🫕 Happy August 1st from the library!
We're raising a toast to Swiss science — past and present.

These gems from a 1911 hydrobiology course are part fieldwork, part alpine postcard.
Beer after sampling? Timeless. Fieldwork in a suit? Thankfully, not.

Here’s to science, scenery, and a bit of 1911 style. 🇨🇭

#SwissNationalDay #SwissScience #LibraryArchives

Editorial @SIB by @dessimoz
"we must ensure (Switzerland's) continued science leadership – including in data expertise and infrastructure"
https://www.sib.swiss/news/switzerlands-science-future-continued-leadership-or-drift-into-decline #Switzerland #SwissScience #DataScience #bioinformatics #ScienceFunding
Switzerland’s science future: continued leadership or drift into decline?

The United States offers a cautionary tale of how a leading science nation can face abrupt disruption. Switzerland has an opportunity to decisively strengthen its own science leadership&nbsp...

Big thanks to the Swiss National ORD Strategy Council for sponsoring the Open Science Retreat! 💛

Their support helps us bring open science folks together to build, reflect & collaborate.
It’s all in line with the 🇨🇭 Swiss National ORD Strategy — pushing for sustainable infra, skills, and community for open research.

More on their vision: https://openresearchdata.swiss/resources/swiss-national-open-research-data-strategy/

#OpenScience #ORD #SwissScience #OSR25CH #Gratitude

The Swiss National Open Research Data Strategy - ORD

The Swiss National ORD Strategy provides a framework for the development of practices built around sharing research data in Switzerland, and for governing the services and infrastructures that support researchers and enable ORD practices.

ORD

Are you interested in a postdoc in Switzerland? @snsf_ch Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships are equivalent to Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships, and allow you to apply to any group in a Swiss university or institute: https://www.snf.ch/en/m1NtWp4nTELQixlu/funding/horizon-europe-swiss-postdoctoral-fellowships

For example, you could join one of the outstanding groups at @dee_unil: https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/research--education/research.html #postdoc #SwissScience

Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships

Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships - Grants for early career researchers.

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Very controversial reform project at Swiss National Science Foundation (paywall and only in German, sorry): https://magazin.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonntag/wissen/krach-beim-nationalfonds-ld.1756956 #SNSF #ScienceFunding #SwissScience
I am still working on identifying how #SwissScience has been/is influenced by discrimination and #ColonialismInScience, not to say #RacismInScience. I am convinced there is room for doing better. These short @NaturePortfolio articles are clearly helping. #BetterScience.
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RT @KFPE_CH
Science is steeped in injustice and exploitation. Without acknowledgement and redress of this legacy, many people from minority ethnic groups have little tr…
https://twitter.com/KFPE_CH/status/1596072923865178112
KFPE for Research Partnerships on Twitter

“Science is steeped in injustice and exploitation. Without acknowledgement and redress of this legacy, many people from minority ethnic groups have little trust in science and certainly don’t feel welcome in academia. @biodiversityCH @ThomasBreu @eggersnsf https://t.co/0EhXCCKUmT”

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