec 02 and the initiative is growing. Are you
ready to <a
href="https://opennessinitiative.org/join-the-initiative/"
data-mce-href="https://opennessinitiative.org/join-the-initiative/">sign
up</a> and help make open science a reality ? To learn more
about the initiative you can read their article <a
href="http://opennessinitiative.org/PRO_Initiative_RSOS.pdf"
data-mce-href="http://opennessinitiative.org/PRO_Initiative_RSOS.pdf">"The
Peer Reviewers' Openness Initiative: Incentivising Open
Research Practices through Peer Review"</a>.</li>
<li>Read a short <a
href="http://deevybee.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/open-code-not-just-data-and-publications.html"
data-mce-href="http://deevybee.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/open-code-not-just-data-and-publications.html">blogpost</a>
from <a href="https://twitter.com/deevybee"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/deevybee">Dorothy Bishop</a>
about open data and how twitter can aid scientists, even years
later.</li>
<li>Nature Methods published an <a
href="http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v12/n12/full/nmeth.3686.html"
data-mce-href="http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v12/n12/full/nmeth.3686.html">editorial</a>
on "Reviewing Computational Methods" and the importance of peer
review for these methods and their related software to
biological research - even if this adds additional burden to
referees</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/emckiernan13"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/emckiernan13">Erin C
McKiernan</a> writes about her project <a
href="https://emckiernan.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/why-open-research/"
data-mce-href="https://emckiernan.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/why-open-research/">"Why
Open Research?"</a> - a product of a flash grant from the <a
href="https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/"
data-mce-href="https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/">Shuttlework
Foundation</a>. <a href="http://whyopenresearch.org/"
data-mce-href="http://whyopenresearch.org/">Why Open Research?</a>
is a new educational project built for researchers to learn
about open scholarship. All <a
href="https://github.com/emckiernan/whyopenresearch"
data-mce-href="https://github.com/emckiernan/whyopenresearch">source
files</a> for the project are now up on GitHub.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://cos.io/" data-mce-href="https://cos.io/">Center
for Open Science (COS)</a> and <a
href="https://www.protocols.io/"
data-mce-href="https://www.protocols.io/">protocals.io</a>
announced a collaboration to collectively promote transparency
and reproducibility in life sciences research. Read all about it
<a href="https://cos.io/pr/2015-12-03/"
data-mce-href="https://cos.io/pr/2015-12-03/">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Events & Conferences</h2>
<ul>
<li>The 15th Annual <a
href="https://conference.aau.at/event/46/overview"
data-mce-href="https://conference.aau.at/event/46/overview">STS
Conference Graz 2016</a> invites interested researchers in the
areas of Science, Technology, Society and Sustainability Studies
to give presentations. The <a
href="https://conference.aau.at/event/46/call-for-abstracts/"
data-mce-href="https://conference.aau.at/event/46/call-for-abstracts/">call
for presentation abstracts</a> opened on Dec 01 and will be
open until Jan 15, 2016. The conference will take place May
9-10, 2016.</li>
<li>The funders for the <a
href="https://www.openscienceprize.org/"
data-mce-href="https://www.openscienceprize.org/">Open Science
Prize</a>, the <a href="http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/"
data-mce-href="http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/">Wellcome Trust</a>,
the <a href="http://www.nih.gov/"
data-mce-href="http://www.nih.gov/">US National Institutes of
Health</a> and the <a href="https://www.hhmi.org/"
data-mce-href="https://www.hhmi.org/">Howard Hughes Medical
Institute</a> are hosting a Q & A webinar on Dec 10 at
11:00am EST (16:00 GMT). <a
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here</a> to register.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li>Looking for some open datasets ? <a
href="https://namara.io/#/"
data-mce-href="https://namara.io/#/">Namara.io</a> has a
catalogue of Canadian datasets you can look through - hopefully
you'll find something that interests you.</li>
<li>Here's a great slide presentation on <a
href="http://arokem.github.io/2015-11-19-public-nidata/#/"
data-mce-href="http://arokem.github.io/2015-11-19-public-nidata/#/">Data
Sharing in Neuroimaging: Why and How</a> by <a
href="https://twitter.com/arokem"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/arokem">Ariel Rokem</a>,
Data Scientist at the <a href="http://escience.washington.edu/"
data-mce-href="http://escience.washington.edu/">eScience
Institute</a> at the <a href="http://www.washington.edu/"
data-mce-href="http://www.washington.edu/">University of
Washington</a>.</li>
<li>A <a href="http://eyewire.org/explore"
data-mce-href="http://eyewire.org/explore">fun game to map the
brain</a> - you need to setup an account and enable WebGL to
play. Enjoy !</li>
</ul>
<h2>At the Science Lab</h2>
<ul>
<li>On Dec 01 the Science Lab <a
href="https://mozillascience.org/welcoming-aurelia-moser-to-the-team"
data-mce-href="https://mozillascience.org/welcoming-aurelia-moser-to-the-team">welcomed
our new Community Manager</a>, <a
href="https://twitter.com/auremoser"
data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/auremoser">Aurelia Moser</a>.
Aurelia is returning to Mozilla and bringing lots experience
around building communities. Welcome Aurelia - we're really
happy to have you onboard !</li>
</ul>
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