Job posting: advance the use of preprints in the life sciences as Associate Director at ASAPbio<\/h2>\n
View this <\/i>on the web.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n Join us to help make scholarly communication in the life sciences more open and efficient by catalyzing cultural change around the use of preprints!<\/p>\n About ASAPbio<\/b> The position<\/b> Requirements<\/b> Hours, location, and start date<\/b> To apply<\/b> Starting today, you can find preprints on Europe PMC<\/a>! Abstracts of preprints from several different servers, including bioRxiv, are now indexed along with published papers. These abstracts feature a disclaimer that the article is a preprint and a link to the journal version (if available); they also benefit from standard features of Europe PMC (like a graph of citations over time and annotations of organisms, chemicals, and genes).<\/p>\n This represents a major step in the perception of preprints as an integral form of life sciences communication.<\/p>\n Thank you! Dear subscribers, Hope July is treating you well! Here are some recent updates from ASAPbio and the world of preprints and open peer review. We\u2019re hiring (please help us spread […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asapbio-news","category-newsletter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3615,"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions\/3615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWe\u2019re a young 501(c)(3) nonprofit that got its start in start in 2015 as an informal group of researchers who organized a meeting to discuss supporting the use of preprints in the life sciences<\/a>. Since that time, we have advocated for policy changes<\/a>, stimulated community organization<\/a>, organized discussions around best practices<\/a>, and expanded our focus to other areas such as transparency and innovation in peer review<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe Associate Director will 1) manage and grow the community of ASAPbio ambassadors, 2) create resources to enable advocacy for preprints, 3) drive discussions on best practices, and 4) assist with general operations of ASAPbio.<\/p>\n
\nPhD in biology or a related field; a passion for open science & preprints; strong communication skills; experience in advocacy, outreach, event organization, and\/or community management<\/p>\n
\nThis is a full time position. Executive Director Jessica Polka is located in Cambridge, MA, so the Boston area is preferred. Expected start date is 2018-09-01.<\/p>\n
\nPlease send a CV and cover letter to jessica.polka@asapbio.org with the words \u201cJob application\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\nPreprints on Europe PMC<\/h2>\n
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\nJessica Polka
\nDirector, ASAPbio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"