(Press-News.org) Berlin, Germany, and Washington, D.C., December 6, 2023 – Morressier, the company transforming scholarly communications, today announced the formation of a new Strategic Advisory Board composed of the most senior leaders from across the scholarly communications community. The Board, which is facilitated and supported by Morressier, will act as a lively, critical, and direct forum, stimulating innovation and collaboration across the industry on crucial issues such as research integrity and publishing workflows.
The inaugural meeting of the Strategic Advisory Board took place on November 21, creating an agenda for the first in-person meeting, to take place in February in New York City. The board members are:
Othman Altalib, Morressier
Sami Benchekroun, Morressier
Angela Cochran, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Dana Compton, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Alison Denby, Oxford University Press (OUP)
Steven Heffner, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Miriam Maus, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP)
Bill Moran, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Niamh O'Connor, PLOS
Sean Pidgeon, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Claire Rawlinson, BMJ
David Smith, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Simone Taylor, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Terri Teleen, Emerald Publishing
The board is currently chaired and facilitated by Alice Meadows of the MoreBrains Cooperative. Action areas the board will look at include:
New technologies and standards to detect and prevent research misconduct
AI and misinformation
Rethinking fundamental publishing workflows
Collaboration and knowledge sharing among stakeholders in the scientific communications community
“We are so excited to have brought together this incredible group of leaders, whose expertise and insights is needed by the industry on its path to developing new business models, infrastructures and standards in order to accelerate scientific breakthroughs,” said Sami Benchekroun, CEO and co-founder of Morressier. “My hope is that this forum can act as a mouthpiece for this industry, which recognizes the need to undergo radical change in the face of the integrity crisis and rapid advances in technology.”
About Morressier
Morressier provides societies and publishers with workflows for transforming scholarly communications. Driven by a mission to accelerate scientific breakthroughs, it is headquartered in Berlin and has offices in London and Washington DC.
END
Morressier and senior leaders from academic publishing form Strategic Advisory Board to stimulate positive change in scholarly communications industry
Senior executives from across academic publishing join inaugural session of Morressier Strategic Advisory Board, with plan to meet in person in February 2024
2023-12-06
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
NIH awards $9 million for Indigenous-led Tribal Data Repository to improve community health in response to COVID-19 pandemic
2023-12-06
In an effort to improve the health of Tribal communities and Indigenous people, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $9 million in funding for Native scientists at Arizona State University and elsewhere to create the first Indigenous-led Tribal Data Repository.
Since the SARS-CoV-2 worldwide pandemic began, global Indigenous communities have been particularly hard hit, with health disparities including lack of access to health care and undue burden of infections leading to increased hospitalizations and higher death rates.
In response, Indigenous researchers and scientists have been working to secure and fund efforts to better understand the impact of COVID-19 and ...
Fascicle gearing dynamics: Unveiling 3D rotation effects in muscle elongation
2023-12-06
Detailed insights into muscle and tendon movement mechanisms during stretching are essential to improve our overall mobility and flexibility. It is not only important for optimum athletic performance, but also crucial for preventing musculoskeletal injuries. When an individual stretches, 50% to 70% of the elongation is absorbed into the muscle belly, i.e., the fleshy part of the muscle containing most fibers.
However, in skeletal muscles with fascicles, the muscle fibers are shorter than the muscle belly and attach to the tendon at an angle. This angle between the fascicles and the tendon changes in response to the length of the muscle belly ...
Greenhouse gases in oceans are altered by climate change impact on microbes – an Incheon National University study
2023-12-06
The ocean is a critical life-support system for our planet through its role in global climate regulation. It absorbs most of the carbon emissions and heat trapped in the atmosphere which are a result of human activities. Over the years, this has led to ocean warming (OW), ocean acidification (OA), and ocean deoxygenation (OD). Moreover, increased anthropogenic‑nitrogen-deposition (AND) has largely influenced marine environments. As part of these consequences, the gases nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) are largely controlled by 'prokaryotes’ or microbial organisms living in the ocean. While several studies have analyzed ...
New study finds many couples around the world may share high blood pressure
2023-12-06
Research Highlights:
A study of married or partnered, middle-aged and older heterosexual couples in the U.S., England, China and India found that in 20% to 47% of the couples, both spouses/partners had high blood pressure.
The prevalence of both spouses/partners having high blood pressure was highest in England and the U.S., however, spouses/partners whose spouses/partners had high blood pressure were more likely to also have high blood pressure in China and India.
Researchers suggest couple-based interventions to improve high blood pressure diagnosis and management, such as couple-based screening, skills training or joint ...
How drugs can target the thick “scar tissue” of pancreatic cancer
2023-12-06
LA JOLLA (December 6, 2023)—Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers—only about one in eight patients survives five years after diagnosis. Those dismal statistics are in part due to the thick, nearly impenetrable wall of fibrosis, or scar tissue, that surrounds most pancreatic tumors and makes it hard for drugs to access and destroy the cancer cells.
