

Offspring Magazine
Max Planck PhDnet
This podcast series is brought to you by the Science Communication and Magazine Working Groups of the Max Planck Society PhD network.
We want to make the process of getting a doctorate more transparent and raise awareness about possible career opportunities for doctoral researchers inside and outside of academia. We discuss topics of Open Science and research assessment, diversity and EO in science and academia, scientific research, and other PhD matters.
Follow us on Twitter @MPPhdnetPodcast.
We want to make the process of getting a doctorate more transparent and raise awareness about possible career opportunities for doctoral researchers inside and outside of academia. We discuss topics of Open Science and research assessment, diversity and EO in science and academia, scientific research, and other PhD matters.
Follow us on Twitter @MPPhdnetPodcast.
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Aug 3, 2020 • 38min
#1-04 - Summer of Open Science - A Discussion on Open Access ft. Dr. Peter Suber - Part 2
In this episode of the Offspring Podcast, Srinath and Niko talk to Dr. Peter Suber, the director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. He has been involved with the Open Access Movement from the very beginning, even before the international initiatives were conceived.
Following up from the first part, this week, they talk about research evaluation, the different kinds of open access publishing, and ways to take the Open Access movement forward.
You can find more about Dr. Peter Suber at his homepage: http://bit.ly/petersuber, and his work on the Open Access Tracking Project here: https://twitter.com/oatp
You can get in touch with Dr. Suber on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/petersuber
You can also find his book on Open Access here: bit.ly/oa-book
His latest book Knowledge Unbound can be found here: bit.ly/ku-book
If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions, please feel free to reach out to us at the following email:
offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de
Please feel free to check out the Offspring-Blog where we publish articles on a regular basis: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/offspring-blog
You can follow the hosts of this podcast on Twitter here:
Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar
Nikolai Hoermann: twitter.com
Intro jingle composed by Gustavo Carrizo, Intro and Outro music composed by Srinath Ramkumar.
Until Next Week, Stay Safe and Stay Healthy.

Jul 27, 2020 • 32min
#1-03 - Summer of Open Science - A Discussion on Open Access ft. Dr. Peter Suber - Part 1
In this episode of the Offspring Podcast, Srinath and Niko talk to Dr. Peter Suber, the director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. He has been involved with the Open Access Movement from the very beginning, even before the international initiatives were conceived.
In this first part, we talk about his career path that ultimately led to the position he holds today, we discuss the history of Open Access, copyrights in publication, peer review and preprints among other topics.
You can find more about Dr. Peter Suber at his homepage: http://bit.ly/petersuber, and his work on the Open Access Tracking Project here: https://twitter.com/oatp
You can get in touch with Dr. Suber on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/petersuber
You can also find his book on Open Access here: bit.ly/oa-book
His latest book Knowledge Unbound can be found here: bit.ly/ku-book
If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions, please feel free to reach out to us at the following email: offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de
You can follow the hosts of this podcast on Twitter here:
Srinath Ramkumar: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar
Nikolai Hoermann: https://twitter.com/HoermannNikolai
Until Next Week, Stay Safe and Stay Healthy!

Jul 20, 2020 • 36min
#1-02 - Life of a Doctoral Researcher Interview ft. Mohamed El Brolosy and Giulia Boezio - Part 2
In this episode, Srinath continues his conversation with Mohamed El Brolosy and Giulia Boezio from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research. They discuss life in Germany as an expat, and how they came to adapt to the new environment as they started their research careers here. They also have a few words of wisdom for everyone, being researchers in the senior years of doctoral work.
You can get in touch with the guests of this episode with the following:
Mohamed El-Brolosy at: https://twitter.com/MohamedBrolosy
Giulia Boezio at: https://twitter.com/Giulsboezio
Episode Art: Photo by Dan Dimmock (https://unsplash.com/@dandimmock) on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/).
You can follow other updates of the Offspring Magazine at: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/offspring-blog
In case you have any feedback, comments, or questions regarding any of the episodes, please feel free to email us at: offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de
You can follow the host of this episode Srinath Ramkumar at: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar
See you next week!

Jul 7, 2020 • 37min
#1-01 - Life of a Doctoral Researcher Interview ft. Mohamed El Brolosy and Giulia Boezio - Part 1
In this episode, Srinath Ramkumar interviews Mohamed El Brolosy and Giulia Boezio from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research. They discuss various topics about their lives as Doctoral Researchers and get to know the humans behind and the work that goes into understanding the magical world of Biological Sciences.
You can get in touch with the guests of this episode with the following:
Mohamed El-Brolosy at: https://twitter.com/MohamedBrolosy
Giulia Boezio at: https://twitter.com/Giulsboezio
Episode Art: Photo by Dan Dimmock (https://unsplash.com/@dandimmock) on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/).
You can follow other updates of the Offspring Magazine at: https://www.phdnet.mpg.de/offspring-blog
In case you have any feedback, comments, or questions regarding any of the episodes, please feel free to email us at: offspring.podcasts@phdnet.mpg.de
You can follow the host of this episode Srinath Ramkumar at: https://twitter.com/srinathramkumar
Until next time!