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ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In this episode, I speak with Prachee Avasthi. Prachee is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Dartmouth University, and her lab broadly studies cytoskeletal assembly. Prachee is also spearheading efforts to improve the academic publishing system in the life sciences.
(00:34) -- how Prachee got interested in cytoskeletal assembly
(2:37) -- algae as a model system
(6:31) -- evaluating tradeoffs in model systems
(9:45) -- general scientific lessons in genetics and cell biology
(15:26) -- issues with the academic publishing system
(17:44) -- ASAPbio
(21:00) -- rise of preprints
(24:45) -- open reviews
(29:02) -- crowd sourced peer review
(32:48) -- need for journals
English
United States
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