Open Science: Lessons from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Learn how to improve the reproducibility, transparency and impact of your research through lessons derived from an analysis of almost 1,000 HBI member authored articles and two scholars who make their work open.
Significant attention has been placed on the value of open science practices. For instance, greater research quality and integrity is associated with open science. However, it is not always clear on which specific practices to pursue in making your work open. Heather Ganshorn and HBI have completed a study recently to gain a better understanding of which practices HBI members are using in making their scientific knowledge open and this has helped identify some good practices. This webinar will focus on findings and lessons related to open access, open data, and open materials and methods/transparent reporting guidelines.
Presenters:
Heather Ganshorn, Librarian, Science and Health Sciences, UCalgary
Heather Ganshorn is a science and health sciences librarian at the University of Calgary. Her main research interests include open research practices and knowledge synthesis methodologies.
Panelists:
Amanda Rande, Research Coordinator. Open Science Lead, UCalgary
Amanda holds a Master's degree in Neuroscience and serves as a research coordinator in the Pediatric Onset of Neuromotor Impairments Lab. Passionate about open science and data sharing, Amanda is currently spearheading a project to create an open science database for all studies conducted in the lab.
Alex Lohman, Associate Professor, Medicine, UCalgary
Dr. Lohman is the Director of the Cumming School of Medicine Optogenetics Facility (CSMOpto). Over the past 3 years CSMOpto has hosted Open Science Workshops for Advanced Fiber Photometry and Miniature Microscopy. These 4 day intensive workshops have provided hands on training for attendees from across North America in specialize techniques to image the brain in awake behaving animals. Their Open Science focus has led to the generation of detailed training resources that are freely available through the CSMOpto website.
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