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EXCELScIOR Team Member Inês Almeida delivers keynote at BrainHack Donostia
On November 19, BrainHack Donostia featured a keynote lecture by EXCELScIOR team member Inês Almeida, presenting the TREASURE institutional pilot project.
EXCELScIOR Team Leader Tracey Weissgerber delivers keynote lecture at the Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing
On November 19, 2025, the Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing, held in Tromsø (Norway), featured a keynote lecture by EXCELScIOR team leader Tracey Weissgerber. Her keynote, titled “Reproducibility starts with methods: Building a culture of openness and reuse” addressed one of the central challenges in modern research: ensuring that scientific methods are transparent, reusable, and reliably reported.
Course on Experimental Research Design and Responsible Research Practices
Last week, our team co-coordinated the course “Experimental Research Design & Responsible Research Practices,” organized within the Doctoral Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB) and the International Doctoral Program in Integrative Neurosciences (idpIN), under the EXCELScIOR educational portfolio at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra.
Two EXCELScIOR team members among the World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientists in 2024
From October 21–24, 2025, Seville (Spain) hosted a 4-day workshop on Open Science, Systematic Reviews, and Meta-Analysis, co-led by EXCELScIOR PI Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar and and Ignasi Bartomeous from Doñana Biological Station – CSIC.
EXCELScIOR Participates in EUFLYNET COST Action Workshop
From October 21–24, 2025, Seville (Spain) hosted a 4-day workshop on Open Science, Systematic Reviews, and Meta-Analysis, co-led by EXCELScIOR PI Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar and and Ignasi Bartomeous from Doñana Biological Station – CSIC.
EXCELScIOR PI Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar leads 4-day workshop on Open Science, Systematic Reviews, and Meta-Analysis
From October 21–24, 2025, Seville (Spain) hosted a 4-day workshop on Open Science, Systematic Reviews, and Meta-Analysis, co-led by EXCELScIOR PI Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar and and Ignasi Bartomeous from Doñana Biological Station – CSIC.
EXCELScIOR at the Open Science Communities UC 2025 event
On October 20, 2025, the University of Coimbra hosted the Open Science Communities at UC 2025, a one-day event dedicated to sharing projects and initiatives that promote Open Science and related practices, while fostering connections among researchers across UC.
EXCELScIOR researcher Inês Almeida Attends ReData Open Science Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp
From September 23–27, 2025, EXCELScIOR researcher Inês Almeida, is participating in the ReData Open Science Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp, an intensive program designed to train professionals in delivering Open Science practices.
EXCELScIOR Co-organises RRiA 2025 in Berlin
From September 22–24, 2025, the University of Coimbra (via the EXCELScIOR ERA Chair) was proud to co-organize Responsible Research in Action (RRiA) Unconference 2025, held at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
TREASURE Project Showcased at Research Quality Improvement Symposium, Sošice
From September 18–19, 2025 EXCELScIOR team members Tracey Weissgerber and Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar participated in the Research Quality Improvement Symposium in Sošice, Croatia, hosted at the Visitor Centre of Žumberak Nature Park.
