Mês passado, fui ao Recife (PE, Brasil) representar a Rede Brasileira de Reprodutibilidade na 77a Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência. Aqui um post no blog da RBR sobre minha atuação no evento.
Late last year, I completed my Ph.D. and successfully defended my dissertation, titled “The investigation of songbirds’ cortical-basal ganglia neural sleep dynamics through an Open Science-inspired computational framework.“ In this project, I developed and integrated an Open Science-inspired infrastructure for data collection, management, analysis, and sharing to support research on how zebra finches learn and consolidate their songs. The four years I devoted to this work were both challenging —true to the nature of most Ph.D. journeys— and rewarding. I gained invaluable knowledge, met great people, and grew personally and professionally. Most importantly, I gained clarity about the paths I want to pursue —and those I don’t— after my defense. While the thesis itself tells one story, I always recommend reading the acknowledgements section and the appendix. It’s there you’ll find the real heart of the project: the incredible people who walked alongside me and helped me reach the finish line, and the side projects that kept me motivated throughout the years.
If I can recommend something to anyone who decides to pursue a Ph.D.: build communities, take care of yourself, and dedicate time to side projects that bring you joy.
On November 7th, I’ll be defending my PhD thesis in Bordeaux! A zoom link is also available upon request to watch it online 🙂
More information here:
Fjola and I recently wrote a post to PLOS ‘Your Say’ blog, and it was also featured in their ECR Community blog! Super cool! Check it out below: https://ecrcommunity.plos.org/2024/09/20/two-phd-students-journey-in-organizing-the-1st-open-science-workshop-in-bordeaux/
Last week, I had the pleasure to participate as a Neurasmus Alumnus and talk to the current students about balancing PhD projects with extracurricular activities! It’s always amazing to meet new neurasmates and exchange experiences about the program and beyond.
More here.
On June 19th, I presented my PhD work at the 2024 edition of the IMN day and received the Best Presentation award!
On June 7th, I had the opportunity to present my PhD work to the Neurocampus community. It was a great experience to expose and discuss my thesis with my peers, and of course, start practising for my defence coming up later this year!
The ANW OSWG’s ‘Open Science Guidebook for Neuroscience‘ project has been honoured with an award in the ‘Open Educational Resources’ category at the 2nd edition of the OSCAwards. Congratulations to the entire team, and a special shoutout to Mar Barrantes for spearheading this initiative! 🎉
After months of preparation, the 1st Bordeaux Neurocampus Open Science Workshop is now over and leaves behind a great success and an eager-to-continue community of Open Science enthusiasts!
Highlights can be seen here.
Last week, I had the great opportunity to give a workshop on how to write clean and readable code at the ORPER summer school at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Furthermore, I participated in a panel discussion with Russ Poldrack, Zoltan Dienes, and Juliette Boscheron (event organizer & a good friend) about changing the research incentives toward Open Science values.
Eduarda Centeno 