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Co-founder & CSO @ArcadiaScience. Head of Open Science @AsteraInstitute. Immigrant. she/her Still post frequently on X (@PracheeAC)

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Open Science Operations Associate Join Astera as an Open Science Operations Associate! Support open science programs, connect with researchers, and help accelerate scientific progress. In-person, based in Emeryville, CA.

New job alert!

If you're passionate about open science, organized, enthusiastic about meeting new people doing exciting work in this space, and want to nerd out with me on all the ways we can move the needle on open science @asterainstitute.bsky.social, apply now!

jobs.ashbyhq.com/astera/f085e...

13.01.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The "my competitor will see my preprint and replicate/rush their story to a journal" = their competitor has to have already done at least the rate-limiting parts of the work.

To me, this is about someone wanting to receive exclusive credit for work that other groups were doing simultaneously.

12.01.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Right on. Get rid of the riff raff. The humorless of today is the reply guy of tomorrow

11.01.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Funders Roll Out Next Gen Open Policies - SPARC

Learn about #preprints & accelerating #OpenAccess to research in our story featuring HHMI, Gates & Astera. @hhmi-science.bsky.social, @madubs.bsky.social, @gatesfoundation.bsky.social, @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, @asterainstitute.bsky.social, @pracheeac.bsky.social sparcopen.org/impact-story...

08.01.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

What genetic change to Indian wheat led to superior baking in a tandoor?

A naan sense mutation

10.01.2026 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6
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How to Not Make a Scientific Journal by Accident Here’s something I keep witnessing in science, and it’s genuinely strange once you notice it.

New blog post: How to Not Make a Scientific Journal by Accident

pracheeac.substack.com/p/how-to-not...

04.12.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

After working closely together across two open science orgs over the last 7+ years, I’ll really miss working with @jessicapolka.bsky.social. She’s a total pro, an exceptional operator, a sharp strategist, and just a fantastic human ❀️. Really excited to see all she does next!

07.11.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the poor generalizability of any model output certainly is a function of the structure and redundancy of the training data but i think the greater point here is that human performance isn’t the aspirational goal

07.11.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Public Science, Public Good – Public Science, Public Good

Spoke recently to the great folks at the science foundation on their efforts to fund curiosity-driven science. They have a new RFA out for catalytic awards (up to $10K).
Take a look if you’re itching to expand or try out a new idea.

science-foundation.org

04.11.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Deadline today!!!

31.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

ICYMI: the deadline to nominate a publishing trailblazer so we can amplify their efforts is October 31!

22.10.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Funders Roll Out Next Gen Open Policies - SPARC

ICYMI: Read our impact story on policies at HHMI, Gates & Astera promoting #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenData. Thought leaders helping accelerate discovery in science @madubs.bsky.social @openaccessmaven.bsky.social @pracheeac.bsky.social! sparcopen.org/impact-story...

21.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Careers | Arcadia Science Evolve with Arcadia.

We have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look!

www.arcadiascience.com/careers

16.10.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
16.10.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Ahahahaah it’s been a while

16.10.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Careers | Arcadia Science Evolve with Arcadia.

We have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look!

www.arcadiascience.com/careers

16.10.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prachee Avasthi (@pracheeac.bsky.social) New Blog Post: Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You. https://pracheeac.substack.com/p/scholarly-communication-is-a-research

1/ πŸ“’Β New blog post! @pracheeac.bsky.social recently wrote a great piece about the need for paradigm shifts in science communication: β€œStop building faster horses when we need fundamentally different vehicles.” 🧡https://bsky.app/profile/pracheeac.bsky.social/post/3m2exwtn6o22i

15.10.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Arcadia Science - Project Director A Bit About Us We are Arcadia Science, an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and ...

If you’re a PhD scientist with technical skills spanning these areas and also have project/people management experience, I’m looking for you! Apply now, or if you know someone else that would be a good fit, kindly pass along the job ad below! πŸ‘‡

jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...

15.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

🚨New job alert! We’re trying to put some tailwind behind developing out some of our new molecular, organismal, and high dimensional phenotyping capabilities @arcadiascience.com and are launching an effort to fuel the fire. But first I need a project director to oversee it.

15.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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FormatMyPaper - The End of Manuscript Formatting Paste your paper, choose your journal, and let our AI handle the tedious rest. Get back to the science.

Woah just discovered this
formatmypaper.com

15.10.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ˜‚ asked and answered

14.10.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes absolutely. It is just post publication peer review rather than gated by it. It’s even better if the peer review is public. Funding always involves peer review as well and journal stamps are terrible proxies and inferior to more substantive vetting regardless

10.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Waiting for incentives to change in scientific publishing? We’ve got you!

I hope other funders follow suit to make the most of their research dollars

10.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Must have had a typo or something but they reposted … will repost myself too

10.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some scientists aren’t waiting for journals to catch up. They’re showing us what’s next.

The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.

More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...

Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond

08.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Some scientists aren’t waiting for journals to catch up. They’re showing us what’s next.

The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.

More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...

Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond

08.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You. Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem.

New Blog Post:
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You.

pracheeac.substack.com/p/scholarly-...

04.10.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You. Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem.

New Blog Post:
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You.

pracheeac.substack.com/p/scholarly-...

04.10.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

πŸ˜‚ love it

02.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes why would anyone at a frontier research lab know anything about this topic. I guess uninformed takes by people not working on anything related are usually more useful

29.09.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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