Now, researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered how a class of anti-cancer drugs called HDAC inhibitors can help treat pancreatic cancer by modulating ...
Climate change shown to cause methane to be released from the deep ocean
2023-12-06
New research has shown that fire-ice - frozen methane which is trapped as a solid under our oceans - is vulnerable to melting due to climate change and could be released into the sea.
An international team of researchers led by Newcastle University found that as frozen methane and ice melts, methane - a potent greenhouse gas - is released and moves from the deepest parts of the continental slope to the edge of the underwater shelf. They even discovered a pocket which had moved 25 miles (40 kilometres).
Publishing in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this means that much more methane could potentially be vulnerable and released into the atmosphere ...
Influx of water and salts propel immune cells through the body
2023-12-06
Francis Crick Institute press release
Under strict embargo: 10:00hrs GMT Wednesday 6 December 2023
Peer reviewed
Experimental study
Animals
Influx of water and salts propel immune cells through the body
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with Imperial College London, King’s College London and University of Cambridge, have shown that an influx of water and ions into immune cells allows them to migrate to where they’re needed in the body.
Our bodies respond to illness by sending out ...
New research reveals a fishing threshold for reef resilience
2023-12-06
Coral reefs are the most biodiverse systems in the sea and central to the life of many coastal human communities. Half a billion people rely on coral reefs for protection from storms, provision of seafood as well as promotion of tourism and recreation.
But climate change is compromising the health of coral reefs globally. Increasing sea temperatures are driving coral bleaching and death. So, the resilience of reefs in the face of climatic challenges is crucial to our collective future, and new research led by Arizona State University has delivered greater understanding of a key aspect of reef health.
In a paper published on December 6, 2023, by the London, UK-based journal Proceedings of ...
Can brain stimulation benefit individuals with schizophrenia?
2023-12-06
Most people with schizophrenia have extensive impairment of memory, including prospective memory, which is the ability to remember to perform future activities. Results from a randomized clinical trial published in Neuropsychopharmacology Reports indicate that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a non-invasive method that uses alternating magnetic fields to induce an electric current in the underlying brain tissue, may help ameliorate certain aspects of prospective memory in individuals with schizophrenia.
The trial included 50 patients with schizophrenia and 18 healthy controls. Of the 50 patients, 26 completed ...
Do Veterans experiencing housing instability face an elevated risk of developing dementia?
2023-12-06
In a recent study published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Veterans with housing instability were 53% more likely to receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia (ADRD) than those with stable housing.
The study included 44,194 Veterans experiencing homelessness or housing instability and 44,194 with secure housing who were followed from 2011 to 2019. None of the Veterans had a diagnosis of ADRD prior to 2011.
By 2015, the midpoint of the study, 7.23% and 3.66% of housing ...
LAST 30 PRESS RELEASES:
Antidepressant shows promise for treating brain tumors
European Green Deal: a double-edged sword for global emissions
Walking in lockstep
New blood test could be an early warning for child diabetes
Oceanic life found to be thriving thanks to Saharan dust blown from thousands of kilometers away
Analysis sheds light on COVID-19-associated disease in Japan
Cooler heads prevail: New research reveals best way to prevent dogs from overheating
UC Riverside medical school develops new curriculum to address substance use crisis
Food fussiness a largely genetic trait from toddlerhood to adolescence
Celebrating a century of scholarship: Isis examines the HSS at 100
Key biomarkers identified for predicting disability progression in multiple sclerosis
Study: AI could lead to inconsistent outcomes in home surveillance
Study: Networks of Beliefs theory integrates internal & external dynamics
Vegans’ intake of protein and essential amino acids is adequate but ultra-processed products are also needed
Major $21 million Australian philanthropic investment to bring future science into disease diagnosis
Innovating alloy production: A single step from ores to sustainable metals
New combination treatment brings hope to patients with advanced bladder cancer
Grants for $3.5M from TARCC fund new Alzheimer’s disease research at UTHealth Houston
UTIA researchers win grant for automation technology for nursery industry
Can captive tigers be part of the effort to save wild populations?
The Ocean Corporation collaborates with UTHealth Houston on Space Medicine Fellowship program
Mysteries of the bizarre ‘pseudogap’ in quantum physics finally untangled
Study: Proteins in tooth enamel offer window into human wellness
New cancer cachexia treatment boosts weight gain and patient activity
Rensselaer researcher receives $3 million grant to explore gut health
Elam named as a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
Study reveals gaps in access to long-term contraceptive supplies
Shining a light on the roots of plant “intelligence”
Scientists identify a unique combination of bacterial strains that could treat antibiotic-resistant gut infections
Pushing kidney-stone fragments reduces stones’ recurrence
[Press-News.org] Morressier and senior leaders from academic publishing form Strategic Advisory Board to stimulate positive change in scholarly communications industrySenior executives from across academic publishing join inaugural session of Morressier Strategic Advisory Board, with plan to meet in person in February 2024