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Free Six-week Global Training Workshop by UC Berkeley RR\ID
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The Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bengaluru, in partnership with RR\ID, invites applicants to participate in a Free Six-week Global Training Workshop
Rapid Reviews\ Infectious Diseases is an open-access, rapid-review overlay journal published by the MIT Press that intends to accelerate peer review of infectious disease-related research by soliciting and publishing open-access reviews for manuscripts posted on preprint servers. Its Central office is based at the University of California, Berkeley with editorial offices in Mexico, Cape Town, Vietnam, India, Uganda and more!
For more information, visit: https://rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/
The Opportunity: Join RR\ID for the 2025 Summer Global Training Workshop: Introduction to Peer Review and Open Science Publishing!
Training Details:
- *Free* 6‑week training course offered by RR\ID from July 8th, 2025 — August 14th, 2025
- 12 x one-hour online session every Tuesday and Thursday
- Time: 8am — 9am PST/ 6pm — 7pm EAT/ 9am — 10am CST-Mexico City / 8:30pm – 9:30 pm GMT+5:30 / 10pm — 11pm GMT+7
What you will learn through the workshop:
- Critical assessment of infectious disease research manuscripts across domains such as biology of infection, host-pathogen interactions, pathogen biology, immunology, omics, biomarkers, diagnostics, clinical research, epidemiology, public health and policy, etc.
- Scientific publishing and the role of pre-prints
- Science communications and open science including (i.e., editorial components around pitching, writing, and editing)
- Identification of peer reviewers for academically rigorous review
Participants are expected to:
- Be enrolled in a PhD program related to Life Sciences at an institute/university in India; a specialisation in infectious disease would be an added plus, but is not mandatory
- Join workshop sessions twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday)
- Join RR\ID weekly team and Editorial team meetings to pitch preprints (more on this will be covered during workshops)
- Support the RR\ID workflow by finding peer reviewers and finding/pitching infectious disease preprints
Please note: To sign up for the workshop, you must have reliable access to Zoom, a laptop and stable internet connection for the live sessions. Those who complete the training will receive a Certificate from UC Berkeley RR\ID and earn the opportunity to join RR\ID as a student editor.
How to apply:
Write to rrid.ibab@gmail.com with your CV, proof of current PhD affiliation and a statement of purpose describing how you will benefit from attending this workshop. The deadline for receiving applications is 1 July, 2025. Selected candidates will be notified by email by 3 July, 2025. An announcement will be posted on the IBAB website as well.