How one organisation stood up for fair pay...and won

Fake data, AI slop, and the future of academia

Hi and welcome to OOTL, the show where we talk about giant rat genitalia sometimes. In this episode I spoke to the great Elisabeth Bik on how scientific figures are faked, how we can spot them, and how this all changes in the age of AI. Keep up with Elisabeth! BlueSky [@elisabethbik.bsky.social] X [https://x.com/MicrobiomDigest] Her blog: https://scienceintegritydigest.com/ Keep up with the show! ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/oothelabpod/] ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/outofthelabpod.bsky.social] Want to reach out? Write to me ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ [outofthelabpod@gmail.com] Keep up with me! ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/louvoinov.bsky.social] ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ [www.linkedin.com/in/lou-kohler-voinov-9956a5236]

Scientists left X…here's where they went

Hi and welcome to OOTL, the show where we upload short videos sometimes. In this episode, I explored the exodus of scientists from X and their migration to bluer skies ~ Keep up with the show! ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/oothelabpod/] ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/outofthelabpod.bsky.social] Want to reach out? Write to me ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ [outofthelabpod@gmail.com] Keep up with me! ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/louvoinov.bsky.social] ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ [www.linkedin.com/in/lou-kohler-voinov-9956a5236]

Why Retractions Matter

Hi and welcome to OOTL, the show where we are cool with making mistakes, as long as you correct them. Paper retractions are on the rise, and in today's episode, I spoke to Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, to find out what is going on and what we can do about it. OOTL will be off next month, so see you in April! Keep up with the show! ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/oothelabpod/] ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/outofthelabpod.bsky.social] Want to reach out? Write to me ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ [outofthelabpod@gmail.com] Keep up with me! ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/louvoinov.bsky.social] ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ [www.linkedin.com/in/lou-kohler-voinov-9956a5236] Retraction Watch website can be found here [https://retractionwatch.com/] The Center for Science Integrity website can be found here [centerforscientificintegrity.org]

How one organisation stood up for fair pay...and won

Hi and welcome to OOTL, the show where we love money. In this second part of our focus on student grass root activism, I spoke to Thomas Bailey, executive director for Support our Science as he hold me how his group got grad students and postdocs got the biggest pay rise in Canada in 20 years. Keep up with the show! ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/oothelabpod/] ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/outofthelabpod.bsky.social] Want to reach out? Write to me ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ [outofthelabpod@gmail.com] Keep up with me! ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/louvoinov.bsky.social] ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ [www.linkedin.com/in/lou-kohler-voinov-9956a5236] Find out more about SOS on their LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/support-our-science]

Standing together: How student unions are protecting science

Hi and welcome to OOTL, the podcast where we fangirl over organisers putting in the good work. In this episode, I spoke to representatives from the Swiss Student Union (VSS-UNES) and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to better understand student unions and the role they play in protecting all of us. Keep up with the show! ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/oothelabpod/] ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/outofthelabpod.bsky.social] Want to reach out? Write to me ⁠here⁠ [outofthelabpod@gmail.com] Keep up with me! ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/louvoinov.bsky.social] ⁠LinkedIn [www.linkedin.com/in/lou-kohler-voinov-9956a5236] Find out more about CFS here: Instagram [https://instagram.com/cfsfcee] Their website [https://www.cfs-fcee.ca/] Or send an email here [info@cfs-fcee.ca] or to Mary [chairperson@cfs-fcee.ca] Find out more about VSS-UNES here: Instagram [https://instagram.com/vss_unes_usu] Their website [https://vss-unes.ch/] Or send en email here [info@vss-unes.ch]