Niamh and Andrew are interviewed by Clare Baker from the Microbiology Society about their editorial on AI in Microbial Genomics research.Editorial on AI: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.001049Article

Ep 13 Navigating the AI Frontier: Ethical Considerations and Best Practices in Academic Research.

Apr 22nd, 2023 8m 50s

This episode was generated by ChatGPT 4, with the script read out by virtual voices. It is not our own words, but is a bit of fun nonetheless.In this episode, hosts virtual Andrew and virtual Niamh discuss the ethical considerations, best pra

Ep12 US open access developments

Aug 27th, 2022 22m 43s

It was announced that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has updated US policy guidance to make the results of taxpayer-supported research immediately available to the American public at no cost. We discuss this development

Ep11 Reimagining academic publishing

Jun 12th, 2022 30m 24s

In this episode of The Research Pages podcast, join hosts Andrew and Niamh as they delve into the world of academic publishing and explore how the process can be improved for researchers everywhere. They examine the complexities and inefficienc

Ep10 Rights Retention

Apr 10th, 2022 21m 6s

In this episode, the discussion revolves around the rights retention strategy, open access, and the challenges researchers face in the academic publishing landscape. The benefits of green open access and rights retention are emphasized, as they

Ep9 What Andrew has been up to for the last 2 years

Mar 13th, 2022 18m 10s

We are back with Season 2 and chat with Andrew about what hes been up to for the past 2 years. Turns out its been a lot since hes been working on leading a group sequencing SARS-CoV-2.Details of Andrews work: https://quadram.ac.uk/case_studie

Ep8 Explaining SARS-CoV-2 new variant naming

Jan 16th, 2021 20m 22s

We discuss SARS-CoV-2 'new variants' and try to clear up some of the confusion around all the names flying around. Hopefully this helps to give some insights into the various names you hear, but probably by the time you listen the whole thing w

Ep7 Mechanics of scientific paper writing

Nov 17th, 2019 23m 10s

The process of writing a scientific paper can be complex with lots of little details nobody tells you about. We discuss how it all works practically, from the inception of an idea to getting your paper into review.

Ep6 Resources for Research

Oct 20th, 2019 17m 58s

We discuss different resources used in research:databases such as free ones like Google Scholar and Pubmed to paid databases,author profiles such as ORCID,and the pros and cons of them.See @research-pages (https://soundcloud.com/research-p

Ep5 Reference managers: easing the pain of referencing

Sep 22nd, 2019 18m 10s

Reference managers can save you a lot of time and energy when writing papers, but are an often overlooked tool.We look into what they actually are, why we need them, our own experiences with a variety of different reference managers, and some

Ep4 The challenge of reproducibility

Sep 8th, 2019 36m 48s

Reproducing results from scientific papers can be a challenge. Using bioinformatics as an example, we discuss how to make it easier to reproduce results, covering: pipelines,compute,software,storage, and metadata.See https://soundcloud.c

Ep3 DORA the explora: rethinking research assessment

Aug 28th, 2019 27m 4s

We discuss DORA (Declaration on Research Assessment) and its impact on Researchers, Publishers, metrics providers, Institutions and funders.

Ep1 Why we all need Information Professionals in our research groups

Aug 10th, 2019 21m 52s

This podcast discusses why academic research groups need information professionals covering:busting sterotypes,different types of information professionals,sharing what information professionals do,embedded librarians,managing data itself

Ep2 Peer Review from the other side

Aug 10th, 2019 33m 9s

In this show we discuss academic peer review:what is peer review and why its important,how it works from a reviewers perspective,open versus blind review,why its a good thing,what a reviewer gets out of the process,the cost of Knowledge c

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